New-York tribune., 1905-02-26

are pulling away from the snares ana plIIai9
Of speculation and placing their money u
sound securities which are uninnueneeu " 80
doings Of Wall Street gamblers ana 0tnsi IL"
scrupulous stock manipulators- ..
/ am glad TO know that people are oeco.1i.Ie -
aroused to a realization of the facI ina. -
unlisted securities Of good. pront-eaEhlls. - n-..
erately capitalized companies always repIo,L- 80
the best and safest investments for the m@sSeo s|
of the people. I am glad 10 know that - "a
masses OF the people are growing more g
more dissatisfied with the small rate OF lntS-
est paid to them for the deposit or tnelr LEol1y
I'm savings banks and trust companies an
glad to know that there Is growing oeheI
among the masses Of the people that 20 rare
the earning power Of hundred dollars az sS-oo
or 81 per year is absurd and ridiculous
saw the other day statement showing mat
In Massachusetts alone there were deposited IN
savings banks Of the State S60S,OOO.OoO Whlie
in Connecticut the savings banks deposits were
almost as great as those for the whole OF
France. In the State Of Maine the deposits
of savings banks amount 10 more than SS9Ooo-
600 There are in the United States lOto sa'-
ings banks with total number OF depOslIoIS
aggregating about 1,O0OOOO Nhat the Iotat
amount of deposits in these institutions through
out the country is. it is almost impossible 1or
the average human mind To comprehend put n
actual American money the amount greaty eA-
ceeds three billion dollars The average rate
of interest paid is little IN excess Oh . per 80
and vet it is safe to state that the gross earn
ings of this vast sum. II the truth were KNOWN
will not fall far short of 10 per cent
The economic curse Of this country has oeen
and is now that fictitious classlncatlon that seq
orates the so-caIed capitalist from the masses
of the people who have moderate amounts OF
money for investment. The capitalist or course
must have large dividends, while tue masses
of the peOpIe are supposed to be content with
most ueagre returns on their funds. keSpec--
able rates of interest fer the masses or the
people are regarded as dangerous. aud ~ Is =
known fact that officials of savings banks anu
trust companies hold up their hands like The
Pharisees Of old and warn on the mullltuiie
from the land Of good investments
Tbis state Of things ought To cease. and / am
going to do my share toward making il cease
The truth is that the great masses OF the people
are the real capitalists OF this country w Nllh-
out their savings as g foundation. the multi
millionaires and captains OF industry could
never erect the fabrics of their enormous fort
unes Nv argument is that the people VINO rur-
nish the money for great enterprises. whether
that money be furnished directly or indirectly.
ought TO reap at least a fair portion or the re-
ward.
This is the slogan that have sounded time
and again to the hundreds OF thousands VINO
read my column 1t is the slogan that propose
to keep OH sounding, because L know IL IS rlghI
An American dollar in the hand OF an AnleTl-
can citizen is wOrthmore than Is paid In inter
est by savings banks or trust companies No
body with one hundred dollars or more 70 in
vest should be satisfied to deposit IT IN say i
fngs banks or trust companies. and receive thet
meagre returns which these Institutions pay as
interest.
I want every reader of this column who has
as much as one hundred dollars TO invest or
who has as much as one hundred dollars in
vested and is receiving less than 8 per cent in
returns therefrOm to sit down and write me a
letter. and permit me 10 point out way 70 in
vest that is safe and profitable, that Is GER
tain and non-speculdtive. The greater part or
my life has been spent in making myself ia
Iniliar with attractive and safe investment prop
ositions l have personally investigated cor
pOration enterprises and industries IN pract'-
cally speaking, every State of the Union.
When recommend the securities of any cor
poration To a customer Of my office, know pre-
ciSeIy what l am talking about. l know the full
value of the securities. l know the full earn
.ns power back of them I know personally
the people in charge of the manag cement I
make it my business To know all these things
before I recommend any proposition. however
attractive it may appear on its face. As nave
heretofore stated proposition must not only
look good to me- but il must TCet good i nave
several hundred propositions presented TO
every month, but l always refuse ~ have any
thing whatsoever To do with proposition unttl
have first subjected it TO 4 careful systematic,
physical examination.
am able Mt this time to offer customers ~
my office securiteS-stCcks and bOndS-baek oS
which there real, tangible assets which
make money invested III them just rs safe 2S
IL would be if deposited in any savings hank q
e
10 sell these securities at prices which will
cause them to net the investor absolute guaran-
teed returns exceeding . per cent and IN some
cases even more than double per cent
As an evidence of what can be done, Will
state that last October I sold an allotment Of
stock in q New-England industrial corporation,
on which already three dividends have been
paid. amounting to 6ia per cent, and on which
a fourth dividend of . per cent viii be paid in
March and a fifth dividend of per cent On
May l. This will make a total OF 1Cla per cent
paid within seven months. The stock was sold
at par. and I might remark in passing that not
single person who was fortunate enough to
secure a block of that stock would sell IL to-day
at an advance OF 100 per cent above the price
paid.
Money is worth money. Money can make
money. II you are getting less than s per cent
for your money, it will pay you to write me-
letter on the subject.
In closing / want TO say this: To every one
who writes me during the next few days. I am
going to offer something very special some
thing out Of the ordinary. 1t won't last long.
A week or ten days. and ii viii ali be gone. II
YOU have one hundred dollars or more which
YOU would like TO place TO the very best posst-
bic advantage, it will pay you to write me to-
day mean 1t will pay you In dollars and
cents
am so much In earnest about this matter ,o
anxious to have the greatest possible number
benefit by my system of investing, or rather by
investing in the high class. splendid dividend
paying securities which am able 10 offer from
time to time, that want 10 engage a good. ltye
responsible man or woman 70 act as my agent
and represent me in every city, town and CON-
munity throughout the country. II i had IoOND
agents who would devote only three or rou-
hours week calling upon their friends ans
discussing with them in a heart-tO-heart mar
ner the splendid investment propositions which