The record-union., 1892-09-21

too much for a hardy fisherman, who
yielded and took him across. Both risked
their lives, but at sunset Nathan was at
Dover. On swift horses he rode through
the night to London. In the morning he
was on change, gloomy as an ancient
prophet, selling down, down, down
against Wellington, whispering of de-
iIeats Of England and Prussia by Napo-
leon, and buying through a secret chan
mel everything that he sent down. Forty
elght hours aiterward came the news of
Nelllngton'S victory. Everything went
up. Nathan sold out, and is said to have
made millions by this little transaction.
The rise of the RothschiIds
IN ENGLISH SOCIETY
Began with the removal of the political
disabilities of Lionel Rothschild so that
he could take his place in the House of
Commons as its leading Hebrew member.
he was elected as early as lS47, but did
not occupy his seat because English stu
pidlty persisted in demanding the oath
ION the true faith of Christian" He
was elected eleven times before the odiouS
proviSo was removed.
The Italian house, which was estab-
lished in the early days of the Rothschilds
at Naples, was ably conducted by Charles
Rothschild, but was given up after the
incorporation of the Two Sicilies with the
Kingdom of Italy.
The parent house in Frankfort, on the
corner near the new synagogue, between
the Zeii and Judengrasse, to a casual OBJ
server might seem the abode of bank
ruptcy, so ancient are its equipments, so
worn its desks, so dusty its counters.
But little observation reveals the signs
of its treasures in piles of bills, bags of
coin, and packets of bonds, and you
breathe amid its dinginess the air of gold.
Though the Rothschilds have more than
thousand millions they are willing to
make only one-elghth of one per cent. on
very small amounts, for they know that
from the slenderest beginnings arose
their fabulous fortunes.
FIFTY MILLION DOLLARS HERE.
1t is perfectly natural that some of the
vast RothSchild wealth, which is diverted
into thousands of channels in Europe and
Asia, should find its way to America
Fifty millions is the figure at which
shrewd ones in Wall street place the
American investments of the Rothschild
family. This is based largely on the Sc
curities known to be held by the Bel
monts and by one or two other we'll
known RothSchild houses for foreign in
VeStOrS.
The amount of American railroad stocks
in the market is placed at $4,000, 900, O0O
OF this S4,509,G0 ,000 is in bonds and the
remainder in stocks. Fully twenty-five
per cent. of this vast investment is held
abroad, and the Rothschilds control no
small portion OF the American stocks on
the London market.
The secret of the houses success is, of
course, the rigid following of old Mayer
Anselm's maxim of buying cheaply and
selling at high price; and, furthermore,
OF always being liberal, or, as the French
say, ''coulant'' (easygoing), in dealing with
princes and sovereigns. After losing a
little money on prince or great lord the
Rothschilds pinch the commoner to max @
it up.
II would require long calculation TO
get at even an approximate estimate of
the Rothschilds' wealth. They never tell
family secrets. One of their notices is,
Gold never repeats what it sees;" and
another, "A man never Will tell what he
has not heard;' but some idea can be
had from the fact that since 1915 they
have raised for Great Britain alone more
than $1,000, 100000; for Austria, $50 900, :
O05: for Prussia, $3.50, 100000; for France.
500, 100000; for Italy, nearly S3G0O00, 600:
for Russia, Sl25, 000, 900; for Brazil from
$50, 100000 to $70,000,O00, and for smaller
States certainly between $500, 000, 600 and
$500, 900, 0OO-perhaps $3,O00,0O0,0OO i'll all.