The colored American., 1902-01-04


or less we'll known, have increased as a result of
investing at the right time, few of the many are
w. B. Hardisou $4,000
Thomas Hughes ISo non
edward Strausburg 100 oco
Charles Toll Councilman 5000
L Mosher 4o,oC5
Harry Chandler 40 900
Lester Robinson lcOuny RecorderI 1000
Anderson & Z hanclor 1000, 900
Edward DOheny Ioo, 900
/ G. Parker 1000
Robert Bulla zS 600
And there are hundreds of others linen and
womenl in the United States whose fortunes are
estimated at a million dollars and upwards. Sc
fortunes the result of small savings ON
airy otherswise in nine cases out of they are
the result of buying article when il was for sole
ata low price and selling when the price had reach
ed a hgure many times that which it originally
cost. This is the secret Of accumulating wealth.
Any bright ambitious person with few dollars
start can get rich II is easy to buy and sci Buy
cheap and sell at the highest rrices The man
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 a few dollars in the oil
business and See 1t grow day and night Not
many industries yield profits a flowing oil well
II 1t Is worth say 81 barrel, and yields only
barrel some yield so 900 barrels day the income
is 500 Expert oil men receive 60 d wages SO
we will estimate the pumper and his helper at IS
each, making $40 daily expense. leaving clear
profit of So a day. Oil wells produce day and
night Sundays also, therefore the profit for a
year or 565 days is ssa,8so enough to pay
40 Per Cent DIvideads to Stock Hold
no matter whether you invest ten or a thous and
dollars the monev would be divided according to
how much yon put in of tine risinal $500 600 cap
ital The stock could have sold at so cents 81
or 500 a share, but the big profits would go to
the investor who had the foresight to buy at the
cheapest price.
National Oil Reporter. Oct 10 1901
Fuel oil wi axe the pace of 81 per cent OF all
the coal that is now used in the world II means
yearly market for $500 600 600 worth of fuel
oil in tn United States alone We desire the
bright, ambitious readers Of this paper to be
among the hrst TO secure one of the first alIot-
ment Of the shares of the Ell Captain Oil c mpa
ny, capital stock 50 10000. fully paid and
non-assesible The first allotment of stock is
now offered to those persons who Apply at once
at so cents per share
From among the persons, men women for
each State TO purchase sock will be selected for
me embership of the corporations Advisor Board
For these res ponsible positions the corporation
desires the brightest persons possible. The oil
experts Of the Ca itan Oil ompany have after
tconsiderable expense and careful work succeeded
in securing go acres of excellent ground in the
Ventura Oil Be of California and arge acreage
in other districts Nery few other large oil COM
panies except possibly the Standard Oil Compa-
ny. and none OF the small ones have lands in these
dIstric s. In the hands of experienced and com
petent men with wise business MANAGEMENT the
oil industry is safer than any average business
and profits greater dividends of per cent.
mouth are not u know II oil the sto
ries Of The riches poured forth by oil
wells often seem ridiculous when compared