Evening journal., 1904-10-21
Ia WSON FIRES
MORO HOT SHOT
UNDER THE HEAD OF FRENzIED Fl
NANCE HE TELLS MANY THINGS
ABOUT J. EDWARD ADDICKS AND HIS
METHODS

lrespondence. cleverly designed 10 pre-
vent Mr.. Rogers using the letters
against him. Mr.. Lawson arranged for
am interview at Mr.. Rogers house in
57th ST., New York.
Al one point in this inteWlew-per-
haps the most remarkable. business
conversation ever held--Mr. Rogers,
discussing the price at which he might
sell out his gas properties to the Bay
State Gas. said:
" I'll take cost. s3,5OOOOO II It is
cash or the equivalent, or l will take
s4,5OO. 900. II it is to be credit OF a
nature that assures me my money
eventually, and / viii divide my profit
OF a million equally with you, which.
OF course, win be in addition TO any
thing you may be paid by Addicks.'
Instantly. as II we had agreed upon
it in advance" says Mr.. Lawson, with
his last words our eyes met-his cold,
clear. and steely business-mine, /
hoped. the same. For a second neither
OF US said a word. Then / said. Thank
YOU for the offer Of the 100000 profit,
but we will cut all such offers out.
My pay comes from my side. never
vet have known the man who could
work properly 1 slowly drew out the
word properly and he in the same
tone OF voice said;
Properly" is better than hon
estly." You know. lawson there Is
much cant in these times OF which
honesty is the refrain
&c You and 1 will make no headway
discussing moral ethics Mr.. Rogers
although we may In discussing business
eith<cs. / replied, and / chalked up ON
my mental blackboard; Test one
This conversation reached its climax
| i'm a dramatic scene which Mr.. Lawson
thus described
"Mr. Rogers arose from his chair and
stood directly In front OF me and
straightened up for what l could see
was to be an unusual effort. Then
with the force and the fire which In all
his supreme moments make Henry IL
Rogers well-night Irresistible he said
o. Lawson, I have listened TO you. Now
listen to me. ] am fifty-slx and am old
enough to be your father, so you can af-
ford to give weight 10 what ! am about tc
especially as I give you my word
that speak for your benefit first and ms
own afterward. ! watched you before yot
hitchcd up with Addicks, and always
thought that II the opportunity arose, We
might do business together. We are al
ways short of men to do the things We
want 10 do-young men, who are honest
therefore loyal. men to whom work d
pleasure; above all, men who have n'
price but our price. Say you'll come will
us, and we'll fix up the Boston situation
b in some way that will forever eliminat
{ Addicks from our affairs-your and m
7 affeirs. AS for you and me, wen max
e a lot Of money and make II fairly an
e above board. But I am not thinking
n much Of tina. as to get you 10 come wit
I us and help us carry out some deals v
d have on hand. shat put YOU in a postio
: to make more money and secure more re'
power than you could possibly obtain
the same time under any other conditions
You know corporations and the stock
market and you can readily see what tn
combination OF our money and prcstig
and your knowledge Of the market an
investors viii mean"
Here is Mr.. Lawsons answer:
Mr.. Rogers, IL accepted your pro
posal. could no longer be true TO my
self, even If Addicks and Boston Gas wer
out Of il. / know that the man who i
STANDARD on wears collar. and II
did what you ask ! should expect to wea
a collar and-and-I can't do IT, I stop
ped; was not excited; / could not be will
that calm figure, apparently cut fron
crystal ice, so near me. but was yer,
much In earnest. stopped; didn't know
what he would do. He slowly lifted bi
hand and held It out 70 me- mine graspe
it, and without a word thus we stood loni
enough to put that seal on our friendsbi
, which none Of the many financial heus w
jointly passed through in the after min
: years was hot enough to melt.
z In that part OF the magazine In vhict
t Lawson answers his critics appears
p statement about the Life Insurance Com
r panies and the following paragraphs ri
4 Roosevelt's relations TO the standar
[ System"
y But after admitting that Theodor
= Roosevelt is made up Of one part m
, Stick two parts Practical Politics. tbre
8 parts Mirror, and four parts Theodor
Y Roosevelt you and and all men mus
: allow that all these parts are envelone
. In a cloak os absolute fearlessness. an
e that the whole is saturated with an old
}. fashioned Yankee honesty. which moan
we are all absolutely assured of the IN,
| possibility Of any gang or highwayinen a
; disguised confidence men using him fo
stalking-horse TO rob the people. I
5 Theodore Roosevelt is elected. he will
have no doubt. before the fourth da
J. OF March 1909 involve us in many
'skeery jamboree. but feel absolutel
certain that nothing Theodore Roosevelt
Will do while President of the Unite
States will over make any country-lovin
= American ashamed he is an American.
= Theodore Roosevelt. while Presiden
= Of the United States. refused TO allo,
STANDARD OH TO run him. and 'Standar
OH got hotter and hotter: but. not DARN
q 10 rage openly, how they did spit fire %
4 the quietr II have listened once hav
twenty times while Mr.. Rogers ravod a
that -'- we'll I won't use his eS
n act language-it wouldn't be respectful I
II our President. At last. as in all such casei
there came an absolutely not-to-be- born
o trampling on Standard OIL dignity an
[. Theodore Roosevelt was on the 'Sys
- ! tents blacklist until eternity"