Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-02-23

The crimes OF Amalgamated are u
the delinquincics Of Bay State Gas al
the screaming Of eagles to the chipping
OF crickets. As ] have reiterated, my
story naturally began with Addicks
and his gas ventures, and the recital
Of his treason and strategems has af
forded a standard proportion by which
the more fragrant and audacious acts
of copper enterprise may be meas
ured and realized. From the inception
of It's career there was malpractice
and the instances thereof constitute a
eeries Of frauds so numerous and 30
formidable as 10 startle even those cal.
loused TO the trickery Of modern deals
j propose to deal with these in due
succession.
Frst-Chieanery and double-deal.
ing which preceded the formation Of
the Amalgamated company;
Second Frauds perpetrated in the
Amalgamated company's formation;
Third--The "hold.up" Of Lewisohu
Bros;
Fourth Malpractice connected with
Tho aotation Of Amalgamated;
Ffth-Misrepresentation and knav-
cry used in placing II upon the stock
exchange;
SIXTH Brutal penuriousness and
greed which dropped It the first time
sad shook out the publicj
Seventh-Frauds perpotrated in
FORMING the second action Of Amalga.
mated;
Eighth--Iniquiiies and deceptons
perpotrated in carrying the price of
copper, the metal, 10 II cents, and
then smashing it 60 II cents;
Ninth--Doyiltries connected with
McKinley's assassination;
Tenth-The "Ma6aing" Of Kcene;
Elcventh-Frauds and outrages con
nected with hamstringing the dividont
aAd scuttling the prico from 1870 to
~;
Twelfth -"one Million Hugh J..
Grant"
Thirteenth" IIcinze, Of Montana. A"
The period concerned is that bc.
tween 1896 and 1904, and interviewer
with the narrative Of the happenings
in Amalgamatod will be the inner his.
tory Of such contemporaneous episodes
Rs affected It's career. II is span Of
years crowded thick with events, for
IL is the period OF the greatest fnan-
cial "iamborce" the world has ever
seen, when American dnanciers, glut
ted, gorged aud frcnzicd with millions,
in the throes Of their golden delirium
vied with one another ia debauching
the industries Of the country pcrvert.
ing the proud and ntarnished institu.
tions OF an honorable commerce into
wantons or the stock market.
within this period Uuitcd States
steel was launched, aud Mercantile Ma.
rine, aud United States Realty; tho
shipbuilding hag began her brief dis.
astrouS fortune telling career Ameri
can Tobacco and the Massachusetts,
Gas companies were spawned, aud the
Loulsvillc 4 Nashville corner startled
the world by its revelation Of iobbcry
In high places.
Having successfully corrupted the
stato OF Delaware, Addicks was being
measured for the senatorial toga, whom
accidentally the blind lady dropped
her scales ON his unprotected head,
which laid him out long enough TO ep.
able another Co sneak the prize he had
90 long striyen for
"TaR about stcaliag rcd hot
stovoi this is a casc whore they took.
the funnel with II 10 keep the draugbt
going until they set it up n new
locatiohl'
"Gold ean boo found iu day by
am, one With ewes, silver In a week by
anyone with hands, and money in a
year hy ono with seuso enough 20 save
it, tat no man gets iuto copper with.
om capital forti,udc, patienoo aad
braius
As a matter of ta,t d requires, even
to-day with an II today's facilities
aed rush, tAoooooO la money and i've
years of spending Il after a copper de-
posit has been fopad before it can bel
made 90 yield returns
Is a surprising that a project Te
quiring SO much mopey Cor 81 long a
time would appeal 90 Roston's regard
Tor endurancet Gould thcre be found
AN enterprise better calculated 10 dis
voorage the 0psiarst
Here was a great staple, copper a
necessity of the people which had been
ia usa since men had tegun 90 sit ny,