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- n>-~--sry N ed In order te carry GA,
your pisnsl'
AT pr~-snt ~ cannot state d-nnitsly.
bat u = M, believed that 4 will b~ NECESSARY
to diuposs 10 more than ou~-hsh % the
capital -sock The hslaac- oil H. held Tor
niturs requirements. and -ich s,ocs a.
% no, dispos-d of viii not. ~ eOur-r. draw
divsi-nds'
Why . th. capital stock ~ larx-l'
The capital -tocs of this Conpany i
No, larxs when you cpnslsi.r the total
amount OF business To lie done each YEAR
During tho present. war tho WHOLESALE
Nshi" ~ baskets that will Is demanded
~ ship fruit and Vegetable In will IT, n-srly
sro.co.co. or Aln,o-, t~ics the amour,
Of our total capitalization A. We will
have . practical monopoly Of this business
Il can sarcely 10 .aid that the capital
stock h largo when Il Is only onc-half %
the total amount Of business that Nil be
done each yoar Had the Company b~rn
orgahissNi by the usual financial methods,
!, would have bsn capitalized for probahy
ssS.oo.oo
who are the omcers ana p'recto" OF
IN. company
IN" fne-'o"n' 70 u IL warner me ir~es-
urcr Charles II. Barlow and the Secretary
,. b Whn"ck The other directors are
thwsr IL farAhurr,' Emmett Horton
the inventor OF rohe OF our ts-st inachihe~'
WIN. 4 Meyers and Robert L Adams
VINO was Merseh,haie'
'Ofmar Mergenthaler, OF baltiraore'
Md. was on" OF the hest known and great
est Inventors of this country besde-
numerous inventions of minor Importance,
he nrst bs-ane known Ia lame through the
Invention oi w" N"rsrhuhnief Linotype
Machine. which rsvoiutioniked the art of
typ-~'tins and almost entirely sulersed"d
the work oi the oid.'im- printer or com
positor. ms Invention has h--n generany
adopted oy the largest printins e~tahiish-
mctts IN IN" world one mNchihe saves
'h~ ahor of nve men The company has
PAID enortnous oiVidends' ana Is now
almost imporsio'e To buy any of this STOCK
MI M~fgenthaiers vie~s IN regard To the
basket machines have ocen stated as follows
This machine is as much revolution
In discriminating as th" Linotype has proven
TO be In types-,ting. and do not -ae WHY
a company owning and controlling the
patents should not receive an enormous
revenue
Who are the practical men la the bust
ness-i'
MIR. Emmett Horton and Mr.. James r
Robson.
'Mr Horton, b4~idc- being one uf the in
ven,ors uf the Mergenths Horton Ba,kr,
Machine, ia a master marhinis'. thrnughly
ver>ed in the various branches - tho trade
lie takes rer-onal charge Of the con-tr,ic-
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now rnE PROFIT IL MADE

The foregoing statements regar,ling IN"
gr-a, volume IL business in fruit baskets.
aud tho Comysny's activ. prrpsrati iun~
to handle H. arr a. nearly accurate a. u
il possible TO make them In every cas-"
the statements ar, entirely insid" uf the
Company calculations. Tn" profit uad"
on the manufacture of baskets. a. ~, forth
In this ar iclr. ara made possible hv th"
tisa ~ the automatic laskct maEing ma
chincrv which this Company owns and
controls. The profit h al-o assisted by the
great faciiti"s which the Company na>
for occurring lumt-r in quantities and al
prizes, which rrduce tho cust of its raw
material To about unc-half that Which IN.
same amount of raw material costs IN"
present bass-t manufacturers who make
baskets by hand labor. IL Is. Of cpur,-o,
impossibc for the smaller manufacturers
to make these arrangements for getting
their raw material at a pricr which Ia any
degree approaches in ch"apness the frurc-
Of cost To this Company for its lumler
supplies, and u in IN the economy ~ tho
method Of handling the lumber. together
with the gra, labor saving profit Of the
automatic machines. that the above state
nent- Of actual net profit in tho manu-
fac,ure u BASKETS IL arrived at
ARR YoU sH.REIoLpER,
II has seemed proper to -.-t forth in thi,
detail the actual condition 81 the basket
bi-ines- ~ vievrd from the standpoint uf
the Mcrgenthalsr- Horton Ra.kc, Machine
Company. for the Information % share
holders In the Company. and for the infor-
nation of thos- who contemplate invest
m.nt in the Compsny's shap-.
The basket industry hae, until the aggr-s-
-ive and progrc--iv. operations 81 this
Company. been many years behind the
other active industries. The baskets have
all been made by hard labor. except such
baskets a. have been made 10y the Robson
Basket Company Of Paine-ville. Ohio. which
operated some 81 this Cornpany's machines
under a liccn.e from the small original { Com-
pany which took out the Patents on the ma
chimes One can hardly belivc tina, the great
basket demand Of the nitcd States has be~n
supplied solely by ~ almost innumcrabIs
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tuk s-rorNp aH.rE nAsAEr
PROFIT oS GRAPE nAsKvrS.

