SWINDLING THE POOR AND THE IGNORANT OUT OF HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS A YEAR -- "THE PATENTED PILLAGER," AND HOW IT WORKS -- GRADING THE VICTIMS ACCORDING TO THEIR CASH VALUE -- HOW "EASY MARKS" ARE BOUGHT AND SOLD IN BATCHES |
OIL COMPANIES | ||||
CAPITALIZATION | High Gravity United Oil Co. | 1,000,000 | ||
Ætna Oil Co. | $ 600,000 | Hale-McLeod Oil Co. | *1,000,000 | |
Alaska Oil & Mines Explor. Co. | 3,000,000 | Illinois Oil | 1,000,000 | |
American Midway Oil | 3,000,000 | Mid-West Osage Pet. Co. | 750,000 | |
American Dutchess Oil Co. | 1,000,000 | Middle States Osage Pet. Co. | 750,000 | |
Buick Oil Co. | 1,000,000 | Manhattan Oil Co. | 720,000 | |
California & New York Oil Co. | 2,000,000 | Mephisto Oil Co. | *1,000,000 | |
Chicago Exchange Oil & Refining Co. | 800,000 | N. Y. Coalinga Oil Co. | 500,000 | |
Chicago Texas Oil Co. | 2,100,000 | National Coöperative Oil & Refining Co. | 5,000,000 | |
Chicago Texas Export Oil Co. | 2,500,000 | Paxton Gold Bond Oil | 1,000,000 | |
Columbia Oil Co. | 500,000 | Peoples Associated Oil Co. | *1,000,000 | |
Coalinga Aladdin Oil Co. | 1,000,000 | Peru Oil & Land Co. | 3,000,000 | |
Canadian Osage Petroleum Co. | 750,000 | Texas Oil & Pipe Line Co. | 2,000,000 | |
California Monarch Oil Co. | 1,000,000 | Tulane Oil Co. | 1,000,000 | |
Chanute Oil & Gas Co. | *1,000,000 | Union Consolidated Oil Co. | 255,127 | |
Eastern Consolidated Oil Co. | 5,000,000 | Union Consolidated Ref. Co. | 73,001 | |
Export Oil & Pipe Line Co. | 2,000,000 | Uncle Sam Oil Co., Cherryvale, Kan. | 20,000,000 | |
Fountain Oil | 1,000,000 | Victor Oil Co. | 1,000,000 | |
Golden Rod Oil Co. | 250,000 | Vesuvius Oil Co. | 1,000,000 | |
Geyser Oil Co. | 1,000,000 | Wellington Oil & Gas Co. | 150,000 | |
Great Western Oil & Refining & Pipe Line Co. | 10,000,000 | Western N. E. Osage Pet. Co. | 750,000 | |
Home Oil Co. | 1,000,000 | $83,448,128 | ||
*Capitalization estimated | ||||
MINING COMPANIES | ||||
CAPITALIZATION | Independence Mining Co. (with four other companies) | 7,000,000 | ||
Amalgamated Mining & Oil Co. | $ 5,000,000 | Indian Camp Manhattan Mining Co. | *1,000,000 | |
Arizona Amalgamated Copper Co. | 15,000,000 | Island Bay Mining Co. | 1,000,000 | |
Argentum Mines Co. | 1,000,000 | Jumping Jack Manhattan Mining Co. | 1,000,000 | |
Aurora Consolidated Mining Co. | 77,865 | La January Jones Mining Co. | 400,000 | |
Amalgamated Gold & Copper Co. | 1,185,772 | La Luz Mining & Tunnelling Co., Philadelphia | 20,100,000 | |
Amador Gold Mining Co. | 10,000,000 | Lou Dillon Mining Co. | 1,000,000 | |
Afterthought Copper Co. | 4,000,000 | McKinley Mining & Smelting Co. | 5,000,000 | |
As You Like It Mining Co. | *1,000,000 | Mitchell Mining Co. | 8,000,000 | |
Burnt River Gold Mining & Milling Co. | 2,000,000 | Mt. Shasta Mining Co. | 20,000,000 | |
Butte Mining & Development Co. | 1,000,000 | Mystic Shrine Gold & Copper Mining Co. | 500,000 | |
