Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1856-12-20
The Prince was deeply moved.

honorable jew have ever heard Of
Keep my money, and continue to ope-
rate with it From to-day for two wears
want no return of it, and only two Per
cent, Interest"
AaG thus BothseAi'd became a mil
!ioaaire
Old Meyer died in ,sl2. Before h.
died, he had MS five aots, AnseIm, Solo>
Eeon, Nathan, Charles and james called
to us be3s.4te. They received MS bless
ing, and swoge 10 hial to BE- true TO the
laws Of Moses, never TO separate from
each other, and never to undertake u
great enterprise without having first Oh,
tanned the couase. aud advice OF their
mother.
Observe we'll these points. and you
viii soon be tie richest among the rich,
and the world wiiI belong to you''
The Old Hebrew proved a prophet
y financial pentsFchy Was founded at
bis grave, and soon erected its thrones in
the FIVE principal cities Of Earopa :
Frankfort, Vienna, Naples, London and
Paris.
The deposit Of the E'aetor Of HySse
Cassel continued to produce rict, har
vests to the heirs Of Meyer I,otlschild.
In 1914, at The Vienna Congress. the
Etcetor related TO the assembled So' t.
reiEns the story Of the Frankfort inya-
sion and Of the integrity VI the o.l Jew.
At once the house Of Frankfort obtained
the custom Of the Hoy Alliance" It
was commissioned with alI the important
loans, which at thai time were aegotia
ted by the Emperors Of Russia and Aus
tria. ana the Kings Of England, Prussia,
Denmark, Naples and Sardinia. In
every one Of these great financial opera
tons, each Of tie tise RotLschills had "a
share.
james, tie Youngest Of the family re-
eeiyed the .oaa o. two hundred millions,
which France needed, to pay friends, lis
enemies.
Dj>po~ine over enormous capitals, the
Eve brothess created active aud energetic
corresponding agencies il every part Of
Euroue. They received information Of
tie slightest stock fluctuations in all the
different and most remote places. They
negotiated with the most perfect securi-
tY: and their operations remained wrap
ped in tie most itnpenetraUle secrecy,
aud were secured by certain success in
speculation Of the money market. Three
of old Meyers sous seem more particu-
.Iarly to lave inherited his geuius. These
are Nathan Soloman and ,'aHes.
Nathan deserves especial manlion.-
Scarcely of age in 179s, he located him
self at Manchester, with capital Of
100000 francs. which he had borrowed
from the pa;ernal cstfers. In four years
lie had tr;rled his capital, removing his
banking hoase TO London, where the
extent O. his business soon assumed per-
feca!y gigantic proportions.
Nathan served his Government as
intermaGiator with tie continental pow
ess. who at that time were fighting
against France. and he alone continued
to extend credit to the caLiaet Of St.
james.
He was at Brussels in 1915, during
The battle Of Waterloo, and immediately
after 1t, FASTENED to London, where lie
arrived tweafv four hours in advance of
slle official news Of the victory. During
these hours he aent on change, bought
everything that was offered, and thus
gained a: one stroke of business thirty
millions,
Tie invasion Of 1915 qnadrupIed his
fostuue. and despite Of the most gigantic
banking undertakings, he never neglect
Cd even the ST matter Of business
He died
pnysica
reputs.ve d
that Of Il,
ascrlbed tt.1,
children e
dan; he de-
that country y Il
race. They would
itude, have made hi
but whether they wo
their European wealth So
the land of the Bible, still rei II
open question. Our lamented fsNd,
the late Major Noah, was Jealous aa''
earnest colaborer of RothschiId in that
cause.
Nathan married the sister Of Isaac
Cohen, who had a dowry Of fifteen mil
linv frames