Before this time next wear these 20 ma
chimes will lie working steadily, turning
out bask"ts for next wears crop. The
profit on 5-pound sraT" haskss. as han
died by thus Company. amounts TO iiulc
of baskets which these s-pound machines
will make each wear II fully A. great ss
the number which the s-pound machines
will make Figuring It a. I:o million of
s-pound baskets AZ a profit Of % pcr
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10 iSrEREsIEp PERSONS.

There are a great many persons who
would h- glad to avail themselves Of the in
vestment in this Companys shares, ~ they
could understand how accurately truthful
the abov" statements are. and IN order to
facilitate their invest isai ions an inter, lew
With IN" Of the Company otfic~rs is printed
l.lpw
Checks for subscriptions should Us drawn
to the order ~ Charles X BARLOW. Treasurer
The Directors reserve the right 10 reject
any subscription No subscription ac-
c"pt"d for icsS than So -hares The p-icc
~ shares ia this Company Willis advanced
alrn"-t Immediately, and may lie advanced
withuu' further notice. 1t must he plain
To every one that the price Of these shares
will shortly he many times their par value.
For the accommodation ~ those who may
wish to subscribe for these shares. and who
NAV not he at the moment ia position tn
max" tha investment complete. the direct
ors of tn. Company have authorized a plan
~ installment payments which will be- .x-
planned "a anyone on application
Al officcr ~ the Company wnS Interviewed
regarding 'he s,'ope Of N. Companys work
and the crsuing talk seems specially inter
-st'ng
-Mh"n,- was asked. was your Company
orgsn.z -d,-
THIS Companv was organized about
four months ago under the laws of the state
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~ tn. soUTH AND WEST

From tn" fragm"ntary statistics relating
to IN. southern trade. which II Ia, iS-n
possible =" secure. and the offer that hav"
bcen made tp the Company of orders for
this cla-, - baskets. II is entir-ly r.a-on-
ahle To tsli-va that the Company. profit
on tins class Of baskets alone will amount
to over 81 sDO00 p"r year Adding this
pr"fii Ia the figures already demonstrated
Ia the foregoing. and /, h'.cun"s an i'nme-
dat. commercial certainty that the M"r-
g.nthaler- Horton Basket Machir" Com
pany will earn a profit for it- shareholders
amounting To between n and >O"o ON IN"
en,ir" capital of the Company. without
taxing into account a. all the tremendous
volum. Of business which II IL making
preparation TO handle on the Pacific coast.
This volume 81 business frum California.
Washington and Oregon IL very large
Last year The shipments Of fruit east from
California amounted To over 30 car lnadr
per week for eight months in ~" wear
IN. baskets for the handling ~ this crr1'
alifornia and Pacific coast demand vii
add very largely to the Company's profits
No figures could now he made on this field
O; operations which would haN. >uf'-
cientiy authentic basis - warrant he
effort in setting them forth. but everyone
who gives the matter an insjants though
can r-- that th. eNpcCtation 10 handle
ia. entire basket trade of IN" Pacific cast
H. an entirely Ju-tihable one. and lrd'''i
oy.rturrs of business from the fruit Iropl"
con, rolling tn. California trade are alrrad,
IN prugp-s
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QUART BEEgg BASKETS.

