The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-07-23


This system comprises I6 railroads cap
italized at $1,000, 29I, and virtually Gov
ers Pennsylvania, threatening to absorb
the entire railroad mileage of that State.
THE LEHIGH VALLEY SYSTEM.
This system embraces nine railroads
aggregating a capital of $66, 496,35S
THE ERIE SYSTEM.
This system embraces IL roads and a
capital of $I79,493, ISL, commanding a
most important geographical location.
THE SOUTHERN SYSTEM.
This system is constituted of eight rail-
roads and a capital of $IS6, 1917. The
system absorbs the most important rail-
roads in the Southern States constituting
an iron grip on the business of that wide
scope of country.
THE NORTHERN PACIFIC SYSTEM.
This system embraces the Northern
Pacific railroad and with the eastern con-
nections is continental in its magnitude.
1t is composed of four important railroads
representing capital of$Io6, 100000.
"BIG FOUR" SYSTEM
This system includes seven railroads,
representing capital of $64, 5I7,635, and
covers the Mississippi and Ohio valleys,
the richest territory within the United
States, and in a comparatively short
period of time will contain population
numbering 100, ooo,o 900.
THE CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO SYSTEM.
This system embraces six roads repre-
senting a capital of $73,7oS, 100. The
name of this system indicates the territory
which pays tribute to its ruler. When all
these Systems" of railroads are grouped
together, and so far as control goes they
are virtually one system or Railroad EN-
pire, governed by one Emperor, as the
states of Germany constitute one Empire
under the despotic power of one ambitious
man. The people of this country are in a
dream that they are free. But many of
them are waking up to the real situation.
This man Morgan is said to be Satrap
of the Rothschilds. He possesses an or
ganizing and strategic genius for this kind
of business, as Bonaparte possessed for
organizing and directing armies. Both
animated by sordid ambition for coll
quest, the sole aim of which is. and was,
the delight it affords of seeing millions
of human beings robbed of the fruits of
their toll, and to enjoy the envy of the
throw and total defeat in the contests,
organized by Napoleon in Paris and by
Morgan in Wall street.
But J. Pierpont Morgan appears to be
only middle man working under the
direction and support of the great Jew
gold monopoly of London and the CONT
mental capitals, who feed and control for
their own use the worthless aristocracy of
the Old World
In European countries the people are
kept i'll slavery by the immense armies
in the hands of the governing class. fed
and supported by the spoils plum dered
from the people who are pressed down to
a state of mere existence. But in the
United States this oligarchy of wealth
must act through a political party and for
thirty years they have acted through both
of the old political parties They have
managed this by placing their men in
congress. These nercenary congressman
were compelled to or willingly voted for
or against such laws as their masters die
tated. These mercenary members have
been the leaders and directors of the two
old parties. The Democrat party has had
only Cleveland as its Presidential repre-
sentative in all the years, but he was the
most brazen, defiant brute of them all,
and spread alarm through the party which
caused the rank and file to desert their
old leaders and stampede in a body to
Populist policy and principles
By the most herculean effort and the
expenditure of tens of millions of
dollars, the gold oligarchy was enabled
to handle the Republican organization
and place Mckinley, a very weak, !
purposeless man in the Presidential seat.
and majority in the lower house of
its creatures. And the people stand at
bay, as it were, in death struggle with
this monster of gold monopoly, which
has secured every strong hold of TIE peo.
pie except the U. S. Senate.
The Republican party is its abiect tool
as all may see, when it places such things
i'll the Senate as Wellington of this State.
And what guarantee have the people of
this State that they can trust this reform
ed Democrat party when they meet as
they did in Elkton few days ago and in
the presence of this great peril, and with
the warm breath of the monster in their
faces, make a machine ticket and dissolve
as quietly as the morning mists, without
word of assurance that the party in
Maryland is not in the future, as in the
past, to march under the colors and cap
tains of the great Briish-American gold |
army OF conquest and spoliation?