The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-08-23

capital.
They are stealing his best men.
Just as soon as the chief executive
finds an official who has the ability
and courage to get the necessary anti
trust information, and has the cou
rage to press for redress in the courts
or wherever else to fight is to be
made, the captains :of industry do not
make the mistake Of opposing the
new man.
Instead they convert him from
foe into a friend; better still, they
gain him for hireling.
Thus the government service loses a
good man, the trusts gain one, and the
battle is postponed, and the more
difficult.
The process is simple. Money is
the bait, not in the form of bribe,
but as an offer at salary.
Some combination Of capital quick
~ discovers that it needs as en- official
the man who possesses the ability to
make trouble for it as an employee
Of the government. A bait 80 tempt
ing is held up and there is no refus-
ing il, and in the twinkling of an eye,
Mr.. Trust breaker has become Mr.
Trust Supporter.
1n this way within comparatively
short space of time President Roose-
velt has lost the service of these men,
every one Of them directly concerned
in efforts to curb the predations of
powerful trusts.
Philander 9. Knox, attorney gener-
al Of the United States.
James NJ. Beck, assistant attorney
general.
Paul Morton, secretary of the
navy.
John H. Wallace, chief engineer of
the Panama canal.
Robert 3. Armstrong, assistant
treasurer of the United States.
William A. Day, assistant attorney
general.
tits, of course, too absurd for belief
that this is merely an accident. It
represents definite policy to hamper,
and it is likely to be continued in
definitely, for there are limitless
good jobs at the disposal Of the trusts,
and men who have the ability to lead
against centralized wealth are few
and far between.
It will be noted that four Of the
ak men who have quilted the govern.
ment employ have found berths with
insurance companies, which, accord.
ing to Mr.. Thomas Lawson, are but
the toys Of the great fnanciers,
welded by them as best suits their
purpose.
The first of Mr.. Roosevelt's trust
fighters to be stolen from him was
Senator Knox.
Originally trust man, Knox when
he went into the cabinet, had not
been expected to make much trouble
for capitalists, but in a short time it
developed that his loyalty to Roose.
velt was absolute, and that the knowl-
edge he gained as builder Of trusts
he was ready to use in the service
of his chief in order to pull them
down.
This constituted q serious menace,
and the order went out to remove
Knox from the attorney generals
Office at any cost.
The death Of Senator Quay give the
desired opportunity. The man who
had given the trusts their most &C.
rious defeat Of history in the North
ern Securities litigation, was decided
on as Senator Quay's successor at
meeting held in the Office of the
Pennsylvania Railroad, the represeu-
tatives of the Standard Oil Company,
and through Mr.. Cassatt, affiliated
nearly all the big financial institutions
Of the country that were exposed to
the likelihood of an attack from Pres.
ident Roosevelt.
Paul Morton, who knew alldabout
rebates. legal and illegal, came into
the cabinet, with the express idea Of
advising the president OF his nghts
against the discrimination by rail-
roads. Just as soon as he became
dangerous, Thomas F. Ryan, the rail.
way magnate, who rescued the Equit-
able Life Assurance Company, picked
out Mr.. Morton as the man to put the
company on its feet, and made an
offer 80 muuifoent that MIR. Morton
forgot all about his antipathy to the
trusts and was promptly made one Of
them.
w. A. Day won a great victory
against the beef trust, and gave yalu.