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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (June 29, 1904)
Wednesday, June 29, 1904 THh SUMPTER MINhK LAWSON'S FIGHT ON S1ANDARD0IL Already The Giant Highway man of Commerce is Begging for Mercy, A gentleman who is more or less i j conversant witli Mr. Lawson's pinny says : I a'ul,ysi "Although 1 have not agreed with Mr. Lawson in his views J of things, 1 have always considered him 11 cliirum operator and a remark-1 able man in many respects. For the past few weeks there has been much discussion in" his loudly-heralded campaign against the Standard Oil forces. In a great many quarters the belief has obtained that this war would never leacha very troublesome state for the Standard Oil interests, yet at the same 'line his friends have stoutly maintained that not only would his Unlit amount to something, but that he would win it. The forth coining series of exposes of Standard Oil methods by Mr. Lawson, the llrst of which is about to make its appear ance, will, it is believed by those who have had an inkling of the char acter of his statements create a pro found sensation throughout tho coun try. The means adopted to advertise this series of articles will bo unique in the history of advertising; just what some of theso will bo 1 am no1 at liberty to say, but it is violating uo confidence to stato that some of thorn will arouse tho keouest possible public interest. Friends of Lawson claim that tho serenity of tho Stand ard Oil camp has boon seriously ftj disturbed at tho prrospects of a pro-( lougod campaign onglnoored by Liiw-a" sou, particularly as t hoy now huvo"V Hoiu.o In a position whoro know what to do with him. thoy "It is claimod by certain people in Hoston that Standard Oil shad dows ; aro dogging Mr. Lawson's footsteps, aro following tho movements of his assoclatos with scrupulous care, aro haunting tho promises whoro the tlrst installment of tho 'Story of Amal gamated1 in all its sinister details is boiug prepared tor publication; and it is claimod they have secured ' an imprint of the initial chapter of tho expose of Standard Oil methods. As a result a number of persons have liooii carefully served with legal warnings to desist from participating in the publication of the Amalga mated memoirs. A number of times wihin the past few weoks representa tivos from the Standard Oil ofliees have interviewed Mr. Lawson and endeavored to effect a settlement of tho difference between himself and tho working head of the Standard Oil combination U. II. Kogots but without result. Tho Lawson ulti matum of restitution to Hay Stato Uas shareholders and Amalgamated Copper company shareholders remains without amendment. Says Mr. Law sou: 'There can be no deviation from this.' "Samuel Uutermeyor, whom I ro Kurd as oue of the ablest financial lawyers in the United States, has paid repeated visits to the Hoston operator and has urged upou him tho advisability of coming to terms, but the latter ban invariably answered tbat his right cauuot be settled upou a money basis. Uudernioyer, it is claimed, baa come buck repeatedly after many rebuffs, only to bo mot with the same ausner. The strougest pressure was brought to bear when the proof shoots of the first install ment of Lawson's AiiuilKiiiiiutocI uiomoirs wore secretly convoyed to the Standard Oil ofllee. For several days the wltos wore hot with mes sages from Standard Oil heudquarteiH to the headquarters of Mr. Lawson, but without result. Surrounded by a corps of export stenographers, Lawson has for days boon shut up in i his olllccs plotting out his story and j composing the text of his lemnrluiblo Statemoust to tho public. He has done no other work. This expose, n all the fullness of detail, promises to be one of the literarv-tlnnnoial sensations of the year. In technique it will range from the noetic to the traie. There will be pen portraits (if HiM.Jnii.4 mi LMimlilc in eliiiini'f ir Ult lu inMnillL.v of (hu wrillM. wh the man whom he discusses will be improved upon the minds of the readers. 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