The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1910-11-25
Fels as Seen by Steffens
(American Magazine. J

And the for this isthat he ali there ali the time Tbr
isn't much OF him physically He just five feet tall
"This city will be bigger day." said St Louis udg
who answering speech by Fe You yourself are bigge
than you when you born aren't YOU?
"Not much" said Fes
this tiny body hasn't anything to do with his being Quick
nervous eager glad his horsepower speak, is that of heo
do Roosevelt He flies at his work like insect he gay
And he has humor and wit His been s1arpened by tn
hecng he gets while campaigning England but founded
huor his hunor founded on his success in making money
SOAP too, but principally money; very much money
st easy" he laughs you get monopoly Then yo,
get lot of people to work for you and you give them little
YOU please of all they make It's easy easy stealing
In his speech the Chicago City Club March H. 1910)
said robbery Addressing the Armours and other cf
men he said:
'We can't get rich under present conditions without robbng
somebody I've done it; you doing and still do
ing But am proposing spend the damnabe money wipe
the system by which made And he invited all men tc
match him dollar for dollar in the fund he has established (
the Of his swag he put D abolish poverty
And he laughs not macousy but with amusement and some
wonder
isn't stranger says "They They don't
think is robbery they don't believe mean what And yet
the fact have money gives certain authority and
statement has the sensation of The truth utter DID, but
it's news because rich says it.
And pong you the ribs he puts you the crowd and laughs
YOU For he knows that also think little more OF what he
says because he is rich man. He can see it
And that's the point about Fes. He He has imagina
ton the machinery of life yivdy as mathematician sees
geometric figure constellation Most men
see stars "Or bread said Fe helping the expression or
soap Fels the economics OF soapang breadang ana
human exploitation.
Most Jews do he says That's why succeed well in
business We see as system as diagram And that why
we hate SO 10 work for wages We that that's to
make money That the way make soap all right and bread
way make money to get hold OF land or trancnse
water gas transportation; food monopoly any privilege at
men must have the use of henhen hold EN- up to get the
Use of it. And don't see it, they don't see It Whe you
tell them Well we see il, Jews, and-some others .
It's because Fels friends what Fe that they know MN
50 we'll And they know him quickly because with his quick
sharp explosive he has learned to present his point
vew his philosophy his vivid picture OF the world copeeg anu
instantly Also his feelings about it all e4 10
For Fels cares He deeply concerned about the facts he
laughs .r.o ho., cinoIe Taxer
ever since read Georges books I've seen the cat Tor years m
didn't do much till converted And strange 70 pay @
converted nv Socialist Single Takers and Socialists don dSe'
too often hev FIGHT But Ke Hardle who converted me 70
the Single Tax or | prefer to call Christianity Cd ~
ship with him and noticed tnaL & ne Ieo @ d St sea
himself We were together all the time all those og Gays a. ~ &c.
and we talked about England America, politics. business
thing and talked and thought OF myself but l% I& Id IN
talk Of himself and could that he never thougn o >
Fe paused recalling days evidently Then ne snG Gs5 tat
Well that did for me- saw tnat @ Tss that He saw and
saw but he worked He did things and saw 1t ta dded to
him man "a happy man and servant OF malN he Ianobed
90 70 vorl orqet myself and get things done lu' ny ] =
@ "qLh @ Not SO easy as making money gElng II
away is harder than getting it But Dy Ca Ca Ln
h be given back without dong his distinction among
And that IS where Joseph Fe may ache R % the oiver Of
rich men He NAV prove to the most ScceSsl ~ % m bt
tainted money It's business RoGNeee @ &c harder to redis-
and CarnegieEthey all discovered tnat - I fail at it.
trt t - ec money And most OF them reall{ IT, a th;n h
Nati Ia J ~ don know how they take money nT & @
they a ma#e it fe knows he dos make it. snd n1f be ees @ that
him He gets it he knows how he ge the Door poor Seeing
that therefore he does attempt TO a r Of individuals
He gives PENN for Fsls5 adon s5f put the unemployed
classes He poured out thousands II ~, his mind was the
@ '8as Was sa the land ss sT 5sads s d the sS and
oyercrd d of he rich with the sight OF VIC land land
do for themselves if they could but get acJ access IN nart
that was owned but used And ne now and Fels financed
TLe in +1e
day Which is what up to m an an 600 Canada S. ooO
England $4,000 year in Demak And he is offering to give
@ so on-atogeer @ FIVE wears onger IN the m match