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Show BROOM COM KIKG. ROSEBOOM HAS MAD S2.000,-. S2.000,-. OCO IN TWO YEARS. A Camp'. of the Mrn Whs Gala Fortanee bj Chances Bad Manipulations f the alarket rrlce Till Uaa Started H Small Scale. W. L. Roeeboom, the broom corn king of Chicago, has made almost 2-0CO;OCO 2-0CO;OCO in the past two years out o an almost unknown commodity. Compared Com-pared with wheat and corn and other products which are the mediums of exchange and speculation in large boards of trade throughout thewoilJ, the fortune this Chlcagoan has amassed out of broom corn Is remarkable. Tears ago Mr. Roseboom entered the business and became thoroughly acquainted ac-quainted with the broom corn belt of Illinois, which is a tract of land covering cov-ering approximately a district 40 miles EQuare. In this district upward cf three-quarters of the entire broom list, wipl W. L. ROSEBOOM. torn crop of the country is raised. Recently Re-cently a terrific wind and rain storm did about 31,000,000 damage to growing grow-ing grain from which brooms and brushes are largely made. When this storm came upon tie farmers who cultivate the corn over 7,000 tons of the product was held by a Chicago concern which is controlled by Mr. Roseboom. Conservative estimates esti-mates place the rife in price at 5 cents per pound, which rvould net a profit of 3700,000 to - the Roseboom company. The indications point to a higher rise, and it is considered by experts that the profits will easily reach the 31,000,000 mark for this season alone. For 30 years Mr. Roseboom has besn engaged in dealing in the product which has brought him his larg? fortune. He ttarted out on a small scale, his business taking him through Newman and the other cities In central cen-tral Illinois which form the principal points in the broom corn country. He has corespondents all through the district, who keep in constant communication com-munication with him. The past two years have yielded him the bulk of his fortune, his gains in that period being be-ing estimated at $2,000,000. |