Show THE L D THE GREATEST MONEY POWER IN THE WORLD between Bet vreen them they thet control in 1815 one ot of them made in a day by getting tze news new from waterloo IOU ICH as a rothschild h ha a a f for 0 r a number of years throughout the civilized world been a typical expression for a man of immense wealth others have shown equal talents tor for money making to be sure as for or example barney barnato who recently committed suicide and is said to have accumulated a fortune of within the last ten years or one might cite the late jay gould in our own country who turned everything he touched to gold but in the case of the Rath all the different banking houses conducted by the separate members support one another in great transactions so that they ore are practically one at need As they represent or control in tow total more than they may be set down as constituting the greatest money power in the world says a writer in on amerlean american journal the founder of this clan of money kings mayer anselm bauer was a moneylender money lender and bric a brac dealer who did business in the jewish quarter of frankfort germany during the latter half of the eighteenth century in a house which bore the sign of a red shield rothschild this afterwards gave a name to the family when mayer anselm began to acquire large wealth his great skill as an expert in coins and curios brought him the friendship of the landgrave of hesse cassel who also made him his banker at a later period it fell to him to be of great assistance si to this german prince by concealing his treasure of jewels and plate at a time of crisis he restored the full value of these with five per cent interest and thenceforward he became favorably known to european courts as a financial agent always to be trusted S before he be died in 1812 branches of the frankfort banking house had been established at london vienna and na ples pies the paris firm not being organized I 1 till the downfall of napoleon and the re establishment of the bourbons the greatest financial genius of the rothschild family though there have been many of great talent was nathan mayer of the second generation who established the house of N M rothschild co in 1798 in london he flew to the stars and grovelled grovel led in the mud for money he welcomed all transactions big or little wherewith to turn the bankers penny he was the most daring speculator of his ume time on the stock exchange and the most successful 1 cess ful he had carrier pigeons and fast salling sailing boats to bring him the earliest news from the war centers of europe and so help him to manipulate stocks he followed Welling tons ar my to waterloo in person and had relays of the swiftest horses and a fast I 1 yacht lying in the harbor at ostend so he be arrived at the london stock ex exi i change after the battle twelve hours hoursh ahead of any public announcement of the victory and made by one of the most tremendous series of spee spec lons ions in history in 1810 when the duke of wellington then commanding in spain drew on the english government tor for and the english treasury was short nathan bought the drafts at a big discount and at once sent the money the stories about this remarkable man are almost endless and d show how bow strangely he was alike equal to the most tremendous schemes and the pettiest petties tricks of avarice the of this house fell to lionel the eldest son who was the money maker while ahn other three sons devoted themselves to pleasure and art collecting one ome of these brothers was anthony the first english rothschild to be knighted and it was his bag daughter who married the present earl of roseberry and presented her bridegroom on the morning of the nuptials with a cheque tor for in a gold box set with diamonds laonel was made an english baron but before he was elevated to the peerage he was elected many times to the house of commons fach each time however he was retired because e ause he refused to take the oath on the th e faith fatich of a christian finally parliament got tired of this curious ous farce aree and a bill was passed permitting jews to be sworn on the old testament this removed the political disability of the race in 1868 1858 after a fight of eleven years |