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Show BE 1 ANOTHER "UNDESIRABLE CITIZEN." BE If J. I'ierpout Morgan gave loaPariscdl- Bl tor the interview credited to him, then Indeed BE is he a more "undcrslrable citizen" than Presl- BM dent Roosevelt has yet named. Mr. Morgan, BB' speaking of the panic, the tall-end of which U BB still with us, Is credited with conveying tho Bfl Idea that he and his associates deliberately BB planned the panic and set In motion tho forces Bfl that carried It to the people. He stated posl- Bfl lively that "the present distress is extremely Bfl useful" useful In starving proplo into trie Idea Bfl' that "high llnanclers" aro to bo lurt alone at Bfl all times. Mr. Morgan Isn't credited with saj- BB J3 1D Jus eJtacty that wa' Lut, that was the HK Impression he left with the editor who reported fl his Interview. He did say that as a capitalist Hfl " v ha docs Dot care to see tho distress relieved at H'"" present the people have not nit learned their BB bbu HHSUk,jhBHH BflftsMBfl lesson wcl, Mr. Mbrgau particularly desires the wpiklngman "to realize that he Is power-less power-less to prevent wage reductl6ns.'' The great Plerpont Is reported as having spit his words out viciously, as If lie felt rather vitriolic. Ho not only spoke III of labor conditions condi-tions here, but railed at the French bankers who refused to lend'hlm gold when he wanted It no also 'took a whack at the Kngllsh bankers. In his Interview, Mr. Morgan talked like a man thoroughly aroused, a little excited In fact, so the probability is that he spoke his real feelings. If the editor of the 1'etlt Journal has not misrepresented Morgan, then Morgan's frame of mind U not greatly different from that of the anarchist. This latter blot on civilization simply disbelieves In all law and lives unto himself; Morgan Indicates that to him also the only moral or civil law Is his own will. Morgan wouldn't throw a bomb to kill a man, but ho would help create a panic that would starve many to death and cause others to commit culcldc. He wouldn't stab a man in the back, but he would crush a competitor's business Involving In-volving the welfaro of hundreds. And what would he do It for? That HIS will might triumph, that he might have thirty automobiles, automo-biles, that he might pay $50,000 for a painting or a horse, or $1,000,000 for a yacht. The time must come, It will come rvhcn wealth will be robbed of Its power. Such men as Morgan are helping to bring that time nearer. near-er. Morgan has forgot that the man next door to him Is his brother, but his example results In many more mothers teaching their boys that only good Is worth while and that no social or financial condition elevates any man beyond the obligation he owes his fellow man. |