| IT," vulum" - b'lsirc-- in uuart berry
baskets amounts IN doLarr and cents To
! fully ~ much a, the voluinc Of business
~ graT-' baskets. az! this Compauy's equip
m"ni for making the quart ,.rry haskr,
l. l"iug rapidly "1t"rd,i ~ the r,-"-.,n,
tim" then" ar' alr"ad, hcrry baskc' ma
chimes IN operation These rachin,.> hav.
caparl'v of 1909 hrrrv taskct~ per dav
each. or u total of 5000 l..rry las kets
p"r day Negotiation, booking toward
the completion of a contract Tor tn. man
ufactur" ~ IN more II the>n berry basket
marhin"s ar" going forward A. rapidly
A. possible. When these machines ar.
completed which MI t-. within a few
months the Company carac,tv for making
t-rrr baskets will h- abuu, one and one.
half billions per ycar.
III" -.lling pric" of t-'rrv La-i,rs NJ ,h.
lowest raj" known any~ha u 9? p Ter
thousand. this Company - prepared TO
~'li th'~s' berry baskets a. 81 ca pr thousand
aHo MAX" a ne profit Of 81 ~ T-'r thousand
oUi ui t,t- for every tuousanI baskets
made Nor" 'hsn uu"-lalf Of the .ntir.
berry ha-ket bu,inrs~ j. already offered
1" 'ht- COMPANY and It j. merely - quest iun
"f the 0umr!ction Of negotiations wien
III" ru'ir" demand for berry ha.k.ts will L.
turned over TO thu Company tn supply
II j. absolutely CERTAIN that the whulr ierry
hask"t business will be contracted ,o TIN.
Company t"iore H., machines can possibly
b' comp"ted to turn out the work. A
very simple calculation on the volum.
of berry haskrt business. ~ stated above,
~nld a, the uah"ard-of low price 81 o. o.
per thousand. out of vhich the Company
makes a clean 81 a.. will add one and one
half millions more To- the yearly profit of the
Company. This will make a total - profit
earned on g-aIr baskets and berry has-
kct- Of s7.So"o por year. or 2s'. on the
onti,e capital oftLe Company
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THE TIr.L- BsskEr.

e. Next In order Of calculation is the basket
known as thr Till Basket. This basket
is now u-cd for the shipment of peaches
from Georgia and the southern States;
for The shipment 81 plums and for the
shipment of tomatoes from all the southern
points To- tho northern markets The use
OF this 'tili- basket. which holds about
four quarts. Is rapidly -upers.,lins the big
half hushel peach haske. everywhere
throughout the pesch-growing scciion
MARYLAND and Delaware are on the point
Of adopting it; New jersey and Michigan
are ready To take ii up The Peculiar and
particular advantages 81 this basket over
tho round half-bushel peach basket are
that tae fruit Is better preserved in IL. and
they nr- more easily carried home by tho
purchaser; hut beyond this there is the
mat erial advantage Of shipping. At present
the railroad companies which carry the
peaches TO market arc compel~d 10 ct w
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PRICK or sHAhEs

Shsr"- Of the Merscnthal-r- Horton Basket
Machine Company's stock are now being
sold a, 70 ornts a share tpar value 81 % full
pnid and -s-ses~sbleI The executive
offi'"s Of the company are at 2s7 Broadway
New Yofa.
II will b. zen from the rtsumt of the
more attractive opportunity for the inve-r-
inent ~ small OF large sums can possibly
h" found than in the shares Of this Com
pany
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run TIA sAsaKr MACHINE
VOLUME OF BUSINESS

