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The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-01-12

New Y0rk.--Thomas w. .Lawson's
war upon the System is but begun.
At the outset it seems an unequal
struggle. Lawson is q man in the
Prime Of life, possessor Of a number
OF unusually nimble millions, but he
is apparently without close allies. He
stands alone.
Lawson has in the past advertised
himself BY his lavish expenditures, al
ways with the name of Lawson" blown
in the glass. He paid $4,000 for q new
kind of carnation; he has owned some
of the finest horses in America; he built
. yacht to defend the Americas Cup,
and when he quarreled about her with
the. New York Yacht club monopolists
who manage the cur. contests, he broke
her up and made medals out of her
bronze for presentation to the public
lawson is generous, tprodigal-yet u
Yankee -
The System" is hydra-headed. FOR
Mr.. Lawson's purposes 1T is! led by
Standard Oil-that little knot, of
nnanci, rs who. beginning With d S40O.-
900 refining plant ainJ Cleveland have
.sneirelsd, the world, with, a power. be-
side which the Rothschilds' is d toy,
Who Have as secure = grip upon the
Eoti trade pf III apani rs, of the Omitted
States; who with their German salliesI
control the oil trade of Germany; who
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-01-12

q trosble Tor Standard OH and made .
great fortune for himself ~ copper
-magnate in Montana will not weep ct
sLANsoa's campaign.
Every bucket-shop proprietor will be
In eject his ally. without any neces-
sity for an understanding. The most
damaging accusation that can be made
against lawson IL that he Is 10 league
with. bncket-shops, because they
proHt by him. That he cannot pre-
vent. t5@ ftrI-f- SO iiiH
Every man in the country with .
dollar to waste ought to know that .
bucket-shop man is always bear.
Why! Because his customers are
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-01-12


bigger than the System" The ,Pep7
pie, The people by demanding legisla-.
ti0n can! nip the wingsI6f the l"sysS
tenn" The people.l whose money, the
:.,system% i using, may. demand their
money to use IL otherwise. Where
would the system"f be then? g Where
would prices tbe2si What would Wall
s'iss' Il Allies, Y.t !: Not A,li.,.a. ei4a 2
z Lawson win either make one Of, the
biggest sensations In financial history,
or one of the most laughable failures,
He. has no doubt which It will be.
AS to allies, he needs none. There
are people who will help him; who
must help him. A red-cheeked Brook
lyn boy, for instance, named Heinze,
who for Is years has made 81 varieties
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-01-12

TO great lntefsat3oaal concsrns like
Kahn, Loeb Z Co. and the Speyers.
e he now LAvson's enemy. Ally OF
coasos no q not. That would not do.
Bat-eoemy?
I only know this: nay after day
Lawson vas tipped or BY the hears
- about to attack Steel. The tip was
never good.
FOR Lawson's purposes, Steelsiss not
20 vulnerable - Copper It's strength
ts In its admirable reports. Anyone
can know 1T any time how badly O.
otherwise the company IL g effink
along. There Is no mystery. AmAlea-
m NJ Management is secret, cir
cunstance more favorable to hear
raids than to bull operations fITRe
thing is ION two per cent. basis. I"
That is all we can know about 1t. but
conjecture may busy itself with the
actual value of .. property sold by
shrewd Marcus Daily to the Standard.
vastly watered by these hydraulic ex-
perts. sold to New England school,
marms at 100. subsequently, beared
to- away below SO, q month or more
ago up to s6 again. What is 1t worth?
Who knows? f.{
Lawson Has Gilt It Right
Lawson has 'hit 1t right" That IA
why he has the ear of the public,
Seven months magazine articles have
been merely preliminary to his main
attack. They were like the patent
medicine mans "patter" on the street
before he sells the Universal Pain
Eradicator. He is getting attention.
He was only getting attention when
in early December he broke the mar
ket" and tipped over applicants care
fully loaded for months. 3 - 4
There is a useful myth in Wall
street, called REIMBURSEMENT" 1t is
very simple. Most dividends are paw
able January 1 and July 1, and lambs
are kept aware of it. They are told
that these periods rich men who
draw large dividends always reinvest
part of them, which drives prices up.
AS if rich men were so fond of paying
high prices instead of waiting few
days! The plot. was made to unload"
on the public this December on the
old cry~ef.--sre-investm a.-.~.--rr hey
were .toF be dragged in to buy, in De
cember in anticipation of a "January
- &Ni4} .t{4.g1 YJliGIEstA et;fi =
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-01-12
T. EDWARD ADD1CKs
Brother N . .s nss,

