The Morrills and reminiscences . was Perkins, by his personal assistance and from hisprivate resources, not only saved the First NationalBank of Lincoln, in which his interests were rela-tively small, but he also prevented a far-reachingfinancial disaster in Nebraska. I remained president of the Boston InvestmentCompany until 1912. As above stated all businessconnected with the liquidation of accounts of the FirstNational Bank and replacing same with cash receivedfrom Mr. Perkins, was done through this deducting the amount realized by the advance inreal estate comin
The Morrills and reminiscences . was Perkins, by his personal assistance and from hisprivate resources, not only saved the First NationalBank of Lincoln, in which his interests were rela-tively small, but he also prevented a far-reachingfinancial disaster in Nebraska. I remained president of the Boston InvestmentCompany until 1912. As above stated all businessconnected with the liquidation of accounts of the FirstNational Bank and replacing same with cash receivedfrom Mr. Perkins, was done through this deducting the amount realized by the advance inreal estate coming from the assets of the bank, the nettotal loss, including interest on the money advancedby Mr. Perkins, exceeded one million dollars. was a man of high purpose. He had greatambitions. His mind seemed to solve the most com-plicated problems. His knowledge of men and themanner in which they were influenced was mostunusual. This insight extended to all branches ofbusiness, including governmental affairs. He seemed [82]. 5§ co iz; THE MORRILLS AND REMINISCENCES to have the power to read men, seldom making amistake. When I requested a letter of introductionto some of his eastern friends, from whom I desired topurchase land for the Lincoln Land Company, a cor-poration in which he was the largest stockholder, herefused, saying, These people are friends of would ask my advice and I should tell them that,in my opinion, this is not the time to sell/ Under President Perkins the Burlington never issueda gold bond. He declared it was not honest for theBurlington to promise payment in gold when, underthe law, all payments could be made in the lawfulmoney of the country. The lives and work of such men should be publishedas an inspiration and guide to the young men of thefuture. Nebraska had a successful crop in 1896 and theState began to recover from the terrible disasterbrought about by successive crop failures and this year I was elected president of the
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