19/24 If you are not satisfied, I and your directors are jointly accountable. We stand together; if you get rid of one, you get rid of all. This is a drastic but risky cure--" He paused and one or two of the gentlemen at the table looked surprised. The red-faced man, however, smiled as if he approved and Cartwright resumed: "Times are bad, the markets are flat, and goods are not moved about the world. I venture to state no steamship company is free from embarrassments. |