Courier Democrat., 1904-07-28
HOW POOR ARE ROBBED
Lawson Lays Bare Evidence oi
Money Brutality.
EXPOSURE OF A PLUMBER SCHEME.

ruption Plan Republican Lead
ers Connected With aFrenxietl FL
nance"
It is seldom that q multimillionaire
acknowledges his own wrongdoing and
exposes the money brutality that has
seized upon the masters Of finance. |
Thomas w. Lawson of Boston is the
exception to the rule, for he has writ |
ten for Everybody's Magazine an ex-
traordinary story entitled "Erenzied
Finance-The Story of .Amalgamated."
The first installment is published in
the July number and is a preliminary
chapter devoted to Mr.. Lawson's rea-
son for writing the story. He says
that in making the exposure he is not
taking issue with the men, but With
the principle behind the system. He
also says:
'The enormous losses, millions upon
millions Ito my personal knowledge
over $1O0,000,O0W, which were made
because Of Amalgamated, the large
number of suicides Ito my personal
knowledge over thirty which We're d.
rectly caused by Amalgamated. the
large number Of previously reputable
citizens who were made prison convicts
Ito my personal knowledge over twen-
ty) directly because Of Amalgamated,
were caused by acts of this system
Of which Henry II. Rogers or his as
sociates were the direct administra-
tors. and yet Mr.. Rogers and his i'm
mediate associates led social lives
which were as near perfect as it is
possible for human lives to be.
"And yet these men, to whose eyes
have seen come the tears for others
sufferings. and whose voices l have
heard grow husky in recounting the
woes Of their less fortunate brothers
these men under the spell Of the brutal
code Of modern dollar making are con-
verted into beasts of prey. They were
immune to every feeling known to God
or man. They knew only dollars.
Their relatives Of moment since,
their friends Of yesterday and long,
long ago, they regarded only as Jumps
Of matter with which to feed the
whirring, grinding, gnashing mill
which poured forth into their bins
dollars"
Because Mr.. Lawson has, he says, un-
Willingly been made the instrument by
which thousands upon thousands Of
investors in America and Europe have
been plundered Is the reason that he
is using oil of his power to right the
wrongs committed and to compel resti-
tuition.
81 shall describe" he writes, "such
parts Of the great financial structure
as will place my readers in a mental
state to comprehend the methods by
which the savings they think are safely
guarded In the banks. trust and insur-
ance companies are so manipulated by
the votaries Of frenzied finance as to
be in constant Jeopardy. I shall show
them there is trick of financial leger-
dermain, operated twenty -four hours in
each day in the year, trick by means
Of which the savings Of the people and
public funds Of the government are
always at the absolute service and
mercy Of the votaries of frenzied
finance"
He says his exposures will be partly
personal and will necessarily deal with
]. Edward Addicks of Delaware,
everywhere and nowhere" Henry H.
Rogers, William Rockefeller, James
Sullman, president Of the National
City bank; James R. Keene, F. Au-
gustus Heinze and the Standard OIL
company.
Then Mr.. Lawson writes: II shall
deal with bit Of the nations history
in which within a few days of the ma
tional election of 1896 hurry up call
for additional funds to the extent Of
$5,000,000 was SO promptly met as to
overturn the people in five states and
thereby preserve the destinies Of the
Republican party, Of which l am and
have always been member.
II shall draw picture of two
dress suit cases Of money being slipped
across the table at the foot Of Judges
bench in the courtroom from its Gus
todian to its new owners upon the rem
dering Of court decision, and shall
show how the new owners frustrated
plot Whereby they were to be way
laid and the bags Of money recovered.
II shall devote some space to point.
ing out the evils and dangers Of the
latter day methods Of corruptng law
makers and show how one entire Mas
sachusetts legislature, with the excep.
ton Of few members. were dealt with
as openly as the fshmongers procure
their stock in trade upon the wharfs."
In the article William Rockefeller
is described as the fywheel Of the
Standard Oil engine, Henry b. Rogers
as the piston rod and Lawson himself
as 'plain stoker who shovels in coal
and draws out ashes.''
These are certainly extraordinary
disclosures of the rotten system the Re
publican leaders are hand and glove
with and should certainly cause the
voters who are the minor cogwheels
of that party to pause before again
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