The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-11-18
Honey Bags Busy at All
Royal Functions

at Is certain that Queen Marie, BY
her tour, has substantially aided any
negotiations which may be in progress
for s1oo,ooo,oOo loan to Roumania
from the U. S. A."
This in leading article in Tues
days Chicago Tribune No other
metropolitan newspaper has permitted
Itself to indulge in such plain speak
ing, with regard to the financial I'm.
plications of Maries visit. The Trib-
.une goes further. It's well known stat
istician, Oscar Hewitt was given the
job of computing the amount OF money
that the queen came in contact with
in her social engagements with money
bags in score OF wealthy American
cities.
Tribune Opposes Loan.
Incidentally, II may be pointed ont
that the Tribune is against loan TO
Roumania because it is against foreign
loans in general. The paper, specih-
cally the mouth organ of Mccormack
International Harvester Co, is. gen
orally, the spokesman of large mid.
west industrial capital that finds itself
in disagreement with the international
money transactions OF Wall Street
That is why it can speak so plainly.
Once on the job, Oscar Hewitt made
a complete analysis that led off with
the sentence quoted above. After say
ing the queen has made many friends,
Hewitt goes on "a large percentage
of these friends who have come in
closest contact with her have good
American dollars in large quantities.
Wealth Galore.
Then the figures. At one affair in
New York there was 43 men and
women present whose wealth aggre-
gated s1.551, 900, 600. When the queen
was feted by the Bankers Club IN New
York all the major financial institu-
tions of Wall Street were well repre-
scented. The resources Of these banks
is 1880, 900, 900.
That same day she dined with Chas.
NJ Schwab and Judge e. H. Gary.
who. between them, more or less con
troll the Bethlehem Steel Co. and the
United States Steel Corporation In
Philadelphia the lady was the house
guest OF Edward Stotesbury, a Morgan
partner, who controls rich Drexe a
Co.
The Packers.
The royal entertainers in Chicago
we're the big beef and iron families.
The Roumanian consul general Ira
Nelson Morris, is a son of the original
Morris, whose company is one OF thf
big five The head OF the reception
committee in Chicago was Arthur
Meeker, yice-president OF Armour &
Co, with resources Of over 1921 900,
900.
In Minneapolis, St. Paul, Kansss
City and Seattle her majesty came
into the closest contact with all the
big -four, lumber and railroad families.
whose fortunes run into many mil
lions.
The real money was in New York
negotiations for the loan were con
Quoted. But Oscar Hewltt's figures on
the rest Of the country are none the
less enlightenlng. because New York
is the financial capital Of the nation
and the provincial milllonaires have
their fingers in the Wall Street pie
In devious ways.
A Little Irony
The Tribune statistieian INDUCES IN
the irony that the freedom OF his pa.
per on this question allows him BY
finishing his study In the following
manner:
III. following her tour OF this coun.
try. II develops that Roumania &C
tually has applied for loan. II is Ger.
tain that she--perhaps without any
thought OF the oanhas made friendly
acquaintances IN q fertile field"
Worker kIlled