The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-04-23

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torian will ever be thus assisted, for he
might find other things than those he
was in search of, and thereby create new
enigmas while solving old ones, to the
possible confusion of other interests than
those Of mere readers of books.
There is good authority for the state
ment that the combined assets OF the
Rothschilds of today reach 90, 600, O00,-
O00, and that they control indirectly ut
least half as much more. They are the
largest creditors of the nations of the
earth, and their capital is at the back of
many of the greatest corporate interests
In the world, the syndicate which con
trolls the Russian petroleum fields, for
instance, and those which, under the
guidance of Cecil Rhodes, control the
South African diamond mines and the
famous nitrate beds wrested by Chilli
from Peru.
The story Of the origin Of this vast
wealth is q schoolbook tschestnut. : :
Everybody knows how the Landgrave Of
Hesse-C assel, desiring TO save the ima-
mense boards of silver which had accu-
INFLATED in his palace vaults as the re-
suit Of selling his soldiers TO fight for
England and France when Napoleon's
army invaded his territory to despoil
him, sent for Mayer Anselm Rothschild,
then q money lender in a small way at
Frankfort, and offered him the use ofl
the treasure without interest if he would
convey it to a place of safety. The
amount thus intrusted to Rothschild
was abont 90, 900, 900, and of this inn
mense sum he and his SONS had the free
use for eight years, after which they
paid an annual interest Of Q per cent
upon it until 1928, when the principal
was repaid to the landgfave's son and
successor. Q
Rothschild had five sons, and before
his death. which occurred In 1912, he
saw them established ON financial !
thrones In the principal money centers
of Europe-Anselm in the paternal
Frankfort, Nathan in London, Solomon
in Vienna, James in Paris and Charles
in Naples-where their sons, nephews (
or other natural successors reign today /
In their stead, except i'm the case of the /
Neapolitan house, which was d~iscontin- |
ned on the death of its founder in 1855. |
his son preferring a life Of gilded ease
to the useless labor of increasing his in
heritance. Many of his cousins have
initiated him in this, and all of them /
have learned the snperlative value In
the financial world of princely estab-
lishments and regal retinues. But every
generation produces for each Of the |
houses a Napoleon Of finance who makes
money for all the rest, and thus the grin
Oh b family ON the purse strings Of |
the world is never loosened.
Lord Rothschild, the present head of
the London house, is naturally enough |
the primate of the family, for London
ID the Rome of the financial world, and
he II the pope who reigns in its vati-
m. He succeeded his father i'm 1879 |
and was then known as Sir Nathaniel |
Rothschild, having succeeded tothe bar-
onetcy of his fathers younger brother. !
Sir Anthony, who was the first of the
English Rothschilds TO be knighted and I
the first jew Z created q baronet.
The title OF baron so freely used by the |
other Rothschilds ia an Austrian one |
derived from patents given early I'M the
century to the FIVE sons Of Mayer An. |
selm.
Lord Rothschild also inherited one AZ
these Austrian baronies, but since his
elevation TO the British peerage i'm 1885
II Is of course secondary to his English
title. The English Rothschilds are ali
great landowners, "a are all OF the race.
for that matter. and most Of them are
passionate art lovers and collectors.
Lord Rothschild has q magnificent e.
tate &C Tring, In Hertfordshire, and
upon his walls hang the best pictures
by Gainsborough, Sir Joshua Reynolds
and Turner to be found outside the ma !!
tional galleries.