Tuesday, October 28, 2008

October 28

831 and 802:

Journal entry #4
What were some struggles/difficulties/encounters that your person was faced with? How did he/she react to them? Pick one for your journal entry.

See below...

May 10, 1912 Betty Janson
I’ve never seen Mr. Morgan so angry! In all the years that I’ve been here, I’ve never heard him so much as cuss (except around reporters who hound him with questions about his personal and business life). There’s been a lot of talk saying that he has been amassing too much control over the railroads and other industries. The U.S. government has been sending investigators to his office and are questioning everyone at J.P. Morgan & Co. In fact, Mr. Morgan must report to the House Banking and Currency Committee next week! The muckrakers are to blame for this. They say that he is in too much control of American society….

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