$5,000, so there are two people that mention 

 the amount of $5,000 and we will figure up com- 

 missions from that amount. The farm was to 

 be put in at $125 per acre, and there being 215.04 

 acres, we have a totai amount for farm of $26,- 

 880, then the elevator was to be put in at $10,- 

 000, which would leave the farm at a cost of 

 $16,880. Now I received $18,275 for the farm, 

 and the difference between $18,275 and $16,880 is 

 $1,395. Take this amount from what the ele- 

 vator was sold for and you have approximately 

 what the Hoosier Land and Investment Com- 

 pany received for their work in buying me out 

 and getting Mr. Charles Amos of West Lebanon 

 Interested in "Swamp-East" Mo. farm lands. Of 

 course you will have to add the little perquisi- 

 tes that they gathered up along the way, such 

 as the $150 EXTRA rental on lands— that 

 doubling up of interest on the deferred pay- 

 ments that somebody paid, and just to get a 

 clearer idea of the amount will set it out in 

 figures, which, as I said above, are approxi- 

 mately correct. 



Taking it that the elevator was sold for $5,- 

 000, we will take the differences between what 

 Mr. Lindley paid me for the farm ($18,275) and 

 what he sold it to Mr. Amos for in the trade 

 ($16,880), which is $1,395, leaves them a margin 



of $3,605.00 



Add to this my EXTRA land rental 150.00 



Add to this that interest for 3 months 



on $14,000 at 6 per cent 210.00 



in all that time it has not paid anything like a 

 profit. 



Now, friend, the most striking lesson to be 

 learned from my booklet is right here, and as I 

 told Mr. Amos had he come down to Missouri 

 and investigated the farming land proposition 

 DIRECT, even had he stayed around there a 

 season or worked for somebody he could not 

 have made greater money, for as I showed him 

 if he would have paid me $1,395 more for my 

 farm than I received he could not only have 

 had my farm but retained the elevator himself 

 as well, as it is he has a farm at $40 more per 

 acre than I asked for it and the real estate 

 agent business has been wonderfully encour- 

 aged. 



That there are numerous real estate agents in 

 southeast, or more familiarly known as "swamp- 

 east" Missouri, is not to be wondered at. I 

 see in the Sikeston Directory that there are 17. 

 that is in Sikeston alone, and you know where 

 they live, in the best of homes — have automo- 

 biles, etc., that some one has to pay the freight. 

 I herewith reproduce a picture of the fine home 

 of James Smith, Sr., said to have cost $20,000 

 or more, and also a picture of the automobiles 

 of the Hoosier Land and Investment Company. 

 The upkeep of things of this nature is immense, 

 as no doubt you can imagine if you do not 

 know, and it is necessary to be turning this 

 swamp land over pretty often to provide the 

 revenue, so if you are contemplating going down 



This IS a Very Fine Home. 



Now there was some commission that 

 they tried, that is, Mr. Amos said Dr. 

 Dunaway tried to collect off him for 

 sale of elevator, but which he did not 

 pay. 



A total commission of $3,965.00 



Very near $4,000, is it not? Well, of course 

 they had some expense in this matter, but you 

 can figure that at whatever you wish to. 



Now I trust I have made this clear to you. 

 friend, as I have been telling vou all along I 

 would show you how there was LARGER FISH 

 in the DITCH than I was. Now to recapitulate 

 and show how this poor old piece of swamp land 

 is Commission ridden, will add to the above the 

 $1,075 that I contracted to and had to pav and 

 you will have a grand total of $5,040 that has 

 been saddled upon it in less than 4 years, and 



here for either an investment or a home, better 

 go down awhile first and study the situation 

 and see whether or not you wish to contribute 

 to the above needed revenue. You might want 

 a little for yourself, and I have tried my best to 

 call your attention to a way fof you to reserve 

 it unto yourself. 



Now I expect there will be affidavits taken 

 of people to show you that I have misrepre- 

 sented things and all that kind of work, but 

 will say to you, find out the party that made 

 the affidavit, study his interests in this country, 

 and what you would do under the circum- 

 stances. I will say to you truthfully that I 

 was so anxious to get out that I would have 

 almost made an afl^davit that black was white 

 had I been asked to. 



Now, in ending up this little booklet let me 

 lead you along a short review of my rubbing 



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