Tag: Q1 1908

  • Corporate Betrayal: Warringten Takes on Trustee Scandal

    Corporate Betrayal: Warringten Takes on Trustee Scandal

    January 4, 1908, marked a day of protest in Washington D.C. as I.D. Warringten, a vocal critic of the city’s corporate elite, spoke out against a contentious law that he deemed a ‘fraud’ and ‘trouble-breeding provision’. In a scathing letter to the Commissioners, Warringten attacked Section 18 of the District Code, which required stock companies…