Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 21, 1910, Page 6

HOW I Started the Investment Busmess and WHY I Made a Success.of It THOMAS C. PERKINS s IVE years ago 1 started this busi- nessw:nthfourstrong ConVlCthl'lS in my‘ mind: ' Myfi:rstconwcnon was, that while the business of selling high-grade invest- vians!ymes’ . Telghe cted, might have been perfectly satis- %m‘y o the officers of banks and trust com- panfes, financial institu- tions end some large in- vestors,itwas by no means satisfactory to the great army of small investors scattered all over New England and the Eastern States. ([ 'very one of these small investors can o0 .' per.and buy a Da ag § a < ES but how many of them know where to gg m~'- of advice to enable them to invest their savings, rmgwr- dollars up, in safe hat will pay them 6% S ll 1CS Q“ whach 1s the prevailing rate for ...._." eir share of the inc o wealth and pros- DEIILY Ol country. My oecond conviction was, that if thebest investment securities were offmd to these small investors, so could buy them bgemml, it woul result in one of the lar- gest/ investment businesses in this cowmIys My third conviction was, that confidencc is the true foundation on which to buil sucoessful lasting business in the scllmg of investment aecuritics. _in, or @ My fourth conviction was, that if a man - engaged in this business was honest, ener- getic, industrious, and possessed of sound judgment as to the value of good investment securities, the public would ultimately find him out. @ With these convictions or articles of faith, 1 started the business of selling high-grade investment securities by mail, first in and about Hartford, then later throughout the State of Connecticut., (At the end of the FIRST YEAR I found that I had sold over two hundred thousand dollars® worth of high-grade investment securities by mail. This aeemed to me to be a very good start. . The SECOND YEAR 1 sold over four hundred thousand dollars’ worth of high- ngc investment securities, mostly by mail. QCThe THIRD YEAR I sold over geven hundred thousand dollars’ worth of high- RN TRy T B YR AR, 7T P » _grade investment securities, mostly by mail. . The FOURTH YEAR 1 sold over nine hundred thousand dollars’ jworth of high- grade investment securitics, mostly by mail. @, This increase in my business is due solely to the fact that I sell good, honest, invest- ment securities, and because every customer 1 make mes my friend, and whenever he has any more money to invest, or his friends have any, he either comes in, writes fri to me. G_My business now has extended all over the New England States, and many of the Eastern States, and during the past year I have sold over One Million, Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars worth of high- grade investment securitics by mail to small investors. a1 de:lecim exclusively in high - iqvecti mcnt ties, consisting o UNICI] United States Government Bong:s, State own, Gity and County Bonds Guar- Stocks, etc., many of ' which nre legal forSavings Banks and Trust Funds. @I make a specialty of the stocks and bonds of dividend- Eleetric Light and Gas i m in the largest cities of of some of the best known and.most prosperous New B:‘fhnd Cotton Mills, Textile Mills and Industrial Corporations. nodifference where you live, if @It makes yo X you have $100, $1,000, or 310:000 to invest, ou can do business with me by mail to your . your bank Q.1f I can obtain your confidence in my personal integrity, judgment and knowle of the class of securities that return the h:ig est rate of interest consistent with absolute safety of principal, I will secure by'a logical and common-sense method what is virtually a franchise from you to supply you with investments. @.Such a franchise is stronger and more enduring than can be obtained by legislative enactment. This is the kind of franchise 1 am after. QI know that I deserve your confidence. (. The large business that I have already built up throughout the New England and Eastern States and my personal record will stand the very closest investigation. . Therefore, I beg to suggest that you ask or any large institution with whom you are connected, to get for you a cial report on me, cither from the R. G. un Mercantile Association or the Brad- street Company. Q.1 would also be glad to have you ask any of the following tfilrty-hve leading bank- and trust companies in the New En~' States and New York State, with w carry deposits and do business, wha think of me and the kind of securities Albany, N. Y., National Commercial Bank Bangor, Maine, Fastern Banking & Trust C. Boston, Mass., American Trust Company Boston, Mass., First National Bank Brattleboro, Vt., Vermont National Bank Bristol, Conn., Bristol Trust Co. Collinsville, Conn., Canton Trust Company Fitchburg, Mass., Safety Fund National Ban/ Hartford, Conn., Atna National Bank Hartford, Conn., State Bank Hartford, Conn., Fidelity Trust Company Hartford, Conn., American National Bank Hartford, Conn., Hartford Trust Company - Hartford, Conn., City Bank Hartford, Conn., Hartford National Bank Hnrtfnrd Conn., Riverside Trust Company Hartford, Conn., Connecticut River Banking ( Holyoke, Mass., Home National Bank Meriden, Conn., Home National Bank New Haven, Conn., National Tradesmen Ban! North Adams, Mass., North Adams Trust Co. Norwich, Conn., Thames Loan & Trust Co. Pittsfield, Mass., Berkshire Loan & Trust Co. Portland, Maine, Portland National Bank Providence, R. I, National Exchange Bank \ Providence, R. 1., Union Trust Company Springfield, Mass., The Springfield National Ban Springfield, Mass., Third National Bank Springfield, Mass., Sp’f’d Safe Deposit & Trust C Stamford, Conn., Stamford Trust Company Seymour, Conn.. Seymour Trust Company Waterbury, Conn., Colonial Trust Co. ‘Woestfield, Mass., First National Bank ‘Willimantic, Conn., Windham National Bank ‘Worcester, Mass., Merchants National Bank (. The day you write me we will | well started on the rozd to doin; business together. { Write me today, "THOMAS C. PERKINS CONNECTICUT MUTUAL BUILDING, HARTFORD, CONN.