The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-04-13
CARNEGIE AND ROCKEFELLER
Two Living in Glass Houses Should
Not Throw Stones

Editor Independent: Mr.. Bryan
said in the Commoner:
The Nebraska legislature can SYM
pathize with Kansas, but not to the
extent OF criticizing Mr. Rockefeller.
Nebraska University has Rockefeller
temple in sight"
agre with Mr.. Bryan that it was
a disgrace for the citizens of Ne
braska when Chancellor Andrews went
begging Mr. Rockefeller for money to
build university chapel that the
university students may have a
chance to worship the golden calf.
That act legalized Mr.. Rockefeler's
robberies and sanctified his plumber,
converting the same to absolute sac
red property of Mr. Rockefeller; but
Mr.. Bryan, too, disgraced the citizens
OF Lincoln by begging Mr. Carnegie
for money for a library. The only diff
ference between Rockefeller and Car
negie is that may be one of them had
chance for robhing a few millions
more than the other These gentle
men have to build temples to their
god and keep the people in ignorance
and superstition, therefore they hold
with the Philosopher Chic in "Quo
Vadis,' that it is better to be on god
terms with the philosophers for fear
they may prove to the people that no
such god exists, for then all would
cease to present that god with offer
ings.
AS soon as people are enlightened
abonf tho colossal h,,v,, b,,fr - <J;xy;v, :,
rights Of oil, coal, steel, railroad,
shares, they will cease to bring offer
ings to the temple to sustain that
idol and those fraudulent divine rights
Every trust and great corporation
would long ago have been smashed to
pieces if it were not for the colossal
ignorance and superstition of the peo-
pie and If presidents, governors, con-
crosses, legislatures and courts had
done their duty. To do that not a
single new law would be needed. it
would only be necessary to enforce the
very ancient usurv laws. Moses and
Christ declared, taking interest fer
money loaned as usury but afterward
to protect the common people against
eytortions by usurers, every state had
fixed legal maximum rate for inter-
ests. for really invested money. run
ming from to 10 per cent. but our
money princes did never care for such
laws. they not only take even 100 per
cent interest for their really invested
money. hut they urge the people with
out the least objection from the gov
eminent to paw interest for only fic-
fitious capital, so-called water stock.
They need only to paw the 1.-THE from
their plumber TO the philosophers,
building a church or instituting a Ii
brary. when those philosophers will
bcstOW their henedictiOns on the plum
der what converts the same to ALSO.
lutte sacred property of those money
princes, after that are those philoso.
piers arranging banquets where the
rarest delicacies and most delicious
wines and Havana cigars are served
then they commence to sing sOne
of praise of those philanthropists and
talk, talk, talk until you become SC
Z Supplied that you feel as if a fly wheel
Of an engine was turning around in
your Uranium. After that they will
commission one of the sons of an ex
president or member of the cabinet
to make an investigation, because
those fellows are so highly educated
and wise that they know everything
Based on the reports of those wise
I gentlemen our congress will declare
everything all right and our supreme
court by S to decision, declares
j everything constitutional and that set
ties the matter.
The best critic of our government
4 has Sidney Brooks expressed in a sin,
gle sentence in the London Monthly
Review. He said: 'The American adj
ministration is conspiracy for doing
nothing"
From respectable parliament have
cur congresses and legislatures de
generated to nonsesical babblements
1t is all squeal, but very, very little
wool
: But those babblements furnish tt
our robber knights the necessary
! traps, franchises, bonds and specia
!. laws to catch their game. Instead tt
/, of enforcing the ancient usury laws, tt
squeeze the water out of every cor
I, poration, they are squeezing the las
& hard earned cent out of the common