The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-19

GTUa4 genesou2 b-onesolent or noble,
whose whole life and whole energies
Wese devoted to b acquisition of pelf.
whose manners were. coarse. whose per-
son Wa unprepoooessing. whose mind
ranged beyoad IL own contracted
and y-making sphere. and who yet
commanded in England an homage
virtue or valor. Such q man was
Nathan Meyer Rothschiid, thte famous
Jew capitalist. Originally from Frank
fort. this remarkable man came over
10 England towards the close of the
last century n commenced operations
in Manchester. where he y said to have
speedily trebled his first capital Of s1oo.-
900. This was h foundation OF that
colossal fortune which Afterwards
passed into . proverb. Rothschild
reached London at 4 time when the
greatest opportunities presented them
selves for his peculiar talents. From
bargain to bargain. from profit to profit.
the Hebrew f~inancier went on and pros
pered. Gifted with . fine perception.
he never hesitated In action: While he.
together with Ricardo n Peel. were
rivetfng the shackies OF slavery on the
English people by h adoption OF the
gold unit Of value-he had then I'm mis-
possession bills which he had purchased
of the Duke Of wellington at a dis
count-to the payment Of which the
faith of the state was pledged. His next
operation was to buy the gold which
was necessary to pay them. and when
ne had purchased it. he was. as he ex-
pected, Informed hat h government
required II. Government had IL. but
doubtless paid well for the accommoda-
ton. 1t was the best business I ever
did, he exclaimed. trfumphantly. n
he added hat when the government got
IL, IL was Of no service to them until
he had undertaken to convey II to Por-
tugal.
"Rothschild was. in fact. a usurer to
the states. as greedy and unconscion-
able as the humber Hebrew, who dis
counts the bills of q s~pendthrift at
fifty per cent. Disraeli has drawn a
character of a great inancier In most
fascinating colors. His Sidonia. whilst
deeply engaged in money making pur-
suits, Is represented as a man of bound
less accomplishments. He is the very
Paladin of the stock exchange. Sid
onia' is as much at home in the palace
as in the counting room: his wealth
ceases to be the prominent feature, and
becomes the mere accessory OF the pol
ished and intellectual man; avarice for
| one Is never permitted to APP
pear; on the contrary, the prodigality OF
the muniicent Hebrew Is more than
! Oriental. 1t il certain that Rothschild
never furnished the mode for 'Sidonia'
to the novelist. And yet Rothschild in
his day commanded as much homage
as the novelist has claimed for Sidonia.
Great Is the power of money. Princes
Toasted with him. ambassadors attend
ed him to the tomb, and yet in moral
worth, from all that can be
learned. he was not equal to the
meanest pauper In one Of England's
Door houses. Listen to this from the
same chronicler, Francis: Peers and
| princes OF the blood sat at his table
clergymen and laymen bowed before
him, and they who preached loudess
against mammon bent west oeiore
the mammon worshiper. Gorgeous plate
fine furniture, an establishment such
as NAM a noble of Norman descent
would envy, graced his entertainments
\ Without social refinement, with man
ners which, offensive In the million
were but 'brusque" in the millionaire,
he collected around him the most fas-
tidious members OF the most fastidious
aristocracy. OF the world. He saw the
representatives of all the states In Eu'
rope proud of his friendship. His hos
pitality was by all accepted alike, while
the man who warred with slavery In al
its forms and phases, was himself slave
to the golden reputation OF the Hebrew
The language which Mr.. Rothschild
could use when his anger over
balanced his discretion was a license
allowed to his wealth. and who, wher
placed In a position which almost com
PEELED him to subscribe to a pressing
charity, could exclaim: Here write
check; I have made n d. fool OF my
self!' was courted and caressed by thu
clergy, was feted and followed by tn
peer, was treated as an equal by thu
first minister of the CROWN, and mor'
than worshiped by those whose names
stood foremost on the roll OF a CONNER
cial aristocracy. His mode OF debating
letters was characteristic OF a min'
entirely absorbed in money making, ant
his rawlings when he found a bill unex
pectedly protested were translated int
mercantile language before they wer'
At to meet a correspondents eye. IT ]
painful to write thus ~deprecatingly Of
man who possessed SO large a develop
ment Of brain, but the golden gods o
England ave man idolators and tn
voice OF truth rarely penetrates the pr
vate room of IN English merchant
have used tbs above quotation, not q
much to dwell more on the acts or char
acter OF Rothschild as to draw attention
to the fact that England's proud arts
tocracy II no more. England has be
come q nation Of mammon worshipers
The people are divided into two classe
slave masters and slaves.
II will here take my leave OF Nathai
Rothschild. I find that all his wealtl
did not produce him happiness; his ex
istence was embittered by the constan
fear OF assassination The though
haunted him when he would willingl
have forgotten II.
"'Happy.' he said in reply 10 the com
pliment of a guest. Me happy! What
Happy. when just as you are going
dine, you ave a letter placed in you
hands. saying. IF you do not e m
$500 I will blow your brains out!
Happy! Me happy Poor as Laxaru
may be. let him not envy the position c
Dives.
while 20 much has been written o
this great hnancier concerning his deal
ings on change, no great ~benevolenc
ever lit up his path: no great charity
related. And while he goes down !
history q silhouette of wonder. IL wi
be with q feeling Of relief that posterit
.vsfr k.s~D 20 tho PonnVAa NJ rohQp