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Show I GOULD TAKES A FALL OUT I I OF THOMAS W. LAWSOW J NEW TOftK, y l.-The latest dispatch dis-patch received here from Thomas W. Law eon of Boston, Is as follows: "If local trust company or Chicago bank falls, don't be fooled that it or Milwaukee is the ,trouble. It is a hundred times greater and. centered In on man. One hundred millions would not keep his trouble trou-ble rlft-hted thirty days. When he roes he will carry banks, trust and corporation. corpora-tion. Bull fakfs hPLvn bn worked out. Now prepare for facts. Remember Wall street jelled 'Liar when I said insurance companies were being looted, it's Equitable Equi-table .now. but will soon be New Tork snd Mutual. When panic howls perhaps I will run 'Liar down Wall street's throat "THOMAS W. LAWSON." . This dispatch was shown to George J. Gould today by a reporter and he read It with much apparent Interest. s "Ijiwson does not know what be is talking about," remarked the financier. His utterances are not worthy the credence cre-dence of any sensible person. "There Is not a bank, trust company ot a lanre corporation of any kind In the city of New Tork in trouble at the present pres-ent time." "Tour retirement from the directorate of the Union Faclflo railway has riven rise to considerable, comment and speculation, specu-lation, and has led to the publication of statements that the Gould and Harrlman interests were at loggerheads. Is there, any truth In that?" "My reason for retlrln from ths directorate direc-torate of the Union Paclfle road is readily read-ily explained." added Mr. Gould. "I am building a road known as the Western Paclno railway, which will run to the Pacific Pa-cific coast, and which will practically parallel par-allel Mr. Harrlmap's Union Pacific road. With the completion of our new road, we shall naturally be in the market looking for. all the business we Can get hold of for- our transcontinental system. This will therefore bring us Into close competition compe-tition with the Union Pacific. I "After giving the matter mature deliberation, delib-eration, I came.tD the conclusion that it would hardly b die fair or proper thing for me to remain in the directorate of a road of which our system is going to be a strong competitor. For this reason, and no other, I tendered my resrgnatlon as a director of the Union Pacific railroad. There is absolutely nothing inimical between be-tween Mr. Harrlman and myself." |