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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1908
Page
26
A distorted recap shows Lawson campaign advertising stirring West East stock sentiment. Traders note price volatility linked to political messaging while Amalgamated Copper and Utah Copper move on speculations. Market outlook leans cautious with profit taking advised despite bullish chatter surrounding Lawson.
In Butte a string of changes marks copper industry activity. East Butte holdings, led by Mr. Sullivan and Mr. Cross, show strong stockholder ties and a shift toward improved management. Greene-Cananea expands smelting with eight furnaces and plans more capacity, while Davis-Daly Estate Copper plans rehabilitation via new company funding. United Copper assets await outcomes as market signals hint at higher copper prices with continued industry consolidation.
A public letter warns that a few financiers have seized control of prices, banks, and markets, manipulating stocks and bonds to profit while the many lose savings. The author urges the American people to reclaim power, blaming Rockefellers Morgans Harrimans and others for orchestrating panics and prosperity cycles.
In a brisk promotional passage Thomas W. Lawson argues that the stock market pits a few ultrawealthy insiders against the public with limited capital. He contends that if the public pool funds under expert leadership, the many will share the wealth of the few quickly and surely.
The Boston & Montana smelter at Great Falls will resume operations by Sept 1 with mines run at full capacity. Fire damage from June floods is severe but viewed as within prior estimates. Gas in old stopes complicates ventilation as work restarts. Greenleat mine halted awaiting better conditions. Badger State and Jessie vein developments continue with planned shaft deeper crossings and ventilation measures.
Chicago markets opened weak with broad selling and scant support. Receipts at major points totaled 1 195 000 bushels with news of crop rust less alarming in the Northwest. Cattle and hogs showed varied directions while sheep prices drifted lower as western lambs sold around 5.00 to 5.35.
In New Orleans in August several dozen mill operatives began a strike over a proposed wage reduction. While many agreed to the reduction, only a small proportion remained at work when the new policy took effect.
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