The Savannah morning news., 1900-09-05

n mig way Is IN his copper. thicako gam
bles In wheat. but Old Boston has never
weaned away from copper. The Old bos-
ton chap doesn't think Il is gambling 10
dabble IN copper stocks
Many years ogo Boston laid the foun-
dation OF its present wealth throngn
Michigan copper. and Calumet aud Hech
Is the cause OF Bostons wealth to-day.
In this early day copper was practically
unknown outside OF Boston.
For several years I had been conduct
Ing an investigation In the copper indus
try I found that 4, would be solid. tan
gible industry one OF the greatest In the
world. I found that one pound OF copper.
which any one could take out OF the
ground for OF cents. could b. sold az
,s place Of consumption for - and II
cents. In other words found that there
was proht OF 100 per cent I figured
out that Il was an enormous legitimate
industry. when I learned this 1 looked
around 20 find why large capital had not
been invested In a.
Il learned that the big investors m
America regarded II as a gambling game
and would not touch Il. and that che Bos-
ton men had educated them 10 that be-
lief. This led me TO believe that the cop
per Industry itself made a return Of 10
per cent. and that Il was as safe and sure
an investment as the 10 per cent. in
steel. second. that could interest capt Al
10 che working copper mines OF she United
States.
so started out 20 educate capitalists
20 my way Of thinking. I did not at
tempt to interest them in she endlscover-
81 or undeveloped mines. as Is being done
to-day. ! went 10 i've or six men VINO
control more than that number OF mill
ions. I said:
Hard work co Persuade.
II you let me SO out and Invest sioo.-
10000 IN improved copper mines Will
bring you back stocks 81 ownership that
have copper enough ahead 80 that you can
80 and see the stored-up dividends 10
make Il absolutely sure that the earnings
Will continue indefinitely ami give re-
turns Of 2 TO 20 per cent. on the invest
ment. That being 50 and we md tina,
we have Sloooo.0oo invested IN such prep
crty. we can educate the investors OF tire
world as 10 the surety ana Legitimacy OF
the investment. and Immediately the re-
suit will b. brought about that capitnl
VIII compete for the ownership OF The
property until u has run the return from
p TO % per cent TO 5 or T. aud there
fore when this "a accomplished the prop
erty can be recaplt0lizei on this 1asir
Of hs remodernization and the 500. 0oo0oN
viii swell ihs0 500 000.oS0'
This talk had with the men OF many
millions just four years ago H. u.
Rogers and John -. Rockefeller, stand
ard Oh kings said:
Lawson. you mus. he crazy
But / told them TO investigate ana
think II over. SO after they had given
the matter exhaustive research they came
10 my way o. thinking. ana to-day can
say that ] absolutely demonstrated was
right IN every word ! said
Then YOU could have gone into the
market aud purchased Montana at SO a
share and Il had just risen from Is You
could purchase Anaconda az 800 Calumet
and Hscla a. S225, and others In the sans.
proportion. To-day Montana II sitter rs
DO than Il was then at g. Anaconda with
its 10000 shareholders, Is stronger az
20 than Il was then at %. Calumet and
Hecla Is in greater demand at 100 than
II was az -; so the increase OF these
three pieces OF property alone was Mon
iana, fi5.0ooO; Anaconda. 100000: Cal
umct and Hecla, s73,e0o.o00 an aggregate
~ SiGG 0a00oa.
These men of wealth and started IN
a broad. systematic wayne speculation
or boom. but la an earnest effort 10 puf
the industry on a basis commensurate
with its worth having the standard OF
capital and modern methods. Now then
TO bring this property into the eyes OF the
world l paid $4,000 for advertisements
or proclamaiions. In the newspapers. cit
ing tho value Of this property as an in
vesiment For hfteen months my mail
averaged l2,00) letters a day. This was
during the boom fifteen months ago.
Then an unlock thing happened
Schemers brought out new mines We
could not stop the people from going into
these wildcat schemes. and the boom Of
the good stock ana the worthless stock
was the same. The consequence was that
q collapse came and paper aost enormous
IT,"
Mr. Lawson stopped short on copper
ana turned his subject TO the famous low
or that made his name known In all civ
ihzed countries
The Lawson Pink.
Il am very fond Of flowers. ana 80 Is
my wife. Her florists bin. 81 believe, IL
just about $1,000 year. The ncrlst who
supplies us. Tom Calvin by name. had
In his employ man by che name OF Pc
ter Fisher, who pr0ragated a pink 90
that It reached this size"
Mr.. Lawson placed the tips OF the An
gers a both hands together making a
large bail.
HE showed Il to me. and said tina, he
had named II the Mrs. Lawson pink. and
that he had propagated 30 Of the plants
II was slightly Interested for Il was a
beautiful flower. but Il passed from my
mind until one night later Calvin called
on me at my house aud told me that there
was man at his. conservatory who wish
ed TO purchase all the Mrs. Lawson pinks
I said 10 Calvin:
You cannot sell them. you know. for
I want them
Calvin said. But this man offers 5000
Tor them
Then became interested. Tor Al first
I thought that probably the man wanted
the flowers for about 500.
who Is this man ?" said 10 Gsivln.
His name said Calvin. Is "a. n. Hig-
lnbotham Of Chicago