Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 61, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 March 1910 — ORIGIN OF THE ROTHSCHILDS. [ARTICLE]

ORIGIN OF THE ROTHSCHILDS.

Case** Icsm la the Reterprtae eff Merer Aeaaehel la Vreekfert. As the revolution In France was th* beginning of modern history in Its qther distinguishing phases, so it gave ribs, indirectly or directly, to concentrations of modern financial power, the Portland Oregonian says. The leading example is the history of ths Rothschilds. In one of the mean and dirty houses in the Jewish quarter of Frankfort Mayer Amschel was born in the year 1743. The house was numbered 142 in the Judengasse, but was better known by its sign of the Red. Shield, which gave its name to the A&schel family. Mayer was educated by his parents for a rabbi; but judging himself better fitted for finance, he entered the service of a Hanover banker named Oppenheim and remained with him till be had saved enough to set up for himself. Then for gome years he dealt in old coins, curios and bullion; then returned to Frankfort, established himself in the house of the Red Shield and rapidly advanced tpwar<L.opulenoA In a few years he gave up his irregular trade and confined himself to banking. Such was his integrity thbt the Landgrave of Hesse, in possession of large treasure In the early days of Napoleon’s career of European conquest, confided that treasure to the “cohrt Jew,” who kept it out of Napoleon’s grasp and restored it to its owner later. Out of this transaction Mayer made a great deal of money. So likewise, out of his transactions with the Danish and Prussian governments later. He left five sons, to whom upon his deathbed his last Vords were: “You will soon be rieh among the richest, and the world will belong to you.” The prophecy was more nearly true for the period down to fifty years ago than it Is now. The five sons conceived and executed an original and daring scheme. While the eldest remained at Frankfort and conducted the parent house, the four others emigrated to four different capitals—Naples, Vienna, Paris and London —and acting continually In concert .they succeeded in obtaining a control over the money market of Europe, as unprecedented as it was lucrative to themselves. It was the third brother, Nathan, who settled In London. He had a commanding ability, a natural genius for finance; bis grand- ■ son, Nathaniel Mayer, born in 1840, was raised to the peerage, as Baron Rothschild, in ISSS.