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New-York tribune., 1920-03-21
COsden & Co.

Question-Cosden & Co. stock. selling now
at about SO a share. has been pointed out to
me by friend as very good speculative
investment. Could you tell me anything
about this company, prospects, dividends
etc. Do you consider it good IT. G.
Answer-Cosden & Co. is we'll man
aged oil company Earnings have been
good, and dividends of 10 per cent and
2h per cent extra are paid at present
The par value Of the shares is SIS each
Five Of these shares will be exchanged
for one of no par value. Earnings are
good and tho company appears to have
good prospects. We consider any stock
of a company engaged in the produc-
tion of oil as being more or less specu-
lative. That of this company. however.
appears to be entitled to considerable
as speculative investment.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-21
0a'ahur U. in Volcanoes Peak
GREAT Deposit Is Found in Una.
laska Crater

49,. s.'ea. In the crater Of snow
n..s s0lcanic mountain on Una
s,.., 'ano. one Of the Aleutian
Islis,.s*' = !. : large deposit Of sulphur.
tans. = =, contain from 10000 to $4,000
~ iatter.;ssn ttassn heat and . hot vapor,
ps<As, ken suing from cracks in tho
ma snowp p IN me deposit free from ice
9vsr nes,,v .nonxh these permanently
- paak. o. the remainder Of
Alskt. ~ mich Is about 5000 feet in n
svssss,sDa asd salIPhus Is.ss deposit has been
.aS ssisda sdSa n:.. a:'sns, s,in. in the Same
u ..st sncre n Of ths Alaskan
New-York tribune., 1920-03-21
Income Wnuld BE Less

Question: carrying forty shares of
Northern Pacific bought at 101 several years
ago. From recent reports | gather that
Atchison. Topeka & Santa Fe earned 10 50
share last year. while Northern Pacific
earned $40. If these figures are correct
would you advise a switch now. when there
is so little difference in the market price .
L. w. A.
Answer-Atchison has been a better
Garner than Northern Pacific for many
years We do not think you should at
tach too much Importance to the earn
ings of the railroads under govern
ment operation. 1t is our opinion that
Northern Pacific will be able to main
tain itself under the new legislation.
Atchison and Northern Pacific both
sell at about the same price. the former
paying per cent, the latter 7 per cent
If you made the change the income
from your holdings would be less.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-21
Cuba Cane Sugar

Question--Win you kindly Indicate in
your investment securities department your
opinion of Cuba Cane Sugar preferred as
an investment for private individual. Are
the people managing the company well
known and considered efficient by the Street
w. L J.
Answer-Cuba Cane Sugar preferred
stock is entitled, we think, to fair
investment rating only. The company
has not been In business long enough
for the stock to be regarded as sea-
soned. Earnings at present are good,
but how the company would fare in
normal times remains to be seen. The
present management is considered ef-
ficient.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-21
Bonds vs. Preferred Stock.

Question-What do you think of B. F
Goodrich Company stock for Investment
1t has been recommended to me. Why dc
you generally recommend preferred stocks
for investment7 Are not bonds much safer
and the return as large? Is there a maya.
zine published that gives information on the
market which you would consider reliable
&C. j. w.
Answer-We do not regard B. F.
Goodrich common stock an investment
issue. Such stocks fuctuate widely, be-
Ing subject to considerable speculation.
Earnings. too, fuctuate considerably.
For this reason, while such gan issue
may have great possibilities. e do not
New-York tribune., 1920-03-21
Not HiEh-Grade Bond

Question-WilI you kindly tell mo the
standing of the Stephenville North & South
Texas Railroad first So Of 1910 and the
price of the bonds at present? Are the
bonds q safe Investment for q woman to
hold? Are they safe the Kansas City
Terminal 4s Mrs. d. J. l..
Answer-The Stephenville, North &
South Texas is part of the ST. Louis
Southwestern system. The per cent
bonds cover about 105 miles in Texas.
They are not high grade, and we do not
recommend this for your purposes. The
present price is between SO and SIS per
cent. The Kansas City Terminal per
cent bonds are high-grade investment.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-21
Revere Motor Car CORPORATION