British American Copper Mining & Smelting Co. | 5,000,000 | Mina Grande Copper Mining Co. | 10,000,000 | |
Bishop Creek Gold Mining Co. | 3,000,000 | Mexican Exploration & Mining Co. | 1,500,000 | |
Barnes-King Mining Co. | 2,000,000 | Mammoth Gold Co. | 490,493 | |
Blue Bird Mining Co. (with four other companies) | 7,000,000 | Myrtle Gold Mines, Ltd. | 1,099,046 | |
Brewer Mining & Leasing Co. | *1,000,000 | Murchie Mines Consolidated | 5,000,000 | |
Bovard Consolidated | *1,000,000 | Mt. Elliott Consolidated | 1,500,000 | |
Cobalt Central Mines | 5,000,000 | North Butte Extension Copper Co. | 5,000,000 | |
Capacaya Mining Co. | 5,000,000 | Newhouse Mines & Smelting Co. | 7,600,000 | |
Chisna Consolidated Mines Co. | 5,000,000 | New Century Mining Co. | 496,541 | |
Casa Grande Mining & Smelting Co. | 203,951 | Old Hundred Mining Co. | 5,000,000 | |
Consolidated Gold & Copper Co. | 528,894 | Orphan Copper Co. | 3,000,000 | |
Commonwealth Gold Mines, Ltd. | 3,000 | Ophir Mines of Oregon (with four other companies) | 7,000,000 | |
Continental Securities Co., successor to the Hoosac Tunnel & Mining Co. | 30,000,000 | Ollalla Copper Mining & Leasing Co., N. Y. | *3,000,000 | |
Central Mining & Development Co. | 10,000,000 | Penn. Wyoming Copper Co. | 10,000,000 | |
Canadian Consolidated Mines Co. | 5,000,000 | Pride of Arizona Copper Co. | 1,505,773 | |
Cobalt Mutual | *1,000,000 | Prosperity Mining Co. Ltd. | 537,494 | |
Douglas Copper Co. | 3,500,000 | Plumas Gold Mining Co., Ltd. | 2,933,977 | |
Dos Estrellas Mines & Development Co. | 2,500,000 | Potosi-Orleans Gold Mining Co. | 858,752 | |
Dominion Copper Mining Co. | 5,000,000 | Peerless Bull Frog Mining Co. | 2,000,000 | |
Death Valley Alcavardo Mining Co. | 6,000,000 | Redman Mining & Milling Co. | 2,500,000 | |
Eagle Nest Fairview Mining Co. | 1,000,000 | Red Peak Mining Co. | 5,000,000 | |
Empire State Gold Mining Co. | 107,479 | Rawhide Coalition | 3,000,000 | |
Express Gold Mining Co. | 93,540 | Red Top Mining & Leasing Co. | 1,000,000 | |
Erie-Ontario Gold Mines, Ltd. | 2,033,565 | Round Mountain Central | *1,000,000 | |
El Capitan Copper Co. | 649,535 | Rawhide Tarantula Mining Co. | *1,000,000 | |
Ely Central Copper Co. | 6,000,000 | Rawhide Queen | *2,000,000 | |
Empire Gold Mines Co. | 2,000,000 | Rawhide Gold Wreath Mining Co. | *1,000,000 | |
Furnace Creek South Extension Mining Co. | 1,500,000 | Stray Dog Mining Co. | 1,000,000 | |
Five Bears Mining Co. | 2,500,000 | San Luis Mining Co. | 2,500,000 | |
Forty-nine Creek Mining Co. (with four other companies) | 7,000,000 | San Marco Mines Co. | 4,000,000 | |
Greene Gold & Silver Co., New York | 25,000,000 | Sierra Consolidated Gold Mining Co. | 3,500,000 | |
Great Bent Consolidated Mining Co. | 1,250,000 | Silver Leaf Mining Co. | 5,000,000 | |
