The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-17


"Neither have I; if had, I'd proba-
bly, shoot myself, because / IN not &C.
customed to handling one.'
How Lawson Hurt Him.
"But I want to- tell you, Lawson,
how what you have been doing to stock
has hurt me. Here is my bank state
ment showing that I have paid out
81 ,342.000-'
"That g right, colonel,' said Mr..
earnestly, leaning forward un-
til the two mems faces were only a
couple Of feet apart.
"You re brave man and stood hon.
estly by your property in a falling mar
ket. You are great, big-hearted fell
low, one of the Whitest men I've ever
done business with. You issued a
proclamation in the newspapers calling
me liar, fakir and a charlatan. Be-
fore you leave this room you will &C.
taken. l want to give you my word
that L never directly or indirectly sold
or advised any one to sell Greene Con-
solidated stock. On the contrary, I
declared that, so far as I knew, it was
valuable and paying property. I said
last week that Greene Consolidated
was all right and that you were all
right. Now, l have always said that
you were straight, honest man, but,
an open-hearted man like you in that
heartless Wall-street crowd?''
Mr.. Lawson leaped to his feet, thrust
his hands in his pockets and stood be-
fore the colonel, the very picture Of
earnestness.
How Greene Lost Money.
"How did you lose your "a, $4,000?
You didn't know that the Standard
Oil crowd and that every man in the
slungshot, sandbag game was waiting
for a chance to club you and rob you.
l was advising the people to sell back
to the Standard Oil gang the watered
stocks that had been sold to the public
at higher prices. [ was demonstrating
to the whole world that these men had
been caught by the public at the very
Amalgamated Copper stock, for in
stance. The whole market went down
in sympathy with the falling prices
when the public followed my advice
Great God, what did you do9 Greene
Consolidated stock was selling at $34
a share, and to show your good faith
you, stood and poured out your money
allowing it to fall alphabetically as
other good stocks fell. You advertised
to the whole world by your actions that
you had money to spend and that YOU
would spend it, and the gang unloadet
and unloaded on you at $34 a share
! knowing that, in spite Of the value o;
your properties, they could buy thu
stock back in falling market at {
lower price,
| Colonel Admits It.
| hat 81 10 -,
colonel, shaking his head.
"It's true,' continued Mr.. Lawson
pacing the floor, "that in causing tn,
fall in the price Of watered stocks
may have hurt you. But l didn't in
tend to hurt you.'
II know you didn IT, said the col
onel, 81 never believed you intended t.
hurt me. But you must admit that il
your attack on the market you hav
caused a good deal Of ruin.'
"That is one of the necessary conse
quences, of a plan to overthrow tn
great criminals who are in control o
the finances Of this country today,
said Mr. Lawson. "When I make pub
lie the crimes committed when Amalga
mated Copper stock was given to tn
public, when I make known what MI
Rogers and Mr.. Rockefeller and MI
Stilman did at that time, when I e1
pose every fact of the conspiracy, whe
President Roosevelt puts receiver i
must do under his oath Of office, the
the Standard Oil interests themselve
will have to go into the hands Of a II
ceiver and men who are responsible fo
} the great crimes which robbed tn
American people for years of thei
wealth will have stand at the bar q
: justice, and answer. On that day, co
, onel, even you will say that the pric
; paid in these first stages Of the momer
was not too great T..
''That Is Iie.'' IT,. =.
"You have said in your proclamatio
that I was actuated by selfish motive
That is absolutely untrue. They tol
, you in New York that I am stoc
: raider. That is lie. If carry thu
: my plans to unload upon the Standa1
7 Oil gang and it's allies the stocks whic
they have sold to the public at fctitio,
! prices, if can do this until they ha,
got them all back again and the publ
thieving crew from gambling in Il
: market with the money Of savin,
banks, insurance companies and tru
4 institutions, then the oppressors of IL
r people will be helpless. | would not g
), change the glory of that reformatit
for, all the millions Of dollars / ha,
3 ever had or ever hope to have
: If you can actually do it, = mu
}, INJURED the colonel, wonderingly.
}, cit can and will be done, said M
Lawson, folding his arms on his breas
+. elbow much money is behind &
It Standard Oil crowd?'' asked the CT
d onel.
t, nWhile they can use the moneys
g the banks, insurance companies and
trust institutions, their resources q