BOOM" People Ivath ms 81 f y know
that last apaary prices dropped: i. Il /
For months the market had been
boiling with wash sales" The word
of the System" Nsssxspessed that
money for margins would be kept
cheap, and that there was plenty.
Three million share days" were
promisel! +sssuch a dayl yo4la mean
the sale of 100000. 900 of securities in
one t}Shange Of .ene titys in lone dasl
What are wash sales?" A broker
p %ay sas 98]9 a5h iaas s &c
selliussofders to onei SieE5tr Aids by
ing orders to another for 10000 shares
each.s If this issdppH thrdutA n Ell
change member the commission is
worked up by an appearance 81 actfvf,
S ty n'9 fRF ea k,a %G4af ss2
share, batg the t!sqs I.; IL the
ready. for the killing"
Yousflngmblfi the HHfj bftHs nan
who tried to give his horse medicine
by blowing it down his throat with a
long tube. The "Aeaasmblewed fust."
That happened this time.
Lawson's great advertisement on
copper set the public to selling in
strengthening q pssysAl BE hsr.
house. the System" had to buyyn1t
only the men for whom Lawson was
cunning; "a but all those who, wanted: to
see business good" And yet custom
ers were sold ont by bucket-shops and
by the regular brokers'! There's no
making of omelets without breaking
eggs. ,Amalgamated dropped "a points.
re- his beveE 1Sepvered. QhhAh, recoy-
cred, People afe waitis Paul
went5tdowax over. tenssl1 gttS q
Standard OH specially u t1slsSnia,
q .sgnt-edge',', stock, notsespecla1it Oily,
dropped reight points That Wa a
shrinkage Of. $4,000 400 81 AnaIga-
mated, 81 $9,000,6Oo Ii Pennsylvania.
Other stocks lost in proportion-sev-
eral hundred millions on. the whole
list. Not even the best stocks ap-
preached the prices they would have
reached had the unloading" process
been carried out upon the public on
the original plan. G
What did it cost Lawson? Nothing.
He sold all his own holdings Of copper
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-01-12


exercise q commanding influence in
three of..stA4 ssix great billion dollar
railroad systems of this country; who
have wrested the Bif1fon- and "a Halt
Steel Trust from itst maker; go whose
surplus revenues ffiowiitesistles51y iatp
new cham elsad6aprpfft aud pf power
into the streets car zand; electric fltglt-
ling business Of + New York, Which, they
control: iato copper. into, silver. ,intp
Apl1ig=iron; most dangerous Of ali, fthto
ing. ''t:e Eiiafiif 81 1sd 97Ga
INF Not that, Standard on owns ( all
these fthihgs. s!It does nat NEED TOT A
u minority interest, coupled with an al
aliance with ether owners. is enough.
With power to make, Of, break, =, q
1; Standard OIL director: n any enterprise
is listened to respectfully. ''l,' ~ 10
Fighters In the Foreground. % >
Personality makes the fight inter-
e:n naksbn IS 81 hasagan a6i!Tf defy anyone
to pass an hour in his presence with
out liking him.. His magnetism goes
beyond HIS presence into his pen. He
g has always had a personal following
among menIwhos have never seen. him.
He Isl alert! In movement and speech,
3 lavish in expenditure. an adept in; nd
vertising.. He knows the weak point
IN every adversary's armor4even" TO-
his personal faults '.of, temper.9fimHe
knows, for instance. that &. John q, D:
Rockefeller is not a fighter. Mr.,
Rockefeller has always been more In.
:sfdious than atrennoua.a Confronted,
he has gone around and got past, the
obstacle. not over or through It. His!
method has succeeded, II you calf sue,
cess that which he has achieved. He
never meets al. attack; Miss TarLE
bells great history 81 sastandard Oil:
has never torn from him one word Of
protest.
ia' Rogers has more blood He is not
unlike J. Pa Morgan. ~ Both men are
pleasant enough when things go their
way. When tfhwarted it is their
method to be ,tnasterful. Morgan has
an eye few men can meet, and Of late
Rogers has oeSome almost as over
bearing. Thesa Tttans bear down OPP
position. Men breathe easier upon
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-01-12