Geo. A. Treadwell Mining Co. | 3,500,000 | Sultana Arizona Copper Co. | 2,500,000 | |
Great Western Gold Co. | 12,000,000 | Santa Domingo Gold & Copper Co. | 64,000,000 | |
Gold Tunnel Mining Co. | 1,299,532 | South Quincy Mining Co. | *1,000,000 | |
Golden Rod Mining Co. | 2,000,000 | United States Gold Ledge Mining Co. | 2,000,000 | |
Gold Run Mining & Tunnelling Co. | 1,000,000 | United Cobalt Exploration Co. | *10,000,000 | |
Goldfield Bull Rush Mining Co. | *2,000,000 | United Mining Co. | *6,000,000 | |
Happy Jack Copper Mining Co. | 1,500,000 | United Smelters Ry. Copper Co. | *12,500,000 | |
Hinds Consolidated Gold Mining Co. | 5,000,000 | Victoria Chief Copper Co. | 3,000,000 | |
Harcuvar Copper Co. | 2,000,000 | Viznaga Gold Mining Co. | 263,357 | |
Home Run Gold Mines, Ltd. | 80,591 | Waldorf Mining & Milling Co. | 3,000,000 | |
Haslemere Mining & Milling Co. | 90,759 | Wellington Association | 500,000 | |
Homestake Exten. Mining Co. | 185,900 | Wellington Development Co. | 3,000,000 | |
Hurricane Mining Co. | 1,175,939 | Wellington Investment Co. | 3,000,000 | |
Hawthorn Mines & Silver Co. | 10,000,000 | Wellington Goldfield Mining Co. | 375,000 | |
Idaho Gold Mines Development Co. | 2,500,000 | Wellington Leadville Mining & Leasing Co. | 1,000,000 | |
Iron King Extension Mining Co. | 255,745 | Winona Gold Mining & Milling Co. | 2,000,000 | |
International Zinc Syndicate | 5,000,000 | $527,882,500 | ||
International Gold Mining Co. | 10,000,000 | |||
*Capitalization estimated | ||||
MISCELLANEOUS COMPANIES | ||||
CAPITALIZATION | Kornit Mfg. Co. | 1,000,000 | ||
Agnew Auto Mailing Machine Co. Boston | $ 2,000,000 | Leffler Electric System, Chicago | *1,000,000 | |
American Telegraphone Co. N. Y. C. | 2,000,000 | Kent Coal Co. | *500,000 | |
American Clock Co. | 1,500,000 | Magnetic Equipment Co. | 10,000,000 | |
Alton Mfg. Co. | 500,000 | Mexican Explor. & Dev. Co. | 7,500,000 | |
American Palace Car Co. | 10,000,000 | Magic Curler Co., Philadelphia | 1,000,000 | |
Architectural Standard Bronze Co. | 1,000,000 | Mergenthaler Horton Basket Machine Co., N. Y. | 5,000,000 | |
American Guaranty Co. | 1,227,000 | Multiphone Operating Co. | 2,000,000 | |
Advalurem Medical Co. N. Y. | *1,000,000 | Metropolitan Real Estate & Imp. Co., N. Y. | *3,000,000 | |
American Nickel Co. | *1,000,000 | National Fibre & Cellulose Co. | 10,000,000 | |
Bidwell Cold Storage Co., Chicago | 2,000,000 | N. Y. Steamboat Co. | 150,000 | |
Burlingame Telegraph Typewriter Co. | 1,500,000 | New York & Chicago Electric Air Line, originally | 200,000,000 | |
Central Coal, Lumber & Construction Co. | 500,000 | New Jersey Mineral Co., Newark | 5,000,000 | |
Cash Buyers', Union, Chicago | 5,000,000 | Nutriola Co., Chicago | 1,500,000 | |
Cummings-King Co. | 500,000 | Northern Coal Co. | *500,000 | |
Consolidated Zinc Co. | 20,000,000 | Patuxent Harbor Improvement Co. | 10,000,000 | |
