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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Aug 12, 1908

Page

12

Stocks Edge Higher After Turbulent Trading Day

Stocks closed firm after a mixed session with New York totals showing 886,600 shares traded and Boston 62,873. Reading led gains in New York and Trinity in Boston while Chicago St. P., M. and O. dampened the mood. Bond and money markets held steady as bears pressed early, but the market regained footing with modest advances in Amalgamated Copper and Colorado Fuel.

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Boston Curb Market Prices Decline Across Key Stocks

Aug 11 exchange notes a fairly active curb market with a general price decline. Bay State Gas leads activity, alongside Miami Davis Daly Lake Copper First National Yukon and Raven with notable drops from earlier quotes. Full fluctuations listed in official sales.

Exchange Place Bay State Miami Davis Daly Lake Copper First National Yukon Raven Acme Consol Nevada Bay State Gas Beaver Butte & London Consol Ariz Cumberland Ely Goldfield Boston Goldfield Consol Hassayampa Helvetia Howell Keweenaw

Wealth Gap Rages in Stock Game Referenced by Commentators

A commentary decries growing inequality as the Few reap hundreds of millions while the Many hold only small sums. It recalls October panic when farmers could not obtain bank credit, while Rockefeller and Morgan amassed vast cash to buy cheap stock later sold at higher prices.

Giroux Consolidated Rockefeller Morgan Eureka

The System’s Masters and the Bay State Company saga

A former Standard Oil insider explains how a hidden constitutional crisis enabled a few financiers to siphon billions from the public. He details plans for a perpetual chartered corporation, Bay State Company manipulation, and a decades long clash with Rogers, Rockefeller, Addicks, and the oil trust.

Roosevelt Equitable Life Assurance Society Tom Ryan Lst Bay State Company of Delaware J. Edward Addicks Delaware Addicks Standard Oil Rogers Bay State New York Boston Bay State Company Rockefeller Amalgamated Amalgamated Copper Rogers and Pennsylvania Massachusetts Pillar and Post America Tomorow

Lawson on the stock game and political impact

Thomas W. Lawson argues that stock market cycles persist regardless of election outcomes. He warns that election of Bryan Hisgen or Debs over Taft will change prices but not the overall volatility. The piece links political eras to stock exchange pricing and savings depletion.

Cleveland Democratic Times McKinley Bryan Hisgen Debs Taft

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