bseors the break. Wall streee lnev
that When he began His var ~
went short, covering later Ct : -
sfantisi enin-g It the expsnss % NJ -. 7.
The advertisements b. which 10
fought cost about o0Aoe. q trino M
comparison With the possible gaina.
Any warrior must have the: Answs a.
war. Apparently all Lawson has tps
do when u. wants money 10 to jump
ont from behind The fence, say s.Boo! 81
and gather up what 10 left behind h.
the Other fellows In their flight.
He may nay poo" once too ofte4
and get the worst drubbing Of his lifls
You, never can tell.
a Nothing Like the Truth.
: THERE'S aothing IKE the truth u
frighten people. lawson has the audi.
ence because what he says jibes with
facts that everyone knows. He crit.
cises insurance methods and backs IL
up by extracts from an insurance stl.
perintendent's report. He tells the
story of the Delaware receivership oE
Bay State Gas, and all the men con.
cerned in that strange proceeding
tumble over each other to tell their
stories. He brings in Jim Keene.s
name, and Keene admits having
manipulated s22 100000 worth Of
Amalgamated stocks for insiders-ap-
parently remainder" they got
caught with" when they made the
first unloading"
He told the truth as to the manner OF
Rogers acquisition of the New York
Commercial as a Standard Oil and
Amalgamated Copper organ.
He told the, truth to Col. Greene.
81 Ishave kept that marvellous incident
for the last because it gives the key
OF this mans power When Greene is
sued his famous midnight message by
advertisement his language meant
murder. Greene is a man who has
mined copper. He has four notches
on his pistol stock. Two. days later he
went to Boston, met Lawson, talked
seven hours. What magic did Lawson
use with gGreene?ii Just the truth.
Just told him. how, because he tried to
sustain the stock OF his Greene Cop
per company in a general decline
with it from every
source ,Aptil his ,banks-oh, those
banks, controlled by the very people
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-01-12

.tAb iss4is; fs..t Asss}ziti 4tsfSt; /
company" to hold "a majority of it'd
stock, 81 per- cent; FERN now another
company tossh5M' ii Iber cent. of the
holding company's stock. An invest!
ment of some 100000 a the SECOND
holding company whit D coiittolN the
whole business b Now let there, be q
prosperous. season or two; let. the
company lease other companies: let it
sell bonds to trust companies and In
surance companies in which Its. direc-
tors are interested; and presently ten
men with an investment Of less than
SIS 900 apiece may be controlling mil
lions. a., -..s......,...... ......,.
Let anyone who doubts that such q
preposterous disproportion Of power
to investment is possible examine for
himself the manner in which the great
Rock Island system is now con-
trolled. . Us 49, .i932& .lJi-g
8 1t is this kind of thing that makes
people nervous when Lawson threat
ems to tell all he knows. Suppose he
should! tii't4i5 3GshGMi H@7IN;,,
Just for one minute-Suppose. he
should!
Observe now the power of weakness
and the weakness of power. ii The
System" nervous. jstung to anger,
trembling at what disclosure next it
knows not iItflI orr tftat4
* And Lawson alone, not a, notably
great millionaire. but--with an Idea.
He has told that idea, often enough.
There is one power In the country
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-01-12
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prices sare falling a. man who is; dad
"a Up With, miscellaneous q stocks must
sell something. He sells that which
wifi self best III LA*son's now IA
NOUS raid st. Paul lost more points"
where where Does morgan 81 satandlp
! Speaking OF Steel Common-where
does Morgan stand!. 4GlW 4iLa1 ~
There has been more. than a suspi-
cion that Mr.. Morgan was not greatly
dfspleased to see the Standards stand
:ard-bearers get a d!ubbing. He went
up against them in the Northern Sc
curities matter and came OF a wiser
but not handsomer man. He lost
control of Steel to them. He has seen
the primacy in Wall street promotion
go to more conservative bond houses"
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-01-12

