Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-12-05

child selling stocks shert on his dsathbeds's
asked Col T g. Rsiff, tbs well known OPP
sTator. lie knew that the news of his
death would cause decline in the market,
End took advantage of IL by selling stocks
short. Gould knows that stocks would go
up il the public could be induced to believe
that he was out of the market, so, as ne
wants to sell, he gives out the announcement
that be is goirg to leave the street.
DID you observe one curious thing that
Mr. Gould saysg-'Beth Conner and Moro
SIM have more money than any man has o
right to have. MIR. Conner is worth nail
lion at least, and Mr. Morosini two or three
times as much. Now, il q man who has
only million is to be regarded as having
more than any man has o right to have,
what are We TO say Of jay Goulda Or course,
Mr. Gould excerpts himself when he makes
this statement. Ii Gould only would retire
from Wall street we should have great
deal more to give thanks for than we were
aware Of on Thanksgiving Day.
"Do think Jay Gould is really going to
leave Wall sIreets'' repeated Mr.. Rufus
Hatch. "Well. knew three months ago
that when tbs firm in which be is special
expires he will net renew his connection with
IL. also know that he is going off on a
yachting trip shortly after the LIST of Janu-
ary. But beyond that don't ask me. have
heard before that Mr. Gould was about to
retire. We shall see what we shall see y
''See here, said q broker, 81 have busi-
wouldn't do for me to appear in public as
having discredlted what he says. But don't
you take any stock in the story that that
Willy little nan is going to leave US. w
course, he will retire from the brokers'
nrm. as everybody has known for some
time. But Jay Gould is born
Spectator and manipulation. VIII he con-
tlnue TO gamble In stocks and put up jobs on
the boysa WIZ a duck swim9 Gould would
enjoy nothing better than to nave il sup
posed that he had left Wall street for good
and all, SO that he might slyly fix up some
new deal in the dark
Mr. Holt, of Taintor g. Holt, said: ssMr.
Gould's decision can not mean more than
that he will withdraw from active specula-
ton. lie can not withdraw his interest in
the Stock Exchange for hs holds too many
OF its securities. +"
Would his retirement be a benefit, sup
posing;t TO be true that he will retire al an
active speculatorW
From this view can not but think his
retirement would be 3 benefit. 1t would be
the removal Of the one-man power. Such
an event Is always benefit. 1t would re-
move a variable feature from the market.
Insre will not be the same influence from
without TO put the prices up or down, and
Shocks would remain more stable. MIR.
Gouid's retirement would be- a benefit to all
brokers except, those who do business for
BIN. Ills presence tends to brighten away
the public, which, when his presence 10 re-
moved, will come back. Even il he was out
Of the street bis presence would be felt.''
MIR. 3. " White said il would not make
much difference whether Gould kept his
promise or not. He had not been an active
Spectator for three months. He had prac-
tically been out of the street since last July,
when ne sold out what speculative holdings
ne mad. 1t would not make much difference
whether he stayed out or not.