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All hail lu'iMi villi liillfli tiflmil tills II'-, llin II MIHMI i ianl hi name. .Mail) i wli mMaUi' wcrm I M- I'yle ' atlnnlliiii I'ii iiinpiv Mr. Iyl wAiiM r, uai uen itrnuiiiiia ii(ii-iiili fur II- I'rmci' lliitierl. Tit v had lnen rmilri'i rvrrv iinltli- of liquor I wnrelnw-e. No Rupirt Orders ;i w j.prmilii-il in il.-.-:i, iainal nfnril ami pnfrn, llinn you llOifll llf IIM iltoff. i ' iliiuly vrmilil Im I In-i":: ifu .Mi. I'aliiwre. tuiut f." replied Mr. . 11k i'I.II I lJi it MM i' ieae il at Hint." I M l'a inure. l' ir ilniril 1 1 4 it I be 'ha i u orupr inr n nnr- 'p lluporl or thai i .ii' .itip ele limn a- Iip knew, no IJ-,;td Hi'Pn Iillil. ! 'im nrnim uiiH hi i IJip wort i n' in NnrUirrr i l :. Put mora. ;. look trrnuou Riirlt u i(irMln(i; r r liail unlliinj; '4i" f ra. M l'aiin'r of u. i iv m liriner ir- r .ir to trjinlitf ii I'u il- lart-.l llml lh ii iiriM- to lrt v Iip wilna. . uio ruli-il Mr. I'aU mil, tWIarina' r. s i r i in fnl :'sirs nml ilial. n Ur '.' ii. -v of IJir wllll, 0 he hail nlrpmly Kl I'VdlPUPP n intpt4r Again a.n. PX-Lupior lloaM w;i llifii rnlli'il lo lln II' n.iii Im' IiuiI sri pii Mr n - : iiioii. ami I hat f liail piimplipil wllh It' liail allow pi iln luiup-sHiiinPiit to varimi I Iip anp crew anil, w iisinn. liml ailvipl Mr. ( afp u mall MilpiiKMit limn iimliT iito naini' of 'Mill T.lfillAi. .if lii ii... I., rt -i .t i ii iiiiii. - ii viinmi int'iniipri i' :i - n-pw luul hppn takoti a lr -.pivlnr Mlllflr. 1.pI- i'lta Ihi lino, wrillpn by n Mr. Miller, wore if f-vii..nce. i:pryllilnK " ' in (iii iiiiiii in iLaiin.vi.f a.i r.. .. . 1 1 iiio-ii ji iur .iir, k;jpv i nmln duty, 11 ll Mrkl.l l .. II. .. niir iip ri'f- mill fppnnl of ltnpnrl. ami p kppi. 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Mr. Ilosner " mi i or ihi trip wllno.HO hail Iippfi m tppt,,in wilhnut liim. rninmnry .fur Mr, llnsnor on the Amorioan boat and THE DAILY PAGE FIVC IMMENSE PROFIT POSSIBILITIES IN HAMBURG 4y2 BONDS In Uie year 1919 the City of Hamburg (Cernmny). floated a loan. Thii loan wa. imn" "c lhe Hainbu'K 4'2 State Loan of 13 ,,,e Bond fotmms Prt r l 1 of thii loan are the iecuritie which potwt po$ibilit!e$ of earning profit up to 32,000 on the capital amount invested today. Hamburg 4l2ri Bondi represent a direct obligation of the City of Hamburg juit ai City of Montreal Bondi or City of Winnipeg Hondi repreent a direct obligation of the City of Montreal or the City of Winnipeg. In Germany. City of Hamburg Bondi are legal inveitmenti for truit fundi and saving bank; in ihort: the prime type of security. Canadian Municipal or City Bondi are payable, that ii. they are bought, sold and redeemed with Canadian Moneyi likewise German Municipal or Gty Bond are payable in German Money i.e.. marki. The Paper Mark, or wlwt i known as such, having no value, it might be thought that the Bond which are payable in that money or currency are also without value. It is not so, however. Hamburg AVift Bonds are not only worth hundreds of dollars in cold cash today, but they will be worth much more in the future. We can best judge by comparison. Take for example: City of Toronto Bondi, a $100 City of Toronto Bond today is worth $100.00, perhaps more, in Canadian Money; Canadian Money consists of Note issued by lite Canadian Government: every 51.00 Note is theoretically worth $1.00 in Gold. Supposing, however, the Canadian Government was to print many millions of Dollar Bill without at the same time increasing the Gold Reserve; it is obvious that if there was no real demand for the new Currency Notes or Dollar Bills, there would be no means of securing the necessary Gold Reserve what would happen? Simply thias those Notes or Bills which were already in circulation would loe some of their value since the newer Notes would share- in the theoretical disbursement of what was in Reserve. Inflation Defined The process of issuing Currency Notes without adding to Gold Reerve is known