Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-12-24
JAY GOULD.
Hi. y... Railroad 1ntere.,-stocks
and Bonds by Hundreds
of Mfllton0.

[From the New York Hour, December le.l
1t is but u very few years since the
names OF Gould and Fisk we're anath-
ema,ized by every one. Public |
opinion condemned these men for
their dishonest management of the
Erie railroad. The press, almost
without exception, took = similar |
view. Fisk has since been killed. aud |
nc one has been bold enough to re-
verso the verdict passed upon his |
career while alive. But his associate
survives. He is the same man to-day |
that he was during the life of his
partner. and he has not in any way
changed his method OF dealing in the
securities bought and solo in the
street. His manner of getting pos
session of Western Union, aud the
deals he has made in the stocks of the
elevated roads, are as financially aud
morally Objectionable as anything he
did during the life of his friend
'.Jim" Fisk. Il r1f :. T.,
Strange SUCCESS has attended near
iy all the schemes of this mau. Fully
one-third OF the entire railway sys.
tenn of the country is now at his
command. All the railroads in the
southwest belong to him. One Of
his partners is president of the Union
Pacific road. He controls the great
Wabash system. He Owns line
from the Hudson river to Boston,a and
in order to secure an unbr0ken rail-
way connection from the northeastern
to tho southwestern boundary of the
republic, with branches to every
leading city in the UNION. all he needs
is the Delaware aud Lacka W anna sys-
TEN, which he can easily secure, or
the Erie road, which may fall into his
possession before many mouths are
| over. He owns the elevated system
of railways upon which this metropo-
| lis 80 largely depends. But the most
enormous power he wields is through
his control of the entire telegraphic
system of the country. This puts the
press and all the markets under his
authority. The following list of So
curities, which are known a. tho
idea of the vast capital WI Oh this
man directs aud indirectly controls {:
Missouri Pacific. 90. .Soo, ,oso sA. 81 900
Wabash. ............... ~. l86 400 &C, ,s50, 900
Missouri. Kan. and Tex. 4s.los.0oo ass. 900
1 NIX
Now Ysrk and New Eng. q. 900 900 $500 200
Union Pacific ,,,.,. 81 200 900 65,5lS 600
| International and Great
Northern. ............. 7.7l5. 600 II, 1858 ,Oe0
Elevated roads. q, 600 OOe n 500 .00e
Western Union ........... s0.ooo. 200 1000 900
$50. $40. 400 .a7a ,eas .osu
But this does not tell the whole
story. He is interested in barge lines
on the Mississippi, in express COM
| io n do, 1ar cf1 nLa
like Lake Shore, Erie and Pacific Nail.
real estate. His indirect influence, OF
safe to credit him with controlling
almost absolutely fully one-third OF
the railway system Of the country.
Not satisfied with this astonishing
concentration of power in his most
unfit hands, Jay, Gould procIaims bis
intention of running the stock ex-
change and getting control Of the
market III which all the securities oi
the country are bought and sold. To-
day Jay Gould is more powerful than
any potentate on earth, and his ap.
petite seems to- grow on what II
feeds. But the press, which, even il
it had no public spirit, should bt
alarmed for its own indepeudence,n nc
longer cares to tell the truth abou
Jay Gould. The telegraph is all i'm
portant to the newspapers. He who
owns it has every Journal in the
, country at his mercy. But even tht
boldest and most independent of th.
: leading editors of tho country hav,
. not had the courage to say word
!; about this concentration Of power il
most unworthy hands. How differ
ent is their attitude to day from wha
it WAS when Gould and Fisk wer'
swiudling the street by feeding GU
= Erie stock from the printing presses
They roared loudly enough then. bu
: now they are like unto sucking doves
Q To make assurance doubly sure in hi
: mastery Of the newspapers, JAY
: Gould is determined 10 get possession
e Of the Associated Press. That or
. ganization consists of seven New
0 York journals, which collect all tn
\ news of the world for distribution il
and throughout the country. Three
Y Of these journals are openly ownet
+ by Gould or his partner, Field, aut
+ he is known to be negotiating for
e fourth, which will give him complet
e control of the great news agency o
a the country-the organization upol
: which every leading newspaper is de
pendent TOR all that 10 vital in its col
a umns.
t The vast concentration of powe
= over all the important interests o
e the country is dangerous in ever.
+ way. 1t is threat against the lude
/. pendence OF the judiciary; it create
II suspicion AS to the integrity Of eabi
d oct officers. and through the lobb
q places the Legislature, not only O
;. every state, but of the nation, In tn
j hands of one remorseless and col