The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-11-28

you think whose hnan.
cial experiences II confined. usually. to
making the contents Of his pay enyel.
ope cover the household bi,ls--has to
see through the mysteries Of the prop.
osilion?
There are few of these financial
semaphores, however, which every
wage worker should know how to
read, and can know AT first glance
they seem to show clear right-of.
way, to give the signal to come on"
at full speed, With your savings &C.
count in your hand but when you
know the. rules Of the road, you can
see a red light14& danger signal
swinging from every one Of these sem
aphore arms. M.
Here are some OF the danger sig
mails of this sort which are very decep-
tive at frst glance
This company is going to be kept In
the hands of the common people and
out of the hands Of the capitalists"
"The shares of this company have
increased so per cent. since our fiscal
agents put the first block re develop
ment stocks on the market, 60 days
ago; they will be advanced 20 points
on the first day of next month and
you must act promptly and remit at
once II you wish to take advantage OF
this handsome advance"
1--WE need only limited ,amount for
immediate development work and In
order to secure the requisite sum
without delay, we are making the con-
fidential offer OF bonus of one
share of preferred stock for every ten
shares of the common, which you can
secure at 80 cents on the par value
II you respond at once. Just as soon
as our needs for development ex-
penditures are met by subscriptions
on this liberal basis, 1t will be impos.
sible for you to secure the common. as
1t will be withheld from the market
except on offerings Of GO cents or
BETTER
"You are taking no risk, for our
Guarantee Is behind every share OF
,ur stock. The Silver and Gold In
.estment and Surety. company is back
| # our securities and the Searchlight
investigation and Expert Engineering
Association has made detailed exam
nation and analysis of our properties
and stands sponsor to the world fol
them. In the first three months OF
Operation of our properties, We have
been able to pay our stockholders 8
ldividend Of ~ per cent, and the splen
did ore bodies now In sight warrant us
In assuring our stockholders that this
dividend will be substantially in
creased in the next three months, ow
ing TO the increased facilities of pro
ductlon made possible by great addi
tions 10 our working equipment"
/ These are only a few of the mos
ylaring statements contained in thu
confidential" circulars and letters
displayed In advertisements, and mad
by solicitors, to draw. money from tn
pockets of the wage. eainers. Their
are scores of other and more subtl
and clever bats in every mode of eS
preston, but they all spell one word
and that is B-U-N.C.O.
How do | know It? How do dar
make so broad statement? Becaus
we have had times of unprecedente,
prosperity for so long that millions o
dollars belonging to capitalists are ly
ing idle or drawing only small inter
sst. AS a result, the sound securitie
and the solid investments are snaT
Iped up by men who understand values
These men command large sums an,
in order to secure all the money re
quired for a solid and honest enter
prise, it is only necessary for mel
Having real investment "opportun
ties" to go to them and convince then
Of the merit of their propositions
They will not permit to slip past ther
any chance to make SO 1-3 per cent
,r even 10 per cent, provided the ris
involved Is not too great. Which l
only another way of saying that whe
a concern must go forth with blare q
trumpets to secure money from tn
wage workers, the proposition it ha
W OuCI 10 loI Ouiy hot WoitH Couniucl
alton. but 1t should be left severel
: alone. II 1t were sound to the core
idle capital would be put into 1t bt
fore the confidential letters to pros
pective wage Garner investors coul
| be printed.
And this feature of the matte
stands out in its true light when som,
thing of the cost of selling stocks b
an appeal to the common people"
understood. Not long ago a Chicag
+ concern which had gone to the "pe,
: ple' for its support went into tn
3 hands of receiver, Wage Garner
and people working for small salarie
e had put 100000 into the enterpris,
A When the receiver began his examin;
. ton of the affairs Of the company |
Q order to determine how much those q
the head of 1t had diverted into the
a own pockets, he was amazed to di
a cover that the entire 500, 900 had be e
!, spent in getting the great publict
: campaign started" They had con
Q mitted the error Of making son,
n particularly flasrant misrepresent
0 lions and this put psriod ito tho
plans by sending them to the penitel
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