Clark Wireless Tel. Co. | 2,500,000 | Philippine Plantation Co. | *5,000,000 | |
Crown Coal Co. | 500,000 | Post True Principle Co., East St. Louis, Mo. | *1,000,000 | |
Cable Cove Power Co. (with four mining companies) | 7,000,000 | Pioneer Cab Signal Co. | *2,000,000 | |
California Eucalyptus Lumber Co. | 1,000,000 | Pacific Wireless Tel. Co. | *5,000,000 | |
Caloris Mfg. Co. | 250,000 | Reynolds Alaska Dev. Co. | 3,500,000 | |
Collins Wireless Telegraph | 1,000,000 | Richards Pub. Co., Boston | 1,000,000 | |
Columbia Mutual Lumber Co. | *1,500,000 | Round Mt. Red Top Mfg. Co. | 1,000,000 | |
Central Life Securities Co. | *2,000,000 | Radio Wireless Telephone | 2,000,000 | |
Calumet & Laeblac Traction Co. | *2,000,000 | Republic Life Ins. | *2,000,000 | |
Continental Wireless & Tel. Co. | *1,000,000 | Rendall Steel Co. | *1,000,000 | |
De Forest Wireless Telegraph | 10,000,000 | Standard Smelting & Refining Co. | 580,280 | |
De Friede Globe Tower Co. | 3,000,000 | Standard Amalgamator Co. | 62,500 | |
Dey Right System Co. | 1,000,000 | Spencer Co. | 500,000 | |
Dunlap Carpet Co. | *1,000,000 | Sierra Madre Land & Lumber Co. | 10,000,000 | |
Empire Leasing Co. | 500,000 | Schellenburger Wire Bound Fruit Crate Co. | *5,000,000 | |
E. D. Shepard & Co. and other affiliated companies | 11,500,000 | Siddalls Soap Co. | *2,000,000 | |
El Progresso Banana Co. | 1,000,000 | Standard Salt Co. | *1,000,000 | |
Electric Signagraph & Semaphone Co. | *2,000,000 | Toledo, Wabash & St. Louis Electric R. R. | 6,000,000 | |
Ellsmere Farm Co. | *1,000,000 | Talkaphone Co. | 1,000,000 | |
Fox Optical Co., Philadelphia | 1,000,000 | Texas-Portland Cement Co. | 3,000,000 | |
Fidelity Funding Co. | 5,000,000 | United Wireless Co. | 20,000,000 | |
Fair View Hailstone Co. | *1,000,000 | U. S. Graphite Co. | 2,000,000 | |
Geyserite Soap Co. | 2,000,000 | Vitak Co. | *1,000,000 | |
Great Northern Coal Co. | *1,000,000 | Western Multiphone Operating Co. | 1,000,000 | |
Holcomb Automatic Engine Co. | *2,000,000 | Westmoreland Automatic Shoe Cleaning Co. | *1,000,000 | |
Honduras Rubber Co. | *1,000,000 | $448,269,780 | ||
*Capitalization estimated |
PROMOTERS ON A WHOLESALE SCALE | ||||
(a) George Graham Rice: | ||||
6.-- | Happy Jack Copper Mining Co. | |||
1.-- | The Sullivan Trust Co. | 7.-- | J. C. Kernahan Co. | |
2.-- | Eagle Nest Fairview Mining | 8.-- | The British American Mining Co. | |
3.-- | As You Like It Mining Co. | 9.-- | Toledo, Wabash & St. Louis Electric Railway. | |
4.-- | Lou Dillon Mining Co. | 10.-- | Pioneer Cab Signal Co. | |
5.-- | Great Bend Mining Co. | 11.-- | Ellsmere Farm Co. | |
6.-- | Jumping Jack Mining Co. | 12.-- | Round Mountain Central Mining Co. | |
7.-- | Stray Dog Mining Co. | 13.-- | The Vitak Co. | |
8.-- | Indian Camp Mining Co. | 14.-- | The Rawhide Tarantula Mining Co. | |
9.-- | Fairview Hailstone Mining Co. | 15.-- | Peoples Associated Oil Co. | |
