Mon, Dec 23, 2024, 5:44 AM On Mon, Dec 23, 2024, 5:44 AM Gunnar Larson <g...@xny.io> wrote:
> Art Director: Peter Petronio > Photographer: Joe Toto > Copywriter: Dick Raboy > Agency: Carl Ally Inc. > Client: Investors Overseas Services > > THERE'S MORE MONEY TO BE MADE OUT OF PEACE THAN OUT OF WAR. > > One of the persistent myths of the 20th century is that war stimulates > economic growth. > > War doesn't stimulate economic growth. > > It stunts it. In countries that aren't fighting the war, as well as those > that are. > > For in both cases, there is a tremendous spending of money, manpower and > time to produce the materials of war. Materials which have no function > other than to destroy. > > Or to be stored, useless, until they are needed to destroy. > > And the simple fact is, evey dollar wasted on destruction means there is > one less dollar to be spent on the products people need and want. > > A dollar less spent on expansion and progress. > > And when expansion and progress isn't as great as it could be, then > profits can't be as great as they should be. > > The way to make money is not through war. It's through peace. > > And by peace we don't mean just an interlude between wars. We mean a > permanent peace. > > But can there be peace? > > We believe so. If enough people in enough countries in this world are > given an opportunity to gain material well-being and a greater since of > personal dignity. > > And this can done through business. Private enterprise. > > Successful businesses breed a healthy economy, in any nation. A healthy > economy means more jobs and better pay for more people. With more buying > power, people can afford the products that will give them a better standard > of living. > > A better living standard will bring people a sense of accomplishment, and > pride, and dignity. > > And with it, a desire for social order that could be far stronger than > desire for violent disorder. > > To accomplish that, for business to be healthy and expanding, it needs a > constant flow of fresh capital. > > At IOS, our job is to convince people all over the world to invest in > business all over the world -- for a profit. > > And we don't mean just people who have million dollar portfolios with us. > We are also vitally interested in the small investor -- including the man > who has never invested before. > > If this vast source of potential investment capital can be put to work, > IOS and our investors will, of course, make more money, but equally > important, businesses and people and national economies all over the world > will benefit from this much needed capital. > > And, very importantly, we are convinced that we and others in the > financial community will be participating in a sound business endeavor > which, almost as a by-product, could lead to perhaps the most effective > deterrent to war -- financial security. > > Right now, IOS does business on six continents -- in mutual funds, > banking, investment management, insurance and real estate. In the 12 years > we've been in business, more than 500,000 people have have invested more > than one billion dollars through us. > > Our goal is to do business in every country in the free world and on > convincing more and more people to invest in businesses all over the world. > > -- > > THERE'S MORE MONEY TO BE MADE OUT OF PEACE THAN OUT OF WAR. >
