Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-09-12
THE ''RED SHIELD
Hhe KOthschilds, the Great Money
Kings of the World.


the world, originatedin the city of Frank
tort, Germany. In the Judengasse, OF
Jews alley, short distance from the
main thoroughfare, 142 years ago, lived
a dealer in clothes, who had a red shield
for sign. which in German reads Roth
| Schild. 1t was in 1873 that son was
| born TO this Israelite. The name given
to the boy was Anselm Meyer, who also
became clothes dealer and pawnbroker
and succeeded to the business of his
father. By degrees he extended his bust
ness, lending money at high rates of in
terest during the wars of the last century
managing his affairs with such skill that
Prince William the Landgrave made him
his banker. When Napoleon came across
the Rhine in 1906, the clothes dealer was
directed to take care of the treasures of
the prince, amounting to $12,000,000,
which he invested so judiciously that
it brought large increase to the owner,
and especially to the manager.
The banker died in 1912, leaving an
estate estimated at s., 900, OOO-not very
large sum these days-but he left an in
junction upon his five sons, which was
made binding by an oath given by the
sons around his death-bed, which has
had and still has powerful influence upon
the world. The sons bound themselves
by oath to follow their fathers business
together, holding his property in partner
| ship, extending the business, that the
world might know of but one house of
the red shield! (Rothschildl.
The sons were true to their OATH The
eldest, Anselm, born in 1773, and died in
1875, was his father partner and successor
at Frankfort. The second, Solomon, born
IVA, and died in 1855, was established as
representative of the house at Vienna
The third, Nathan Meyer, born 1775, and
died in 1886, settled in London and was
the leading member and ablest financier
of the firm. The fourth, Charles, born
1888, died 1855, went to Naples, and
James, born 1892, died 1869, at Paris.
The five brothers thus occupied great fl
nancial centers, and were geographically
located in excellent positions to use their
financial power and skill to the best adj
vantage. Nathan, in London, amassed
money with great rapidity, and the same
may be said of all the others, the wars of
Napoleon being favorable to the business
of the house. Nathan went to the Con-
tinent to witness the operations of Well
ington in his last campaign against Napo-
leon, preparing to act with the utmost
energy, let the result be as it might. He
witnessed the battle OF Waterloo, and
when assured of Napoleon's defeat, rode
all night with relays of horses, to Ostend
went across the channel in a fishing
smack-for it was before the days of
steam-reached London in advance of all
other messengers, and spread the rumor
that Wellington and Butcher were de-
feated. The Goth OF June in that memoir
able year was dismal day in London.
The battle was fought on the 18th. Ma
than Meyer, of the house of the Red
Shield, by hard driving, reached London
at midnight on the 18th. On the morn
ing of the Goth the news was over the
town that the cause of the allies was lost,
that Napoleon had swept all before him.
England had been the leading spirit in
the struggle against Napoleon. The treas
ury of Great Britain, it will be remem-
bered, had supplied funds to nearly all of
the allied powers.
Ii their cause was lost, what hope was
there for the future? Bankers flew from
door to door in eager haste to sell their
stocks. Funds of every description went
down. Nathan Meyer was beseiged by
men who had funds for sale, but he was
not in the market; he had no desire to
buy He, too, had stocks for sale. What
would they give? But meanwhile he
had scores of agents purchasing. Twenty
four hours later Wellington's messenger
arrived in London; the truth was known.
The nation gave vent to its JOY; up went
the funds with rapidity, the general adj
,,o,,oo e cold fiua ,,,iIlioY, dol
lars into the Golfers of this one branch of
the house of the Red Shield!
The house of the Red Shield is the
greatest banking house of the world, the
mightiest of all times, and has made its
power felt the world over, III the Tuileries
of Paris, in the ministerial chamber of
Berlin, in the imperial palace at St.
Petersburg, in the Vatican at Rome, in
the Bank of England, in Wall street,
State street, and by every New England
fireside. The house OF the Red Shield,
by the exercise of its financial power, can
make difference in the yearly account
of every man who reads these words of
mine. Though Anselm Meyer has been
half a century dead, though several OF his
sons have gone down to the grave, the
house is the same. The grandchildren
have the spirit OF the children The
children of the brothers have intermar-
ried, and it is one family, loyal to each
other, carrying out the desire of the
founder of the firm, and animated by
common purpose, that the world shall
know only one red shield.
The house at an early stage of the
American war took hold of the United
States bonds. England strove for our
ruin, but the people of the Rhine believed
in the star of American liberty Fifty
wears of peace had been long enough 70
bring wealth to this land, and so with
every steamer orders were sent across
the Atlantic for investment in American
securities. In 1867 Germany held nearly
four hundred million of United States
bonds, and it is gratifying to know that
the profit of the bankers OF Frankfort be-
tween 1868 and 1867 was over sixty mil
lion dollars on these securities. British
sympathizers with the South in the same
period of time, beside the Confederate
loan and quite a number of other losses,
took the Southerd cotton loan, which was
placed in London by Granger, a German
banker, and proved to be Il loss of over
fifteen million dollars to the all too-confi-
dent holders.
In 1866 the Red Shield made its power
felt by Prussia. The Prussian Govern
ment demanded an indemnity of great
amount-$25 100000 from the city of
Frankfort. The head of the house Of the
Red Shield informed Count Bismarck
that if the attempt was made to enforce
that levy he would break every bank in
Berlin that he had the power to do it,
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