Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-05
DIVIDENDS

1t is easy to make rosy predictions as to prospec-
tive profits of business enterprise especially upon
the occasion of selling stock in IA corporation.
But in the case Of TIE SURFACE FOAM AP-
PIIANCE COMPANY it is still easier to back up
predictions of large profits with substantial facts;
with estimates that any wcll-nformcd and conscrva-
tive business man would readily consider sensible,
and what could be reasonably expected.
For fear of having ourselves considered too opti-
mStic we hesitate to speak our firm convictions as
to what investments in the Capital Stock Of this
Company should Weld We know the facts and our
opinion is based upon the most thorough imvcstiga-
ton of existing circumstances: the demand for
system like THE HOLMES SYSTEM, the cost of
manufacturing it, and the price the oil companies
are willing to pay for the PROTECTION it guar
antccS
Our estimates of the profit ON each separate equip
ment are under, rather than over, the amount Of
profit that will actually work ont in practice.
The tentative selling price nave placed ON THE
HOLMES SYSTEM is less than it actually
mand, considering its benefits to the purchaser and
what competition it is likely to meet.
AS matter of fact, who can place value upon
a SYSTEM that will absolutely and dependably,
under even the most unfavorabe conditions, extin-
gush oil tank fire in less time than it takes to
tell it; thus saving to the of the tank a
hundred thousand dollars?
THE HOLMES SYSTEM, once understood, be-
comes business necessity to the owners of stored
oil.
There is way to ont anything but sue
CESS FOR this Company, once the facts are all known
and taken into consideration with the Importance
due each Of them
Our estimates of the number of-tanks we should
be able to equip in the Mid Continent Field, each
year, are less than most anyone outside the Com
pany would say we should co,in In other words,
outsiders would give us credit for having better
proposition than we claim to have.
On the basis of the price at which THE HOLMES
SYSTEM will SELL the cost of manufacture and in
staIation the number of tanks to equip annually,
we believe estimate of One Hundred Per Cent a
year profit to our stockholders is none too high
Full well do we realize the criticism we might re-
cclve for making this statement SO ask only
that the opinion of the reader as to its truth be with
held until the proposition is locke! INTO
How foolish would it be to make such statement
without having the facts to substantiate it
We do not mean to admit that this is the maximum
profit possible. These estimates consider only the
Mid-Contncnt Field. THE SURFACE FOAM AP-
PLlANCE COMPANY controls the rights to manu-
racture and sell THE HOLMES SYSTEM for the
United States.
Examples almost without number could be given
Of huge profits made bv corporations manufacturing
patented articles THE SURFACE FOAM APPLI
ANCE COMPANY prefers however, to be judged by
itself-not by what others have done.
THE HOLMES SYSTEM will bear-vcs invites
-lnvcsigation 1t is founded on complete under
standing of the difficulties to be overcome and of
the scientific principles that must be used in
coming them.
We place ourselves at the bar of PUBLIC OPIN-
ION. The facts will bear out the truth of every
of our statements.
Mail the attached coupon and receive copy OF
booklet, 'Save That Oil" which explains THE
HOLMES SYSTEM in detail