My America

As usual, Morgan received representatives of many coal cartel companies on his yacht. Representatives including Jess and Bell all arrived and saw Morgan on the gentle sea.

"The vastness of the sea can open up people's minds, and I like the feeling of being at sea." Morgan faced these big names in the coal field. He said this before the head, and then sat down in front of the restless people. He slowly said, "The situation in Pennsylvania's mining area is already very serious. There are more than 100,000 coal miners, thousands of private armed forces from your companies, and nearly 10,000 state guards. This is the point. It's almost impossible to end, are you going to have another war of independence in Pennsylvania? "

"Mr. Morgan, the workers poured water into the mine, made explosives, set fire, and caused great harm to our industry. If this is not stated, then there will be no order in any industry. Isn't Mr. Morgan paying great attention to order?" Jess said hesitantly, "Things must come first and come last. The responsibility for delaying production is not with us."

"I understand your reasons for doing this, but others don't necessarily understand it." Morgan touched the beard under his big nose, and his eyes were sharper than ever before. "Even if you are bosses here, you should understand that most citizens With regard to this tendency, the reputation of large companies has not been good in recent years. Oh, there is a company in the south that is constantly developing new industries. This company has a good reputation. But Coal Cartel is definitely not such a company. Now that summer is over, the temperatures in the northern states will cool down. By then, there will be problems with coal supply, and prices will increase several times. It may be more difficult to deal with this problem. "

"To be honest, even now, President Roosevelt has exerted tremendous pressure on me. Roosevelt is a politician, and the emphasis on public opinion may still be on the big companies."

"Did you even have Mr. Morgan?" Bell said with a somewhat unbelievable look. "If President William Bryan is here, he will definitely not treat us like this."

"But it's not him now. Roosevelt's presidential position can be said to be picked. No one thought of this at first." Morgan shrugged and relaxed, but said in a helpless tone, "Who will the Vice President take him seriously, no Several companies have paid attention to him, and now it is too late to contact him. His attitude is very tough, and he wants to have peace between the two parties as soon as possible. "

"If we don't want to!" Bell gritted his teeth and said toughly, "I don't believe he is against us."

"The president will find a way to confiscate the mining area on the grounds that the country's energy security." Morgan's eyelids sneered. "Such a president has crossed the line, but who can guarantee that he will not dare to do so? Time is running out. . "

The yacht was filled with a depressing atmosphere. The sound of a bunch of bodyguards walking back and forth through the deck was like a heart beating. It was irritating. No one spoke. They were afraid to become an excuse for others to attack themselves in the future.

In the end, it was Morgan who spoke first, very surely ordering, "Anyway, coal ca n’t skyrocket, and it ’s time for citizens of the northern states to need coal. At that time, the president will really confiscate your mines, and there are huge Citizens support this, and you should know that the so-called civic class is rich in haters of the rich. "

Morgan ’s urging was already very strict, which made the non-speaking miners wait and see each other, and finally the oldest qualified Jess said, "We ca n’t agree to all the conditions of the miners. One-fifth of the wage increase is too high. The eight-hour working time is almost a cut. If you agree, there will be a big problem after starting work. "

"If you believe me, I will go to the White House to talk to Roosevelt about this matter!" Morgan murmured to take this matter down. "I will try my best to fight for your interests, but don't think about not paying a little. Overcome the difficulties, be prepared to accept some losses! "

Now that Morgan has said so, people including Jess and Bell finally agreed, and asked Morgan to appear and go to the White House.

"Leave it to me!" Only now does Morgan's smile appear on his face. Of course, it is very important for him to make money. Just because he likes the hobby of yachting, he needs strong financial support. But making money is not the most important thing. The most important thing is to make everyone make money within their own rules, which is more important than simply making money.

Morgan is completely different from the unsmiling Rockefeller. He likes this feeling of making wind and rain, and wants to win the praise of everyone at the same time, and has been working hard for this.

Two days later, Morgan, who was waiting for many mine owners, entered the White House on crutches with his head upright. Even in the face of the current Federal President, Morgan did not feel the need to be cautious. Now the President needs help and he will help. This sequence must not be wrong.

