The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-08-21

one and came back the next day with fifty of his friends to write down their names for one also. So many of these names had been written down that it would keep good big factory busy a whole year to make all the tractors In tasct, 1t was so easy to get orders for them that it was almost necessary to go and hide to avoid them. And then factory had been secured to make the tractors in and a company had been formed under the laws of Michigan that was to have a million dollars of capital, and stock certif- cates printed CThe Times man saw one all fixed up with nice engraving With big eagle and nice gold seaD and all those things done which have to be done to make a company es- peclally company with such a nice sounding naIne as "The Liberty Trac- tor Corporation.' In fact the com
 pany seemed to have everything ex- | cept money and tractors, but if they got the money why they would make the tractors. So when the oompanv 1 got everything all fixed and only needed money to make it go it pack ed it's grip and started for Bridge port. It did not appear just why Bridgeport was picked out but if. as | It IS said, they have heard of Bridge port away over in Spain it seems
 probable that they may have heard of it in Detroit
 Just as soon as the company can l get money enough to go back and | make some tractors huge profits are l going to come in for the company l claims that it only costs s40o to make
 tractor and only $20o to sell it G.e | keep the farmer away until it is done) and they are going to soak the | farmer $1 900 for each tractor which | leaves nice profit of $40O (seems | like trimming the farmer but perhaps
 the company has bought produce at
 some time and at any rate they are ] Michigan farmers). The company
 will let Bridgeport people in on this l good thing for s1o, (only ten | bucks) share payable either in cash | Or 40 per cent down and the rest in I three monthly payments. Six per cent. anyway and perhaps more is promised the investor and if the
 knowing look that went with the promise meant anything it meant a l hundred per cent.
 To further convince the Times man 1 who was something of a doubling
 Thomas, he was shown a book of pictures, nice shiny ones mounted on | canvas, in which could be seen a farmer seated on a machine and | driving the tractor with a pair of
 reins. There was also a picture, ii l was claimed was the building in which the tractors are to be made It had the name of the company across it in large letters and also
 Plant No. 1,'' so it seems as if the
 company intends to found a dynasty
 of plants. It looked as if it had
 been secured second hand and busi-
 ness around it seemed about as live ly as an undertakers at a health
 resort.
 To further impress the value O.
 the investment it was related how
 young man had stepped in the da.
 before who had worked in the Fore
 plant in Detroit and had seen tn, tractor plant and was so sure O the success of the undertaking tha after he had talked five minutes h 7 signed for $2,00o worth of stock. I was a sort of strange coincidence that he missed the opportunity il } Detroit and found it in Bridgeport After a spell the salesman foun' that the Times man was not mucl ; of an investor and he began to tel Of stock had been sold during thei stay and that included the s2,0o0 o the fortunate young man who ha
 been in Detroit.
 "You see," he said, '+Bridgepor people have bought so many thing
 which did not make good that nov
 they are getting afraid and have t be shown. We're going to leave.
 don't know just where we're goin :, 1 next but we're going to get out"