. The Daily paper . the electric lightspeculation, which was excellent for thepublic, but the reverse of advantageous,financially, for the paper. He is now CityEditor of the Standard, editor and pro-prietor of the Investors Bevicw, the mostbard-hiitiug and uncompromising periodi-cal ;whieh is published in the Englishlanguage. I went to have a talk withhim at his house near ClaphaVn might bo expected, Mr. Wilson agreedentirely with me as to the need for moredrastio measures in order to (expose the swindling whichhas culminated in the Liberator crash. I found, to mysQi^riae, thit he
. The Daily paper . the electric lightspeculation, which was excellent for thepublic, but the reverse of advantageous,financially, for the paper. He is now CityEditor of the Standard, editor and pro-prietor of the Investors Bevicw, the mostbard-hiitiug and uncompromising periodi-cal ;whieh is published in the Englishlanguage. I went to have a talk withhim at his house near ClaphaVn might bo expected, Mr. Wilson agreedentirely with me as to the need for moredrastio measures in order to (expose the swindling whichhas culminated in the Liberator crash. I found, to mysQi^riae, thit he did not regard the enteq-rise as iuvolv-ing 80 much risk of lawsuit and expenditure as someof ray other advisers. No, snui he; I think you couldprick the bubbles if yon are careful, without bringingjourself within rang« of ■» prosecution. You must knowyour men, of course, and have got your facts well if you have got yonr facts, und know the record of thepeople you a/e dealing with, you will not have much. MB. A. J. WILSON, a/e difficulty in enlightening the public—without committin?suicide yourself. Of course you cannc-t go to war withoutrunning risks, and to declare a Holy War against swind-ling of all kinds would be to stir up tlie great hornetsnest which has its seat in tlie Stock Exchange. Youmight clear the air, said Mr. Wilson, if your CityE<litor deals fearlessly and faithfully with all the abuseswhich render so large a section of the financial worldlittle better than organised plunder, but you will haveto clear it as the air is cleared by a thunder-storm, and somctHxly may get hurt At thesame time, my own experience is that youdo not need to be afraid of speaking outif you use common-sense. I have not mincedmy words, but I have not had a libel caseworth speaking of for a dozen years. Itmight cost you £10,000 a year for the first fewyears in law costs if you were unlucky, but itneed not cost you anything like that you must fight and not run aw
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