Rothschild Money Trust

XII.
Gold
"With gold we can buy the most rebellious consciences,
can fix the rate of all values, the current price of all products,
can subsidize all State loans, and thereafter hold the states
at our mercy."—From Funeral Oration of Rabbi Reichhorn.
"You are aware that the gold standard has been the ruin
of the States which adopted it, for it has not been able to satisfy
the demands for money, the more so that we have removed
gold from circulation as far as possible."—From Protocol 20.
The fixed policy of the management of the Rothschild fortune
is and has always been, monopoly. They brook no opposition
and they fix the tolls of whatever business they engage in. In
the beginning their operations were confined to government
loans, not only for the profit involved but for the political power
that it gave them. As the fortune grew their field of operations
expanded until it embraced everything. Originally, the Rothschilds
had competition for these government loans and consequently
were not always able to fix the rate of discount, but this
opposition was soon crushed or absorbed.
Among their early competitors was the Bank of England,
which was chartered in 1694 for the purpose of financing the
British Government. In consideration of a loan of 1,200,000
pounds the British government granted the Bank of England
the exclusive privilege of issuing currency in the City of London
and within a radius of 65 miles thereof. Originally it was
granted an annuity of 100,000 pounds a year for handling the
government's business, and its property and operations were
exempted from taxation.
Adam Smith says of the Bank of England:
"She acts not only as an ordinary bank, but as a great
engine of state. She receives and pays the greater part of
the annuities which are due to the creditors of the public; she
circulates Exchequer bills; and she advances to the Government
the annual amount of the land and malt taxes which are
frequently not paid till some years thereafter."
These functions were in line with the operations of the
Rothschilds and consequently they coveted the bank. There is
no record of when they acquired it or how much they paid for it,
for that is not the Rothschild way; it is one of their secrets. It
was probably acquired by Nathan during the hey-day of his