Show p- p fl SELLING MINING SHARES A broker firm in in New York City with branch in other cities was br broken ken up up upa a and d employees employees em em- w were e arrested with the pr principals on oil a u charge of misuse of the United States mails in iii sending letters to people a advising them to tu buy cor- cor Fain aiu tain mining stocks We Ve are arc not at this time thue going going gong go go- ing ng to this particular case beyond asking ii if all that proves lIoves to be true who is going to establish ish lish that it was fraudulent advice 7 S Suppose the prospects prove o be bc mines then what 1 I IVe We Ve notice frequently a full page advertisement of Some gome linn firm that has luts a tract of real estate in a aNew New Y York City suburb that the lots will ill lu tUl I be higher be-higher higher soon That is intend intended d not for fIM New York City readers but for outsiders Is that a misuse of the mails When men purchase stocks in mining prospects what is their thought I Is it for a permanent investment in in- vestment or 01 j ip it it a gamble with a hope to multiply their investment ten or a hundred or a thousand thousand- fold fold if the oi O-l ore is struck or to to lose what they put in n in ill case paying ore ore bodies bodies are are n not t found 1 One of the most prominent citizens of Salt Lake vas was vas put in the Tom Tombs bs in New NewYork York on a a. a charge of selling wildcat mining stocks i A year later men men were clamoring for the tIle stock at times imes the price he le was offering it at and the mine was a famous dividend d payer for twe twenty ty years New York jankers do not want their customers to buy mining stocks their commissions are too small fh They y would rather unload on the vary un unwary at par railroad railroad rail rail- road bonds tha that cost them 80 SO cents And generally generally generally gener gener- gener- gener ally the brokers of New York are not much different different different differ differ- ent from the rest of the world S S me me of them ar argood argood are aregood I good men m Som are al e busy looking out out for fOl the main chance Only this is a reasonably free country and there is no crime in asking a Juan man to buy shares hares in an honest prospect that looks to all who see it as though it had th the making of a mine |