The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-01-12
EASY LESSON IN THE KING
BUSINESS.
Banking Capital and Resources Con
trolIed by j. +. Morgan.

Total 81 1852, 400, 00C
Morgan has just gobbled up the
Equitable Life Assurance society and
its banks. He already controlled mos
of the important nGncial institutions
OF the east not controlled by the
Standard Oil Co. He already con-
trolled many of the big railroad COM
hines and other merged business in
terests. Nothing like his financial
power was ever before known in this
country. He is hailed as king OF f.
nance.
A king is"cne vested with supreme
authority over u nation" For "au-
'nority" read power" and you have
KY g Morgan. fer authority does not
always mean power.
From the time the American youth
first began to lead books in school lie
has learned that, since history first be-
gan, men have keen bleeding and dy-
iug in order to do away with kings
Eut today, in this republic wherein all
men are born equal, We have King
Morgan.
Kings usually come to the world by
birth or usurpation. King Morgan
lidn't come by either of these ways
lis kingship is fact. not title. If he
should say, II am king OF this nation
and have supreme power over all you
people," we would get mighty mad
FOWL about our constitution, swear
that we are free men, and make alto
gether a tremendous stir-against the
title!
Title (authority) and power do not
always run together. A man may be d
king ard have little power A man
may be king through power and
nave no title. Really, the title does
not make nor ever has made much
difference, either to the man or to the
people over whom he was supreme.
The ordinary, hated king taxed the
people that he and his might have the
best of everything. King Morgan does
that, for his big corporations evade
heir just proportion of taxation.
The regularly titled king made the
laws. King Morgan does that, for he
and his trust associates control con-
gress.
The ordinarily created king held
from the people vast tracts of land.
rights in all sorts of minerals, includ-
ing even salt, and enjoyed special priv
ileges which re handed down to his
heirs as birthright. King Morgan does
the same,g for he and his financial
"ourtiers have seized valuable frah-
chises in streets. pre-empted vast
tracts of mineral, fuel and lumber ter
ritory, and monopolized tremendous
natural resources for water power.
The brutal kings of history had the
power to cut off human lives. So has
King Morgan. The AK and block were
quite as merciful as the blacklist, the
lockout end the Injunction. Only I'M
der King Morgan's way, We don't see
he blood.
If some foreign monarch est greedy
eyes on old King Henry's land, Henry,
king by birth. could call on his com
mon people to die for his land We,
or our times, support a regular army
of $4,000 men and some 10000 mi
litia largely to combat our protests
against the effects of King Morgans
kingship.
Other people work, knuckle down
md die in subserviency to a title. We
light like blazes before Wen call our
Morgan king. But he hes the kings
power.
What sense is there in teaching our
children about Washington Patrick
Henry, glorious Bunker Hill, Lincoln
and Gettysburg, when we leave the