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shows you a handsome profit, Manlattoy ot be advisable to take this. as vise bus paying you well and has The thlehem Electrica! is a Sree concerns which has not as yet got Bef Side, and-is not yet paying dividends. ‘The company’s officials speak optimistically of its future. sould pot ied vite you tp el ata id dividend payer would be prefer- los but 8 °9 per cent- frst mortgage Florida real Susie bonds offered by the companies adver- tising in Jupce are reliable and safe. ; S. Euwanera, N. J.: The Standard Oil Co. of N. J. bas denied the recent rumor that it was out to retire its preferred stock. While the company’s future seems to be perfectly well | it is. not making a very satisiactory holders of common stock. ‘The com- return fo oot melon cutting added nothing to the Pime of stockholders. Unless the dividend ropoms increased, of which there is no present ign, it would be better to buy shares that make igher yield. . “RY Aroows, Pa: Penn. RR. Company's 5s, Bell Telephone Company of Penn. 5s., Phila., Rapid Transit’ Company's real estate 6s, and Penn. Central Light & Power Company’s first and ref. bonds are all meritorious and dependable issues. If you wish to sell three of these bonds it might, be just as well to dispose of the three which will bring the highest price. * B, Mazes, W. Va.: You have a fair profit on your fifty shares of Ludlum Steel paying only 82 ‘ayear, and you could wisely take it and invest the in American Steel Foundries, common, ing $8 and quoted several potas below Lud- Pr hres ‘market price. By. so doing you will get into a stronger organization. Bethlehem Steef'common is beginning to come back, owin to the corporation's improved outlook. Dividend: on this stock may not soon be resumed, but it still looks like a moderately good speculation. K,, Queens Vittace, N. Y.: Penn. Seaboard Steel is one of the ordinary producers of steel goods. ‘The company has not been a money maker and its prospects are not bright. It cannot be fore- seen at this time whether it would eventually pay you to hold on to the stock. The safer course would be to di of it when you can do so without loss and buy a dividend payer, such as for instance Norwalk Tire and Rubber, selling about $15 and paying $1.60 yearly. LN. ¥. Crrv:_ The Pyramid Bond and Mort- gage Co.'s literature which you sent me leaves much unexplained. It does not tell the capita zation, the earnings or the dividend rates. The How to Analyze a First Mortgage Bond YOU are a bond-owner or a prospective purchaser of bonds, you will find this folder, “How to Analyze a First Mort- gage Bond” most valuable in measuring your present hold- ings or those you contemplate purchasing, Fill in and mail the coupon be- low for your copy of this valu- able booklet. Use it as a guide in theselection of yourinvestments. THE STRAUSS CORPORATION Penobscot Bldg., Detroit, Micu. Hellman Bank Bidg., Los ANGELES NEW YORK Strauss Investing Corporation 300 Madison Avenue ---——— COUPON == — === THE STRAUSS CORPORATION 9th Floor Penobscot Building DETROIT, MICH. Please’ Send me without obligation your Booklet “How to Analyze a First Mortgage Newnes 23 a8 dt Addresa. oo tt ek City. concern does not aj to be strong. It would be wiser for you, instead of buying mere stock, whose returns are not definite a1 ure, to put your money into first-class first mortgage real estate bonds making a sure and liberal return. H., Laxesvitte, Ky.: The Boissanonlt Co., Inc, bas been in a more or less unsettled condition, and the very low price of its stock reveals its purely speculative r._ I do not advise its purchase. As tee the cheap Semen bonds offered you, they are only a gamble and any money you may pay out for them would probably be lost. C., Gmarp, Kans.: How often do you expect a company to pay dividends? Endicott-Johnson's latest quarterly-dividend was received by you ober 1. The next payment is due about January 1, 1926. Naturally until that time the company will not pay another dividend, but on that date, and probably many years afterward, the company will continue to pay dividends. ‘The company is prosperous and reports increas- ing earnings. S.. Mipwavkze, Wis.: The Long Bell Lumber Co. Class A stock is attractive at present price and a good long pull investment. “Dodge Brothers pfd. 1s one of the best business man’s investments in the market. Although the Long Bell stock yields over 8 per cent. on market price, and Endicott-Johnson is reasonably safe, my preference would be Dodge Bros. pfd., because it is a preferred and not a common stock. Better put your $500 in it. M., Los Axcetes, Cat: How long brokers would permit a margin well kept to run must be learned directly from them. Standard Oil of N. J. common is not a good issue to buy on margin. Its dividend (81) is too low to ey carrying and commissions. This applies to most other Standard Oil ‘sl American Steel Foundries gumen, avin &3 and quoted shout 45, and ros. pfd., paying 7 per cent. and quot at about 86, seem better, both as investments and as tions for the time being than most Standard oe <i H., New Yorx Crrr: Canaday inger Ale stock is selling much too high for opt and its prospects. It has declined considerably from its highest price. Reo Motor is a pretty well seasoned stock and is paying a liberal dividend on the market price. The company is doing well and its shares are preferable to Ginger Ale stock. B., Gazewwoon, Muss.: As one of the too many radio companies in this country and as a non-dividend », Freed-Eisemann has little to show to e its stock attractive. Radio business has been overdone as is shown by the Freat dtop of this company’s hares from their he mn Noiseless nypewiter stock ought even’ to be worth while but at present it 1s still tive and a non-dividend payer. F., Cutcaco, Inu: The Midland Utilities Company is a strong and well backed organization and its 7 per cent. prior lien pfd. stock is a desir- able issue, The company earned over $18 per share on this stock in . There is no funded debt, so that the position of the prior lien pfd. is most fevorable. New York, December 19, 1925. Free Booklets for Investors The Strauss Corporation maintains that its first mortgage real estate bonds offer to conserva- tive investors the highest yield consistent with the highest safety. Among the factors of safety underlying these issues are properties produciny sufficient income to cover operative expenses ani ents of interest and principal when due; independent appraisals of properties ‘on which loans are made; security behind the bonds worth twice their amount, and a reduction in outstandit bonds each year..""Those desirous of getting ful details of these issues should send fr booklet (J-1212), “The Strauss Type of Bond,” to the Strauss Investing Corporation, $00 Madison avenue, New York City. |. C. Schauble & Con 68-65 Wall street, New York City, will send to any applicant the names of five listed New York stocks which are in good position, and which are selling very much lower then in 1924. Write for salletin Dt irst mortgage real estate bonds paying 8 per cent. and secured by select income’ preducng property in Miami, Fla., a rapidly growing city, are offered (on partial ents if desired) by the Southern Bond and Mortgage Co., 508 Colonial Building, ae Fie. ee company invites ose who would doul money in nine to send for its booklet telling the how and the why of this investment proposition. ince 8 per cent. is the legal rate of interest. in Florida, and is established also by custom, housing conditions money demands, the Trust Com- pany of Florida, Miami, Fla., declares that funds may be invested safely in its 8 per cent. first mortgage real estate bonds. The com; will furnish to any interested investor facts and showing the merits and attractiveness of Income producing business ies in Miami, “the Concrete City,” are back of the 8 per cent. first mortgage estate dealt in by Filer Cleaveland Co., 2512 “Belford Building, Miami, Fla. 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