The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-28

ton. MT. King could not too much emS phasize the certainty of loss. Here ia an example he gave. Said he:
 Thomas Gibson. financial expertS made an nlumining analysis of 500 speculative accounts in steel commoni carried between the dates of July, 190f.l and March. 1903. He chose these dAse9 because the price of the stock was the same at the beginning and at the end of the period-37. The accounts arc ao- tual ones upon the books of the stock exchange brokers. Here are some o0 the results: Three hundred and forty- three accounts showed net loss aei their termination. Eighty-eight ao> counts resulted in a net profit. Fifty- two accounts were about even when closed Seventeen accounts were taken from the books on full payment foE the stocks. These when taken up, showed in all cases a considerable paper loss. Total deficit on all losing accounts. $1,245.000. Total gain on profitable accounts. $26s.000. Net de-. felt. $957,000. Total number of shares, "long." s2O.Ooo. Total number of shares charges, $275.oOO. From these figures. concluded Mir. King. 1t would appear that stock speculations are good thinga to keep out of."
 The invitation so to do being tens dered. l took look through c. F. Kings Boston offices. He has over- flowed the fourth floor of the Journal building. and occupies in addition . half of the ninth. There were a dozen or more rooms. each. as 1t were. de- partment by itself. and yet one fitting into another In what went forward like the springs and cogs of Swiss watch. Also. 1t was plain that time, was money in the King company, there being every latest device calculated to ha
 What most impressed me was the Investigation Department. meant to, separate good from bad. the incorpor- ated sheep from the goats among the, companies. had seen in both 'Kings Financial Bulletin" and the Boston, Daily Tribune" the work of this ds- partment declared in type. It Is undec, the control of Q former postonice tn- spector, who in his seventeen years of work for the government obtained knowledge of corporations. in theiV3 solvencies and insoivencies. not sc be- duplicated.
 Expert InvestigatiOn for Everysns.
 This depar tment of investigation. Mir. King puts at the beck and call of any and all who write him a letter. It an- swers every query; and, what is more to the purpose. 1t answers them cor- rectly. Letters come fiuttering in daily by the hundreds. They ask every con. ceivable question concerning this or, that corporation and Its securities.s They are all replied to, ana neVer penny charged.
 There come. letters of gratitude and obligation. too, from folk saved on the brink of false investments that would have licked up their little fortunes as though by fire I saw scores Of these missives. If the correspondence pro and con of the c. F. King Investiga- ton Department might only be printed and bound in a book-or rather a H. brary of books, since 1t would make some thousands-it would. for the moral taught. be as good as sermons while possessing what vividity or thrill belongs with a Stanley Weyman novel.
 Great and good is the c. F. King Investigation Department. It saves millions of dollars between January and January to would-be investors. ignor- ant of the worth or unworth or com- panies and their alluring securities- millions of dollars, in truth. if ono may trust those letters of thanks that are cataracted in on the heels of the crash of this or that alluringt company. from which the would-be investor. ai- belt he has kept his money has never once taken his fascinated eyes.
 And while saving money for count less thousands by warning them against bad propositions, c. F. King is mak- ing money for countless thousands of others by pointing out to them the way to sane. sound and profitable in- vestments. A glance at the great led gers in his auditing department readily dIscloses the fact that in every State of the Union, as well as in countries beyond the sea. there are those who look to C. F King and follow. without hesitation and to their profit the ad- vice which he gives them in the plac- ing of their surplus funds, Not a few during the past six years have amass- ed considerable fortunes by following closely the advice which he has given.
 His is a remarkable, a marvellous in- stance of twentieth century success. buiIded upon a foundation of rock, In which Is hewn the motto and princi- ple of his business. which others in the business of selling stocks and bonds could emulate to the country's great and lasting gain, namely, "A Square Deal for All Investors.
 The Bureau of Investigation by c. F. King Is thing unique In financial in- stitutionsA and. while praising the phil anthropy. I asked Mir. King how he could afford--for its maintenance must entail enormous eXpense--such con- tribution to the protection of the pub lie against incorporated wolves with their rhVenous. wide open jaws Of stocks and bonds.
 Tt is my bread upon the waters." said hes. .mx aSsad@anan3hsfMatexA-A