The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-07
ENDLESS CHAIN IN BUSINESS.
Secret Of Ceiling Rich Quickly b. Selling Three
dollar Shoes al Ten Gents.

The endless chain Idea has been
adapted to business with surprising re-
suits If people will only take to it, they
can buy a three-dolar pair Of shoes for
10 cents, a tWenty dollar overcoat for a
quarter. and other things at equally
low prices. while the dealers viii short
~ be able to retire with huge fortunes.
The thing works this way the New
York sun explains: Suppose you want
You ask yourself If you have six friends
or acquaintances who also wish 20 Sc
cure a pair OF shoes for 10 cents. You
go to the Office OF the concern and pay
40 cents for a certificate with six cuu-
pons attached. These coupons you sell.
one TO each of sin friends FOR 10 cents.
thus getting back go cents i'm cash of
your investment and leaving you only
10 cents out Your friends have the
same privilege you had OF taking out
certificates ana selling their coupons
Each certificate Is numbered and each
coupon bears the number of the certi-
iicate OF which 1t is part. as well as
number OF It's own. On the back OF
the certificate are six ruled and num-
bered lines upon which the owner of
the certificate writes the name OF the
friends to whom he has sold the con
pons. His certificate must be fun and
paid up before he can draw the pre-
MUM; that rs 20 say. each OF his
friends 10 whom he has sold 2 coupon
must have come To the OffiCp and taken
out certificate al GO cVnts for his own
account before the order for the SO pair
OF shoes will b given. When this has
been done he gets an order for the
shoes, or, if he prefers. he can have So
in cash. All he viii be out will be 10
cents. The concern will have received
the 10 cents originally paid In by the
buyer OF the shoes plus 90 cents from
each OF six friends or $3.50 i'm all. or a
thtal OF $3.50 for a 81 pair OF shoes.
which is a satisfactory profit. The
friends may each sell six coupons to
six friends. get their shoes and so hello
10 swell che fortune VI the promoter og
the idea.
To thc certificate that entities It's
owner to get "a $50 overcont or suls Of
clothes FOR ~ cents tnere arc ten cou-
pOns attached. ana each person pre-
sentlng one of these coupons at the Of
fee OF the Investment company must
bring with 1t s.. % in cash. That makes
s2.15 that he has paid out. ali Of which
comes back % him I'm the sale OF the
coupons except tho original 2S cents.
Total receipts or the concern. s21.15 for
e. pNti'odt' ~ tfflUfalc upon
which the owner may get 81 worth Of
groceries for 25 cents has six coupons
attached which must be presented AT
the Office with $50 in cash. making
sos in all
Up To- the present time this is about
the limit 60 which the concern goes IN
the way uf benefit certificates. but A.
propose % aid to the List sewing ma
chimes which Viii cos, The buyer ~
cents pianos al from tl.,a to g.. anJ
suburban lots. worth say s.t1 that WIN
cost the owner $50 II Will bn1d
homo thai viii b. worth about $1,000
AMI give The nWurr u0ssess IN when
his chain on q certificate fsr ssn Il cont
pietcd. and VIZ also furnish nlt fpf
ypu mn IN certiiicSte, instead OF th,
ins,sllment plan.