4. Question,-Can you give me any informa-
tion regarding the stock of the Revere Motor
Car Company, of Logansport. Ind, which is
being sold by Neidich & Co.. 1880 Broadway j.!
DO you consider it good investment &c l..
Answer--The Revere Motor Car Cor
poration appears to be we'll organized
concern. At present its production av-
erages about five cars day. The
stock, we believe, should be regarded as
speculation only, since it does not yet
pay dividends and the company has not
been IN operation long enough to dem
onstrate its earning ability.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-21
Waterfront Propertie.
' Factories and Factory Site
lloyd S. Corbin, Specialist
asi-Aecfor. 10 Wall St.. New York.
Silk Imports
-, Make New Record

lnaports-of raw silk into this country
aor the eight months importing season
which closed on February 2S made q
new record: The February imports ac-
sso3,rsding t4 statistics compiled bv the
s1lk 81 r. Association of America. were
SI.ofS bales, gain Of more than 100
Per cent over February, 1918. A eain
., snghtiy more than SO per cent vas
Isoe IN tHe eight months season iust
ssossa, compared with the season
saueo feoruary 2S last year. The total
,ol 'e season was 229,S35 bales. com
PR PEI &C.. With l52,542 bales last wear,
,ss ,ss,ooS ess IN. 1918. 157,629 in 1917 and
New-York tribune., 1920-03-21
Took a Bic Tumble

Question: purchased 100 shares Of Day
tor Coal & Iron Railway stock at S. per
share on January 10. 1920. VIII you kindly
let me know the present market price of this
stock and if it is worth holding ID. N.
Answer-We understand that the fur
naces of the Dayton Coal & Iron Rail
way Company have been closed down.
The present price Of the stock is about
20 cents a share. Perhaps it is low
enough to make it worth while seeing
the thing through.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-21
American Tin and Tungsten

Question--Am q steady reader of The New
York Tribune and would be grateful for your
advice on the following: Am holding 1000
shares of American Tin and Tungsten for
which I paid about 90 cents a share Have
received circular from the National Tin
Corporation, in which they offer to exchange
one share of the stock Of that corporation
value $9) for five shares of American Tin
and Tungsten, plus .25, or about SO % in
all. On the face it looks like good propo-
sstion until one notes that the time for de-
livery is extended to March 81, 1921. lot
of things may happen to the stock of the
National Tin Corporation before that time
| cannot understand why this offer is made
when the stock of American Tin and Tung-
stem can be purchased cheaply in the
open market, unless the 25 cents additional
per share is badly needed. l would thank
you to advise me as to whether to make the
transfers.. K.
Answer-The National Tin Corpora-
ton operates under lease twelve diff
ferent properties of the American Tin
and Tungsten Company on q basis of
company and rs per cent for the latter
the National Tin Corporation to pay all
operating charges. Besides these
twelve properties the National has
twenty-five other properties. In order
to develop the latter the company is
offering the exchange of shares on the
basis of four shares Of American for
one Of National, with a payment of 25
cents per share in addition. Under
this plan the American stockho lders
will share in the entire profits of the
National company. If all the American
shares are deposited there will be out
standing about one-half the authorized
capital of the National company. 1t is
stated by the latter company that the
reason for the exchanged stock being
tied up for perhaps year is because
in the event of further funds being re-
quired for development purposes it may
be sold without interference from the
floating surply of American stock, if
that were marketable. The company is
looking forward to consider
able activity in its development plans.
The receipts for deposited stock share
in dividends and voting power. 1t is
in that it may be sold be-
tween individuals as of release on or
before March 81, 1921. If you have
confidence in the future Of the company
it might be we'll to deposit the stock.
1t is to large extent prospect, al
though we are informed that the COM
pany has been successful in developing
a method of separating the tin from
tungsten and other minerals found in
the ores taken from the properties
which it controls.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-21
All Show Good Earnings

Question-kindy state dividend on Stand
ard Oil of New Jersey preferred. Also your
cp.non for investment of the following, now
beirg offered: Grafton & Knight Manufact-
ing Company preferred : per cent. of
Worcester. Mass. Timken Detroit Axle Com
pany preferred { per cent of Detroit. and
Motor Wheel Corporation per cent pre-
fcrred, of Lansing. Mich.--C. J. l..
Answer--Standard Oil of New jersey
preferred stock pays per cent. The
three preferred stocks you mention are
all entitled to fair investment ratings
at this time. Earnings are good in
each instance. The stocks are not
listed. The yield is rather attractive.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-21
sherwin williams COMPANY

