San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-10

cal game hunters at any and all times.
Any one is permitted to shoot at them
without any warning whatever. The sena-
tor declared that the influence of the Money
Power was more in evidence in Wash
ington now than ever before. He didn't
designate any particular member in the
syndicate OF moneyed interests, but we
are all supposed to know who they are.
The farmers, and the labor interest, and
the Anti-Saloon League maintain big
quarters in Washington to keep their eyes
on the Congress, but not so the money
kings, but just why, no one seems to
know. The late Pierpont Morgan once
called on President Roosevelt and his
visit sounded like Caracas earthquake.
So far as known the money octopus has
not since shown its head at the national
capital. With all that we all know about
the capitalistic clique, and while we all
believe that it lives somewhere in Wall
street, we have never been able to bring
the members to book for attempting to
interfere with DIR representatives in Con-
gress and the legislation they put on the
statute books for us.
We have had Congressional committees
invade Wall street itself, which seems
busy and at times very active spot, espec-
iallv in the region of the New York stock
exchange. Here we find swarming mass
OF brokers, buying and selling railway,
mining and industrial stocks and bonds.
They are selling one million to two mil
lion shares or certificates a day. On in
quirv, we learn that these orders for buy
ing and selling come from people living
in San Antonio, San Francisco, Santa Fe,
Chicago, Boston, Mexico City, London,
England, Paris, France; in fact, it seems
that very nearly the entire civilized world
is trading on Wall street in something
or other, through these brokers, and we
even learn that some of our senators and
congressman are doing this very same
thing. We learn, to OUR establishment.
that private wires extend from the stock
exchange to offices right into Washing
ton, so that Our elected representatives
can telegraph in their orders on quick
notice, if they so desire. When we talk
to these brokers, we find that some of
them seem to know something about the
tariff, and about federal reserve notes,
and even about Congress itself, but they
claim to be too busy in buying and selling
stocks to trouble much about what Con-
grcss is doing. If Congress does some
thing particularly startling, it only in
creases their business-stocks go up more
quickly or they drop down more quickly
and in either event, it increases the
business of the brokers. Nevertheless,
it is generally regarded and accepted, in
a political sense as entirely proper, to
take shot at the Money Power when
ever we desire to and no matter where
it really is located. 1t won't hurt the
moneyed outfit if it hits it, and it won't
hit it if it isn't there, but it may help
somewhat at the next election.
When it comes down to the Subsidized
Press, we have something concrete. There
is a daily press, and the senator from
Alabama, after amending his remarks in
the Congressional Record contends that
all the misunderstanding about his re-
marks i'll the Senate is due entirely to
the Subsidized Press. That sweeps in
the entire press of the country, for every
one of them printed what the senator had
to say, and considered it good news mat
ter. They even printed what he had to
say about the Subsidized Press, however
much it may have hurt their feelings in
dividually to do so. Of course, there may
be exceptions to the sweeping rule laid
down by the senator, and there may be
one or two unsubsidized papers. He sure
ly should have named two or three of
the absolutely subsidized papers, for the
reason that the senator must have known
what he was talking about. But so it
goes. The entire press of the country
must take its dose of sulphur and treacle,
and thank the senator for reminding them
how things in general are, and be thank
full for the birching as applied to them.