Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-11-22
A STRONG ARTICLE ON THE
MONEY FURRY.
Mcleod Believes it Trick of the
Money Kings to Down
Rooseveltism.

Editor GREENE County HERALD:--
What think we of the money panic
now on? Ist't it possible and prob
able, that these conditions were
brought about for "a specific purpose,
by the money power of the North?
| mean the aggregation of money
that has been blended together all
under the management and control
of few, and styled Standard Oil,
Trusts, Packing Companies and r. r.
Corporations, etc, who are by the
power and influence given them by
these aggregations of money, suck
ing the life blood out of the masses
who are not able and cannot possibly
bompete with these powers, because
the masses haven. t the money. You
will remember that year or SO ago,
some of the Monied Kings made the
prediction, that President Roosevelts
policies, if carried out. would bring
about panic. The parties making
these predictions were all Republi-
cans and made their prophecies very
gently. Not like they would have
done if Roosevelt had been "a Demo
cratic President, but just enough to
make the President Think little be-
fore he kicked too high.
Now we understand that the Pres
ident's policy is to force these COM
panies to do their business in u legiti-
mate, just and honorable way, and
not in such d way as to make such
enormous profits out of the common
people. These Money Kings don t
wan t it that way. They want to
handle their money as they please
and take up any get rich quick policy
whether it is honest and legitimate
or not We want to admit that it
is hard thing for the Federal Courts
to control such vast volumes of mon
ey and keep in legitimate channel,
because this power has seat in con-
gress, in Legislatures in fact in all
Bodies that might OF do meet, and
whose plans might interfere with the
interests of this power.
Any President who would take IL
stand against this power and push it
boldly to finish without any policy
in view but right, would be man Of
iron nerve and couldn't possibly ex-
list more than one term as President
Now under such circumstances it be-
comes necessary for this money fac.
tiOn to throw out little hint to re-
mind the administration to go slow.
This wrs done very tenderly-thesc
fellows didn want to be abrupt d.
bout it, for fear of friction in the
ranks. All of these Money Kings are
Republicans and want to elect a
Republican President in 1908, but
they dom want Roosevelt, nor any
other man that adheres to his policies,
for President. But it is very neces-
sary for them to get rid of him as
soon as possible. He is very popu-
lar man and in consequence Thereof
it is necessary to be very prudent in
getting rid of him. Should they
Jump on him with both feet at this
time, it would be almost certain tC
breed friction among themselves, and
result in the election of d Democrat.
This wouldn't do. They had rather
sleep with snake than to see d
Democrat elected President. Then
in this sad extremity these Monied
Kings put their heads together and
concluded that with the vast power
they have wrapt up in their money
and its influence, they can throw q
chill on the financial interest of the
country, for a short time in the shape
of a money panic. Which panic will
being about cheap labor and cOnSe-
quently hard times for the Common
People. In fact if the panic should
last long, it would hurt everybody,
but the Syndicates don t intend it to
last long. Just long enough to make
the masses believe that Roosevelt s
policies won't do, and then it will be
an easy matter to defeat him in the
nominating Convention. And also
defeat any other man that advocates
his policies, and in this way get a
man that in principal interest is one
of them, and these things done with
out a ripple in the Ranks. Now just
about the time that times begin to
look frightful, Morgan and Wander
bilt stepped up with their great
hearts and Clipped in few millions
which partially relieved the situa-
ton for time. This proves to us,
Git seems to me) that these monied
men won't let the bard times last but
just long enough to make the masses
believe that Roosevelt's policy won t
do. If any one thinks this is too
thin, please let us hear from such a
one. Respectfully,
DAN MCLEOD.