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ing share of stock and persuaded the owners to 

 deposit them in trust entirely beyond their own 

 control. 



When I got from the Postal people the terms 

 of their private agreement with the president of 

 our company it was too late for use. For it had 

 been promised him that his own bonds should be 

 redeemed at par and a further cash considera- 

 tion paid him for making the original agreement, 

 and it was the refusal of the Postal to pay him a 

 large additional sum that caused his opposition 

 to carrying out our agreement. 



The position was a queer one. My interest in 

 the company was equal to that of all the others 

 combined, but I had no control of my own prop- 

 erty. Yet, excepting the president, the Phila- 

 delphians were square, and a proposition to drop 

 me from the board was promptly vetoed while 

 several of them later expressed to me their regret 

 for their hasty action. Everything became har- 

 monious and my suggestions received the full 

 consideration to which they were entitled. 