as Inflation, i.e.. the Money becomes inflated. To return to our supposition: if this process ol inflation were continued for very long, Canadian! would loon lose all sense of the actual Cold Value of their Currency and it would be found necessary to measure its value with the value of some Currency that was tound, Tel. worth its Face Value in Cold. During the Great War such a currency was the United Slates Dollar. If the inflation process should continue until I Canadian Dollar ($1.00) was worth only 25 Cents ($0.25) in American Money and conversely I American Dollar ($1.00) woild be worth 4 Canadian Bills ($4.00), it can thus be seen that a Gty of Toronto Bond of a Par or Face Value of $ 1 .00 could b bought for 25 American Dollars ($25.00). If we will fuither suppose that a period of a -few yean elapses between the date on wlu'ch it would take 100 American Dollars ($100.00) as well as 100 Canadian Dollars ($J00.00) to buy a $100 Gty of Toronto Bond, and the date on which it required only 25 American Dollars ($25.00). while it still required 100 Canadian Dollars ($100.00) to purchase the same Bond we will have a good idea of the situation in German Municipal Bonds today. When the City of Toronto calli its Bondi for Redemption, which we suppose the City will do at the end of the two-year period, it is obvious that if the bond holders are offer , ed. Canadian Dollars that are worth only one-quarter (') their Face Value in Cold when the Bonds were issued, a great injustice will be done them. Moreover, it is extremely unlikely that the bondholders would accept depreciated Paper Money in payment of their charges on the City of Toionto. Situation in Germany That is just what happened in Germany after the Great War. Wealth invested in Government and Municipal lecurities was literally wiped almost out of existence by the Inflation of German Money. Our example of a City of Toronto Bond that supposedly loies three-quarters (J4) of its Face Gold Value ii almost farcical in comparison with the Josses in Cold Values which took place in German Government and Municipal Bonds. A classical indication of the extent of the Depreciation in Gold Values resultant upon the Inflation of Germnn Money is furnished by the fact that 1000-Mark Bonds were never traded in alone: Bonds were dealt in that aggregated millions of Marki. A Bond transaction that involved $238,000.00 would have attracted some attention before the War, yet in 1923, The Investment House of C. M. Cordasco & Company, sold many millions of Marks in German' Government Bonds for a few tens of dollars before the War the same transactions would have involved millions of Dollars. The greatest example of Currency Inflation that the world has ever known, took kH ( I nionry. It wa n colled on ilollvpry pfoponilinn. i thlpplnn to Alaska "You knew thai UiiIIpcI Slnlcs did not' allow the Importation of linnor? Yntt kncV VoUfprttl Acl?" aaki'il more. "Yes. 1 hail rend replied Mr. Walsh. place in Germany during the years that followed the War. In fact, the Cold Value of the German Mark depreciated from January 1st. 1919. to November 29th, 1923. to such an extent that the Mark ceased to function as a Currency and it was necessary to introduce a new Currency. New German Money The new monetary unit is known as the Reichsmark or more commonly the Mark (this sameness of name has led to endless confusion), and it has today a Gold Value of 23 . 8 cents as had the old Mark prior to the War. At the beginning of 1919. 1.000.000 Marks in German Currency had an approximate Cold Value of $122,000.00. just prior to the adoption of the new monetary unit in November. 