The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-12-20


srnppsNI and frightened into "squ"alirg.
hn vouId not have boon Involved: withou
fear ~ cxpueUr" and with clear con
scieuse he couii-1nd would have join~
I'm thr deuuuclaiion OF the man who ha'
hecn eAugnt. anu could ANA would have
hcipea send him 20 the pra.'ruilary OF u
the scarloId. Wl;h TIL security OF an hon
est man nEd .it~ serenity 81 % Christian ~
plannci hts colossal thcfts aud rcaIc'
thrir bcnca;s and whenever he was &C
eus.s he could have explained everything
could have got his gcru~"rS sympathy
aud admiration. I cay. cvrld have "a
yialncd. but hr would not Ear.y In hi'
earccr. he had learned 90" ilrst principle
81 sues HsCu. crime sil"uc". Ne mattel
what INC yroVocatlon or IN" seeming al
rautaer. 10 uttered only Few cc1cr. "a.
phrases. such as chose misguidcd men.
or "thc Master teaches az 'o bear viii
urckncss thc ,liumulcs - tn wicked.
or '1c: him that g. wl;hou. sin east ih'
nrs, Etc:C" A. to thC crime itFtit-Sl
tcuce. and the dividends.
Arrsat man. Ro-hu' * dofr my hat q
Inn. Of all the dca.vrF 90 stolen goo ds
under p0.!ce prose ,!cr. who % shvcwd az
hr-
wnmot wa ;hc Instrument nc employed
90 psit tho cori ,9GUstrN into condition for
.'srorgauizatlaU iir bought control III
president Of lt. Nilmo;. taught by TWEEN
IS years 81 hts service. knew what was cx-
pecisd Of him. and proceeded 20 do it. Tic
Irss In y loyal general freight agent who
also needed 70 Instructions. but busted
himself at DESTROYING his own and all the
other coal roads hy gys;"m Of secret re-
hates aud rate cuttings. rs the other
roads one by enc. dcsc,ndrd toward bank
rupicy. Roebuck bought the comparatively
~ re Il. rIN a..
hum control % them. when D. had power
~vrr enough OF them to est thiisa Partial
monopoly OF transportation IN and out OF
the coal distress. hc Was ready for his
tseutcnnrt 10 attack o." mlu,ug properties.
Probably his orders Ga MilIuJt were moth
sng moro definite vr tess innocent than:
''UIimo;. Ely hoy. l"n't YOU think you ara
q and some others OF our friends ourh;
60 s,uy some 81 hose miu,S. n they com"
os ,Ls mRik't NJ f.ir price Lct mc
kaow when you hear - any attractive In
yestmcntS OF that SORT"
That would have been quito enough 10
'tip % on" "a Niimo, thai the time had
evn,c for reaching nat from control OF rail-
pay g. control uf minc. lie lost no time
De easi!y torcsd one mining property after
another into a Position whcr" It's owners
we're g.ad-NCrv 'ag"r--lo sell MI or part
sf the wreck % 2 at a fair price" 90 him
ANn ttNt0Nak NttN WV AAs'iN'AH 81 NhH
~ the rcsult ct ore 80 thcs"
ssoves that the -r'a, MlHasqualc
minis we're so hcmmcd in les Fuinous
freight rates. by Sirik" troubles. 10y floods
from broken machinery and myEtcriously
Seaky dams. tina, I was able 20 bay them
at n fair prlcc"--that H.. az tees than one
teth their value. hut az the time and for
iong time aftcrward-i DID not know. OH
my honor did not suspect what was the
cause. the solc cause. OF the change Of the
csai region from place OF peaceful in
Austry. content with fair profits to an
Industrial chaos with ruin impending.
Onc- the railways and mining companies
vefc all or the verge Of bankruptcy. Roe
huck and hts friends were ready 10 buy.
serc control fcT purposes CT speculation,
fhcrc ownership for purposes OF permit
nrnt investnont THIS L. what ~ known
~ tbs rcorgauizinE stage. The processes
sf high finance are very flmplc-hrst buy
thc comparatively email holdings ncces-
nary TO create confusion and disaster:
second. create confusion and disaster.
saytng up more ami more wrcckngc. third.
feorglniEc: fourth. ofIcr the new stocks
aud bonds 20 the public with mighty
hiarc % truinpcts which produces a boom
unrkct. hfth. u:ioId on the public. pass
dwtdendS. Issue unflyorabic statements.
aeprcss prices huy back cheap what YOU
have sold dear. Repeat al innntum. for
the law T. for the laughter Of the strong.
and the pubiic " an eager ass To keep
NJ the fiction of Responsibility" the In
ssie ring olyldes iUto two parties for It's
campaigns party 20 break down. the
other To build ~ On" takes the profits
irom destruction and departs. perhaps iO
aestroy ct~wr'r'. Ar tibet; cOl.uslun II
nsrciy tncii. no cors".cnr" need witch. I
nsssst add that. az the Tim" OF which I am
writing. did 81 realize tho ,xistcncc OF
tails COT pirlr. I lucw. OF course. that
many iawlcss and savage things were
done. that t!''fH We're rascals among tho
nigh nnanC.crs. sad tina, almost all imam
!, Gers now nud then lld things that were
wore or lcss r,-,hily. but I did not know.
sd tot SUSPECT. thtt hiEh finance was
throush and through brigandaRc. and that
tho high Hrnuricr - Ions auC Unmolcsted
practice OF briRauiIgU. had como TO look
on a a. legitimate. lawful business. and
"n laws fofb,id.ng or hampcrlng u as
cutragcous, sotai!s,ic. aHarchisiic. Fat
lacks upon the social ORDER
was sufficiently infected with the spirit
Of the hnaUcicr. I frankly confess. To look
on the public ~ sort OF COW TO milk and
send out TO grass that "a might get itself
ready 20 be- driven ln aud MIXED again.
Dors not the con- produce milk not for her
swn use but Tor the use OF him who looks
after her. proyitlcS her with pasiuraEc and
shelter and saves her from the cllamitirs
sn which her lack OF foresight and OF other
Intelligence would involve her. were sh,
sct locked after Ana j. not the fact that
the puiiic-hcE pardon. the cow mcckly
aud evenly ChcC-suiiy submits To tho blk.
Ing proof ihlt Cod intended her 10 ~ the
servant of tie Roybu,ks bog pardon
again. e mani
Plausible. Lsn't II
Itocbnck hsd given me the impression
That u would b. six months AZ lcust. BE-,
,5rc what I was In thus" fa;uous dny,
Ihinklng OF a. "our plan for putting th,
,oal Industry uu a sound business basis
would bc ready Cor the public. So whcf
ikc Ecrt Tor NE hrrtly after / became IN,
gagged 10 Mis- ElicTrly. and sali. Mel
iViiie VIII publish The plan ON the f,rst 81
bscSt mouth nId viii open the subj eriptiut
,bcoks ca thg tiird- Thursday" I WI,
takcn by surpIi-. and wns anything hu
a,lrascd HIS words meant that o.
&vishcd Co make a great fortune. now wa
hhc time 20 buy coal stocks and la,
hcaylly for on thc very day OF the publ
grafton OF the plan every coal stock woul,
sisurciy soar Buy l must. not 20 buy wa
ITO throw away fortune, N"' how rnch
~ buy when I was gambling in Textile al
r{to my limit ~ safety. u not beyond
I did not dare confess 20 ROcbuck wha
I'D was doing la Textile lie was hittcri!
opposed TO stock gambling. dcnOunclng !
khs both immoral and unhusincsslikc. ~