The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-01-04
MilliOnaire's Newspaper breaches
POpulist Doctrines.

POpulist Doctrines.
We find, in Schilling's Milwaukee ADJ
vocate the following remarkable article:
Alfred Henry Lewis is the editor of a.
new paper in New York called The Verdict
The owner of the paper is Oliver Belmont,
the agent of the Rothchilds in America
From the prospectus one would assume
that the paper is going to be wonderfully
progressive and it's editorials are brimful
of "roasts" of monopolies and the aggres-
sions of millionaires.
In the second issue of the Verdict the
leading editorial begins: New York must
own the street railroads or the street rail-
roads will own New York" And another
editorial Is rs follows:
Why does monopoly monopolize? 1t but
destroys Its own foundation feeds on it's
own roots and saps itself to it's own down.
fall. Why should a man-Whtney for ex
ample, worth twenty milions-try to
make fifty millions? Why should a man
like Sage-worth fifty millions strive to pile
up hundred millions? Why should a man
worth hundreds Of milions-l!ke Rockefel-
ler-eevate the hind-siGhts of greedy en-
deavor until, aiming far beyond the billion
mark, the eye of Imagination even may not
make out the Rockefeller target? None of
these porkers of money need these extra
millions any more han other pigs need pis-
tol pockets
II the Verdict were business manager Of
this country, its first concern would be to
start a night school in history for the bene-
mt OF monopolies and those mllionaires are
ever the bugs under that chip. OF course
one may not say too much of this sort Of
truth lest one brighten the purblind timid
into the belief that one is an anarchist
But these question are of arave public con-
Germ: our men of the plunder-bloated mo-
nopolfes should learn, listen and reflect. For
every dollar Of pillage in their pockets,
some man has lost dollar. For all these
multi-milliOns heaped and hilled illicitly a
multitude of mendicants has been made To
feed their luxury other men famish, and
gaunt hunger has more than one throat in
this city in its clutch as this Is read
These molopolies and these men of
monopolies should consider n race In their
feelings. They are spelling the Morse
men-the breed Of the battlc-axe They are
not dealing with the slim races OF South
Europe.
Now a starved Saxon Is a menace. Don't
go too far In the reduction or his bread
Hunger makes him savage and want
arouses him unpleasantiy. Read the history
Of the Saxon and ponder tho possible hertz
age ones greed may leave ones children.
Learn the story of the Saxon. His wrathful
heel has toppled thrones ana shaken en-
pires; the kings have not dared to look
him between the eyes In the hour OF his
anger.
OF verify there are a fur-lined folk, fat
by monopolies and kindred immoralties of
money, who will hear these red truths with
much heat and hatred Of this paper. But
these should pause The Verdict didn't in
vent the Saxon, nor teach him to fight
when starved. The Verdict but indicates a
peril in the path. Is guide, not to say a
philosopher and friend to be turned upon
| and beaten and revived, because, forsouth
| in his mental ramblings with money, he
has pointed out guillotine?
Upon this Mr.. Schilling makes this
| comment:
| Now is not that hot stuff for a man like
| Alfred Henry Lewis to write for oliver
| Belmont, one Of the richest millonaires In
1 the land? If A. H. L. would only stick 10
| his text. he may do some good with the
| greedy millionaire filchers. but unfortunate
| ly his past shows him to be rather unreli-
able.