The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1886-01-10
Dangerous.

Dangerous.
There is something rad i,uliy wrong
IN u system which makes II pos .ibic
for family in two generations to nc.
three hundred millions.
Few Of the rogning families of
Europe have been able To do that IN
six hundred years ofHbso'utc power
with mn ample capital TO start On. aud
by running their public policy 30 That
their own Interests are served best /
Mt the expense of those of their sub /
jects who might become rivals in the
race for money. Coming down lit |
tie we have the law of cutnilmcnt, !
which banks up the money OF the mr.
i-tOcracy in u certain line from gen
Grafton 10 generation. aud yet. with
the exception OF the Duke Of West
minister, aud perhaps the Dukes Of
Bucclcuch and Argyle. We have no
immense fortunes Ike those of the
Naudcrbills, the Gould4. A-tors.
Mackays, and host Il Others we
might name, of the rodt-h nristoc-
rary of the United Sintc. Forty or
fifty years since million of dollars
was a big fortune. 6irnrd was said
10 have had three millions. aud there
nro men now living who remember
well the wondcrmcn, mud ave with
which they listened 10 the tales of his
enormous wealth Atthis day man
Is of small account who cannot show
u balance nj his bankers for
over II million. lie ba;oly
comes into notice with hi three
millions. 60 to the senate of the
United States, AMI you will lind mcn
holding seats there who. it il broadly
charged, used money in largo sums
u corrupt their legislatures, aud who
bought their way to political, aud,
consequently, socinl distinction with
the money piled up in their golfers by
the most glnrmgly dishonest trade
policy, or by the exercise of some
lOrdly monopoly ns dangerous Ia the
pcrmanan q of our institutions, ns II
is grinding and rcprcssivc orthc poor
aud tho helpless. There Is present.
danger in ali this. There Is future
woe, anarchy aud blood in 1t, aud the
wise aud patriotic stGtrmnn-hip of
the age ought to be bending its keen
energies to the business ot finding
and applying competent and sure
remedy.
In order to plant themselves more
securely these millionaire are pur-
chasing immense landed estates.
| Enormous tracts ARE secured IN u
body and tho days of frudul grand
eur and landed importance ARE rap
idly returning These were the days
WHOM n few men held in their hands
the power to make war, to establish
peace aud all without consulting the
I'N'llNt w 'NllN WV 'NllN wv pun
Pile have had u taste Of power, and
they will part with their rights aud
privileges only after they have been
ground TO powder. II j. this ,trug.
gle, its certainty, and us blood and
tears, that we would guard agniu.t
by some competent, wise aud rru,un.
able means.
one means would be- the as,ump-
lion of the control of tho railroads
and transportation lines generally, OF
the country by the general govern.
mcut. The passage Of stringent
law by the states limiting the number
of acres man or y corporation
might own, aud then see to II that
tho limit is never passed in amy case.
The poor, the workers of all classes, /
are becoming very RESTLESS in this
country, and unless something Is
speedily done to even up matters II
little, even up the chances of life
lHNN VIII lhht INV l'IllU'hllNu OF /.
matters into their own hands. and we
will have such mess OF II u, was had
by the French " hen the red caps rose
n their wrath and cut he throats Of
heir oppressors without ceremony /
aud without distinction There I, no
wisdom in dcfcrring the considers.
ion of these subjects until the evil Is
The thing to do i. To
ookout ahead and steer the ship
lear OF the dangerous rcof We can
,nIy do that by curtailiug the power
If money to multiply, aud by chuck
ny an additional chance to the strug-
gling people.
We woull do this Of our own vo-
ition rather than ut the bohcst of u
b cody re,ouol after il Il ii
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