The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-09-28
> THERE'S MILLIONS IN TIL"
RoMANcEs OF EVERYDAY PRoMo1Eft


From the Kansas city Star.
There" said my friend the pro-
moter. Try n OF these cigars. I
think that. without doubt, we've struck
the biggest thing OF the century"
lie watched with shining eyes while
we puffed ut a. Good. isn't ity- asked
he. you wouldn't d that the
tobacco that it's made from was grown
In a flower pot on my window sill.
would your"
I knew my friend the promoter 10
very well. indedd. that I said. coldiy:
No. I wouldn't
well. II was" said he. Grown In
common. everyday city earth. from
common. everyday tobacco seed. The
secret Is That the Earth has been vac,
makes the vueita Abajo District OF
Cuba the finest tobacco country In the
world. rve got hold Of q genius I'm the
chemistry line who has succeeded In
finding the bacterium that does a."
"Yesy" said I. still more coidly.
Yea" answered he. sereneiy. "Our
fortune II IN good nm made. And now.
listen 10 my scheme for utilizing the
discovery. think that It's the best
financial plan that I've struck yet. IL
came TO me In n Hash Last night. after
! went to bed"
Who's going to put up the money!
asked I. rudely.
That's the beauty of the plan said
he. You see. this thing In too big TO
give away 90 capitalists. They'd want
he lions share, n I'm through with
letting my good things 60 TO the mon
eyed men. Unfortunately. I'm tied up
just now I'm some other things that are
taking all my capital for h present.
Otherwise. OF course. the matter would
be simple enough. I'd just take up n
thousand acres OF cheap land some
where that would cost. say. $500 o0.
About $4,000 would see M clear for
imprcgnating and planting the land.
Now. down there In the Vuelta Abato
district they ave raised crops amount
I'm optimistic. All I figure on II
800 an acre.. With that. see how we'd
come ou the first year. The invest
ment would be $780, 00. Five per cent.
for interest and 10 per cent. allowed
for Unforeseen expenses would make
the total $50. e00-iet's say $4,000. to be
sure. At 1000 an acre (and. mind you.
the government figures: they'll sur
prise youl, the income the first year
from u 1000 acres will be $1,000. 900.
How's that for proft?"
Where are you going TO get the ss9.-
Door asked |. putting an unkind accent
1 vi the yOus
Not going TO waste my time trying.
my boy" said the promoter. Here's
where my corking little scheme comes
In. You know. and I know, that there's
a matter OF twenty-five OF thirty thou
sand backyards In the suburbs OF this
city. I've got the exact figures here
somewhere. They're health board sta
tstics. never miss any reports like
that. There's money I'm knowing all
these things. That's the way 1 keep
half my schemes going.
Now. my plan Is simply this: to go
tn every owner or lessee OF n house
with n back yard n ofer him n SIS
share OF stock In our company free.
with 10 per cent interest guaranteed.
providing he will plant his patch OF
ground according 60 our directions.
Then well q him a package OF
tobacco seed and the inoculating stun
mixed together. and when his plants
are up we'll simply send around and
collect them.
Now. see what we gain by that In
the first place. we don't need a cent for
and. In the second place. h tobacco
will grow eve so much better I'm small
patches like that, both because the
plants Will hav individual care and
because the fences will protect them
from cold winds. That'l give us n
nigh temperature that we could never
~ NA AN 0BfA ANNNAa
The inoculatlng material breeds as
last as other microbes. Starting with a
oottleful. we can raise enough to vac
cinate every bit OF soil In the United
States. and IL won't cost us anything.
rhe seed we can get on credit. So. you
see. we ear a v our crop growing
without spending a dollar on II.
A. Least n h....,on.'
Now, what do we get IN return? At
lm,.e a. naa AaA .w~wfA - eaha.on aal
more likely 100000 worth. Out OF
that NE W TO pay back only ss2.50O
for the 10 per cent. dividends on the
i5. 900 shares OF stock. $1,000 or so for
reed. and say $4,000 for collecting and
suving tobacco. That's $4,000. Let's
say 500. 900. to make allowances for
unforeseen expenses. You know me. i
always believe In giving my schemes
the worst aspect In figuring on them.
so that there will be n big margin OF
safety. That leaves US a cool $500. 900
AZ the very lowest calculation. Now,
whnt do o think OF THAR"
The third man In our party unroiied
his cigar. He happened to be a cigar
importer. hut I hadn't told my friend
The promoter that. for I kne from past
experience that he had Il seheme 20 az
every man he met. The cigar importer
aid:
Il see the wrapper Is sumatra. Did
| fou grow both IN n potg
oh" said the promoter, "of course
we had TO buy the Sumatra. You know
ave only tried this for an experiment"
Some OF the filler looks like Inn
ported leaf" continued the cigar i'm
porter.
Yes. we didn't have enough TO go
around. 30 we had TO use n little Vuelta
Arviba." said the promoter. cheerfully.
k-But that's only a detail. Do you know
something about cigarsy"
Tn an importer" was h reply.
by Jovel" exclaimed my friend the
promoter. I've got just the thing for
youl" He opened n safe and brought
out a gold ring. set with n coiored
stone. See this tiny holey" said he.
Just shove the point OF your cigar into
4. twist your finger a. little. and on
yocs the cigar tip. Now. you Offer 10
dive one OF these away with every box
u cigars and you'll increase your sales
10 that It'll paralyze you. Every smok-
sr viii simply be determined TO have
,ne after he sees Il. And. as you'll b.
he only man who has them, IL simply
means that every one OF the 200. 900
odd smokers In this city will buy n box
IL cigars from you"
$ that's n promoter. Well, Well"