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Mother and I (to protect our future chances) seriously object to your reference to my father on p. 22 of the April 20 issue as the "Elderly Economist Roger Babson...
Youngster Babson...
Wilson reads elderly Economist Roger Babson's forecasts. The one about WAR some months ago (when Mr. Babson caused the entire front page of his confidential bulletin to appear in red ink) greatly excited Wilson...
Cleverly Mr. Babson had not said when or where the war would start or who would be the belligerents; but cleverly Wilson pieced everything together, starting with Mr. Babson's tip that "surplus stocks of grain, cotton, rubber, sugar and other goods" were producing economic stresses, and that stresses have produced wars...
...take advantage of his $60-a-year service. Soon J. P. Morgan & Co., Kuhn, Loeb & Co., National City Bank were among the customers. Within two years Blake had 300 subscribers and moved from a small room in Laidlaw & Co.'s office into independent offices. In 1913 the Babson Stock & Bond Card System was acquired, and rapid growth followed. The entire statistical industry was expanding at this time, other leaders including Poor Manual Co. (oldest of all) ; John Moody's Service, pioneer in investment ratings and organized investment counsel; Brookmire Service, oldest economic advisory service ; Roger Ward Babson; Arthur...