Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1868-12-11

The Merchants Protectivg Bmo6
MERCANTILE 1IlIRIIlI llHSIE2

L lied to promote and protect trade, BY enabl-
ing its subscribers to ,attain sfaclityN Meey
in the granting Of cfedis; iand the recovery Of
claims at all points, have to announce that
they will, IN Septesabas, 1Sest publish in one
large quar4o volume ~ y=s,ias; jssfx ~aT
Tn MERcHxxrs' PRorEcr1vy. Us1ux Nxrcx&L
TILE RsFEaENcE REa1srER, contAining among
other things; the Names Nature Of BnsinesG,
Amount Of CAPITAL, Financial Standing an1
Rating as to Credit, of over 100000 Of TIP
principal merchants, traders. bankers, MANN
tacturers, and public companies, in more than
80, 600 of the cities towns, VILLAGES, Apds seAr
Elements throughout the United States, 7ttsir
| territories, and the British Provinces of North
America and embracing the most important
information attainable and necessary to enable
the merchant to ascertain at q glance tie car
ital, Character and Degree of Credit Of such Of
his customers as are deemed worthy Of any
graduation Of credit, comprising, also; - Nssts-
paper Directory, containing the title, eharsel
ter, price, and place of publication, with full
particulars relative to each journal; bsinE.6
complete guide to the press of every countyfih
the United States. 'sis.' i4z:s'ii''sts' sasf4a
The reports and information will be cohAn1d
to those deemed worthy Of some line of credit;
and as the same will be based, 90 iaf ~ ptac-
ticable, upon the written statements Of sthe
parties themselves, revised aud corrected by
well known and reliable legal correspondents,
whose character will prove . guarntee Of The
| correctness Of the Information furnished by
| them, it is believed that the reportswill provs
more truthful and complete, and, therefore.
superior to, and Of much greater value, thaA
previously issued 4 = -. .stf'a
BY aid Of the MERcANTILE REFEaEncYs Rror
| IsTER, business men will be abled to ascertain
at a glance the capital and graduation of credit,
| as compared with financial worth of ueaso5
| every merchant, manufacturer trader ana
banker, within the above named tetritoriAi
limits. asia = :. = ~ . 80.
On or about the first of each month, su ult-
| scribers will also receive the Monthly ChsoSt-
ete, containing, among other things, record
OF such Important change in the name and com
dition of firms, thronghoptthe country, as may
occur subsequent to the publication of each
| half-yearly volume Of the MERCANTILE REFER
ENcE REGISTER
Price of the Merchants Onion Mercantile
Reference Register, Fifty Dollars, f$b0) iof
which it will be forwarded to any address IL
the United; States, transportation paid.
Holders OF five Sl0 shares of the Capital
Stock, in addition to participating in the pro-
hts, will receive one copy Of the. NERcAa1IL1
REFERENCE REGISTER free Of CHARGE holders of
ten shares will be entitled to TWO copies !;
and no more than ten shares of the Capital
Stock will be allotted to any one applicant.
All remittances, orders or Communications,
relative to the book should be addressed to
the Merchants Protective Union, in the Amer
lean Exchange Bank Building, No. 1913 BrQad.
way, (box 2566) New York. 1888 -
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