Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1907-11-01

veFttskng contracts. They also con II
trolled the main sources through /
which the press was supplied with
uews-and often aud well they had |
used this control. and ssr prtsingly /
cautious had they been not 50 to |
abuse II that the editors and The pub |
lie Woald become suspicious. When |
my war was At It's height. when was
beginning TO congratulate myself that
| the hugs magazines OF The seven
were empty almost TO the point at
which they must sue for peace on me
own terms all In four days IS Of my
81 newspapers--an and they the moat im
portant-uotined me that they would
no longer carry out their contracts to
publish my daily letter They gave as
their reason. not the real one, fear OF
The Seven" but fear that l would
involve them in rulnoua libel suits, !
who had legal proof for every state
ment made. who was always care
ful TO understRte! Next one press
association after another ceased TO
send out my letter as news, though
they had been doing 81 regularly for
months The public had grown tired
OF the Sensation" they said
countered with telegram 10 one
or more newspapers In every city and
large town In the United states;
The Seven are trying To cut the
wires between the truth and the pub.
lie II you wish my daily letter, ,ela-
graph me direct and will send u at
my expense
The response should have warned
The Seven" But It did not. Under
their orders the telegraph companies
refused 70 transmit the letter. ! got
an Injunction. Il was obeyed In typi.
cal, corrupt corporation fashion--they
sent my matter. but so garbied that u
was unintelllgible. appealed TO the
courts In vain.
TO me. Il was clear AZ sun In cloud.
less MONDAY sky that there could be
J but one result Of this insolent ana
, despotlc denial OF my rights and the
r rights OF the people. this public con.
fessIon OF tho truth of my charEes,
turned everything salable OF mort
gageable into cash. locked the cash up
| in my private vaults. and waited tor
the catAclyHm
Thursday --Friday-S Saturday, Ap-
parently all was tranquil apparently
the people accepted the Wall street
theory that was an exploded sensa.
ton. " THE Seven began 20 preen
themselves: the strain upon them TO
maintain prices. II no less than for
three months past. was not notably
greater; the crisis would pass, ! and
my exposures would be forgotten the
routine Of reaping the haryeatA and
leaving only the gleanings for the
sewers would soon be plaeidlS 70
suined.
Sunday. Roebuck. taken III ~ hs
| was passing the basket in the church
| OF which he was the shining light. dice
| al midnlght.-a beautiful peaceful
death they say, with his daughter
/ reading the Bible aloud. and his iipl
moving IN prayer. Some hold that
had no lived. the tranquility woul'
| have continued; but this Ii the vle~ u
those who cannot realize that tho i'd
or AFFAIRS Ii no more controlled by tn
4 great men" than IN the river led dosl
! TO tho Aea by Its surface aoisain, p
which we measure the speed aud al
rection of It's current Under that ter
rife tension. which 10 the shalioS
seeried q calm. something had
give way. II the dam had not yielde'
where Roebuck stood guard. u mna
have yielded somewhere else. or Nigh
i have gone all IN one grand crash.
Monday. You know the story Of ~
artist and his Statue Of urisf-hov b
nodded the features . hundred times
always falling. always ~@tting an ant
climax, until at last in despair he CAV
up the impossible and finished II
statue with n veil over the face.
have tried again and again to asaen
bile words that would give some nc
too inadequate impression Of that tF'
mendous week In which. with a sueee'
sion OF explosions. each like the erAc
81 doom. the financial structure TIA
housed 10000. 900 OF people burst. co
lapaed, was engnIfed. cannot
81 must leave II 10 your memory or you
imagination.
ar FOR years the financial leader
On crazsd b. the excess of poSer whle
the people had In Ignorance and owe
ny confidence and aloyenly gOod.nafni
! parmitted them 10 acquire. had bee
cd tearing out the honest foundations Q
Isl which alone sD vast a structure ca
hope 10 rest solid and secure. The
at had been subHfItnsing rotten bean
IN painted 70 look like stone and sfp
ne. The crash had to come the Soelhe
the better-when a thing i vfon
ce each DAYS delay compounds ths go
rs. OF Tightlng IL. So. with All TIE hoFF9
o. OF wild Week IN mind. I'll ita ply
nd leai and mental suffering III lst ~
and riotlng and bloodshei. ! still q
ler insist THAI / am Justly pfsud q
re- share in bringing u about Tho blan
les and the shame are wholly Upon tho
be- who made wild Week" necessary ~
he inevitable
I'D In caiastrophes. this cry Is Each :
.. blnselfss but I'm ) eataeiysm q
ma .t.i,,,,a ~ytaa sstfshuess Il KsneYuzti