Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1895-10-02
KEEPING OUR CREDIT.
EARNED OUT TO A SYNDICATE
OF BANKERS.
A Case of the Wolves Guarding the
Lambs-And They Talk of Cleveland
Der

Fellow countrymen, read the follow
Ing. It comes from the editorial col
umns of the San Francisco Chronicles:
Wall street, the money power as an
organized influence, if not, indeed, an
organic body, is aiming at nothing short
Or the absolute domination and control
OF the finances of the national govern
ment. If anything were needed to con-
vince the country of this fact the stu
died efforts that are now being made to
defend and justify the Infamous con-
tract with the Rothschilds-Morgan syn
dicate and to laud the money kings who
compose the syndicate as national ben
efactors, the fulsome articles and state
ments that are now appearing simultan-
eously in the magazines and papers of
the country ought to satisfy any intel
ligent American that the Shylocks who
hold the governments of Europe in
their hands are seeking to get a firm
grasp upon the United States.
There is certainly something signifi-
cant in the sudden activity of the pen
servants of the syndicate. In the Re-
view Of Reviews for July there is an ar
tiele by the editor of Bradstreet's writ
ten for the confessed purpose of show
ing that if it had not been for the gold
purchase contract the credit of the gov
ernment would have been wrecked, and
that the American people are, therefore,
beholden to the syndicate for having
protected the treasury" Protected the
treasury from what, from whom? Why,
it was these same money sharks and
their associates who were draining the
treasury of gold for the. very purpose
Of forcing another issue of bonds.
The portraits of the American MEM
bers of the syndicate are given in the
article and they are spoken of, as al
ready said, as national benefactors.
There is also the picture of Lawyer
Stetson of New York, the former law
partner Of the president, "who drew UP
the contract" But there is no mention
in the article of the onerous and in
famous terms and conditions of the deal
which netted the syndicate some $10,-
100000. Protectors of the treasury
Benefactors of the nation! Why, the
members Of this syndicate are the mon
umental Shylocks of the age.
1t will only be few months when
congress will meet and when the out
rageous affair will be or should be in
vestigated to the bottom. 1t is more
than likely that the articles that are
now appearing, of which the one just
mentioned is only an example, are put
forth for the purpose of forestalling the
action of congress.
A. B. Hepburn, New York banker
who served in some capacity under the
irst Cleveland administration and who
is always at the front in defense of the
gold ring, has an article in the Forum
tor August entitled "The Bond Syndi-
cate: It's Excellent Work" He also
goes to the fullest extent in sustaining
the expediency and honesty of the con.
tract. Then again here is the --latest
weekly special" circular from the
banking house of Henry Clews & Co
Mr.. Clews is a very inconsistent finan
.ier, and there are strong indications ii
his circular that he has not been forgot
ten by the syndicate. He. too. speak.
Of the intellectually valuable service.
rendered by the syndicate in protect
sng't the treasury. He even suggests tha
the members of the syndicate will We
lind the means Of guarding the treas
lry by some permanent form of protec
sion"
1t is dificult to find words to express
The sense of shame that should I'LL tn
minds Of patriotic Americans who .real
such language. Not only that, bu
thoughtful men ought to feel anxiet,
.or the future when such assertions ar
made and are not reproved on all sides
Has it come TO pass that the credit
the United States is dependent upon
particular ring of money lenders, mon
! ~ sharks?
The editor OF Bradstreet's" is fol
lowing up his service to the syndicat
/ by his weekly articles. A week ago b
asserted in long editorial that ther
, e no doubt that the syndicate wi