"He, more than any fifty men, is responsible for this stock crash," wrote Senator Carter Glass of Virginia last week to the Philadelphia Record. He—Charles Edwin Mitchell, head of National City-Bank—made no reply. Hostility of Senator Glass was an old story; besides, Mr. Mitchell had serious troubles to cope with. The still ominous market; the cancelled Corn Exchange merger; the rumored differences with his directors—Mr. Mitchell's position was carrying hazards with its honors.
But troubles are not new to Mr. Mitchell nor has he often...
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