The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-24
RUBBER BOON FORTUNES,
PEOPLE or ALI GLASSES CAI.Ur
m TINE CRAZE.
Glsse &C tl1slneas fsP l.aadsa Br.1.,.
Royalty ana P~lleemea Alhr ~p--v.
lasing- MANI Women tuS ing Rui,n.,
1hAPes- sone % the Curious nm,

II ~ @4NN 9AAu gSasHNNN4Gl AhNNe Aflnau-
lasing- NAM Women EDuS ing Rurn.,
Shares sssne % the Curio0s Fr,,t,
LONDON. April 1.-THE rubber l-u.r.. 81,
stronger than ever. There vas a r.rr.
porary break toward the end of last s.-.s
hut the depression passed very grl, .Iv
Indeed IL was due largely To the gr!t ~
business. brokers in many oAssa hAv,n,
notified their clients that they co,Ili M,
accept any further orders. n s~ma 80.
for twenty-fnur hours. in Others fnr two
days, az they were unable To get enough
clerks 10 attend TO tho work of their p;tir,..
A couple of days Of diminished operation.
allowed them % catch up with Their TX
ann once again the deluge % buying RI Ter,
began.
A remarkable element Of the rI..b.r
boom 10 the fact that thousands 81 women
in all parts Of this country and every ia.
ton In life are among the speculator-
u have many women among Inv
clients.' said n rubber broker: they ars
among the most daring spoculators II
tho entire market. They seem Co low.
nothing - much a. long chances n
further and still further rise.
.Nons the less. I'm bound 10 say tina,
many Of theAa women. despite what mus,
be a son what limited experience. ar.
extraordinarily capable. They hav" Ell.
cellent business Judgment and form their
own opinions with little or no hesitation.
Many Of 1he~e women have already
made substantial sums % monay
have only one objection tn women cnsnts.
women are such had losers. So far.
however. during the boom there lav.
been practically no io~STs. soT ;hs shares
have gone steadily upward
One Broad street firm % brokers IL aid
Co have made sSOOO.OOO in the last sn
months. One man bought oo.00O shares
at 81 cents and sold them at SS. thu.
clearing ss5O.OOO. People in every elias.
OF society. from royalty To policem.n.
have proHtsd by the boom.
Princess Louise. Duchess - Argyll.
was a shareholder in the Anglo-NIalay
Rubber Company when tho b""m was
only beginning. An Edinburgh hart~r,
and an Edinburgh grocer were holders
Of Iinggi plantations in the bnon's Ear.
liest days. some five years ago a man
was seeking loan Of - .SOo i will give
you the title deeds 81 a rubber estate
he told the lender. although don't sup
pore they are worth much
That loan was never repaid and tho
lender has disposed Of the rubber estate
To a company at a profit Of 81 .CDo'O
A man who inherited S2S1o a few
months ago told HE broker to buy con-
soI= with the money. The broker Sivissl
him stror civ put the y hol" sum into rub
her He did ~. ard made Ss25.sO which
IL now safely invested in cor sols
A city man who had invested al rubber
plan tations years ago left Ills properties
worth about $1,000 a year Ia HIS dow
Her income il now tSN.O on year
The prospectuses of new comra1 -
still appear every day In the news ag-rs
and all find investors. ore 81 a." Attest
this week offered IsO. on shares 90 si.S
each. By tho first mails after IN" ssu- :
Of the prospectus tire shares y er" fully
s,Ibscribci ant 10y the :iTe TIE lists were
closet .2S2.il sharrs had been spphed
for.
The - ares of six of the prir ciyal con-
panieS. nomiT ally worth a little over
g. $4,000. wouli realize. II they could -
sold az the market price at TIE tiTne q
Writirg g. rearlv e8t.0D.O10.
Rubber throat or hoarSenesE from
shouting on chance. and -riIbl or sar ~
deafness from IN" shouting Il 0thsr
brokers. are epidemic on TIE uarl''t anf
mar ufacturers 81 voice loZ07sas ar
reaDing large profits
The rubber boom has not vet ~Tafitet
trade 10 any appreciAhlc extent Nor ~
has heer ma ia IN large arc small qua.
titles hut " has beer put back Tto tie
mArke, again People have beer ton busy
making more morey To sucrd vts' ihay
have already made Real estat" a -s7ts,
motor car firms and Bond street ard
Regent street dealers all arr - that they
have not shared in the hoom's profits.
TN the contrary said n" loT .un
a..
noticed a tendency ~ sell ears - rasa
mopSv for Stock Exchange Speculation
Sellers of fire. fIrs and "Xper i've. leW n
are contentedly hiding their tiri"
when the market setback comes sa't
dealer. we cNfc~t our boom - rpn-
meace. Nothing prevents r"o'l" from
spending money more than the ia-Trat-
ing work 81 making IT,