Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-11-22

piunder this country by old methods
then they bring about a money panic
and the runs on the smaller banks
that will follow will wreck them and
then they will buy up such of them
as they want and need.
Ii they can do this then they will
let their money out through them
until they get a lien on everything in
sight and then at their sweet will
call another panic, clean up every
valuable interest and take it home
to themselves.
Their big banks in New York City
owed the western banks large bal
ances; they locked up aud refused to
pay the western banks; they supposed
the western banks won go on paying
out; the news from New York would
cause runs on them to result in fore
ing them to suspend and then the big
bank gamblers would buy them in.
But the astute governors of the west
ern states saw the point and wisely
declared public holiday to prevent
it and protect the depositors and save
the banks. The fol lowing dispatch
shows which way the wind blows:
New York, Nov. 15-Standard oil
absorbs rival banks, takes advantage
of financial panic and gobbles up in
dependent banks which are unable to
keep their heads above water. Stand
ard has been Nig borrower recently
and it is reported that this money is
to be used to purchase independent
banks at the present bargain values.
Oklahoma and Californi Independent
banks are already added to the col
lection
They work upon the confidence OF
the people to SUCCESSFULLY carry out
their deep laid plans they must shake
the confidence of the people in each
other and keep it shaken for il this is
not done the people would soon come
together solidly organized against
them; to this end they have bred
up unholy combinations-the manu-
facturer against the consumer; the
merchant against his customer; the
employe against his employer and
now they attempt to array the deposi-
tor against his bank; if they can do
this the way is clear for them to do
with the banks what they have done
with the railroads-own them all.
When our home banks open up
again for legitimate business il is to
be hoped by every good citizen that
the depositors will concede first that
the banks we're closed the same as our
courts by the governor and not by the
officers OF them and that they will
not withdraw their money for in
doing this they will open the way for
standard oil to drop in and buy them
up Should this happen we may cen
fidently expect the same treatment
from them later on that we now re.
ceive from the railroads. II they
will take off their trains and refuse us
cars aud ruin us and our business,
what can we expect from them in a
banking way? Don't exchange an
honest set nf business men, who are
fully identified with our every in
terest for set of gamblers, who sim
ply seek to grab everything we have
got at the rates of two dollars for
ev cry one invested.
We should be aware there is nothing
too small aud contemplate for these
marauders to do. When +. II. Harri-
man returned to New York recently
he declared that Southern Oregon was
the coming country; that its climate
was the Italy of the United States,
etc. Now il is not unreasonable to
SUPPOSE that his hatred for our people,
which he shows by taking away our
train service and his constant refusal
20 provide cars 70 haul our lumber and
other ireights. thus dwarfing our every
industry that he would gladly see runs
made on our banks and then via the
STANDARD Oil. gather them in, if it can
be done. Perhaps it cant be DONE
but if it can't, we may be assured II
will not b, because the Standard Oil
does not want it. For my own part
have no use for red handed gamblers
in any capacity; though l have -eer
honest gamblers, none of them were OF
the Standard Oil brand.
This article is written without soli'
citation Of anyone. W. ]. WIMER.
November Is.