Show WAS WAGES V OF Oll MONEY TN N THE plight of the country's railroads I IN JL from which they seek exit through an in increase increase in- in n- n rates boost crease of 15 per cent in freight to tp their annual earnings by every holder of ot an insurance policy of many bank stocks and other securities every shipper and every consumer as well as the general taxpayer has a vital interest in the outcome of the petition for r relief lief weakness of It is this that reveals the financial setups The investments of banks Durance insurance companies and the railroads seem that inextricably woven together Anything weakens the resources of the railroads weakens weakens weakens weak weak- ens the resources of the interests with which the rails are linked The investments of the insurance companies companies com corn include so much real property that community represent a their taxes in any sizable portion of the public income Their other holdings must have lve behind them sturdy going enterprises or their ability to meet claims becomes clouded The grea great organizations of wealth extending extending extending extend extend- ing financial aid to enterprises which re require require require re- re quire vast capital do not risk their money without throwing around it the safeguard of I wide scattering of fractional responsibilities I The humble owner of a single share of stock stockis is held eld by law to stand ready to make good if the parent ent enterprise behind the stock totters totters totters tot tot- and the original progenitor of the enterprise enterprise enterprise enter enter- prise looks in turn to all its offspring to come to the rescue as the financial pattern becomes more involved and intricate In the end the original owner of the moneybag looks down the long rank and file of at private investors whether they be holders of stock or insurance policies to stand ready to provide the wages that money is presumed to have the right to earn Basically mans man's only security when followed followed followed fol fol- fol- fol lowed through to the last analysis is a piece of ground with a tight fence and a clear title and a stout heart and a good set of muscles with which to gain a livelihood from nature and and then only until some enterprise presumed presumed presumed pre pre- to be for the common good comes along and takes this away by condemnation proceedings Ultimately the believers believer's soul Is his only unquestioned possession possession and and the conduct of other humans occasionally gives rise to doubt on that score |