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Merchants Protective Union.
MERCANTILE PREFERENCE REaIsTrx

Il GTUaen. ULaH --~-- L.TwE No
lT,nE MERCITANTss pRoTEor1pE uN.,
Il ION, orgsnizoa 10 promote and protass
tEad1e, by epsblingo its Subscribers 10 attain fas.
oihty, and safety in the grgntinEsofS credits. Ianas
THE recoyerY of claims atgllf spoipts,, haSo. ID.
ANNOUNCE sthat they will, ip eptember, 1868,
puBlish in one large quarto yolumes 81 s,E :s1
T4F MERoHANTs, PRorEcTiyE, UNIoosy Mss
lcANTrtE REFERENcE RRetsrER, containingauonEr
other things, tho Namos, Nature Of BIsinossS; !
Anlohnt of Capital, Financial Standing and,
and Rating as to Credit; Of over 400, 600 Of thet
principal merchants, traders,t bankers. tthanu.>
a aH anS and, public companies In moro thans
Ements throughout the United, tates, sthaitternl
F%ritories, and the Britiehi Provinces Of. North.
America; and embracing the most tin,portans
information attainablo and necessary to enablgf
the merchant to, ascertain at aiglanee the lcapi,
tei' character, and degree Of credit.c ct isuohi Of
ms CUSTOMERS Rs afedoemed worthy fsany gra. 4
detlon of credit, comprising, alsoaaN ewspeperi
directory, containing the title. character, PRICE,
ana plncc capitalization, withefull uarticularst
relative to- oachtjournal, being aeomplate guide
Soathe press Of every county inc the Unitedl
The reports and ihformationxw iM do conaneds
70 thDse aeemed worthy Of, somo limo Of credit r
and as the same will jbo based, so.far ,ass praeti..
cable, upon the written statements ofsthe psrtiesl
themselves, revised and corrected by woll knowni
and reliable legal correspondents whose CHAR
uCtSC MIL pEOSc u RuuSuut0o VI Stu6 COFt6CCueNNs
Of the iaformation furnished; by them, IL 4fs-
believed thst tho reports will prove more truth.
full and complete. and therefore, superior to-,
andof much greater value, than any previously.
issued.su yi0t. N gg,.a,a syn; ,8l,' n,st III f,ssI
BY mid of the HMercantile Reference; Regis,
tor" business mon will be enabledto ascertain.
ut q glance, the, capital and graduation Of credit,
as compared With financial WORTH Of nearly
every merchant, manufacturer, sFader, and
banker, within the above nance territorial
limits. titNlfEtfa' .N.I,
On or about the first Of each month, ~eubsori.
bcrs will also receive the "Monthly Chronicle"
containing, among other things, a record o.
such important changes in the name and condi.
tion'of firms, throughout the country, as may
occur subsequent to the publication of each
h%alfyearly volume Of the " Mercantile Refer-
ence Register" @s ST.
Price Of "rl,e Merchants U,iion Mcrcantil6
Reference Rcgister," fifty dollars, (S50,y for
which it will be forwarded to any address in
the United States, transportation paid. E
lIoldets Of five $40 shares of'tRes Chrital,
Stock, in addition to participating in tho profits,
will receive one copy Of tue Mercantile Refer
encc Register" free Of charge; holders of ten.
shares will be entitled to two copies; and M
more than ten shares of the Capital took, will
be allotted to any ono applicant. + vs. T
relative to the book should be addressed to tho
MERCHANTS PROTECTIVE UNION, In
tho American Exchange Bank Building, No.
l2S Broadway, (Box 25GG,) New York. Z
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