Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-10-15

tibie Annuity, Payable for at Least
80 Years Longer, is Offered TO the
Public.
TITS BASED UPON a NATURAL PRODUCT
FOR VINCE THERE IS A CONSTANT
AND RAPIDLY INCREASING WORLD
WIDE DEMAND.
This product is rubber, concerning
which Mr. Carnegie, the Steel Maguate,
said "a al interview on July II, 1902:
The great value and manifold uses Of
rubber are just beginning to be properly
app eclateG, and the profits in its pro
ductiou are greater than almost any
thing about which | am informed
@. p. Huntington, the Railroad pro-
mOter, once So d: IF l had my Ii to
live over again l would not wear it
away in the hard struggle that falls to
the LIT Of railroad promoter. would
go into the tropics of Mexico aud grow
rubber It is better than gold, and it
will make more millionaires than oil
has made
Mexico is now the most desirable rub
Der territory because of its climate, the
stability OF its government, the location
and richness of its rubber belt, the in
hux of American people and capitai4nd
Ia rapid development of its railroad
and shipping facilities assure investors
of larger, quicker and safer returns than
can now be secured in other rubber pro-
ducing countries
The Obisp) Rubber Plantation Com
pany WINS tract of 8, COD acres of the
most desirable Ian in the Mexican rub
Der belt, considerable of which has been
under cultivation for two years 1t is
on the Vera Graz q Pacific Railroad.
has its own station Ell Obispo' only so
miles from Cordoba and TO- miles from
the ocean port of Vera Cruz, freight
rate from plantation to New York of 1c
per Id. The boundary of the entire east
ern side of this tract is the Obispo liver,
navigable for barges to the ocean port
of Alva-ado, just below Vera Cruz
The clear title to all this ty is
held in trust, for the security of the
shareholders, by the North American
Trust Company, of New York City.
BY contract by q thoroughly respons-
ible company the act will be cleared,
1000 acres will be planted with rubber
trees, /, 900 acres to cacao, 200 guaran-
teed to mature on each acre, and /, 600
acres will be cultivated with grain, veg
stables, tropical fruits, etc, which will
find nearby market at good prices.
About 120, 000 rubber trees have al
ready been set out and about 700, 900
more are growing in nurseries, while at
lea,t 500 acres have been planted with
corn, etc, two crops of corn and one of
beans being raised from tho same
ground each year
The rubber trees grow large enough
cor tapping ia about years from the
time of setting out when the yield will
average at least II LIS. of gum from
each tree At the first tapping, which
sJould realize 20 cents yer h. The
yield of gum incr asses greatly each year
for the next seven years and will not
diminish for the twenty-five years fol-
lowing, thus assuring large and grow-
ing profits for at least thirty years
To complete the development of this
property 81, 200, 600 (one-half the au-
thorized capital) of the full paid and non
assessable shares of the Company are
offered for sale at par, the par value be-
ing $500, Each share covers $4,000 of |
the entire assets of the Company, and |
the comp ny binds itself TO mature 200 |
rubber trees or 200 cacao trees On one
acre of land for eacl share subscribed !
for
The shares are to be paid for in five |
yearly installments, of $50 each, be- |
cause no more money can be used to adj |
vantage Ia the development g tch year. |
Ten per cent Of each payment is depos- |
tied, in trust with the aforesaid Trust |
Company to further protect sharehold- !
srs, and the Company guarantees an
annual interest of per cent gold upon |
all cash paid in on account of shares,
from the date of payment of |
each amount, the interest being pay
able January 1st of each year.
In addition to the per cent gold in /
terest shareholders will receive divi- |
dends from the su plus earnings from /
the side crops, ompany' store &c also |
payable IN January 1st of each year. |
The dividend paid for the six months to |
January lst 1902, was per cent, or IA |
per cent per annum. The interest and !
dividends will be paid from the actual |
and not from the ten per cent |
deposit
TEe business is managed by RESPONSE !
b e and experienced American gentle |
men, some of whom own plantations
anu spend most of their time in Mexico, |
and the character of the business, the |
value of the property and the standing /
Of its managers are astested by leading !
financial institutions in both the Unite
State and Mexico.
Every possible safeguard has been
adopted TO protect all interests of share
holders, and better investment would |
be hard to find
The financial agents for the Company
are Mitchell, Schiller & Barnes, Elk |
change Court Bldg New York City.
Representative for Wisconsin is Mr.. |
z, Fl. Mason. He is now in Vircqua !
and will remain for some days. He |
will b" pleased sto meet persons in
tsresled in the industry aud win answer |
ON the subject Perma- !
nent address 204 Grand Avenue, Mil !
waukee.
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Wisconsin State Journal. Gov. La |
Fo'iette's bitterest opponents will hard .
~ say he is not making friends by his !
speeches. They are mastery in their
adroit and earnest manner of handling |,
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