The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-13
ANOTAER WILD. .
DAY IN STOCKS
Continued from First Page.

prices for many securities.
There was report all day that GER
tain groups Of manipulators were gun
ming for western speculator who had
market ever since last September.
There is reason to believe that the raid
on .Amalgamated Copper is primarily
designed to force liquidation in Greene
Consolidated Copper and, perhaps. to
get control OF that property. The
stock today was forced down l2h per
of the stock.
The Standard Oil interests in Anal
gamated Copper have been after the
Greene property for several years; they
all but controlled 1t year ago.. A
the hands Of unfriendly interests, while
a great deal more was scattered among
the public: Apparently the plan is now
to force liquidation Of this stock, and
there is little doubt that Standard Oil
interests are buying it.
What Lawson Is Doing.
Whether Lawson. Is actually being
made use Of to force the copper stocks
| down, or whether he is merely permit
ted to carry out his campaign without
mOlestation, is a matter Of grave doubt
in Wall street 3 mind. Few people at
tribute any real power to him as far
as the market is concerned. They be-
are favorable to the decline for pur-
poses OF their own: 1t is generally
supposed they desire to accumulate
stock. Certain it is that the declines
of today were not solely of Lawson $
making. ~
The historical portion of the public,
of which his following consists solely,
have been pretty we'll shaken out Of
it's stock. The selling yesterday un-
doubtedly came from powerful group
of men who are seeking to dislodge
stocks held in strong hands. The Law
son manifesto afforded, them cover to
operate under, or, rather, it was used
as a signal for a general attack.
Rapid-Fire kilograms.
Thomas W. Lawson was responsible
for the following kilograms yesterday:
Boston, Dec. II, 1890 a.m.-My adver-
tisement of this morning was not written
until 10 o'clock last night and is only ap-
ton, Philadelphia, Chicago, San Francisco
and Los Angeles. It will begin tomorrow
to radiate until In the next few days it
Will be in the remote corners of this coun =
try and Europe. I believe after this weel,
1.-The system" will, for the first time, real
lie this battle is going to be fought with
facts and that such fakes as have been
day and which heretofore have been 1.-The
system's' principal ammunition, must be
abandoned. Such kilograms as the fol-
lowing, selected at random from those re-
ceived this morning, would indicate it,
New York State.-Wire me quick,
shall 1 sell my 5000 Ana1gamated? Was
away and didn't read your first adver-
tisement."
"Chicago-Shall I sell my very large
holdings Of Amalgamated tomorrow? An
swer quick
kansas City-sell all my holdings of
Amalgamated tomorrow"
Thomas W. Lawson.
To Frenzied Financiers.
Boston, Dec. ~, IL o'clock.--One word
to Wall street "frenzied flnanciers," and
the SYSTEM: In my opinion it will be
we'll for the insiders Of great corporations
which buy their own securities from the
public, after having sold them to the pub
lie at higher prices, and after their direc-
tors and insiders have loaded up at low
prices, and who sell them back to the
public at high prices, after their direc-
tors and insiders have sold theirs, to get
in all such work at once, for this class of
business is probably going to ond. I par
ticularly caution my old friends on the
street who were not born day before yes
tterday, to keep their eye upon the Anal
gamated and United States Steel corpor-
atoms and their doings. $685.. :.
Thomas w. Lawson.
More Lawson Compliments.
Boston, Dec. 49, 2:30 p.m.-To Wall
street frenzied fnanc1ers: Last Friday
and Saturday you recovered your wits and
started up your old character crusl1er.
was only bear raider in league with
plungers, pools and Standard Oil to shake
down the public, my partners; the people
were a joke; you had brought your fren-
zied dollars to the rescue and had stopped
all declines: you were going to put every
thing back with rush; your news bureau
hireling exposed me as a Wall street
conspirator; I had settled with Standard
OIL. I never thought much of your hon
esty, but did have some respect for your
ability. You have now demonstrated you
are fools as we'll as knaves, but fools car
learn sense. Today has demonstrated to
,, the world that the people are awakening
but wait until they are wide awake. Then
the world will witness spectacle never
before seen. I said to you last week only
a, fool would fire his heaviest guns first
now say to you, only a fool would fire
. his heaviest guns second. n
\ Thomas w. Lawson.