just how great volume ,herc Is in this
class 81 business II is impossible now to
estimate. IL ID not only very, very large.
but. a. will le seen from IN. foregoing. II
il steadily increasing. Tho item of the
shipment of tomatoes from southern rs,lnts
to tie northern markets during the winter
time Is being developed with wonderful
rapidity. and all the tomatoes ~ rhipI-d
are handled Ia this class Of basket. u Is
only comparatively short time since 1t
wa- impossible to secure tomatoes al any
thing but an eIorbitant price in northern
markets during the winter months The
enterprise OF sine truck growers has in
troduc.d the-- winter delicaci..- and plac,d
tomatoes at a low price during the winter
months ia ~. markets of the northern
states This cnt-rpri-, has met with m
stant approval everywhere. and the cult
vation of tomatoes and th. shipment nf
them Ia the north II bs'ing prepared this
year for next winters market To a degree
that would hardly b., understood by figures.
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The
Quart BerryR
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army a hsn-i ~sst-vs s.sh~rrd n banch~s
II hon thrss ts Tire. hasirs-i !. . riss-.
turning ga, th.ir uhcsrtin p~odAs~t sus
by oas An iIhs~,r.,,.a AZ tiss -up~tiori,y
~ the auionlaftc n.Achin. lsbor oy-r kAlsd
lal-or In the mst'rr u sps-i aud ssc-li-nc-
h given st the srhibti ans hi, Company =
carrying On In New Work. Cht-aso. H-,oa
ant Philsdelphis ami will shortly IL op~n~i
In ~ Louis, Buffalo and Pittsburs I, 10
in ths.- -xhlbfions ccarly shown that
starting with the same material, the man
~orking Nv hand lal,or cannot make n,ore
than 30 Srape baskets p~r dAy. and It ,s
s.-o oissF!y shown ;h=; The ;s.=.sh!:s=. c:=:-
atod 10y ua. giIl. makes s.2oO baskets Per
dav IL y also clearly shown that the
hasAsts turned cat by tho machines ere In
every way suroror tn the hand made baskets
manufactured ouI Of tho same material.
the machine m,dc basket being absolutely
uniform and much stronger IL u fastened
together With wire staples made automst-
ically by thu machine from reel. Of vie,
while :he hand made basket il put together
by tacks. and 10 frequently. even when
handed most deht-rously, very usecurcly
Now York state that their lo~s-s on fruit
-hipp-d To them In hand made baskets are
fully 20 per ccnt and that the loss on fruit
shippcd IN machine made baskets In abso-
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A.R ~ ,hs ip@s.Ss % sesard sr~ps
bssAet. vhirh ths-s ssckin~s u ths bas-
kst Comp~ny vii make -.rh year.
Th-r. u q ne, psaat to ,hs bask-s csu,-
psny u MT I~-- than ssOe p-r thousand
on al basAs,s of this sizs And ,hi. psoaa
of D. o. remains srer rrsiGrins The s-itns
pr'se of bass.ts o. ~ psr thousand bsln-
any rh"l.-ai- ptics sver male Il can
therefor, 10 ~a-iy .e.n that the product
u the-s mArhin-s aims wall earn a hot
profit to tho Cotnrany of s7so.Oo0 pr year.
or Over =. On the -niirs captsi stock.
Iuk S-rouNp oHsrE hAskEr
The demand for s-poui.d grap- baskets
Is fully as great a for s-pound grape has
kcts. The Company has slre~dy b~cn
compell~i Tor lack of machines. To refuse
al order for IS mul,on s-pound grape has
br'S for this years crop. I, nov has ma
chimes TO the number Of tweuty--ix In oper-
alton making 5-pound grape baskets, and
will place an order for IS more 81 these
machines jus, as -Don ss II can be done
without retatding the work II the 100 ma
chimes already r.f-rr,d 20 as beng made
To make Spound ba skrts.
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sp>csai esr. Win rscks In srsi~r N c.rvy
tAs rs~nd half bu<h-, b~ss-,s % p-a.h~s.
saars thsss hasAs,s c>Aass b- plas--i sas
upoa the etl~s ~tthDut cr,ssAinz IN. p~aeh...
rsis mAkss q ~ that tbs csrs u.-d Tor
,his purposs canno, h. u-.d fof any other
p,Tp"ss. snd rnu.s travel bsok from the
city to the shippins point empty 10
csuss % this fast tho railroad companle.
have ofvrvd the pesch growers 9 r-siuc-
tim of n~~riy oa.-han in fr-ish, charges
u they ~ill ship their pesch-s In tho -till'
BASKET. such - 10 u-sd nv the growers of
the S,uth. In addition to tn. incentive
Shioh Gss=S advantages s.vs :or tho saaP
tion Of III. smaller and moro easily handled
bas<et for peaeh.. there l. the fact tina, in
this way IL has been demonstrated that
the grower actually nets. under all cir
cuus-,anc~s, q larger pr,cs for HE frIi,
than when shipped In the un~.ldy round
half b,ishel basket.
run TILL sAsAkr MACHINE
The Mersrn,hsler-H Horton Basket Machine
Company has just perfec,ed a machine for
the manufacture Of these tin baskets
This machine works on the sam. principle
a. tho machine for making quar-, berry
baskets. and will turn out thee -tnl peach
baskets at the same rpccd that the berry
basket machine turns out b-rry baskets,
which Is 1900 per dsy.
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bv one iS.l 'u..
NO, ior~ than q. aud not more thaa
l.pp
"Wha; are tie terms and condition Q
under which -har,s can hr purcha~.d'-
AZ lraSi IS pr cent of the amount muse
~ sent with the application The balance
may hc paid n two equal monthly install.
meni, Checks. drafts. money orders, etc.
should II. ninde I'ayable To the order OF
Charles X barlow. Treasurer
-Mhai - the prev Of your capital siock''
-UIr sto~k at present ~ quoted AT 7S
cents per sharr. par value one dollar, fun
paid and npn-a-s-' -Sst.lo We wish 10
-ay. however. that advances vii take place
IN he near future and wtthoui f'irthsr
noticr Nh.n the Company has is~'n abls
70 demonstrate its earning capacity th-se
SHARES will undouu,-dly - worth many
times their par valu"
Ar. .ulp.crir ions hv mail taken care
OF a. promptly a. subscriptions made
ry-rSonal,:
An .ut-criJa ons hav" attention NJ soon
as they arc r,c-i,-d II acs~pcd. they
are entered on the Iooks nf th. Company.
and. when iull pad. an order - gwen TO
the CORPORATION Tr,E' Company. with
which IA. -iork 10 registered, Ia Issue ana
frvar,l the stock c.riiiicst" a. soon -
,I,.,hl- Usually u take alout one week
from The timr sul,scrij'ion - received until
tho c,r- iHsa'r - i-s-urd The Company y
ollig-d to r-erve the night To ~ 'cct any an4
all subscriptions at It's option. '-ASs
The daily sentinel., 1902-05-01
Closing the Orphanase Fund.

