Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-04

| readers who would like to make an in
| vestment in the stock of some Of these
| institute ions, | herewith quote a sched-
ue of prices which will, at least, prove
Interesting:
Stock of the Astor National Bank
may be purchased at sS25 per share.
while the New Amsterdam may be had
at an even $500 per share. Stock OF the
Fifth Avenue may be had at $3.50.
while stock Of the Chemical National
| Bank is hard to get at Sf325 per share
| Parks and trust companies of Bos-
ton, Philadelphia, Chicago. Pittsburg
and Cleveland, and everywhere
| throughout the country, are piling up
| big surplus accounts and distributing
to stockholders enormous profits. The
| dividend rate Varies-in some in
| stances il is not SO large as in others,
hui the rate of interest allowed deposit
tors is. practically speaking, every
| Where the same the smallest and most
mcagre that depostors will be content
| with. II seems to he the idea of bank
| erS to make all they can for them
| selves ana allow depostors as little as
possible for the invaluable assistance
which they render to the various III
stitutions. and without which not one
dollar of profit would be possible.
| And yet | affirm that the president
| of any of these vcritabIe gOlcOndaS of
| wealth. if approached by a person of
| az, rage means for advice rs to invest
ments. would wag his head sagrly.
draw Il long face. carefully adjust his
| eyeglasses and admonish his inquirer
to the effect that it is the part Of wis
! dom ana safety to deposit his cash in
financial institutions and be content
| with from 2 to 4 cents on the dollar as
| annual interest.
| At the beginning intended to treat
| separately the subject of trust COM
paiics and savings banks but space
Will not permit. Surely what is here
| written will prove sufficient to con-
vince any one that money is worth
| money. and that money iudiciOusly
handled and properly invested is worth
a great deal more than 4 per cent.
| / want to say this in conclusion: In
my position as a general financial
agent / am offering to people with
money to invest securities yielding
| proper rates of interest to the investor,
AMI I earnestly invite every man AMI
woman with 500 or more which is
Yielding i'll returns less than per cent.
| 10 write mo am learn al about the Sc
curitics which l have to offer. and
| which represent safety Of principal i'll
precisely the same sense as is renrc-
scented by ponderous bank vaults.
also want to enlist the co-Opcra-
ton and assistance of thinking people
everywhere throughout the country. I
have an attractive plan for special
agents which I shall be pleased to sub
nit to any one who would like TO join
hands with me for better ana higher
rates for the use by banks. corpora
| tions or others of good, lawful Ameri-
can money.
| 4 little more than one year ago.
gentleman living in Il New England
| city Wrnte me d sincere letter and
| asked my aiyi.e with references to the
profile hlc Investment of $4,000. which.
| he st ,tcL. was at that time deposited
in Il Trust Company. and on which he
| was being paid per cent. annually as
| interest.
| Acting on my advice. the gentleman
dew out Of the Trust Company $4,000
ana placed same in accordance with
my recommendation. leaving $500 on
deposit in the Trust Company. Six
| Thousand dollars I invested for him in
| stock Of Il company which gave HIM
| returns Of l0i: per cent. for last year.
and there is every indication that the
| dividends on the same stock this year
will not fall short of IS per cent. Two
| thousand dollars was invested i'll stock
! OF another company on which he was
lid Last year dividends of IA per cent,
| which rate has now become the fiXe'!
| dividends to be paid regular. Fifteen
| hundred dollars l invested for him in
| stock of another company which has
| greatly increased in value and Will pay
Il most satisfactory dividend this year.
| The Trust Company failed. and there
| is little prospect ut tho present time
| that he will ever be paid more than 30
pcr cent of the amount which he had
| on depoeit at the institution when the
| crash came.
This is my Special Introductory
| OTTER 10 New Investors for the month
OF March:
| To every person reading this column
who will send me for investment irnrne-
disteIy 500 ! will guarantee to deliver
TO them preferred and common stock OF
an established New England corpora
ton. WORT, 5000. and on which there
will be paid before February 5th. 1906,
total dividends exeee'ding II per cent.
To every person renting to me i'm
mediate!y more than 500, but not ex-
ceedins $1,000, with instructions to in
vest same IN safe, dividend paying Sc
curites, according to my own best
Judgment, will guarantee to deliver
to them dividend paying securities Of
established corporations. and the aver
age dividends covering the entire
amount of investment guarantee will
exceed 10 per cent. before February 5th,
1906.
| This-as state'i-is my special intro
ductory offer to new investors for the
month Of March. will receive and ac
cept orders on this basis until SATUR-
DAY. MARCH nth, ONLY.
| 7 give personal attention to all CORE
spondnnce. and answer promptly all
| letters sent to me at my Office, Rooms
4 s. and IS Journal Building, Boston.