The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-01-26
ELEVEN GROUPS.
OF Men Who Control the Great inter-
ests of Wall Street.

From Fuel
The control of the immense interests
transportation, finance and industrial
which center in Wall street. includes
eleven groups. These are distinct be-
cause of the methods of their work, and
because of the properties in which they
operate These eleven constitute distinct
groups and though interrelated In a
thousand ways, act Independently. When,
however, it comes to political control and
national legislation. they move with ryth-
mlcal tread. They may be roughly classi-
fed as follows:
!. ]. Pierpont Morgan, with his chief
lieutenant Mr.. Perkins, and a group Of
bank presidents, trust officers and rail-
road heads, as supports. The Vanderbilt
interests are in practical harmony with
this group.
?. John d. Rockefeller, having as his
lieutenants Messrs. Rogers, William
Rockefeller and Stillman, each exercising
control over a host of officials at the
head of banks and Industrial corporations;
and the astute lawyers who are at their
instant beck and call
3. Belmont-inferior in organization and
intellectually TO the preceding groups,
but with the Rothschilds standing ever in
the background representing unlimited
capital for any enterprise.
4. Thomas f. Ryan, with the heads of
the great corporations he controls as his
business lieutenants, and supported also
by his political allies, Murphy, the leaders
of Tammany, Grover Cleveland and by
certain men prominent in the republican
forces.
5. James ]. Hill, with his control of the
northwest, working out his plans not as
speculative but as Industrial successes.
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group-Mr. Schiff, the financial manager
including also the big banking firms of
Philadelphia and New York who find
profit in the connection.
T. Edward II. Hartman, having Frick
as counsel and Odell as political lieuten-
ant-controlling the Central Continental,
Southwestern and Southern Pacific coast
lines of transportation.
&. George Gould, with President Jaffray,
head of the Rio Grande system, as his
chief lieutenant; working mainly along
lines of railway development, and having
the support of the great fortunes of the
Gould family.
Q. Messrs. Moore, Reid and Leeds-"lne
Rock Island crowd" with Speyer as the
financial ally; an influence preserving it's
independence of the larger forces, ana I'M
doubtedly to be reckoned with as an
Independent bark sailing the financial
seas.
10. The Industrial group-Messrs. West
inghouse, in control of his extensive cleo
trical and manufacturing interests the
Guggenhelms and the vast industries OF
the Smeter combine Schwah, of the
Bethlehem Steel company, and certain
other men of high vitality who have to
be counted
II The independents, who for eonven-
fence. may be called tho Marauders-Law-
son. Gates. Keene, etc.
No attempt is made here to more
broadly indicate the cleavage lines by
which the financial world is separated
No attempted analysis of these groups
has been put in print except IN tras-
mentary way 1t should, therefore, be
found interesting to the general public
TO keep these divisions in mind II they
are to understand the various operations
which are reported in the press from day
to day.