10.-- | Furnace Creek South Extension Mining Co. | 16.-- | Coalingo Aladdin Oil Co. | |
11.-- | Rawhide Coalition. | 17.-- | Buick Oil Co. | |
12.-- | Rawhide Queen. | 18.-- | California Eucalyptus Timber Co. | |
13.-- | Ely Central Copper Co. | 19.-- | Red Top Mining & Leasing Co. | |
14.-- | Bovard Consolidation Mining Co. | |||
15.-- | South Quincy Mining Co. | (c) A. L. Wisner: | ||
16.-- | B. H. Scheftels & Co. | |||
1.-- | Amalgamated Mining & Oil Co. | |||
(b) Burr Bros.: | 2.-- | Murchie Mines Consolidated. | ||
3.-- | Empire Gold Mining Co. | |||
1.-- | The New York & Chicago Electric Air Line. | 4.-- | Philippine Plantation Co. | |
2.-- | Electric Signagraph & Semaphore Co. | 5.-- | California & New York Oil Co. | |
3.-- | Talkaphone Co. | 6.-- | California Monarch Oil Co. | |
4.-- | Lincoln Lots. | 7.-- | American Midway Oil Co. | |
5.-- | Stock in their own Fiscal Agency. | 8.-- | Hale-McLeod Oil Co. |
ARRESTED BY GOVERNMENT ON CHARGES OF FRAUD | |||
1.-- | All the officers of Burr Brothers, Flatiron Bldg., New York. | ||
2.-- | Benson and Charles Bidwell, promoters of The Bidwell Cold Storage Motor Co., Chicago. Convicted. | ||
3.-- | Charles E. Ellis and W. E. Graves, promoters of The Kornit Manufacturing Co. Convicted. | ||
4.-- | Cardenio F. King, promoter of The King-Crowther Oil Co., The Alton Manufacturing Co., and The Adlurem Medicine Co. Convicted. | ||
5.-- | S. A. Phillips, head of the Northwestern Fiscal Agency, St. Paul. Confederate of Cardenio F. King. Convicted. | ||
6.-- | R. L. Bernier, Chicago and New York. Also a confederate of Cardenio F. King. | ||
7.-- | George Graham Rice, Barney Scheftels, and other officers of B. H. Scheftels & Co. | ||
8.-- | Officers of Paul Morris & Co., Philadelphia, Pa. Convicted. | ||
9.-- | W. H. Wintemute, New York City. Promoter of the Gold Run Mining & Tunneling Co., also of the Redman Mining, Milling and Smelting Co. Now in the Tombs. | ||
10.-- | Officers of The El Progresso Banana Co. and International Finance Co., New York. | ||
11.-- | T. M. Henderson, St. Louis, Mo. Promoter of The Great Western Mining Co., and Afterthought Copper Co. | ||
12.-- | Officers of the Continental Wireless Telegraph & Telephone Co., into which were merged the Radio Wireless Telephone Co., the Collins Wireless Telephone & Telegraph, the Clark Wireless Telegraph Co., the Massie Wireless Telegraph Co., and Pacific Wireless Telegraph Co. | ||
13.-- | Congressman C. B. Van Duzer. | ||
14.-- | Officers of the Equity Mines Syndicate. | ||
15.-- | Geo. L. McKay and Chas. Colby. Promoters of the Chisna Consolidated Mining Co. and the Island Bay Mining Co. | ||
16.-- | S. M. Biddinson. Promoter of the Central Coal, Lumber and Construction Co., New York City. Convicted by the state authorities. | ||
17.-- | The Rhodus Brothers, Chicago. Promoters of the Mercantile Finance Co., the Central Life Securities Co., and the Republic Life Insurance Co. Also the Mina Grande Mining Co. | ||