the motley dt ali the Z tuaFty ;;1afd II
county banks send their surplus. to
tileg city to het;loanetl:--- aheyI can send
prices booming. oStoeks Eambleps sci
dom hesitate TO-, bpy, =, four per cent.
stock. howsyer, high when SAIL money
i, plenty at tWY9 per SEP, a., Each f,guFas
t Ehst ss sharp '9Rs5 saHa0efh to get ont
Tsy The Life Insurance condpanits.T
FL ltihave hesitatedI to 1toucn one source
Of pow4rt IL the System. 4 The life IN
.sarance iconpahies.A sill aid i55yGa
The three great life tcompanipesbo f
New York have written $4,000, O00, 900
worth Of insurance-$250 for every
i ss7s s,|'1 S s.3y. 1 1ss
fluid" portion Of those assets, the
steady, infoW, Of hard cash, 1t Is the
duty Of the directors To- invest. Con-
slider the power Of men who control
great railroads. who have their sdi-
rectors, I'M the trust, companies. and
who loom large In the directorate Of.
INSURANCE COMPANIES also.' What q po..
.sltion from which to- "aoat' the bonds
of new trusts and combinations!
The. temptation is the greater be-
cause the position Of the companies ts
SO strong. Tie security Of the policy
holder. Is absolute. II lawson ever
says otherwise, call; him an .alarmist,.,
which it is. not nice thing to be. !,
The improvement Of public health in
recent years andtthe constant length
ening OF human life lis, the greatest
asset Of the companies. But ).
'Morgan's partner, Perkins, f. q adi-
rector of "a great insurance scbmpahy.,
When Morgan, started the. .ill-fated
Shipping Trust. that insurance com
pany took d quantity Of the bonds OF
the COMPANY The trust failed from
over capitalization, but, the bonds are;
still carried On the insurance com
'pany's books at parff It's easy enough
to call par their. price so long as none
Of them are ever sold. ri
It would he easy to multiply such
cases. Take the kindred evil of con-
verting stock into bonds so that trust
funds may be used to pay for them.
1t is not good finance.
Such things ought not to be:
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-01-12

who had beah selling him. his astoeI!
millions il tShes4 mary minutes and
the other fellows gdts his really valu-
able stock cheap. Great game, isn't
1t? Nice game for innocent apeone
in the coqfrS tottHnH PITT ea4 beat.
s s"sa BY ssd 'ssstYlIraaflo} ' |,
/. Lawson is Standard OIL ally tusEn-
ing Extraordinarily taA.at~a- .sitda-
tiqn for the pain people 60 snJoy!s (,
Everyb4dy'd Magazine was lioueht
IN credit mainly from John Waia-
ndfker fol a tFife| by two! briEht young
men. ThFy are 3ows selling 'advertfse-
hents fof s59 aspaae. printed lis, 600
copies last issue jail .they could print:
tasy could easily have sold pors-
and RAISED thl price 10 Il CENTS. Lsw.
son makes no charge for shis aTti-
cles. of fourse. He only warts +
medium TO get Ills points befofe the
public. All the 4dvs rtisements Of the
magazine; in itheI daily papers which
'hdve been signed 81 Lawson he has
personally psid ior.| T4e |PraIishtrs
nouncement lntif thty STE Il INF prfnt.
Since sLawsonI cinna nak1 one
blade of grasE KrQMs -yHQ- grew
before, l am inclined to say: Let the
nan g have his ny 0lt ttett sgstems is
gY1ong, 1t should be proved. II itsis
right, the truth VIII come out. In my
case the public Will Kavsik chance. to
,isern that stock a gam a.! IL a7game
---lCopyright. 1904. by w. A. Patterson,
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-01-12

