Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-06-08
FROM STARS \ TO STOCKS
\ Former WelI-Known Theat- rlcal Manager Now Devotes His Energies 10 Stock
 Companies.

Mining Investor of Monday. June 3, pays a glowing tribute to hustling 4 young townsman:
 Waterbury, Conn. has for several years been an active center for indus trial and mining investments and thousands and thousands of dollars have been invested there in good, fair, bad or sometimes worthless securit- les. Alexander Comstock who will be remembered as the man who was en- terprising enough to pay William [ Jennings Bryan the munificent sum { of LOGO night for series of lec- lures throughout the country, some { few years ago, meeting with great success. has recently opened general brokerage offices in Waterbury, for ! the sale of the very highest class of { industrial and mining securities. ! About every one who ever purchased . watch has heard of Waterbury s'where the $1 watches come from" ! and thousands of persons who are ' patrons of dramatic art throughout { the United States has heard of Con- |, stock. :. For 20 years Alex Comstock has ! been identified with theaters in diff I ferent parts of the country, three | in New York, (the Academy of Mu- | sic, the famous Old Niblo's and what [ Is now known as the Princess) three \ sn Chicago and the great Music Hall ' in St Louis, besides having exploited originally, such stars as Richard { Mansfield, Lew Dockstader, the g younger Drew, Mrs Leslie Carter, who ! adopted the stage at his suggestion, together with many of the lesser dig ] nitaries of the stage, many of whom have since become prominent and ! famois.
 Tho advent of the firm of Klaw & Erlanger who control mora theaters { and more companies than all t',e oth- ! CTS, to say nothing of the lesser off, shoots of the various trusts, makes 1t almost impossible for the smaller managers like Comstock and others, tc thrive.
 But up to the present time there are no trusts in mining or .ipdustrml matters. so taking advantage of his wide ,actuaintance all over the cctin- l try, Comstock readily found a new ! field. or rather a Copper and Gold field" as he puts 1t.
 He Is being rewarded by building 1 up a clientele in the hustling city of Waterbury and contiguous territory, and, in fact. throughout the whole state of Connecticut, and 1t is doubt ful if any eastern fiscal agent in New England is doing anywhere near the volume of business that he Is.
 In the Buckingham building in Waterbury there are employed half a score of typewriters and another half a score of lively workers In the cir cularizing and distributing room. Comstock's twenty years in the thea tr,cal world has taught him that the most important of all things is lad vertising" and six days in the week no less than 70,000 pieces of mall goes out from the office of this boomer"
 The. word "boomer" is used advis- edly for 1t must not be opinioned that Comstock sends out from his head quarters aught that will not stand the strongest searchlight of inyesti- gation. Every mall brings in propo' sitions to handle. but he invariably says 'I am not from Missouri. but am from Waterbury and you will
 have to show me before try to show
 my customers. for my clients are not only substantial financiers and busi'
 ness men, but hundreds of men whC
 work for their money and l don't In tend that they shall be swindied b, fake mining and industrial schemes II
 can help 1t and I certainly try tc
 for am in constant touch with gov ernment authorities throughout tho
 United States and keep on file in my
 ofice every trustworthy financial pap
 per, such as the Mining Investor
 and magazine in the country. all o
 which are accessible to my customer
 from 10 a. m. to 10 at night. and
 make 1t a rule never to sell a shar'
 of anything thattI do not know to D.
 absolutely right"
 Waterbury Is not a village. "fai
 from it." It's payroll monthly Is ovel
 sf,000,000 and this city pays thu
 highest wage scale of any city cas-
 of Pittsburg. in fact 1t pays thu
 highest wage scale of any place In th'
 world of It's size. barring none
 "They read the papers here" as Den
 man Thompson h the "Olf Home
 stead" says, .'and know pretty neal
 about what Is going on In Nevada a
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