18.-- | Promoters of the Storey Cotton Co., Philadelphia, Pa. | ||
19.-- | Promoters of the Provident Cotton Co., Philadelphia, Pa. | ||
20.-- | Nathan Fries. | ||
21.-- | Arnold & Co., St. Louis, Mo. | ||
22.-- | Baldwin Cotton Co., Chicago. | ||
23.-- | Peter Whitney, New York City. | ||
24.-- | C. H. Reall, head of Reall & Co., New York City. | ||
25.-- | H. A. Blackmur, Jr., head of J. Fulton Rogers & Co., N. Y. Convicted. | ||
26.-- | J. Overton Paine. Tipster. Newark, N. J. | ||
27.-- | Wallace H. Hopkins, Promoter of the Consolidated Zinc Co., Chicago. | ||
28.-- | Eugene Davis and Edward C. Bryan. Promoters of the Capacaya Mining Co., Washington, D. C. | ||
29.-- | George W. Emanuel and Labarree. Promoters of the Dos Estrellas Mines and Development Co. Convicted. | ||
30.-- | Dey-Right System, Philadelphia, Pa. Closed as a fraud. | ||
31.-- | Promoters of the Patuxent Harbor Improvement Co., New York City. | ||
32.-- | J. B. Russell, Lima, O. | ||
33.-- | Henry B. Wade. Promoter of the Friede Globe Tower Co., New York. | ||
34.-- | J. Harry Mansfield. Known as Red Letter Mansfield. | ||
35.-- | Big Mitt Henning for running a discretionary scheme. | ||
36.-- | The officers of the Redeemable Investment Co., Boston. | ||
37.-- | William Westcott Bridgeman, Nutley, N. J. | ||
38.-- | Officers of the United Wireless Co., New York City. The De Forest Wireless was merged into this company. | ||
39.-- | The National Coöperative Oil & Refining Co. Closed as a fraud by the Government. | ||
40.-- | Standard Grain Co., Cleveland, Ohio. | ||
41.-- | Clarence Vaughan, Minneapolis. Operated discretionary pool. | ||
42.-- | W. W. Degge, Boulder, Colo. Promoter of the Wellington Association and a dozen other similar schemes. | ||
43.-- | Ubero Plantation Co., Boston. | ||
44.-- | The Nutriola Co., Chicago. Closed as a fraud by the Government. | ||
45.-- | New Jersey Mineral Co., Newark, N. J. Closed as a fraud by the Government. | ||
46.-- | Post True Principle Co., East St. Louis, Mo. Closed as a fraud. | ||
47.-- | The Merchants' Grain & Brokerage Co., St. Louis, Mo. | ||
48.-- | Officers of the International Gold Mining Co., Kansas City, Mo. | ||
49.-- | Geo. G. Munroe of Munroe & Munroe, New York City. | ||
50.-- | Geo. Robinson. Fake agent for wireless stocks. | ||
51.-- | Illinois Oil Bond Co. Branded as fraud by California State Mineralogist. | ||
52.-- | Fountain Oil Co. Branded as fraud by California State Mineralogist. | ||
53.-- | Paxton Oil Bond Co. Branded as fraud by California State Mineralogist. | ||
54.-- | American Duchess Oil Co. Branded as fraud by California State Mineralogist. | ||
55.-- | High Gravity United Oil Co. Branded as fraud by California State Mineralogist. All above Chicago frauds. | ||
56.-- | The Philippine Plantation Co. Declared a fraud. | ||
