Show BE AMERICAN BUY AMERICAN people are growing more concerned over ovel what to do with their savings it is one reason for the rapid building of homes and for the increasing interest of individuals in ill acquiring ilig shares of stock in oper operating it ing companies providing necessary products and services to the nation only a limited number of persons can call own a bLIS business alone but Cu countless millions through stock ownership can acquire part ownership in ili any number of companies or corporations if the same caution is used in ill buying in a share of stock as is used in buying a town lot or farm tile the savings gs of a 1 purchaser P are equally secure the average stockholder in many mally of our business corporations today owns no more than forty or fifty shares of stock it is registered in the books of the i company and is legal evidence of tile the shares lie he owns ilis his ini number niber of shares determines the extent of his interest in ill tile the company in the profits it may earn and tile the risks it assumes les stockholders have the right to elect tile the men xv who ho direct lire et aj their companas comp anys policy the same as they have a right to vote and elect the men who run their f government Overlin lent tile the directors of a company must report to tile the stockholders on oil tile the com coln banys operations the hundreds of companies whose securities are listed and in sold afi on the new york stock exchange are required b by law and by rules of the exchange to make available i information 11 to r a which is essential to clear a understanding of a co com banys financial condition it is good american practice to own homes hollies insurance policies savings accounts automobiles and stocks in the companies which serve this nation whether you own one share or a thousand you own an all interest in a business which is a living part of your country |