The Washington herald., 1920-07-29
BETTER THAN $3.50

When few men get behind S150OO,0O0 enter
prise in which they invest their fortunes, they
must feel very confident of its success.
And when, in addition, they are willing to have
you, the people, come into it with them, and own
60 per cent. of the common stock against their
40 per cent, it not only shows their confidence in
the enterprise, but it proves that they have con-
fdence in their own ability to manage it to the
satisfaction of everybody.
Remember, that they are working for success
with their own money, and they feel confident,
based ON the successes they have already attained,
that they make good the investment OF the
people. They have never yet failed in anything
they have undertaken.
These men have grown up in business; they
know every angle of legitimate effort; they all pull
together; every man has complete confidence In
all of his associates; they are indefatgable
workers; they all have the goodwill and con-
fdence of their friends and neighbors; they all
have clean, honorable records; and they have
pooled their fortunes in great enterprise, which
they cocksure is going to be very big success,
and will thus give good, substantial return to
them and to every who travels along with
them on the investment
They are engaged in a business in which there
has never yet been commercial failure, after it
has once got started on sound lines of business,
and this S15 100000 enterprise is already doing
gross business representing millions-and this is
only the beginning
These men, who have lived in the open and
worked in the open, do not want anybody to invest
in this S150OO,0OO company without first being in
formed of all the facts and understanding fully
that they do not guarantee absolute success-yet
they have staked their fortunes making a
success
Nobody makes false start then, In travelling
along with these men
Mind You, these men have not bought pig in
the poke; they have assembled into group
many very valuable and proft-Producing prop
critics; and they certain that intelligent de-
velopment of undeveloped properties in proved
productive viii yield vast returns, maybe as
much in profits, every year or so, as the entire
authorized capitalization of the company.
Every man in the official family has taken
greater chances in previous enterprises than he is
taking now AT any rate, that is the way every
feels about ii, and their own success in other
enterprises presages success for this
| don't believe that you, the people, had
better opportunity than to make investment in
this enterprise the fine part of it is, that all
of you may buy as few or many shares of COM
stock as you like, and with every share of
stock you buy, please remember that you have
vote, which means having voice in the
agement of the company.
Naturally, the president and general manager,
who has pledged himself to s26OO,OOO to make the
enterprise successful will expect stockholders to
support him and his associates in the manage
ment but only so long they are able to give
square and open and above-board accounting of
their stewardship.
You may have true story of the presidents
life by writing me, care of E. T. Howard Company,
Inc III West 18th St, New York City.
When you ultimately told the name of the
company and the nature of the business, you will
either be convinced of the possibilities of an in
vestment and the integrity of the enterprise, or
you won't If you are, and wish to invest, well and
good.
You will have assembled for you all facts in
regard to the financial standing of the company
and that of the men associated with it.
Putting everything before you in this public way
ought to reassure you, because you know that un-
true publicity damns forever, and you ought to
know, Also that neither the president of the COM
pany nor any of his associates, nor l. would wish
to lose your confidence.
We would all be dead ducks in the puddle if
we did
My next letter will appear in this newspaper TO-
morrow.
Sincerely yours,
WILLIAM C. FREEMAN
New York