The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-03-29
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Thomas W. Lawson, in April number of Everybodys
Magazine gets particulars to the great
Amalgamated Copper deal According to Lawson it was
handling Utah company the amalgamation
developed and set foot by lawson that the Stand
gathered harvest of profits from
copper 1t a surprise Lawson himself though
handling the consolidation, ana he, vet
of the market ne was dumbfounded at the
heartlessness of the squeeze"
coppers in expectation of big deal,
price the Utah companys stocks away
price their holders had paid. Then
port Standard Oil that it
would have nothing to do with the Utah The
company this the collapse of the market
their and loss they rushed to get into
the Amagamated deal. They told they could
they give Oil sixty
day option $4,000 shares of Utah at price consider
ably below the market. They agreed In the meantime the
stocks of the Utah continued The Stand
ard Oil people began investigation of mines
the information gained sell the stocks which
they had secured option. The market them
gulp figure away Standard Oil pay
for them The purchasers already
of the stock In fact they buying back the stock
which they had given Standard Oil option twice
price the Standard pay part the
deal alone melted the ST. 900, and
that only the beginning. Before the system" got
through had held company up more
SHARES and millions of money. Then the Standard sold
all the stock which it given option and left
the Utah to hold the empty bag Standard Oil
caught its victims going and coming getting their
for beggarly price selling back to them at
the top of soaring market.
Lawson charges the system only with playing for
big game, but with robbng the of their dimes.
points to the Munroe Munroe Montreal deai
in point OF he says:
The episode the whole, so in it's revela-
ton of greed that street was horrifed-no at
the dealing exposed but that the SYSTEM
should rescend to such vulgar malpractice documents
now In my possession, which shall publish my
story include the original agreement which,
at great cost of time money been kept from
the public and they show greatest bankers in
papers and bogus begue investors to ad
venture her money IN scheme the sole of which
was e enrichment of its organizers The whole perform
anee reveals depravity greed so heart
less that the people the safety of their
savings entrusted to the custody type 1t
also proves contention system while 5epend
ing Oh burglary Tor its largest returns despse the
small profits of the pickpocket"
Lawson shows that same crowd that maninula tel
the Amalgamated swnde and the deal have con
o OF the immense funds three greatest life
insurance companies United States and usa tbis
capital LUZ STOCK gambling purposes street While
plonts are made by speculation the dividends
paio pohcy holders growing beautifully less wear by
year now averaging about two per cent The ox
e ny Lawson have led to demand from policy holders
Tor a voice in the control of tia cor,.,,; 800
Se OF the Equitable recently expended SIM mn -
stag party at which Madame Reane danced the can o. ~
small round table, has been asked to rasio a 49,
iouefs insist that they be given majority of the
directors OF the company. Although this oo,,no 80. -,
many millions of dollars the canita stool, :, 80, ~
anu soe holds his office because he has a ma orit Of The
capital stock. IMMUNITY VI Tie
Ii AaWsons articles "frenzied finance, loo, =. -
-. " me power OF the Standard Oil trust and i,
o''er protection to the policy holders in the rea lie
companies, wi
icah people and all mis- past sins as stoct h,o
will be forgiven ''ooA broker