Question-1 recently saw advertised Sher-
Win Williams Paint Company's Z per cent
preierred stocks. Arc shey good invest
ment rs and on what stock exchange are they
as1 listed Have they common stock for sale
what stock exchange is it listed "A. A. D.
Answer - The Sherwin Williams
ralnt Company cumulative per cent
flrst preferred stock, of which $15,0Oo,-
oOo was issued. is redeemable at los
and interest. A sinking fund is pro
vided to redeem at least 8 per cent per
annum of the greatest amount issued.
Earnings run about $4,OOO,00O a wear at
present. The dividend requirements on
this issue are $1.0500OO per annum.
The stock is entitled, in our opinion, to
q good investment rating. Application
is soon to be made, we understand. to
list this stock on both the New York
and the Cleveland stock exchanges.
The common stock is not listed, but
there is a market for it in Cleveland
1t sells for about 225.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-21
First National Conner

Question-Would you kindly give me some
information in regard to First National Cop
per? l have 800 shares, bought at 6 and
never see any quotations. One of Law
sons projects. Do you think they will be
active again w. w
Answer--The First National Copper
Company is not operating at present
owing to labor troubles. There an
pears to be no present market for the
stock
New-York tribune., 1920-03-21
Union Pacific Common

Question-Would you advise widow to
have any money invested in Union Pacific 2
Mrs. N. NJ
Answer-We do not regard Union
Pacific common stock as suitable for
your purposes. The stock, like most
common railroad issues, is speculative
The uncertainty of how the railroads
will fare under the new legislation
places such issues in the speculative
class. Good preferred stocks are much
safer
New-York tribune., 1920-03-21
Little Reason for Exchanging

Question: have fifty Pennsylvania Rail-
road Would you consider it good move to
exchange this for twenty-five Great Northern
preferred or Southern Pacific FL. W.
Answer--We do not see any good
reason for exchanging Pennsylvania
for Great Northern or Southern Pacific :?
The yield on the latter two is greater,
to be sure, yet we think you would do
we'll to allow your investment to re-
main as it is.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-21

poses we cannot at present recommend
tnem. Tho preferred stocks are not
referred to in our remarks. We be-
lieve them safe investments. If YOU
are willing. to allow certain element
OF speculation to enter into the matter
you may have made wise purchases hv
buying these common stocks. For In.
vestment purposes we would choose the
preferred stocks Of good railroads and
good industrial corporations.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-21

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New-York tribune., 1920-03-21
HOLIDAYS This Week

dakota. '' "''o ana South
u.uesday-In Egypt, New Zealand
svmgo and Southland).
Germ m.nsss.sy.Austria, .ns. Brazil, Finland
New-York tribune., 1920-03-21
1nrpentine Stocks

sts"t. s"tn.onasNGTON, March 2o,-rota,
Az Sss q turpentine ON hand Febrm.
sasrt ~ : were 54.174 barrels. the Den.rt-
;s. ;s.s OF Agriculture annonnced tolSav
sses.t so o. Ss,s23 barrels, as previousfGv,
New-York tribune., 1920-03-21
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Detroit

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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-04-17
PoRo CLUB eREETs MDME.
MALONE.

More than eighty-five agents greet
ed Mrs. A. NJ. Malone, owner of Poro
College and originator of the famous
Poro Hair Treatment of st. Louis,
Mo, at the Y. NJ. C. A Monday even
ing, April 12.
The Club arose and sang Brighten
the Corner" after which We had pray
er by our Chaplin, Mrs. Josephine
Franklin; the President. Mrs. Ida
Brown, then introduced Mrs. Malone
to the Club and hearty applauses
greeted her as she arose and met her
many agents of Missouri and Kansas.
She gave us many ideas in regard to
our Club work and with her charming
manner, kind words and ever ready
smiles, she won the hearts of all.
Mrs. Malone was quite pleased with
the excellent report of Clubs work
by Mrs. Lade B. Smith also the talk
by Mrs. Cora D. Williams on "Poro
Day." Mrs. Ida Johnson of Poro Col
lege advised the Agents to attend the
College and take the new studies
that have been recently added. The
talks by Mrs. S. b. Peck and Mrs.
Mabel Breedlove were very good.
The Agents thanked Mrs. Malone
for coming to them, after which re-
freshments were served in the Y. NJ.
c. A. Cafeteria.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-04-17
ON THE WING
SOMEWHERE IN ALABAMA.
By ]. Dallas Bowser.

