The Marshall republican., 1907-07-26

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Issain. u loses nothing Of It's fend.
ishness none Of It's destructive powers
by grinding. but on the contrary. a.
you Know. II increases It's speed every
day II runs. Now, Jim Randolph. n
wsnt to tell you that you must get
yours and the houses affairs in such
shape that you won't be hurt when I
20 into that human rat-pit the next
lime. for when ! come from Il the
New York Stock Exchange ana the
System will have had their spines
unJointed. Yes. and III have their
hearts out. too. Neither will ever be
able to take from the American people
their savings and their manhood ana
womanhood and give them in ex.
change unadulterated torment. I am
Going TO be fair with you, Jim; this
is the last time I will discuss the sub
iect. After this you must take your
chance with the rest OF those who
have to do with the cursed business.
When soc again. none will be
spared. I will wreck the Street snS
the Innocent will 20 down with the
guilty. II they have any stocks On
hand at that time.
MY power. Jim. Is unlimited: MOTH.
Ing a stay II. ] am not going TO
TSplain any further. You have e Q
ne work. You must know that my
power 10 greater than the 'Syetem's,'
and you and I and the Street have ~
ways known that the System 10 more
powerful than the government. mors
powerful than are the courts, lesisiar
lures. congress. and the president ~
the United States combined, that II
absolutely controls the foundation ~
which they rest-the money Of ths
nation. But my power Ia greater,
thousand, yes. a million times greater
than theirs. Jim. they say that I have
made more money than any man N
the world. They say that ! have I've
hundred millions OF dollars. but ~
fools don't keep track OF my move
ments. They only know that I have
pulled Ave hundred millions from ny
open whirls. the ones they have bed
an opportunity to keep tab ". But
tell you that ! have made even more
In my secret deals than the amouBt
they have seen me take. I have had
my agents with my capital In every
deal. every steal the System has
rugged up. The world has been throw.
Ing up It's hands In horror because
Carnegie. the blacksmith OF PittsburG,
pulled on three hundred millions Of
swas IN the Steel hold.up-yes. swag
Jim. Don't scowl as though you want
ed TO read me a lecture ON the coarse
ness OF my language. I have learned
TO call this game OF ours by its right |
name. II IL not business enterprise
with earned profits as results. but
pulled.on tricks with baes OF loot
blackjack swts-fcr their end.
Il got away with three hundred mil.
lions when Steel slumped from i05 10
so and from 80 to S. and no one knew
d made a dollar. You and the
Street read every morning last year
the 'guesses' as TO who could be
rounding up hundreds OF millions on
the slump. The papers and the mar.
ket letters n morning said II was !
Standard OIL; the next, that II was
Morgan; then II was Frick. schwab. |
Gates. and so on down through the
list. or course, none OF them denied;
II Is capital to all these knights OF the
road TO be making millions In the
minds OF the world. even though they
never get any OF the money. Dick
Turpin and Jonathan Wild never
were fonder Of having the daring
hold-ups 'thst other highwaymen per.
petrated' laid TO their doors. than are