TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1915-09-06

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they've inst put new steel wire net
ting over the roof Of The Exehangef
We in%tefchanged significant glan.
Gee. Why" asked, have they
been getting letters again.
"Yca.n he answered, in a lowered
tone, hnt they asked US not 20 mtn.
ton Il IL the newspapers.
In order 90 verify my friends
statement, / later assembled 70 the
sixteenth floor "a the Commercial
Cable Building and looked down
upon the shaft which opens ON the
great glass dome over the floor Of
he Exchange. My friend had not
been mistaken. There il spread, a
rev. glittcring steel wire netting
strong and durable, protecting the
men, who far below, we're buying
and selling war stocks, to the ae-
compartment Of a clamorous din.
And | could not refrain from ask
inr myself, Why should men be
working way down there secretly,
screened from the public eyer
Now in all this fair land OF ours,
those who are engaged in honest
work do not hide behind steel
screens, surrounded by eaardsmen
Is protect them from the public
gaze. When we go to see other
men at business, we are accustomed
10 d bright American smile, a hearty
handclasp, and a CHEEKY responce
handclasp, and a CHEEKY response
booming.
When men work in secret hiding
places, we are accustomed to assocl-
ate them with those wretehes who
make explosives for the Staying OF
their fellows, or some plot to strip
them of their coin,
ID ii possible that Wall Street can
be engaged upon the commission OF
a crimes
Let us see.
On the New York Stock Ex-
change there are 400 member
ships. These brokers, as q rule, are
handsome, hearty fellows, generous
and good natured as arc most men
who make easy money. They do
not produce, but absorb from the
surplus provided by those who do
the work Of the land. Wall Street
men know this SO we'll that many
of them engage in public movements
and philanthropies. Wall Street
must be made respectable. Mr..
Henry Clews, for instance, who may
be termed the Nestor of the broker
ag4 world. IS head of the American
Peace and Arbitration League. 10
some ii might appear an inconsis-
tency that war stocks should be per-
mitted to be posted on the quotation
board in his brokerage office. But
then that Is business. Since the
great war started, however, Mr..
Clsws. both as a publicist and a
public speaker, has seen fit to single
out for attack one Of many national
tiles that 60 to make up the popula-
ton of our country, and that is not
So well. People who live in glass
houses. you know.
Mr.. Clews and | have known each
other for a great many years, and
we have always been good friends,
although, il he permit me to say so,
he is 4 foreigner and I am an Amer
lean.
Mr.. clews was born in England
and came to this country a poor
boy, for his native land had nothing
to offer him. We, in our country,
have welcomed Mr.. Clews, have
given him the privilege Of making
a large fortune and enjoying an easy
life. | think we all have rejoiced in
seeing Mi. Clews prosper. SO TAR as
| know, nobody has ever attacked
Mr.. Clews because he is Of English
birth, SO II does not seem quite just
that he should assaii another race.
Coming from a man OF his age AMI
standing. such words as he has ut
tered are calculated to awaken hat
reds and discussions that might tend
10 plunge our country into wal. !
think ii is regretful that he should
have brought over TO us his old
world hatreds. / could probably
say to him. Mi Clews, If you
don't like the views of my country
and the people Of my country, you
had better return to your own" But
that is not the American way. |
should not like to sec Mr.. Clews re-
turned to his country. | like hum
too we'll. | admire him for his gifts
which have been useful to our
8sople. Besides, / think he has
] kindly heart, and is merely sub
Let to an English fault.
/ mention this attitude Of Mr.
Clews, because | am convinced that
It has a direct bearing on the fact