The trite but very true old coup
let that:
1.-The fool that was sent abroad to
roam
Excelled the fool that had been left
at home"
was a part of the reasons that urged
the twenty-seven men in our party to
invest some five thousand dollars
that breadth of minds, larger sym
pathies and enlarged views as to act
ual conditions prevailing in the South
land as studied from Pullman car
might be added to the sum total OF
our previous information, industrially'
socially and commercially along these
lines. And the investment has been
more than profitable already though
our tour ended here, and we have
scarcely begun our itinerary.
The pleasure, too, we are experience
ing has exceeded all expectations.
We hazard the opinion that no group
of tourists were ever more royalty
cared for. AS yet we have been at
no expense whatever for meals, auto
rides, souvenirs and the like. Ana
our bill of fare has been of the most
expensive variety of foods and delica-
cies.
Th personnel of our party consists
of eight doctors, two pndertakers,
two preachers, two lawyers; four real
estate agents, two school men, two
cafe men and one each of druggists,
photographers, press agents, editors
and Y. NJ. c. A. Secretaries. Thus
might we be attended when i'll, our
Wills written, our funerals preached
and buried when dead.
The South is new Dixie as to sum
mer seat enterprises, sky scrapers,
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-04-17
LEADERS TOURING SOUTH.

MONTGOMERY, ALA, April 13.-
The greatest tour of inspection, OBJ
servation and education ever made by
group of our business and profess
sional men is now in progress. 1t
marks new epoch in the 'affairs of
men" and particularly in the affairs
of our Race in this country.
The Special Pullman, attached to
the Frisco Limited, pulled out of the
Union Station in Kansas City on
schedule time Friday evening. There
are on board 27 of the representative
men of various interests from the
great Middle West city. They left
with happy, but serious anticipations,
and they have not been disappointed.
Arriving in Memphis, the party was
met at the station with automobiles
headed by a group of leading bust
ness men with the following as chair
men: T. H. Hayes, reception; DR.. j.
L. Deloney, finance; DR.. w. T. Ver-
non, program; Rev. T. o. Fuller, gen.
eral chairman.
Breakfast and dinner were served
at the community center, and a
luncheon at the Industrial Settlement
Home. A tour of inspection of the
business district, embracing the
banks, Roddy's stores insurance COM
panies and mercantile places was
made, and later an auto observation
drive was made, to the schools, hos
pitfalls, outlying business places and
other places of interest. The day
closed with reception by the Fedora
tion OF Women's Clubs at the Com
munity Center.
From Memphis the party went to
Birmingham, where they spent Sun
day and Monday. The committee of
Birmingham business men met the
tourists at the station with automo-
biles, and took them to Elks Rest,
which was made the headquarters
during the stay. After breakfast the
party divided into small groups and
attended the various churches, where
they were highly honored.
Monday the business men, with
Professor Parker as chairman of re-
ception; w. 3. Driver, and Hill Har-
ris of other committees gave the Wis
itors a fifty-mile drive through the
Blue Ridge Mountains and the mag
nificent villages of the Tennessee
Coal and Iron Company. At noon a
barbecued dinner was served in the
open air. Later in the day the spe-
cial left for Montgomery.
Great preparations have been
made at Tuskegee Institute, Atlanta,
Nashville, st. Louis and Louisville,
other points on the tour.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-04-17
GREAT MASS MEETING AT LIN
COLIN HIGH.