In Serious Difaculty.
T. See the man, who is carving ~
o Observe his red face. a3s t9AkyiRd.
ness, his nervous and uxsr1Nd &aaAsSer.
f. It re er arst time h {sessyr lei
H'1 III !. .,,rras 81 gsaEssssp
His rieh but nearsight Axattp Is
taking dinner with the fhpIy. mi Som
whom he has expectations, has just
asked him; for some Of the white,meat.
The Christmas fowl happens tosbe a
goose.-Chicago Tribune.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-01-12
Recently Discovered Flemer

Recently Discovered Elements.
The rare elements recently discovered,
scandium, gallium and germanium, were
prophesied 80 years ago by MendeleD 4
who christened them Professionally 81
boron, eka-aluminium and eka-silice
The leader., 1905-04-26

together and see which way we
are drifting at this critical period
In the South's history. Every
body is invited to attend these
meetings who are Interested in
the future prosperity Of our coun-
thy. Attend the mass meeting on
the first Tuesday in May at your
county seat, whether you are q
member of the Southern Cotton
Association or not, and by united
effort and interest at this time,
correct any fatal mistake that has
been made before it is too late.
IA million Southern cotton grow
ers should attend the 812 county
or parish meetings on the first
Tuesday in May, and pledge their
determined cooperation in reduc-
ton of cotton acreage % per cent.
for 1905. Hold tight to your
spot cotton, reduce your cotton
acreage, and the price can soon be
forced to 10 cents per pound.
The Cotton Planters Commission
and Holding Company will take
care Of the surplus the moment
the reduction in acreage is assur-
ed to be sufficient to make short
crop this year.
The daily and weekly press
through the entire cotton belt is
urged to print this general call
and editorialIy urge the attend
ance of the people as fully as pos
sible to discuss this great and inn
portant matter.
Very truly,
HARVIE JORDAN,
President Southern Cotton Assoc
citation.
The leader., 1905-04-26
Dave POsey Carried to the Rankin State
Farm.

Dave Posey, the Lincoln county
farmer whose 25-year sentence
for manslaughter was affirmed by
the Supreme Court last Monday, !
has been brought to the peniten-
tiary by Travelling Sergeant
Dodds and is now wearing the
stripes Of a felon. Posey was
transferred Immediately from
Jackson to the Rankin convict
farm. He appeared in very good
spirits on reaching Jackson, but
admitted that he was disappointed
when the Supreme Court did not
reverse his case.
Posey was convicted OF killing
a negro named Bayliss, and since
the Supreme Court affirmed the
case it has come to light that he
ought to feel that he has been
quite fortunate, for the Lincoln
County Law and Order League,
fearing that a new trial might be
ordered, had collected additional
evidence against Posey, finding
one eyewitness to the tragedy, on
whose testimony it is believed
that the prisoner could be convict
ed Of cold -blooded murder.
The Law and Order League all
so has evidence showing that Po-
sey was an active member Of the
Lincoln county white capper or
ganization, and was quite active
In posting white cap notices on
negro cabins. Evidence also di-
rectIy connects him with the at
tempt to assassinate DIR. Graves
and family at their home near
Brookhaven last summer.
Posey was welI-to-do farmer
in Lincoln, owning a fine tract OF
land near Brookhaven, which he
has sold to Sheriff Applewhite.
He has also disposed Of bis other
personal belongings, for which he
will have no need during his %
year period Of seryitude with the
State. jackson Evening News,
81.
The leader., 1905-04-26
The Old Town Of Monticello.

