Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-06
BUSINESS CAREER
OF PETER FLINT
A Story Of Salesmanship by
Harold Whitehecd
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Slrr az the facts. Your correct name dnd
Lnu address must be signed to all innuiries.
ttns,o.rss to technical questions ,cin Be- ssHi
ov maii. Other Questions iciH be ansrrcrsd
~ rms columa. The most interesting prob
L,ms Of dhquircrs tCH be woucn imto the
torp Of Peter FiiHt.
WAS over to see Rosie Sunday and
she kicked up an awful fuss. She
swore that 7 knew Mary Gillespie was
gong to write to me, and insisted that
Mary was an old fame of mine The
more l told her there was nothing to IL
the more she stuck TO II that there was.
she told me that unless 7 tell the little
mother right away that we were engaged
she would write and tell her. Gee I.
somehow don't like the idea OF my
folks Knowing about Rosie. | felt sorry
had gone over.
After while we patched II up. but
Rosie was stiff all day. Honest injun 7
was glad when 5 o'clock came and had
an excuse go leave her, for had prom
ised TO spend the evening with Francis
wasn't gazing to miss having an eve
ming with him. for 7 was anxious to
Question ana pIIsh,r, to,. ,i,,t ~
had something up his sleeve It was be-
Nond me why he refused such good
offer and wanted something which was
really less.
As recorded before, Question and
Pillsbury. on behalf of the Consolidated
In casr ,na sInn oon -, or'' o. -' 10 sSovo
stock for bis natnnt, aus ,so w., ,r,
nro,.i,a ,h.t - "'.u Iue'~ | uii '''-
D He wanted 60 ono ,'or.n s'". .,nu
stock orIv and . rh,roo ., h,,,. ~ ,,,i,.', ~.
fired stncls he co"ia So, s,,ri, i,,, y. .bo
next three ,,on,hs Wv I,nnr, -,
FRANCIS I. "doad hro,.o 49,. 80,
thai he 10 broi,a ,;,,a ,,a ,.a,, ,,,o,,' 49,,
7 do k,o,y ,h,, a,,ri,r ,i ,,.,,,, ~
ia doing a ,i,tia rana,,i,o. e. ,',. .i,e
New York nancrs in.t ' 80 n,aI,o ~, ONE ., Wr ~
live on e'' "
Francis +eus ,,o ,b,. bo ho .o,,
b,,ndro, doil,r, ,,,, -. ia .,'.
that's nj, And ,,.,,o T.o,,oi, ,,loi.a so
CASUALLY Of fay h,,,arod aoiin,, ~,
one side co,,ia h,rdi,, ,,,,,,a hir, ~.
~ had ono bund,od h,,n,,, r;.tia WI,
Ists ali coIIir, 80 .,,,a,n :, haiia,.o ~ ,
would want fo tale an Rroodwav n
ChiIds's I toId hin, ,his ,rd he said
"your idea NJ Int a. n,o,ov ,vr,
change whon ,,o,, ,rou, nm :,
rpiH
We'll when 7 got h,o,, fro,, ~,
7 asked Fra moi, ,,h,. ~ Cnnsol,do.ad's
offer was not het+er tbon bis dor,and
, "A,I vou wanted " so;d .uos sIo oon
worth ~ stocl, ava tI,o,, oefaroa ,,o,,
$4,000 cash and s1Oo ooo w,or,b ~ s+oc,s
and tbev viii lot WI, h,,,. stocl, ,,.i,h tho
$1,000 cash 7 eho,,ld tbin,t sIos ooo
yould he bettsr .bon SIN ooo an, doy IN
the week
"Rut srnnoso cha s,no mn ,.,o,. o,,,,
anvtbjne-vou migbt i,,st as wolI h.
without Il HIN :rbe Con,oIidotod bo
fyed things en +hat tbo nor,n,on ,,o,,,
navs a div;dend ,hnut a,,.r,, fo,,,. 80 -,
In other words Il nav, ,ho,,. 80, oar,
IF had that sfo0 oOo worth of stoc,, and
wanted 10 sell il could got about $40
600 for II TODAY That's all II 10 worth
You see. the value of the stock is M,
what is written on the certificate but the
amount 1t has the power to earn
That's all beyond me-" I said.
That's because you have no knowl
edge of finance. Peter. 7 am afraid youl
business education is being sadly ne
elected.
! ignored his last remark, for I wa.
still puzzled about the stock.
IF that common stock is ONLY wortf
$4,000 that with the $4,000 casf
amounts to $4,000 and you only ask fo
ltll uOllaTS worth ana lHt