1923, the Cold Value of 1,000.000 Marks in German Currency was an infinitesimal fraction of a Cent in fact, the depreciation had been so great that German Marks weTe traded in trillions, -ne trillion (1.000,000.000.000) Marks ha ving a Gold Value of about 24 Cents. In spite of the tremendous decrease in the Gold Value of German Currency, German Government Bonds. State. Federal and Municipal issues retained considerable Gold Value in comparison. True enough, their Cold Value was ridiculous by comparison with normal Gold Values (German Government 5 Bonds worth $238,000.00 before the Great War, could be bought for $10.00 or less during the latter months of 1923). but nevertheless, the- gTeat faith of the bondholders that ultimately Cold Marks would be paid where Gold Marks had been received, kept prices up. Prices of German Government Bonds reached their lowest levels at the height of the Inflation period. At that time (in the Fall of 1923). The Investment House of G M. Cordasco fit Company, strongly advised Canadian investors to buy selected German Government and Municipal Bonds. The outlook at that time, however, was one of extreme gloom. All of Europe was in a chaotic condition. Inflation had been taking place in many countries. Confidence was at a low ebb, The problem of reparations was hang' ing fire over the heads of the German people. Many lost faith in the ultimate recovery of Europe to anything approaching pre-war conditions- The Dawes-Young Plan Thn cam the Dawea-Young Plan and the Financial Commissions; uncertainties were removed. The road to future prosperity was laid open. Confidence returned. Hope sprang anew in the breasts of the German people. They agreed to shoulder the Reparations burden. The wheels of industry began to turn once more. Reflecting the new confidence in the future German Government and Municipal Bondi made spectacular rises. Many issues jumped hundreds of dollars overnight The table following illustrates graphically the extent of the first great rise, and gives at the same time an indication of the extent of the previous declines! HimIi. All lallwis par l,M.-)lrV VmH I all t If rail l. lt! rail af 1H4 City f Berlia 4i $5,500.00 $ 9.00 $13,000.00 Brantn 4s .... 8,000.00 12.00 9,000.00 Cobleaz 4s ... 6,750.00 11.00 5,000.00 CoL.nt 4i ... 7,250.00 10.00 18,000.00 Dresden 4s ... 7,000.00 9.50 13,000.00 Essen 4s 7,500.00 9.75 13,000.00 Frankfurt 4s . . 7,500.00 9.75 16,000.00 Liipsi( 4V.i . . 7,500.00 925 13,000.00 Munich 4i ... 7,250.00 19.00 23,000.00 Srutti.rt 4s 7,500.00 12.50 15,000.00 Gar'L War Lsaaj 5s 500.00 6.00 ZM.OO At what was believed to be the top of the first rise; The Investment House of. G M. Cordasco &; Company advised its clients to sell their holdings of Cerman Bonds and take their profits. During the months that followed prices of German Government Bonds held steady around their recently reached levels. At that time the pressure of the Bondholders on the Government to have service resumed, i.e.. payment of principal and interest (which had been temporarily suspended), on Federal, Slate and Municipal Bondi, began to he felt. An election wai only a few months off. Both political partiei promised a careful sonsideration of the demands of the bondholders. Revaluation Explained When Germany had accepted the terms of the Dawes Plan, there was no provision made for the redemption of her own Government. State and Municipal obligations thousands upon thousands had lost their fortunes during the Inflation period; their Bonds had become well-nigh worthless. The recovery of German industry and finance from the date of the acceptance of the Dnwea Plan was so rapid, however, that her nationals perceived that there would be a surplus remaining after the Annuity Payments prescribed by the Dawci Plan and the demand for compensation from the Government on account of losses sustained through the depreciation nhonf lh Mr. iMitniONv- Hid ynu ovor re Mr. Pat- port to (ho ftnvcrnniPni whnl yol Iiiivp been li'llinjr n now1?" about llf" Mr. Walsh---Yes. I used In tell Mr. Miller of the numerous trips. I In the Cold Value of Government securitief became incessant. This compensation was necessarily partial. The Government could not afford to resume service on the full Gold Value of Oerman Bond. The measure of compensation, accordingly, took the