The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-10-02
Investing For
 Large Profits

Large PfOH1S
 At no time in our history has money been made so rapidly and so easily as it has during the last few years. Bus mess has boomed. immense dividends have been and are being declared, yet the man with a few hundred dollars to invest is just as much 4at sea- to know how to place his money so that it will be safe and bring him some of the large returns about which he is constantly hearing.
 There is a style in investing. just as there is style in clothes, and so far as investing goes, to be safe and make money. one should adopt the styles while they are new and not just after they have passed.
 Let us explain: Some years ago the popular investments were railroad se- curities. The railroads were new and very profitable and the investments l proved good. Those who invested l early reaped large profits, but those l who followed in later years got only meagre returns and in some cases al l most complete losses. l The style then changed to coppers- | The first copper mines made million aires of those who financed them
 Later when the public made up it's mind to invest, it found large mum 1 Der of fictitious mines. highly capital l ized, with stock being foated to catch l the pubIic's money
 Then came the oil wells. Again | ,L,o rIx fov m 1 part invested safely and won fortunes ! A year or two later the chances were ! about one in ten in favor of the in l vestor picking winner from the hun 1 dreds of oil companies whose stocks l were offered for sale
 | The reason for this is perfectly plain. When a new enterprise starts the company is honest as to purpose l and management and if properly financed is carried through to success Then the news spread abroad that
 money is being made in a new field The public shows a desire to buy and is instantly accommodated by hun
 dreds of promoters with shares Tn companies many of which have mere Iy been organized for that purpose | The style is again changing Today
 there is a field of investment that has
 not yet attracted the attention of the
 wildcat promoters It is said of
 marketing articles over advertised
 trade-marked names. Profits from
 these, businesses are in many cases stupendoua
 As a rule these businesses are capi-
 ta11zed low and are managed by men
 whose sole purpose is to make them
 successful. If any stock is sold it is
 to properly finance the business and
 the stockho1der shares in the big re-
 turns.
 l The returns are greater than you
 imagine. Had you. for instance. been 1 able to secure a few shares in Men
 mems Talcum Powder. Ivory Soap.
 Cascarets, Castoria. Vase1ine, Kodak
 Coca Cola or hundreds of others. they ] would have made you rich
 | Probably you have never been offer ed an opportunity to invest in proper ties of this kind. for as & rule most 1 of them are started and financed by ! & few men, but occasionally there is an opening. and when such comes to you by all means Investigate it. Ii
 may be the big opportunity of your life.
 The investor with few hundred dollars would be wise to divide his re- sources into five parts and invest one- fifth of his total in each of i've such companies, He should first assure
 himself of the quality of the article being marketed; second of the amount of competition that article is likely te
 meet; third, the approximate demand
 for such an article; fourth, the amount
 of gross profit there is in it; fifth, the f character and experience of the man.
 agers of the business; sixth, what the
 new money is to be used for, and
 seventh, that the article is trade 5 marked and is being or going to be advertised.
 s If care is taken to look up all these
 points the inexperienced investor is . not likely to meet with losses It is almost certain that four out Of the five will prove successful, but suppose thai
 only one proves winner. The chances are that one will bring such enormous
 returns as to make the loss of invest
 ment in the others of small conse- iQuence.
 To illustrate; $5oo.oo invested ir
 Burroughs Adding Machine has re,
 turned s2oe,ooo.oo, s5oo.oo in Ma. tiona1 Cash Register has returned s2f4,oc0-oo. s5oo.oo i'll Postum ha: returned s5o.oeeeo. $5oo.oo in Hor-
 lick's Matted Mf1k. s14o.o0e. etc. 1 For example. the Brooks Barley , Conpany of Boston. Mass, nfanufac-
 lures Brooks Baby Barley. This < , recognized by physicians everywhere a as the best food for babies in the : world, It Is ased Tn hospitals and solo 3 by druggists throughout the United l States. Canada. Mexico. the Wes
 Indies, South America. South Africa
 India and the Philippines. The possi ! bilities Of this business are trenen- ] deas To take care of an expanding , business the Company has released some of it's treasury stock for sale , Buy some of It. Buy 1t now before il is all gone. You can get 10 shares o1 preferred and 5 shares of common fol