The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-07-29
Be Careful
About Your
investments
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y Many OF YOU were offered Wire .
y less stock. and you bit. You 4
= didn't take time to investigate I
. the company. You knew nothing
. about the wireless device except 4
. what you mad read And you were
. stung! 4
y You were offered stock In an 4
. engine company at low figures,
= and you bit. You didn't know 4
= anything about engines, and you I
. didn't stop to investigate either
y the engine or the people back of 4
{. II. 4
. You bite on propositions to buy 4
= land hundreds of miles away 4
= without looking at the land, and 4
. for all you know you are buying 4
y the bottom of some lake or river. 4
y You've bitten at dozens Of 4
= fakes. and have been stung as 4
= often.
q Why?
y Because you didn't know what 4
y you were investing in. and be- 4
y cause you failed to investigate 4
. the investment itself as thorough
. ly as necessary. You have taken 4
. the word of smooth takers and
y supposed friends. 4
. II is time you were doing busi- 4
= ness on business principles.
= If you have any money to In
q vest, lay down several rules tkat
. will guide you. and if followed Z
. will prevent you being stung Z
q again.
y Make up your mind that you q
. will invest only in something that z
. you can SEE with YOUR OWN q
= EYES.
y Invest only in something that 4
y YOU can UNDERSTAND with z
y out being shown by some Eek Z
. pert" or expert talker.
q Invest only in something where Z
. you are personally acquainted Z
. with the officials back Of it. or
q can investigate them thoroughly. 4
y If you will abide by these few
. simple rules, you will not make 4
y any mistakes, and you will not
o be stung as you have been so I
= often
. The Parks window Balance
. and Lock is the invention OF a 4
= North Dakota farmer who is not
= rich but the banks who have
. done business with him speak 4
q exceptionally highly of his non
q esty and integrity. So do all peo-
q pie who have ever done business 4
= with him.
= The controlling interest in the 4
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q of the patent, and it is manifest
q ly to their interest to have the
q affairs of the company conduct
q ed just as economically as pos
g sible, and still do 1t justice, be-
o cause their profits come entirely
e from dividends.
o None of the officers of the COM
o pany are drawing salary, and no
. officer will draw salary until ac-
= lively engaged in the actual sale
q or manufacture of the device.
. The device itself Is so simple
. that you can not fail to under
q stand it thoroughly.
. You can SEE it with YOUR
o OWN EYES.
= You nave every opportunity to 4
o INVESTIGATE it thoroughly 4
. YOURSELF. 4
Q You can investigate the COM
q pany and its officials YOURSELF.
. Therefore, no matter how often
q you have been stung by fakes" q
q you can not lose anything by IN Z
o vESTIGAT1NG the Parks Win z
& dow Balance and Lock.
. You have everything to gain, z
. and nothing to lose, if you will Z
. only take the time to look at
O 1t.
o II you do not find that 1t full
. fills every claim that we make
o for it, and that your time has 4
= not been we'll spent, be frank 4
. enough to say so. and we will 4
q gladly pay you we'll for the time
y you have spent
q Can you recognize a good, fair 4
. and square proposition when 1t
. is made to you? If you can, then 4
q we want you to call at once. Do 4
o not put it off till tomorrow. OPP 4
q portunity knows no tomorrow.
o Take a careful look at the Parks
. Window Balance and Lock, and 4
q then follow the rules we have laid
O down above, and any other rules
. you may invent for. yourself. 20 4
o Broadway downstairs. Fargo, N.
q ID. Full information by mail upon 4
q. request.
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