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...debt of Europe is 26 billion dollars, and it is controlled by a body of bondholders that make up an invisible empire. In England the Rothschilds compose this empire. During the wars they bought as many bonds as possible and in this way made themselves controllers of England's war debt. In other countries there are bondholders who control the debt in the same way. The interest on the war debt of Europe amounts to one and a fifth billion dollars and this falls on the taxpayers. We see the effects of this upon the poverty stricken country people...
...society are considerably larger than last year, extensive plans are being made. A permanent hangar, which will hold two machines, and an artificial slope will be built at Squantum, where most of the experimental work will be carried on. The society's glider will be equipped with effective controls so that it can be used for free flights from an elevation. It is also planned to remodel the Roe triplane and to use in this the 30 horsepower engine which Mr. Roe used at the Squantum meet. If enough money is available, a different system of control will be placed...
...Rhode Island, Wisconsin, Ohio,--they were all alike. There was a reform movement in Wisconsin in which LaFollette, its leader, was opposed both by the city and by the United States government. Against him in the control of his party was the federal machine made by appointments of the United States...
...went from the state to the national government. In the House of Representatives the rings control legislation. Cannon was the boss corresponding to Boss Butler in St. Louis. Aldrich and his ring, to which New England contributes generously, control the Senate...
...combines which elected committees, and these committees interlocked, thus making a ring around the officers. When the ward heelers obtained policies from the people, they got proxies which went back to the officers of the company. The officers nominated directors who would stand in with them, and thus control was assured...