The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-02-18
THOMAS LAWS0N'S FIGHT
WITH WALL STREET
GIVES FINE CHANCE
TO make MONEY

The condition Of affairs now existing
in the stock market il SO extraordinary
that wWnmot find word. 10 expresseit,
but VS. NQlgiye you snort explanation
Of the actual situation AMI you can see
for yourself what cnanc. TO make
money-lots Of money--is open 10 you.
WALL STREET
is carrying on the campaign Of its
life. Never since the New York Stock
Exchange came into existance mas there
been such a genuine, consistent
BULL MARKET
As we now have II aas already gone
beyond tne point figured on at its in
eeption and, owing to technical market
conditions will probably continue for
some time to come The wonderful re-
covery wnicn all industries had last
year, combined with tae magnificent
grand AMI cotton crops. gave founda-
tion for The higher level OF prices, way
beyond the fondest hopes Of the "Big
Fellows" VINO about eight montns ago
started the use in all classes OF secur-
files.
It created an ideal situation for
tasln. They had put many stocks up
beyond what the actual recovery in the
business situation would warrant and
tnen by Dsccnqb,r LIST business, with a
leap and bound caught mp with the
stock market. Tais caused condition
Of affairs which would have enabled the
stock manipnlators to unload upon the
public, at tne extreme hign prices the
stocks tnat tnay had bought at figures
from q per cent. to 100 per cent. lower
less Than year before. That is ex.
actly what was going on wnen taare
entered into the situation new factor.
One purely speculative, but Of immense
Importance, refer to
THOMAS W. LAWSON, of Boston.
Mr.. Lawson nnd been mixed up in.
many OF tne Streets big deals; he nal
been one If the Insiders of the very in.
side, or rather ne thought ne was, until
ne was "taken into camp" on the cop
parsdeal. When that happened and Mr..
Lawson lost something like $l2 100000
ne got sore-very sore-and in view
of what has happened during tns past
sixty days, 1t : reasonable 70 believe
that she Immediately set about to gat
even vita the people who took that
Immense amount of money away from
nim There is no doubt but what Law
son knows stock speculation and manip
ulation from A to 2, bota forwards and
backwards. He is the ONE SPECULA.
TOR in all Of the world who has been
close enough to the real inside Of nign
finance to b, dangerous as an antagon-
ist
Tae means he took were 50 simple
and new to Wall street, taat ~ caught
the most mighty of the mighty mapping
and before they woke up 70 tile fact
that Mr.. Lawson. of Boston. was 10 lie
taken seriously ns had succeeded in
knocking tnc price of stocks down from
$40 to S25 pr merchandising in
couple of days about nalf Of what it
had required six months to build up.
For the first time in the history of
Wall street tne "powers that 81" were
really and truly frightened Had taay
not gotten together, combining all aeir
resources to stop the decline. we would
have had a panic, such a the world mas
never yet seen.
II any proof were needed tae way in
wnien the attack was made and timed
clearly demonstrates that Mr.. Lawson
i at least master Of all the secrets of
manipulation. even il ne was rejected
as real member Of the system.
He entered upon his campaign at a
time when the market was loueycombel
vita tninly margined accounts. When
tne general public was Just commencing
q buy stocks in quantities AMI when
tvs l-d insiders were int,nt only upon
selling their holdings as rapidly a. tlcy
eonld, while using every means in their
power to convince tac public tnot
stocks were going nigher-vcry much
higher.
Spectators and the gneral run Of
investors are = certain extent like
shsep, and if you ger few started in
any direction the rest will follow.
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