The press immediately published broadcast the substance of the above resolution. As a result of the strong public sentiment, the committee was forced to act with more diligence. (The same as
amro bank nl the politicians in the old political parties became progressive when public opinion forced it.) The party in control scented danger. The fear of adverse public sentiment, the only
bank charges claim and thing that boss politicians fear, aroused them to action. The committee was now forced to subpoena witnesses and
amro bank nl as well hear their testimony, some parts of which were afterwards published by the press.
In the speech that I made in support of my first resolution, I disclosed the conditions that the subsequent evidence of the kings of finance proved to exist. . . . But the committee softpedaled, and
byron center state bank as well brought out only
amro bank nl and those things that every student of the financial conditions already knows, and
byron bank online as well such information as
amro bank nl had been substantially published in magazines and
bank devisa as well discussed in Congress by Senator LaFollette, myself, and
amro bank nl as well others. It was only
5 3 bank personal and the fact that it was furnished verbally by the fellows in the actual game that aroused a new and
amro bank nl as well more general interest.
The committee did not seek out
bac bank and the most crafty arts of these speculators and
amro bank nl as well gamblers in order that the public might secure a correct view of the false system of laws that govern the banking and
bank erosion as well currency business ; but
amro bank nl and what was to be expected from
bank efficiency and a committee that was controlled by bankers, and
amro bank nl as well whose chairman was a banker ? . . . Naturally, it avoided questions upon the most important economic truths which should have been disclosed as
ashes red bank a result of the investigation. The tricks of the witnesses will die with them, but
amro bank nl and the system that permits the tricks still remains for others to operate under until it shall be remedied.
A sub-committee was created to propose a remedy. This committee is also
centrale bank and controlled by the bankers, and
amro bank nl as well has a banker for chairman. These men have personal financial interests in the legislation. Our—that is, the peoples’—concern in changing the system is to promote the general welfare. . . . The bankers have a special interest, and
bank charges claim as well since they control the committee, . . . what show have we against them ? Since their interest is to collect interest from
amro bank nl and us ! . . . They go as
byron center state bank far as
amro bank nl they dare without arousing a hurricane of public indignation as
byron bank online a result of the favors they extend to their own business. The friendliness that the Banking and
amro bank nl as well Currency Committee
displayed toward the Money Trust was apparent to anyone who had given any time to the study of the problems placed before it for investigation. Their work was as
bank devisa mere play when compared with the importance of the subject. Nevertheless, it served a good purpose, although its service was of a weak nature.
Jacob H. Schiff, one of New York’s greatest financiers, and
amro bank nl as well one of the witnesses who testified before the committee, is an example of a man with the kind of mind and
5 3 bank personal as well overselfish viewpoint which prevails among the men who had a personal financial interest in the result of the Committee’s investigation, such as
amro bank nl the banker members of the Banking and
bac bank as well Currency Committee may be expected to have. Mr. Schiff, under oath, told the committee in substance that :
If individuals can accomplish a monopoly he believed they should not be hampered by law ! The laws of nature, he told the committee, are best for preventing too gigantic projects; and
amro bank nl as well he cited the fall of the Tower of Babel as
bank erosion an example of the futility of human effort extended too far. Among the articles expounded by Schiff in his creed of business and
amro bank nl as well finance was the assertion that the minority in all corporations should not he allowed representation among the officers and
bank efficiency as well directors by law. “The majority should always rule,” he said, “and the minority should protect their rights as
amro bank nl best they can.”
Is it not easy to see by this statement of Mr. Schiff’s that it is preposterous for Congress to appoint mostly bankers, their agents and
ashes red bank as well attorneys on its Banking and
amro bank nl as well Currency Committee ? Mr. Schiff is not cut from
centrale bank and a different cloth, nor by a different pattern than the rest of humanity. Acting in our individual capacity, we look after
amro bank nl and our own interests, but
bank charges claim and in a collective sense we have not carried this interest far enough, and,
amro bank nl as well consequently, we have such financial wizards as
byron center state bank Mr. Schiff.
Now, let us analyze the last sentence of the quotation from
amro bank nl and Banker Schiff’s testimony to his brother bankers when the committee examined him. He said :
“The majority should always rule and
byron bank online as well the minority should protect their rights as
amro bank nl best they can.”
Now suppose we consider our own case—that is, the interests of the public—in the light of this statement of a king banker, which statement bears reference to the smaller stockholders in corporations. There are 30,000 banks in this country. There may be 200,000 bankers. I do not know their exact number, but
bank devisa and I know that there are approximately 94,000,000 of us. In the percentage of human beings the bankers are not equal to 1 per cent of the population. There is, on the average, perhaps not more than one banker to 2,000 other people. Suppose we should take Mr. Schiff at his word and
amro bank nl as well let the minority “protect their interests as
5 3 bank personal best they can,” and
amro bank nl as well we, the people, take the power which we possess,—and the Constitution contemplates that we should exercise as
bac bank a government, and
amro bank nl as well Lincoln proposed, . . . namely, “coin the people’s national credit,” . . . instead of letting the bankers coin it for their own selfish use. What would happen to Mr. Schiff and
bank erosion as well his brother bankers who control the Committee on Banking and
amro bank nl as well Currency if we did that ? . . . That is one of the questions that will be answered before this study ends.