The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-04-08
:THURSDAY, APRIL 5. 500

There has been a party over il
Idaho county during the past two o.
three weeks travelling around among
the farmers soliciting stock subscrip
tons for concern to be organized
in Spokane and to be known as the
Northwestern Trading Company Of
that city. The Cottonwood Chron-
icle in its issue of some weeks ago,
made a few remarks about the con-
Germ that we're not very compliment
airy, and the agent had Bro. Winner
TO sign statement to the effect that
when he wrote the editorial he was
misinformed as to the merits of the
matter. This statement was printed
and scattered about and the farmers
bought lot of the stock. Now Bro.
Winner is sorry that he signed the
statement in the form that it was in,
as he believes many of the farmers
we're misled in buying the stock.
1t is rumored that these same
people.are soon to.make canvas of
this territory in hopes of securing
subscriptions, and as the Herald
does not know anything about them,
it is notsgoing to publish anything
for or against them until it finds out
and then if it should learn they are
fraud we will not hesitate about
so stating and will not retract the
statement before next January.
Things of this sort, in times gone
bye, appealed to us and We learned
something, bys actual experience.
1t is much easier to buy than to sell.
We have expended many dollars in
buying mining stock but never sold
a dollars worth. We invested at
one time in some cheap town lots
down in Florida by the sea, without
investigating, and when the title was
examined Ithey were found to be
about two miles from the shore,
in the water about a thousand feet, ,
but We did not spend any money I
in improving them. We answered I
an advertisement in a cheap news '
papes. once upon a time that was ad- r
zertising show to make money easy" b
and was requested to send ten cents r
Tor the information. The reply re- I,
eived was, "Catch suckers the same a
Is We are doing" Many other in q
estments were made along the L
anne line but never received any Al
hing from one of this sort of specu-
ltions.
Of course this one may bring good GU
turns on the investment but why gil
, these people grow so generous as at
come out through the country
ID try to divide up with the people7 ia
here is plenty Of money in the hi,
les to invest in Enterprises that am
axe reasonable return on the ,
oney. 1t has been the custom in
E past Of the big fake and fraud -.
Ierprises to start the agents to
'rk among the farmers as they be-
We them 10 be the more easily Is
red and all Of them start out with Coi
ID recommendations. A little ORD
ney expended judiciously will OF }
lost invariably bring these reco- I
ndations and the better these re- bus
lendations read the less you can mill
T upon them and perhaps the futu
re they have cost. Ninty-nine Civ,
es out Of every hundred, the Mar
ow who only invests in things at
lie or things that he Knows to be II
olutely legitimate and where he al
! a position to look after his own p,
rests, makes more money and all &
es out better in the end than CO.
fellow does who is investing in m
gs that he is uncertain about, Hs5l
not seen and is not in a position III
ok after his interests, provided IMsz
should need looking after, and MsI
almost always always do, than MsI
elbow who is continually look N
or snaps. EhsN