Evening star., 1902-04-21

A Further Advance to 20 Cents a
Share is Announced to take Effect
ON or before Saturday, May Third.
Other Advances Will Be Announced
Immediately Thereafter.
ST1HE Mergenthaer- Horton Basket Machine Co. is making
constant progress Its plans being realized rapidly
that its shares must be sold par within ninety days
Statements made in Conpanys announcements NAV be
relied exact and shareholders will and clearly
understand that the Company have not any time
been overstated
THE PROPOSITION.
The proposition which The Mergenhaler- Basket
chine Company is mechanical novelty fad,
insignificant place 1t not speculative offering of probeat
cal value like undeveoped mine alleged oil we'll poduc
ing unmarketabe product; proposition of soundes
enduring commercial strength containing
ship and control the of evouonzng great and growing
industry.
The proposition presents the public these offerings
shares the opportunity which has always heretofore been given
syndicate 1t presents the welknown principle of great saving
labor and provides automatic machines for the making of bas
sensational money earner like the Sewing Machine the Cot
ton Gln or the Mechanical Typeseter
With one of its machines ONE girl does the
work OF twelve men.
RIGHT AND TITLE.
Company presentnlen is logical throughout 1t takes
its from the fact that of its machines
vented and made by Ottmar Mergentae the inventor the Me
Vented and made by Emmett Horton ''''N''>
All OF the inventions and the sweeping patents the basket
machines invented and made by these
troled by the Company which combines the title
All the experimental work connection with
tic machines carried and brought successful conclusion
by company called The Horton Basket Machine Co. which has
been absorbed by the organization known The Megen
thaler- Horton Basket Machine Co.
UNDER EMMETT HORIZONS EYE.
This Company fifty making plans
for the manufacture of several hundred These
chimes will be constructed exactly similar machines
der personal supervision of Mr. Emmett Horton
the full credit for the original primary inventions in baketak
ing machinery the peecng of which he has devoted his life
lit is fact that with the exception of the few
millions of baskets made by the machines owned
by this Company, every ONE of the billions of bas=
kets required every year to market our fruit
crops has been made by hand.
baskets complete by these machines from
material those made by hand labor
and idea of the immensely of industry
basket making may be gathered from the fact that there
present in this country
OVER NINE THOUSAND FACTORIES
making baskets by hand labor factory employing
three hundred men and women.
MACHINE BASKETS BETTER.
The superiority the baskets made by these automatic ma
Basket
has during this period operated from of these
chimes owned and controlled by the Basket
Machine Coz and stands ready to exhibit them all who will
to Panesve the immense basket factory operation there
in THE PUBLIC EYE.
Recognition of the great and permanent
y of the proposition of this Company has been instant From
UeSeuIleIt
has been steadily growing and the plan of offering shares to the
public from the has been closely watched by na
everywhere The history of the great securing
popular subscriptions for these shares shows that prasewoy
enterprise need be given the hands of syndicate
financing if the truth concerning made sufficiently
general public
THREE BIG FACTORIES.
This Company arranging locate three large basket
factories the territory of the Mississippi River and
the cost its lumber supply that addition the
ing in labor made by its machines will effect like saving
material
PROFIT $3.50 PER 1000.
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PROFIT OF OVER So, 600, 600 ANNUALLY.
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