Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-05-25
OUR SPLENDID HIGHWAYMEN.

Ss HE statement made under oath by ex-Presdent Mel
len of the New Haven railroad, shows the unscrup9
lols methods of high finance, its unconscenape VII
lanv and its utter unscrupuOusness 1t IS not neW
however but is only the reiteraton OF conditions sur
rounding every expose of the inner workings OF pig Dus
ness 1t serves to demonstrate the fact that mannd mas
not changed its disposition, but only altered ltS eous
The feuda barons who each maintained slla amy % %
hired robbers soldiers followers, or whatever one may
prefer to call them had less contempt Tor the law Cnan
had and have these modern business feudal Oarons'
ANYTHING the old baronical system was preIeraOe L0f
under that at least the leader exposed himself to bodily
injury or death in his hghwayman pursuits, and an ag
geved person had chance to shoot or knife h Undef
the present system, the leader, the baron takes no
chances He uses money and place as weapons and ne
sends his emissares to the front to do ms dr WORK. 10
rob, steal and plumber, while he keeps out OF sight
Instead Of killing his enemies or victims, ne corrupts
their trusted eutenants and gets their camps and strong
holds turned to him by tIeachery II 1t was only
war between the modern barons, the Captains OF In
dsry" the public would not be profoundly Interested
in it. but the fact that these modern robbers are Juggling
with the property Of the people whose money IS invested
in the properties which these pirates plumber and destroy
makes it one that calls for drastic remedies.
The New Haven system was looked upon by New Eng
land people as being of the sOides and best proper
ties in existence 1t selected by executors and guar
dans being ideal property in which to invest the
funds Of the widow and orphan and the dependant ward
Millions Of dollars belonging to this class were invested
in this property yet it not too sacred for the ghOus
of civilization the money kings, the big men whom we
Americans love to bow down to and worship to covet and
to steal The god of Wall street sanctioned it, and what
Mammon decreed his devotees performed.
Morgan, Rockefeller and Depew an infamous trinity OF
sin deliberately robbed the dependent and helpless, the
widow and the oprhan order to add to their count
less millions They wrecked the property and in the
wreck punudered the financially crippled Of $780,
100000 They did not take coupling pin and brain their
victims Modern ways were preferable. They knew that
their crime was of such magnitude that and they
above the reach of the law With billions of dollars in
their possession they knew that the blind goddess JUS
tice would not be permitted to raise her blndfold and
that they were immune from punishment. They needed
not the tears of the hepess made destitute the VICE. the
bitterness the poverty the sorrow and suffering. Mann
wanted sacrifice and surely he got that should
appease even his insatate and cruel appetite.
Rockefeller Of the prime movers in this unhoy
scheme and profited most largely from it. and yet with
the walls of his victims still sounding in his ears he places
in his bank untold estimated at $50000000 and
then mpiously visits Gods holy temple and bows down
in mockey before just and mercifu God and asks that
his trespasses be forgiven though he thought ne had
soul save No wonder he has guards at the gates of his
property. No wonder that he sleeps in an armored bed
every minute of the "a hours of the day. On top Of this
New Haven robbery he has the wholesale murders of the
Colorado miners wives and children his hands, for he
has conscience and no soul And this is the kind of
we Americans point to with pride worthy of imi-
aton Such these this moneyworShippng age has Sc
ected the best examples for our youth to follow
who deliberately holds up another and robs him of
dollar goes to the penitentiay for ten years gano