The st. Vinceut's Orphanage fund has
reached the sum OF $ll8 This is very
handsome sum for this city to have
raised for such noble purpose. IT ID
more than any other city in the state
has raised by popular subscription, out
side the city of Denver. 1t is good
criterion from which to judge Of the
character of this people. and what has
been given will 60 to q most worthy
cause and will be Treasured up upon the
credit eide Of the balance sheet, for the
quality and bounty OF the people who re-
side here
The orphanage home for which this
gu bs cription has been raised was devoted
to the care OF the orphans Of people OF
all denominations 1t was destroyed by
fire several months ago and popular
subscription was begun at once in the
capital city of the state to replace the
buildings destroyed. At the time OF
the fire there were several hundred chill
dren being cared for and these were
thrown out upon the hospitality Of the
people.
II has bssn decided to close the fund
in this city when the sum Of $l25 hss
been raised. There is only trifle more
to be contributed and it is hoped that
this sum will be offered before Saturday
night so that the fund can be closed and
the money be made available to the
treasurer OF tho building fund at once.
All those who desire to make their Of
fering to this fund will kindly do 30 be-
fore Saturday hight.
The daily sentinel., 1902-05-01
Po.ter Fad Has Passed.

Poster collecting, according to the
newsdealer, has died out almost COM
pletely in the last year or two. -Four
or five years ago when the fad was at
its height number of worthless mag
azines were started on the strength OF
the posters which were made to ad-
vertise them Several of the maga-
zines have survived, and SO have some
of their posters, and not the good ones
The most voracious of the poster col
lectors were college students, many OF
whom plastered not only the walls but
the ceilings of their rooms with gaudy,
staring Beardsleyesque prints. Now
sven in the college rooms the fad has
lost favor. Posters, as rule, how
.ver, are made better now than they
we're, not only in plain, but In execu-
ton. The newsdealers bless the lapse
If the craze because they can now
keep attractive posters in the win
lows
The daily sentinel., 1902-05-01
Wireless Telegraphy.

