Senator Bristow—“What was your method of promoting your ideas with regard to monetary reforms?” Mr. Warburg—“Mainly writing.” Senator Bristow—“Were you connected with the Monetary Commission?” Mr. Warburg—“No, not directly....” Senator Bristow—“Were you consulted in regard to the report of the Monetary Commission in any way?” Mr. Warburg—“Yes, Senator Aldrich consulted with me about details, and I gave him my advice freely.” Senator Bristow—“And in regard to the bill which was prepared by Senator Aldrich in connection with the commission, were you consulted in regard to that?” Mr. Warburg—“Yes.” Senator Bristow—“What part did you have in the preparation of that bill, directly or indirectly?” Mr. Warburg—“Well, only that I gave the best advice that I could give.” Most readers will recall that the name of “Aldrich” was, a few years ago, the synonym for the money power in government. Senator Aldrich was an able man and a tireless worker. His character for thoroughness and industry did more than anything else to disabuse the popular mind of the notion that such men were mere “tools of the money interest,” or engaged in their work out of lust for gain, or out of sheer pleasure in legislating against the interests of the people. Senator Aldrich led on tariff and financial matters because he understood them; and he understood them by tireless study of them; and, therefore, he was the master of other men who had not paid the price of knowledge. But, he understood these matters from the standpoint of the business interests only. He was sincerely desirous of the prosperity of the country, but that prosperity was written in banking balances. Fifteen years ago it might not have been possible to judge him thus calmly, because then he represented in the public mind, more than any individual does today, the concentrated power of the financial group. Their prosperity was his first care, possibly because he believed that their prosperity was also the country’s. It was such a man, then, that came to Mr. Warburg for advice. The labors of Senator Aldrich comprise many volumes of difficult material and Senator Aldrich’s appeal to Mr. Warburg was a very high compliment to the quality of the latter’s mind and financial experience—this, of course, assuming that Mr. Warburg’s counsel was not forced upon the Aldrich committee by the New York money interests. In his testimony, Mr. Warburg did not tell all. The omission, however, was supplied by an article in _Leslie’s Weekly_ in 1916, the author being B. C. Forbes. It is a story of which _Current Opinion_ said: “It reads like the opening in a shilling shocker.”