People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 August 1895 — The Rothchilds Are In It. [ARTICLE]

The Rothchilds Are In It.

Many who cannot bring themselves to doubt the patriotism of American rulers, refuse to believe that the Rothchilds cut so great a figure in our financial affairs as has been claimed by the populists. We presume they will not dispute the reports of the officers themselves. We clip the following from the Washington dispatches to the public press. It ought to convince any one:

Representatives of the Treasury. Assistant Secretary Curtis, Chief Clerk Logan Carlisle. L. O. Murray and Wm. Messervy, who delivered the bonds to the Rothchilds in London,refer to the transaction as replete with interesting incidents. The .bonds were transported to London in strong boxes lined with tin. There were 34,940 bonds of a par value of $31,157,700. Of this number 28,877 were SIOOO bonds, 41,186 were SSOO bonds, and 877 were SIOO bonds. The treasury representatives reached Southampton June 5. There the twelve boxes containing the bonds were placed in a baggage van of a railroad train, guarded by two of the Rothchilds’ private detectives. and were taken to London on the 6th. The boxes were taken from the railroad station to the Rothchilds’ banking house in their private van, carefully guarded by their detectives. The work of counting, signing and delivering the bonds began on June 7. Notwithstanding all the precautions taken to prevent any of the precious documents being lost or stolen, it is a fact that they were all absolutely worthless to any one who might have become possessed of them, yet the loss of any one would of put the department to great inconvenience. The mission of Logan Carlisle and Wm. Messervy was to add their initials and practically perfect the bonds: so it will be seen that, after all, the mission to London was a very important one. The work of formally signing and delivering the oonds took place in a private room in the Rouhchilds' banking house. About 300 of the bonds were signed each day, and it required twelve working days to complete the task. As each bond was completed it was passed over to Lord Rothcbild, and when a day’s work was ended he gave a receipt to Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Curtis for the number that had been delivered. Meanwhile the entire twelve boxes containing the bonds were secured in the safety .vault in the Rothchilds’ bank.—Progressive Farmer.