More that half of the men in the United States Senate wear corporation collars.
If all the big thieves were sentenced to jail we should have to turn the little thieves out in order to make room for them.
I challenge anyone to point out a single instance in this country where the national bankers have made a recommendation in the interests of the people. It is always a jug-handled proposition in their favor.
One of the biggest pieces of foolishness in this old world of ours is for Uncle Sam to make free money for the bankers to loan, and then borrow that same money for his own use.
Unless there is some change made in the manner of selecting United States senators, that body of corporation attorneys would better be abolished.
So insignificant was the last Presidential candidate of the Democratic Party that a great many voters have already forgotten his name.
The country is now ready for the election of United States senators by the people instead of the corporations, but that body of august lawmakers will block every effort in that direction.
If there is no other way to prevent corporations from violating the law they should be denied its protection, just like other outlaws. A dose of that kind of medicine would soon bring them to their milk.
The decision of the North Sea Commission seems to be based upon the principle (if it has a principle) that a naval commander has a right to fire at anything that frightens him.