form of Revaluation Government Bonds were to be revalued, that is. an agreed upon Rate of Valuation would be made; this Rate would apply on the normal or original Gold Values of the various Bond. To illustrates 10 Revaluation of War Loan Bonds meant 10 of 1.000,000 Mark, each Mark worth 23.8 Cents or 10 of the total $238,000.00 which would be $23.800.00 in Liermany, of course, the Revaluation wa expressed in so many Gold Marks for so many Marks Par Value of Bonds. The Election took place. The Nationalist Party which had promised 15 Revaluation to bondholders came into power. It mult be understood that 15 Revaluation meant that the Government would pay Bondholders 15 of til Gold Value of their holding!. In the oaje of German Government 5 Bonds aggregating 1,000,000 Marks, mentioned heretofore, which were worth $238,-000.00 in 1914. 15 meant a Cold Value pf 150,000 Gold Marks, or $35,700.00. 77ie Revaluation Law A few months after the election a Revaluation Bill was submitted to the German Reichstag (Parliament). This Bill promised only 5 Revaluation and later the rate was still further reduced to 2'2. On July 15th. the Bil was made a law and the first step in fe way of honorable settlement of her nat- jnal obligations was taken by Germany. When it became known that only 2'$ of the Gold Value of German Government Bonds could be expected for the present, the market which had discounted (i.e., risen to or reflected) a much higher figure, fell sharply. The table below indicates the extent of the reaction: AU gaatallaa imt l.4M.Ma-Jaark t ail Haaat. ' lall af lall af 1Z4 im City of Berlia 4i $13,000.00 $ 7,500.00 Brtnti 4s 9,000.00 4,000.00 Cobltni 4s 15.000.00 13,000.00 Colon 4s 18,000.00 8,500.00 Dresden 4s 13,000.00 10,000.00 Essea 4 13,000.00 9,500.00 Frankfurt 4 .. .. 16,000.00 9,000.00 Leipsit; 4V2 13,000.00 8,500.00 Munich 4s 23,000.00 13,000.00 Sruttxart 4 15,000.00 9,500.00, foreruaeni War Lotas 5s 2300.00 700.00 A secondary reaction followed and prices moved still lower. Just prior to and immediately after .the Locarno Conference, howevair-a vigorous recovery set in and all issues are moving into higher ground. During the course of the events depicted above Hamburg A2 Bonds of 1919 followed the course of the market. As the Loan was issued in 1919 when 1.000.000 Marks had a Gold Value of approximately $122,000.00 Gty of Hamburg 4'2 Bonds aggregating (i.e.. denominations making up) a Unit of 1.000.000 Marks had a Cold Value of approximately $122,000.00. In the Fall of 1923. however, the aforementioned Unit had fallen to $6.50, and at the time of the first rise, reached $1,500.00. Today a 1,000,000 Marks Unit in Hamburg 4' Bonds may be bought for as small a sum as $420.00. The Revaluation Law compensating holders of Hamburg 4'i Bonda to the extent of not less than 2Vi of the Gold Value of their holdings places an approximate Gold Value of $3,050.00 on every 1.000.- TABLE SHOWING PROFIT OPPORTUNITIES in the purchase of City of Hamburg 412Bond of 1919 Estimated Par Valuf of Present Bonda it '- Price 100,000 Marks j.v 8 42.00 200.000 Marks ..... 84.00 ' 300,000 Marks 126.00 400,000 Marks 168.00 500,000 Marks 210.00 1,000,000 Marks 420.00 2,000.000 Marks 840.00 5.000,000 Marks 2,100.00 Don t let today s opportunities be tomorrows regrets. Send your order in now, and watch the Foreign Exchange Bulletin (sent, without charge, to our clients) for future developments. THE INVESTMENT HOUSE Or C. M. CORDASCO & COMPANY FOREIGN EXCHANGE FOREIGN MONEY FOREIGN BONDS ' MARCIL TRUST BUILDING 20 ST. JAMES STREET S MONTREAL. CANADA jm a it amck mam I end enclose herewi! th arcaptad chuqua ) t. monjr ortlar j. purchase from you of (lata aiaaaal) I Lntr. of 1919 Series B) which vou are to forward me bv registered mail. I Name. I AddV Mr. Jnlinnre- Did you rr-prirf In Mr. Miller nf Hosticr transferrins llijuor at ttipe pnrlU'ular points Mr. Walsh Yes. r 000 Mark. Unit, or on evsry investment of $420.00. made in Hamburg 4$ Bonds, today. Every $420.09 