Wireless telegraphy was described
two centuries ago by a learned Jesuit,
affording another proof of the fire.
quency with which fertile imagination
long precedes invention. Strada, in
his "Prolusiones Academicae," pub
lished in Rome in 1917, relates a story
of two friends who copversed with one
another when in different countries by
means of two needles made sympa-
thetic by the touch Of certain load
stone. When one needle was moved
the other moved at the same time and
in the same direction, though at never
so great a distance. and by the aid
of letter dial correspondence took
place between the two friends in an
instant when far apart. Addison, too.
seemed moved by spirit of prophecy
for when writing paper on this sub
ject in the Spectator, December 6, I'LL.
he made suggestion, ''if ever this in
vention should be revived Or put into
practice"
The daily sentinel., 1902-05-01
EIGHT THOUSAND WOMEN
In Convention at Los Angeles,
CaIifornia---GeneraI Federation
of Woman's Club.

Los Angeles, Cal. April 30.--With
the arrival OF many special trains from
east and north carrying delegates to the
biennial convention of the General Fed
Grafton OF Woman's clubs, the various
headquarters at the hotels and at Simp
sons auditorium have become centers Of
bright color and lively action.
Many OF the specials were late In ar
irving and a few are yet hours from the
convention city, yet thousands are here
and ready for the opening session to-
morrow. The Santa Fe brought in
three special trains late this evening
with 500 delegates aboard. including
representatives from Missouri, Indiana,
Nebraska, Illinois and Ohio. These del
egations were que at o'clock in the af
ternoon but were delayed five hours.
New York's delegation of 156 members
and second party from Illinois came in
at 6 p NJ. over the Southern Pacific via
Ell Paso A st. Louis and Pittsburg
special also party from Missouri, ar
rived at 2 p M. as did also two specials
with scattering parties OF delegates. A
Ray ymond- Whtcomb party OF $50 arrived
over the Southern Pacific at 5 p IN, The
railroads estimate the number OF those
arriving to attend the convention at
5000.
Mrs Charles Denison OF Nav York, is
prominently mentioned as the eastern
candidate for the presidency while Mrs.
Platt Decker OF Denver and Mrs Robert
J. Burdette OF Pasadena are the western
candidates. 1t is generally conceded
that the honor lies between these three
women, although there will be others in
the field.
The daily sentinel., 1902-05-01
Junction. Colorado. Thursday. May /. l9O2.
BEEF TRUST
GOING SOUTH.

Chicago, May 1.-Nore livestock was
carried over unsold at the yards last
night than on any previous day this
year. Representatives OF the packers
spent over an hour looking he matter
over before they took hold to any i'm
portant extent. There were about 5000
OF the $4,000 head OF cattle received and
drawn out OF the market. At the close
of business there were 10000 cattle left
over unsold and half rs many hogs.
The daily sentinel., 1902-05-01

Samuel G. Nc Mullin, district attorney
son and from visit to Denver on bust
ness. Mr. McMullin in speaking Of the
towns of the western slope says that
Grand junction is away in the lead in
business affairs and has close second
in Delta, which is obtaining quite q
boom from the building OF the North
Fork branch road.
The daily sentinel., 1902-05-01
MONEY 10 Loan!

CERTAINTY OF CoNTRAcT.-The
loan plan here offered by The Fi>
deity is that of paying off loan
by easy monthly payments. The
contract is definite and certain By
its terms it cannot run BEYOND the
time fixed, but stock participates in
earning and may mature sooner. IT
is NOT a loan upon the building
loan plan as usually presented by
associations. 1t differs from such
a plan, in that
b The maximum number of payments re-
quired to pay off is stipulated In the note.
C The sum required to pay off and cancel a
loan, or any part of it, is stipulated in the
note for each period.
Certainty and monthly payment plan
is an advantage to the borrower. ~ The
debt can be paid off before maturity with
out penalty. (2) The borrower by easy pay
mente gets out of debt. Straight loans for
a term of years are too often renewed.
Three terms or payment are offered. 1t
takes a small monthly payment longer to
cancel debt than it does larger one.
ILLJSTRAT
A $50 per month repays $1,000 in not to
exceed as months.
B $21 per month repays $1,000 in not to
exceed 70 months.
c $14 per month repays $1,000 in not to
exceed 1877 months.
OELAPlAlN & CROSBY
A4EITTE
III Fourth St.-Cauon Blocs.