The colored American., 1902-02-01

or less ell known have increased as a result of
investing at the right time, few of the many are
follows:
w. B. Hardson SI5o,ooo
Thomas Hughes 1000
c larles Toll Councilman 10000
E hosher 10000
Harry Chandler 40 600
Lester Robinson [County Rec'rderl 90 900
Anderson & hanclor 1000. 600
Edward Doheny 100. 900
G. Parker 100000
Robert BulIa $1,000
And there are hundreds of others linen and
womenl in the United States whose fortunes
estimated at million dol ars and upwards Sc
fortunes not the result of small savings fro sal
airy or otheTswise. in nine out of ten they
the result of buying article when it for sale
at low price and selling when the price had reach
ed figure many times that which il originally
cost. This is the secret OF accommodating wealth.
ANY bEieht ambitious person with a few dollars
start get rich 1t is easy to buy and sell Buy
cheap and sell at the highest Trices The man or
woman who economies on a small income can
never get rich a result of such savings. Put
your spare funds to work for you Make your
money earn wages Plant few dollars in the oil
many industries yield profits flowing oil we'll.
If it is worth say 81 barrel. and yields only 100
barrel lsome yield so 900 barrels day the income
is 500 Expert oil men receive 60 ID wages. so
we will estimate the pumper and his helper at S.
each, making $40 daily expense. leaving clear
profit of 500 day. Oil wells produce day and
night. Sundays also. therefore the profit for
year or 36s days is s32,Sso enough to pay
I2O Per Cent Dividends to Stock Hold
matter Iether you invest ten or a thousa
dollars the monev would be divided according TO
how much yon put in of the original $500 900 cap
ital The stock could have sold at so cents 81
sIoo a share. but the big profits would 60 to
the investor who had the foresight to buy at the
cheapest price.
National OIL Reporter. Oct. 10, IeoI,I
Fuel oil wi | axe the pace of 81 per cent OF all
the coal that is now used in the world. II means
as a yearly market for $500 900 600 worth of fuel
oil in tn United States alone We desire the
bright, ambitious readers of this paper to be
among the first secure one of the first allot-
ment of the shares Of the FL Captain Oil c mpa
non-assesible- The first allotment of stock is
now offered those persons who apply at once
at so cents per share
, From among the persons, men or women for
each State purchase stock will be selected for
membership of the corporations Advisory Board.
For these responsible positions the corporation
desires the brightest persons possible: The oil
experts of the RI Ca itan Oil Company have after
considerable expense and careful work. succeeded
in securing 64o acres of excellent ground in the
Ventura Oil Be of California and arge acreage
in other districts Ve-y few other large oil COM
panies except possibly the Standard Oil Compa-
n.y. and none OF the small ones have lands in these
dIstric S In the 4nds of experienced and com.
petent men with wise business management, the
oil industry is safer than average business
and p. ofts greater. dividends of per cent. a
month are not III knnwo in oil the sto.
riss If Ibe riches poured forth by oil
We s OF en- seem ridiculous when compared