The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-08-26

Thomas w. Lawson, the Boston cap
ita1ist who was used and deceived by the
Standard Oil rulers in the, sArnalgainated
Copper deal, is using all his energy and
resources, in law suits and in magazine
articles, to expose and harass his former
associates and betrayers.
The announcement of his articles
promised the most sensational and ar1az.
ing disclosures. and the 6rst one of the
series, published in the August number
of Everybody's Magazine, can be styled 2
good beginning. .Lawson's story is,made
donbly interesting by his vivid and pow
erful style of writing. His characterize
ton of the great capitalists is extreme in
statement and language and the articles
show the utterly corrupt and criminal
methods Of the great industrial pirates
known as captains Of indust-y.", MI.
Lawson in describing this gigantic cor
poration says: ~, a:
.sWall Street and the financial world
know that there are two Standard Oils,
1 0ut 10 Tue puOitC taCAS - w SAsos VIE
Itiuction between Standard Oil, the cor
poration which deals in oil and things
which pertain to the manufacture and
transportation Of oil, and Standard Oil,
the giant, indefinite system which some
times embraces all the Standard Oil
group of individuals and sometime only
| certain of the individua1s. This giant
Ecreature, Standard Oil, can best be de.
Iscribed 30 that the average man viii
understand it, as a. group of money
Iowners-some individuals and some cor
Iporations-who have Q right to use ths
name STANDARD. Oil in any business
undertaking they engage in, and thu
fright to use the name is of priceless value
{ for it carries with it assured success.'
i tits to this latter STANDARD OH sys
tenn in it's broadest, most powerful aspec
that Mr.. Lawson devotes his attention
Henry H. Rogers is the master mind ant
real head of the ring, he asserts. and II
/ view of the great political campaign jus
being launched. the following extratc
from the article may be of interest il
showing the influence of .'oil,' on tn,
waters of the political sea, and cause SOM
thinking for those who profess to believ'
the corporate interests do not dominate
1.-THE politics Of our country: n
During the past twenty years, when
lever the great political parties have linet
up for their regular once in. four. year
ltussle there would be found Henry H
Rogers, CALM as race.track gambler
Sizing up the entries, their weights sn(
handicaps. Every twist aud turn in thu
|, fpeiigrees and records of Republicans ant
Democrats are as familiar to him as tht
lsdoper sheets are to,tfie ganblers forts ht
: not at the receiving end of thesgreates
information bureau in the world "a
Standard Oil!agent is in every hamlet il
1.-The country, and who better than ithess
TRAINED, aud intelligent observers siuter
lpiets the varying trends of feeling Of thei
communities !? Tabulated and ana1yzed
. these reports enable Rogers, the sagacionl
i politician, to diagnose. the drift Of ftht
country far ahead of the most astute b
campaign managers, He. is meyer II
doubt about who will win the election
Before the contest is under way he ha!
lpicked the winner and is beside ffifn will
lgen~sus offers of war expenses" .ea4E