Was the company in a bad financial situation at the time of these transactions?—Not that I can remember.
Mr, Haskell: I put it to you that the company was in a bad financial condition and that Mr.
nion received instructions from New York urging him to use his pluck and ingenuity to save the situation. We have a letter to prove this.
Shortly afterwards there was an altercation between Mr. Fleming and Mr. Haskell regarding the calling of certain Chinese dealers, Mr. Fleming:—Why don't you call a few of them?
Mr. Haskell:—One is dead, and the other is at Ningpo.
Mr. Flemin We had two here that have testified, Mr. Hasell:—Quite so, but one is the employee of Gaston, Williams
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