IN HIDING | |||
1.-- | J. J. Bamberger. | ||
2.-- | Gaylord M. Wiltshire. Not under indictment, but postal authorities are very desirous of seeing him. | ||
3.-- | Dr. Richard C. Flower. | ||
4.-- | Dr. J. Grant Lyman. | ||
5.-- | Charles R. Barlow. | ||
6.-- | Geo. Livingston Richards. Boston. | ||
BIG FRAUDS WHICH HAVE GONE UNPUNISHED | |||
1.-- | The Leffler Electric System, Chicago. | ||
2.-- | The Mitchell Mining Co., New York City. | ||
3.-- | The McKinley Mining & Smelting Co., Philadelphia, Pa. | ||
4.-- | The Penn-Wyoming Copper Co., Grand Encampment, Wyoming. | ||
5.-- | The Bishop Creek Gold Mining Co., New York City. | ||
6.-- | Hoosac Tunnel & Mining Co., Chicago. | ||
7.-- | The La Luz Mining & Tunnelling Co., Philadelphia, Pa. | ||
8.-- | The Multiphone Operating Co., New York City. | ||
9.-- | The Eastern Consolidated Oil Co., Hartford, Conn. | ||
10.-- | The Holcomb Automatic Engine Co., Chicago. | ||
11.-- | Victoria Chief Copper Mining Co., New York City. | ||
12.-- | Siddalls Soap Co. | ||
13.-- | Spencer and Empire Leasing Co. Both New York City fakes. | ||
14.-- | Greene Gold & Silver Co. | ||
15.-- | E. D. Shepard & Co. New York City bond dealers. | ||
16.-- | Fidelity Funding Co., New York City. | ||
17.-- | Ellsworth Co., New York City. | ||
18.-- | American Nickel Co., New York City. | ||
19.-- | Chanute Oil and Gas Co., Chanute, Kans. | ||
20.-- | Northern Coal Co. | } | All promoted by Hugo Van Hagan and Henry N. Roach. |
21.-- | Standard Salt Co. | ||
22.-- | Kent Coal Co. | ||
23.-- | Crown Coal Co. | ||
24.-- | Great Northern Coal Co. | ||
25.-- | Douglas Lacey & Co. | ||
26.-- | A. L. Wisner & Co. | ||
27.-- | Caloris Manufacturing Co., Philadelphia, Pa. | ||
28.-- | The Sullivan Trust Co. | ||
29.-- | The International Zinc Co. | ||
30.-- | Joshua Brown & Co. | ||
31.-- | Union Security Co., Chicago, Ill. | ||
32.-- | The Brewer Mining & Leasing Co. | ||
33.-- | Ollalla Copper Mining & Milling Co., New York City. | ||
34.-- | The Mergenthaler Horton Basket Machine Co. | ||
35.-- | The Schellenburger Wire Bound Fruit Crate Co. | ||
36.-- | The Dunlap Carpet Co., Philadelphia, Pa. | ||
37.-- | The Amalgamated Mining & Oil Co. | ||
38.-- | The Richards Publishing Co., Boston, Mass. | ||
THE STERLING DEBENTURE CORPORATION | |||
This corporation has successfully mixed flamboyant promotion with legitimate underwriting. It is the most striking example of a concern "on the edge" between reputable banking and disreputable promotion. Here is a list of the principal companies in the last five years: | |||
1.-- | American Telegraphone. | ||
2.-- | Dictograph Co. | ||
3.-- | Telepost. | ||
4.-- | Oxford Linen Mills. | ||
5.-- | Eastern Underwear Mfg. Co. | ||
6.-- | Dartika Co. (Rubber plantation in Guiana.) | ||
7.-- | Union Savings Bank & Trust, Sunnyside, Wash. | ||
8.-- | Texas Loan & Guaranty. | ||
9.-- | Boston Securities Co. |