The historic old town of Month
cello has issued and is sending out
leafet telling the world of what
it is doing since it was aroused
from its Rip Van Wrinkle slumber
of half century by the advent of
the railroad, and among other
facts mentioned are these: Mon
ticelIo was in 1880 the largest
town in Mississippi, according to
the census, which showed 1000
souls. The State Supreme Court
met there once, and Sergeant S.
Prentiss was there granted license
to practice law. The town has
furnished three governors
Lynch, Runnels and Longino, as
well as one State auditor Sylves-
ter Gwin. Wiley z. Harris lived
there while, and old citizens
even vet remember Stephen A..
Douglass who owned large
plantation nearby and often visit
ed there. The county archives
show his autograph attached to
numerous documents. Monticello
is now growing and forging to. the
front, SO that it may expect to
once more become a town of Inn
portance. Vicksburg Post.
The leader., 1905-04-26
The Inaugural Oath.

The oath of Office taken by the
President of the United States is
the shortest and the simplest re-
quired of any ruler on earth. 1t
is prescribed by the Constitution,
and is as follows:
j do solemnly swear (or
affirm that | will faithfully exc
cute the Office of President of the
United States, and, to the best of
my ability, protect, preserve and
defend the Constitution of the
United States. =
Tbs oath is slowly repeated by
the President-elect after the Chief
Justice Of the Supreme Court, in
the presence Of the public, upon a
platform erected in front of the
main door on the eastern side of
the Capitol. While the oath is
being repeated the President-elect
and the Chief Justice face each
other and hold with their right
hands, between them, Bible,
furnished BY some person inter-
ested or especially procured for
the occasion, which becomes the
property Of the President after it
has been appropriately inscribed
and sealed by the Chief Clerk of
the Supreme Court. President
Cleveland, at both inaugurations,
took the oath upon q little red
pocket Bible which was given
him by his mother when he left
home as a boy. President Harri-
son used a Bible that had been
presented to him by a Sunday
School class in indianapolis.
At the close of the oath the
President elect bows his head and
kisses the open page of the book,
| and it has been customary for him
or for his wife or a friend to Sc
Ilect some appropriate passage at
which the book shall be opened
and the verse upon which he shall
press his lips. Sometimes when
those interested forget or neglect
| to choose a passage, the Bible is
opened at random, but the Clerk
lof the Supreme Court is always
lcareful to note and mark the exact
| place where the lips touched the
page.
The verse that Gen. Grant kiss
led at his second Inauguration is
found in the eleventh chapter of
Isaiah, and reads of follows:
And the spirit Of the Lord
I shall rest upon him, the spirit of
wisdom and understanding, the
spirit Of counsel and might, the
Esprit of knowledge and of the
fear Of the Lord; and shall make
| him of quick understanding in the
| fear Of the Lord. 3
It is understood that Rev. DR..
| Newman, at that time pastor Of
1.-THE Metropolitan Methodist
church of Washington, furnished
the Bible for that occasion and
marked the passage be wanted
/ Gen. Grant to kiss. We D. Cur
tits, IN Chicago Record Herald.
The blooming month Of May
1890 ~ ~ $500 NX3~s.15Y4. ~
The leader., 1905-04-26


The News desires to commend
the officials Of Tate county for the
most admirable way in which they
have gone about arresting the
murderers of Sheriff Poag. They
have let no grass grow under their
feet, and they now have the whole
story of this disgraceful affair to-
present to the court as evidence
to convict these men. The affair
was certainly one of the most dis
graceful that has taken place in
the State in many years, but Tate
county has shown to the world
that it does not endorse this bar
barous IawIessness and has gone
to work to mete out punishment
to The men who have put blot on
the State of Mississippi. Vigor-
Gus action like that taken ID Tate
county, if taken in every county
in the State where these disgrace
full affairs occur, would go long
way towards putting lyBching out
of business. jackson Evening
News.