Before Morgan arrived in Washington, the news that he came to mediate the coal dispute had spread. This was also to put pressure on Roosevelt. In the next two days, Morgan lived in the White House and did not appear. Major newspapers are speculating on the matter. Progress, but there is no first-hand news, many related parties are waiting for the final result.

Before the Expo ended, Sheffield had left New Orleans. On the way, I learned that Morgan was going to meet President Roosevelt, but he didn't take it seriously. He is now going to meet the President, but only the future President. He sent someone to find Wilson, and now he has found it.

President Roosevelt, who was seen by Morgan, was a figure on President Hill. He was widely loved during his lifetime. He was the first practitioner of the modern power president and the enemy of many large companies. The slave owner saw this president and did not have a higher status than Roosevelt in twenty years.

But President Wilson is also very important to the history of the United States, even more important than Roosevelt. Many of Roosevelt's policies are too straightforward. For example, carrots and sticks, the effect is very good, but it is not conducive to publicity. In particular, the United States later became the world hegemony. After the ease of life, it adopted another set of standards conducive to propaganda, at every turn the banner of freedom, and safeguarding the origins of world peace, where the slave owners saw the president.

Later facts show that Americans prefer Wilson's idealism. It is that the United States is the embodiment of morality and a free leader. Not like old Roosevelt's naked power politics. This kind of thing, in the eyes of Americans, is too European.

The idealism of Wilson's mouth is almost destiny for the country, but Sheffield knows that Wilson, who puts all the good in his own policies, is a standard racist. His idealism is absolutely not Including black people, Wilson is a propaganda who should never blame anyone, but when he starts, he just does not say anything.

For them to accept the operation of power politics, it must first be established on the basis of establishing the moral and moral banner. Old Roosevelt did not belong to this way, so in the historical development, his set of thoughts slowly stood aside.

Roosevelt has to do and say, not only for large domestic companies, but also for weak countries. Especially in Asian countries and Latin American countries, the countries accused by Roosevelt are not one or two at all.

If it were not that the history of the American people published by Wilson had already been published, Sheffield would not have so easy to find the president with the Democratic Party ’s turnaround. Only in this era will it become clear how difficult the Democratic Party ’s situation is after the Civil War. Now that Sheffield has done a lot of work, sometimes even not making money, she simply treats herself as a politician who is not in public office, paving the way for the Midwest states, hoping that these states with similar environmental conditions in the south can be pulled into the Democratic Party. .

But Sheffield was doomed not to be able to choose the president himself, just like Rockefeller and Morgan, they could not go to the stage by themselves, and they could only choose agents from within the two parties. It was the president, not the choice of why the company served. Roosevelt didn't know when he realized this, and finally chose to turn his back on the big company.

"I am willing to donate to Princeton University!" This was Sheffield's first sentence when he saw Wilson. He knew that Wilson had just become the principal of this famous institution and he immediately sent a big gift.

"Mr. William, it seems that we don't know each other." Wilson looked at the young stranger doubtfully, carefully recalling his past, and made sure that there was no misjudgment.

"My respect for academics is not humble to say that it is far more than the founders of many companies. If it is not to inherit the heritage, I believe I will become a good scholar." Sheffield regretted, seems to sigh because of hundreds of millions The drag of property has not become a respectable scholar.

Wilson stopped talking, and out of good self-cultivation, he still resisted the urge to spit it out. Is there such a shameless one?

At the White House in Washington, Morgan was slowly walking on the lawn with his cane, with a winner's smile on his face, as if to remind people that he was the winner again, but Roosevelt did not appear.

"The strike in the coal industry will soon be over. This strike is just an episode of inconvenient communication between the two sides. Citizens should put their hearts in their stomachs." Morgan left the White House and said with satisfaction to reporters who were inquiring about the news. "We are facing a new view of property on human welfare. Some people mistakenly believe that all human rights are secondary to profits. Now, such people must make concessions to people who maintain human welfare. Everyone has The property must be subject to the overall rights of society, and the extent to which it should be used is determined according to the requirements of public welfare. "

"This arrogant banker!" Roosevelt took a long breath and left this show-off stage to Morgan.