Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-22

years thousand million dollars worth of stocks
and bonds.
Morgan any other big financial individual han
dies anything, he keeps part of what he handles
any Mr. Morgan able to buy pictures for
thousand dollars apiece million dollars apiece if
he chooses when he handles two thousand
years and charges $50 much" for handling?
that Mr. Morgan just present little
$162OO00O0 his banking house awaiting investment
hand anybody should along and
little money into of business of the kind
that Mr.. Morgan approves
We don't propose to waste your time with criticism of Mr.
Morgan He and the other big money do exactly WHAT THE
PEOPLE LET THEM Do
If you farmer and left your little pigs roaming around
the edge of the woods would be foolish blame the bear that
came out and ate the pigs
The thing do look after your pigs when you happen
be a farmer living near bears.
thing people this country to after
themselves and their
the edge of the woods
people money construction easily
obtained proper security, and for in SMALL ways
Do not imagine that Mr. Morgan has been useless individual
in handling of two thousand millions of dollars
Do believe that the hundred sixty millions
he now holds will be used useessy fooishy.
Morgan, perhaps, will make too much But that doesn
much In few from there won't be Nor
gan, and his personal profits won't
Mr. Morgan built many miles of railroads. enabled men
get the money to build them.
He has built great factores-the factory Gary
represents nearly hundred millions of
charges great deal he makes than should have but
he does promote a big business
trouble with LITTLE people
n chance
peoples savings are used by the big people in their
operations swallowed in waered stocks and gerchquc
schemes.
Two thousand millions be borrowed by BIG
one big manand the little cam borrow ANYTHING.
The farmer, if he borrow pay per cenwhich
is criminal The banks all know it. and they think all
right.
From those banks Mr. Morgan borrow per
less Or he money government
ING AT ALL HE CAN GET GOVERNMENT FUNDS DEPOSIT
ED IN HIS BANK, THEN THE BANK LENDS THEM OUT FOR
THE HIGHEST RATE.
The little must and what often the
HE CAN'T GET MONEY ON ANY TERMS
In Germany where they oneQuarer wealth.
several times national intelligence people
able to borrow from the five millions
lars at per cen-every cent spent for little improvements
In this country if the farmer till field,
and make productive for the benefit all
agricultural machinery he pay usury though he
taking his watch pawnbokera he usually
money when he wants it.
We have millions and thousands of millions Street in
vestment for buying stocks and selling onm margin
The professional gambler of the Stock Exchange get the
money that he wants calusuay per farmer
who is trying feed the people the builder trying
homes the who wants to build house in which keep his
family, not borrow at all, only uslrious
We need in this country cooperation by the c-
and voting by the citizens for their protection
And especially need give to the small who
ry THE UNITED STATES the opportunity to borrow
the that he needs spend general welfare CON
STRUCT1TE work.
There is no talking about Morgan and the other big
They DO, as we have said, WHAT YOU LET THEM DO
The real big the real in the United States is
The UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT and YOU the United
States
Why don the people get together arrange methods of lending
money direct by the nation by individual for
constructive work give to the builder and the
honest citizen generally the credit which entitled?
ONE individual able two thousand millions of dollars
IN Ten years and elshodd MILLIONS of individuals hampered
lack Of credit and bed by usut picture that does little
he nj tho Jr,i+aI