El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-02


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. The Moral TO Our
6ucatf ouaL Talks
n URING the past nine days we have been publish
- ing IN the local newspapers, series Of EDUCA-
IlONAL TALKS. relative to the OIL BUSINESS. If
you have learned anything from these TALKS and
we trust you have feel well repaid for efforts
safeguard the investor
The MORAL of these EDUCATIONAL TALKS IS this:
INVEST YOUR MONEY IN OIL ONLY WITH MEN
WHO KNOW THE GAME, AND ONLY AFTER A
PROPOSITION HAS BEEN Q. KID BY SUCH RELL
ABLE BROKERS AS SHARPNACK & COMPANY.
WHO INVESTIGATE BEFORE THEY RECOMMEND.
IN THIS WAY YOU ARE ASSURED OF SAFETY
In TALK NO. WHAT EVERY INVESTOR
SHOULD KNOWING tried to impress upon you the
fact that a man may be good merchant lawyer doc
tor politician. but be absolutely ignorant Of OIL
COMPANY-that merchandise experience was Of no
value IN the OIL BUSINESS. but the knowledge of
OIL IN the OIL BUSINESS was valuable and essential.
In TALK No 2-sECURITY-we told you that your
greatest SECURITY lies in your ACREAGE-that it IS
your TANGIBLE ASSET, which CAN BE SOLD If neees-
sary and your INVESTMENT REALIZED in whole or
own SAFETY TO INVEST YOUR MONEY in a company
with a capitalization large enough to FINISH WHAT
THEY START.
In TALK NO. S-INVESTIGATION-We stated that
some BROKERS objected to our theory Of ASKING THE
PUBLIC TO INVESTIGATE, because they said 1t
HURTING THE OIL BUSINESS AS A WHOLE, but our
this vast the case the OIL Business
VIII certainly better be hurt.
In TALK NO =FAILURE UNDER NOVICE RULE-We
laid stress upon the fact that there Oil Companies
today exploiting and DRY HOLES ARE ORDERED N,
and that there Companies in Texas today, UNDER
NOVICE RULE that HAVE PRODUCTION and are NOT +
PAYING DIVIDENDS Further that there Oil Com
pans that could be for $500 per month, but it
costing them thousands to do simply because they
are NONICES, and 1t takes PROFESSIONAL 70 make a
success in the OIL CANE The NOVICE may win
sionallys but don't put long bet on him for he viii
FALL DOWN AT. THE CRITICAL MOMENT. Beware
Of the NOVICE, for company under NOVICE RULE is
surely DOOMED TO FAILURE
In TALK NO. 5-WAR OR PEACE THE WORLD MUST
HAVE OLIVE made the statement that there
was time more pregnant with possnlJles Tor IitAN
TIC PROFITS than in me OIL BUSINESS today. That
everything indicated oil would 20 unheardof prices
within the next twelve months.
In TALK NO. 6-THE LOGICAL TIBIE-We said there
s. LOGICAL TINE to do everythng-a period of time
which, If done thing can be done better more LOG
ICALLY, more systematically, and more sensibly from
every standpoi We said further that true
Of the OIL DEs ELOP1ENT than of anything There
q time when the relation between ACREAGE-the de-
gree to which land is PROVEN-in other words DEVEI-
oPAlENT reaches the stage when it is RIGHT organize
to DEVELOP it, and that this time has arrived in CO.
=8lANCHE COUNTY.
In TALK NO. 7-QUESTIONS YOU SHOULD ASK THE
OIL Substantive enumerated y questions and made
the statement that IF THE SALESMAN COULD NOT
ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS SATISFACTORILY HE
had NO BUSINESS SELLING STOCK SHARPNACK
& COMPANY answer all Of these questions salts
FACT0RILY on any stock they sell
In TALK NO SIT YOU DO NOT KNOW THE OIL
GAME STUDY THE CHART THAT TAKES THE
FORM OF A HOUSE-That the SUB-CELLAR was the
PR0M0TERS-Who WIN ALWAYS. The CELLAR was
the OFFICERS and TRUSTEES-the Proposition
BUILT FOR THEM TO WIN. The GROUND FLOOR
the BROKERS who ALWAYS MAZE for It IS
FRAMED FOR THEM TO WIN. The FIRST STORY
showed where you were INVITED AT THE DISCRETION
OF THE BROKERS and It FRAMED FOR THEM
TO GET THEIR MONEY BACK The SECOND STORY
TO THE SKY the PUBLIC WHO PAYS ALL THE
BILLS AND WINS-lSO8IETIMES)
In TALK NO 9-DONT INVEST YOUR MONEY ON A .
"HUNCH'-GET A RELIABLE BROKERS' ADVICE-We
made clear you that you should stop investing your
money on ~HUNCH but first seek the advice of such
reliable brokers as SHARPNACK & COMPANY who N
NESIIGAIE BEFORE THEY RECOMMEND and will =
NOT handle proposition that is not WORTHY. That "A
they were Underwriters of legitimate companies only and
that their Straightforward honest business have IN
established them in the CONFIDENCE OF THE PEOPLE
SHARPNACK & COMPANY are now perfeeting plans =
for NEW OIL & REFINING COMPANY. This comuanv -
VIII have at its head WHO KNOW THE OIL CANE 81
We have INVESTIGATED it thoroughly and viii REC ~
OMMEND It most highly. WATCH FOR OUR an
NOUNCEMENT N THE NEWSPAPERS