invested today can,' therefore, earn a profit of $2,630.00. and this is only the first step. Many Cities in Cermany are reported to have made an initial Revaluation of their Bonds at as much as 30, 15 and even 25. We believe that the-City of Hamburg will increase the rate of Revaluation to 5 before long. The financial condition of the Municipal Government has shown great improvement during the past month. When the City of Hamburg increases the Revaluation rate applying on the estimated! Cold Value of these Bonds -approximately $122,000.00 per 1.000.000 Mark Unit, every $420.00 invested today wi'tV earn profit of $5,680.00 at 5 Revaluation; at 10 the profit will amounto $11,360.00 for every $420.00 investedtoday. We believe that eventually. City of Hamburg Bonds will be Redeemed at their nor- ; mal Gold Value or I0;tj, and the far-lighted investor can accordingly expect that ultimately he will obtain the estimated Gold Value of $122,000.00 for every 1,000.000 Marks Unit in Gtyt of Hamburg AYifo Bondi or for every 6420.00 invested today. Wealth of H any burg The present pop ulation of the City of Hamburg is close to a million an.' a half and is steadily increasing. The'ity of Hamburg is the greatest seapr in Germany. The Gty does not ri'y solely upon its commerce and shipping for prosperity. It hai its own industrial plans such as railroad shops, ship yards, iron and boiler works, refineries, cotton mills, printing and dyeing plants, and many others, Official figures from English sources itala that the shipping and trade of Hamburg has been increasing by leaps and bounds, and that the Government shipbuilding industry in the past year has made great strides towards regaining its former place. The wealth of Hamburg and its citizens is a common by-word in Germany. It hai been created, maintained and increased in centuries. i Immovable assets maintain a high stand- ard of value whether expressed in Marks, Dollars, or any other currency. In fact, the I largest portion of its wealth having been created m gold value, the proportionate appraisal of the assets of the free city and free tate of Hamburg in paper Marks, must .today be infinitely higher than the total debt! j The foregoing information concerning I the Gty of Hamburg whose 4'2 Bonds 1 we now offer to our clients has been gath- ered from reliable sources. Reports from j oar own correspondents abroad inform us that ythere is practically no unemployment in thexcity at the present time and it may be called, one of the most highly develop? ed industrial municipalities of Germany. Apart from the foregoing considerations we are af the opinion that Hamburg 4l2 Bonds are selling far below their intrinsic market-value. Other municipal bonds issued in 1919 are selling anywhere from $1,000.00 tof 3,000.00 per million mark unitas compared .with $420.00 for HambWg 4V Bonds. They are only beginning rifnt their position and consequently the coming months will undoubtedly witness sens-tional advances in thipriC ' Hamburg 4V3 Bonds. -.- v The table which is appended - below makes clear the profit possibilities in Gty of Hamburg AY2 Bends. IV' cannot tress too greatly the necessity for immedr-ate action. Present prices sho11 in thi table, cover every expense. ' fronds ' ara delivered by registered and insured malL Gold Value L 1 at time Revalued ld value) Bonds at 2i at Were Issued Of Estimated Go oldAXalue $12,200.00 305.00 61(3.00 24.400.00 610.00 l.22iD.OO 36,600.00 915.00 1.830.00 48.800.00 1.220.00 2.44,0.00 61.000.00 1.525.00 3,05 POO 122,000.00 3.050.00 6.iod:oo 244.000.00 6,100.00 I2.20iD.00 610.000.00 15.250.00 30,50000 Dale a.?.' t ii , "1" I a mil payment let.tna Marki of Gty of Hamburg AA Bonds (Stat mi 1 Mr. Walsh denied that he knew of illegal sale bninjr made, in Prlnrp import fnin Ihn Cnnsnlr-diiletl wnrehouse, Mr. Patmore's cross-cxamin- ii'V' S15. V , ( uUnrt of Mr. Wu1.m1i wa hIUI prn-reedinjr when court adjourned nffef 5 n'eloct yeaferrtay afternoon until to o'clock this