'If we don't stop the burning of
Negroes in Texas, the day will come
when Negroes will be burned in Kan
sas City" said Dean William Pickens
Sunday afternoon. Lincoln High
School Auditorium was full when Mr.
A. Frank Neal, President OF the Kan
sas City Branch of the n. A. A. c..
P. introduced Prof. William Pickens,
Field worker of the National Asso-
citation.
Mr.. Pickens is wonderful man.
For two hours he poured forth tor
rent of eloquent, logical reasoning on
the relation of the races black and
white in America punctured frequent
ly by side splitting gestsTand antec-
dotes which sent home the truth with
telling effect.
"The problems of the south are our
problems, whether we live in Kansas
City, New York City, Massachusetts
or California, and we must organize
as a race to fight for our rights, civil,
social, and industrial. The white
mans race prejudice toward dark
skins is as unreasonable as it would
be toward red hair or any other out
side appearance. It exists because of
his ignorance, because he doesn't
know us as well as we know him. For
instance
There is no white mans home in
Georgia fit to go into that Negroes
have not been in from garrett to eel
lar They know just how much civil
lization or lack of it is in that family.
There is no Negro home in Georgia
fit to go into that any white man fit
to go into it. has been in. Negroes
read the white mans newspapers and
know everything he says and thinks.
Very few whites read the Negro pa
pers." Our great need today is get
ting together the best members of
both races to think and plan and
work together for the best interests
of the whole group.
Every unprotected Negro is uncon-
sciously a threat to civilization. One
undefended Negro in Omaha caused
a riot that wrecked their magnificent
Court House to the value of one mil
lion dollars. Men went mad in their
effort to get this victim to burn alive.
Now they are ashamed as they look
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-04-17
To form a 100000
Liberian Investment Co.

l am daring enough to ask you to
support me in a Hundred Thousand
Dollar Corporation by subscribing for
shares of stock in a Liberian Invest
ment Company. l firmly believe that
you will do it. Read carefully this
article and other articles to follow,
turn the matter over in your mind,
think what it will mean to you as an
invester, what it will mean to Liberia.
and l want you to think and feel that
/, the promoter, is honest, capable and
will deal fairly with all concerned.
am sure that your trust will not be
betrayed.
This appeal is obviously essential
it is urgent and in its hopes of realiz-
alton, largely rests the key to the So
luton of the much debated race prob
lem. The American Negro has, by
fear, mistrust, jealousy and the lack
of confidence in each other, closed
the door of pportunity in his own face,
by failing to support his infant coop
erations and stock companies. Look
about you and study your millionaire
in the making and observe his action.
He could not afford to lend his money
at 3 per cent. He found a better way,
he had faith to believe, he trusted his
fellowmen, he is doing it every day
Whom do you know that is making
money without trusting someone?
The millionaire had faith in his fel-
lows. He was not a subscriber to the
fallacy that "all men are liars" He
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-04-17

boulevards and pretty parks, thus
keeping pace in large degree with the
great cities of the northland. True
the rural neighorhoods are yet sadly
lacking; the slap-sided hut, tumbled
down fences, razor back hogs and
general decay are all too prevalent.
The Colored people of the cities, in
point of business set our party eX-
amples of initiative and cooperation
that we'll might be carried back home,
as putting to shame our feeble at
tempts along this line. The two
banks at Memphis with a million of
deposits; the fourteen Roddy chain of
groceries and stores; the immense
casket factory; the two elaborate pri-
vate hospitals, record only a part of
the big concerns seen there.
At Birmingham, besides its banks,
stores and factories, its society of
Elks number over eleven hundred
members, all of one lodge, as but one
lodge of this Fraternal Order is per-
mitted in any one city. This Order
will be represented next summer at
the National Meeting in Kansas City.
Travelling as we are and cared for
as we have been we have not exper-
fenced discomforts or humiliations on
account of Jim Crow regulations. We
observe it however in the separate
ticket windows and waiting rooms for
Negroes in the depots. The street
cars carry trailers in which Colored
people alone ride. In no way as yet
has our party been jeered at or point
ed at with resentful gaze.
Our steering committee, Prof. j. R.
E. Lee and Editor n. C. Crews, have
won our lasting gratitude for this
wonderful trip. Hamlet left out of
the play or Caesar out of the tragedy
of that name were as disappointing as
the two referred to above left behind
while the rest of us stumble on.