Arizona republican., 1899-05-19

Boston bnIher met with rebuffs; eth
 CTS say that the Standard Oil peop.f
 we're simply unable to consider SC
 large a proposition until much hms
 and thought had been expended upon
 it.
 A story is told that last summer one
 of the ether big men in the Standard
 company, in an easy, familiar Nvay,
 approached A1r. Rogers, saying:
 Henry, I have 8 fancy for copper.
 MT. Rogers was agreeable to anything | that offered any return for the inn
 mense accumulation of the company,
 and the copper combination was an as
 sured fact from that time on- Mcre or
 less logical reasons for the amalga-
 nation have been given in Boston for
 months past. Men say that they
 looked over the whole field of product
 i've industries and f-iInd that copper
 was tine emily enc of them which paid an excessive profit
 WIDENING THE INVESTMENT.
 It was understood that here was business capitalized on a 20 per cerJ basis that might be capitalized on a , ger cent interest paying basis, and not only give a fair return on a large ly increased capitalization, but also afford an opportunity fur the profitable use of an immense amount of money for the development work The scare ity of copper, comparatively speaking, and the very high price, was thought by operators e1 jeopardize the copp5r interest, as it would stimulate nanu- faeturers and inventors to discover some substitute for So expensive a commodity.
 The Amalgamatod company is ex- pecteLf to meet this difficulty by fore ing down the price and disseminating mines that have nlJ legitimate place in the business, to make way for others of high productive possibilities.
 Meanwhile, everybody connected with the business in Boston has made money. The organizers and pro- n1oters of new companies have reaped rich harvests, but they have mt made any more than the purchasing class upon whom they have unlOadled. Cop per dl5cls, almost without exception, one phenomenal incident Of iaaa cen Lury-a solid boom, a continued rise, without a compensating fall And the peculiar feature Of it all is that the public has been told from the first r-l5 wfEl1 to expect. They ward not | old the why's in all cases, but MT. | -awE-m, who seemed to act as the l press agent for the combination, gave | he public a straight tip and thou i ands of common people have becoma | rich by taking his advice. | lew much the Standard people have nade or will make is beyond guessing. !. c. Burrage, who has been their rep esentative in Boston, is reputed ua ave made numerous millions, while IF. Lawson himself is credited with leaning up anywhere from three to thirteen millions.
 BOSTON COPPER MAD.
 But the singular winnings have been l unexpected quarters. A woman in [. Louis is said to have sent in a let sr S6O, which was invested in her be- alf few months ago on a purely ympathetic basis. This lady now has abave s900 to her credit. An Id couple in New Orleans sent their nall hoard to Boston to be invested copper. They were entirely ignor- at of even the simplest business mat ITS and yet their investment has l aced them beyond the possibility of ant for the rest of their lives. Men [ ere tipped to buy Arcadian at 23 l Id sold it at 50. All classes got in. q
 Newberry street coachman played I e copper game and won S200,0OO. A lysician on the same street has not 'ne quite so well, having made only a 5O,0OO. A young main who owed Sg00 Id saw no way(cf paying it went to e parties and borrowed $500 more, 'ug-ht copper shrewdly on a three int margin and, after paying off s s whole indebtedness, has something 1e $7,OOO to the good.
 NOW THE NEW YORK END W This tells the Boston end of the o 'ry. The New Y.crk end begins with s' e Standard Oi, company becoming D ter ested. The first move of these J' and the men associated F tn them was in the direction of ac- 1T iring an interest in the Anaaorda. rrot and other Montana mines. This pl
 represented as a large interest," It ly those whc are in the deal know Ia lether it is a controlling interest. st e public takes that on trust. a t is understood that the entire h' ldings of J. B. Haggin and his asso- o' tes were acquired. The stock held 0I