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	CAT AND RAT FUR COMPANY. Following [[WORLD WAR I]] some people having nothing to do circulated pamphlets for this company, in jest, soliciting funds. In 1946 a similar pamphlet was circulated. The 1920 circular read:		CAT AND RAT FUR COMPANY. Following [[WORLD WAR I]], some people having nothing to do circulated pamphlets for this company, in jest, soliciting funds. In 1946 a similar pamphlet was circulated. The 1920 circular read:

	The Cat and Rat Fur Company		The Cat and Rat Fur Company

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	"Cat and Rat Ranch Ruse is Revived," ''The Telegraph-Herald'', July 28, 1946, p. 1		"Cat and Rat Ranch Ruse is Revived," ''The Telegraph-Herald'', July 28, 1946, p. 1


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CAT AND RAT FUR COMPANY. Following [[WORLD WAR I]] some people having nothing to do circulated pamphlets for this company, in jest, soliciting funds. In 1946 a similar pamphlet was circulated. The 1920 circular read:

The Cat and Rat Fur Company
Capital--$1,000,000
Dubuque, Iowa
January 5, 1920

My dear friend:

Knowing of your good business judgment, we take the liberty
to address you on a subject which to us, seems a most
wonderful business proposition. You, no doubt will wire
us immediately for a thousand shares. Care "Julien Dubuque"
(America's most beautiful hotel).

The object of the company is to operate a cat ranch.

To start with, we will collect 100,000 cats. Each cat will
have 12 kittens each year on an average. The skins will run
from 10 cents for the white ones to 75 cents for the pure
black ones. This will give us Twelve Million skins per year,
which will average 30 cents each, or a revenue of about
$10,000 per day.

We can get men to skin 50 cats per day for $2. It will take
100 men to operate this ranch. The net profit will be
$9,000 per day.

We will feed the cats on rats as we will operate a rat farm
next door. The rats multiply four times as fast as the
cats.

If we start with one million rats, we will have four rats
for each cat, which is plenty.

We will feed the rats on the cats that have been skinned,
giving each rat one-fourth of a cat.

It will be seen that the business is self-supporting from
the start. The cats will eat the rats, and the rats will
eat the cats and we will reap the profits.

You will please not mention this to outsiders, as just at
this time there is a very decided stand being taken
against profiteering, and we do not wish to have the ill
will of anyone.

Hoping to hear from you promptly, and believing you will
appreciate the opportunity which we are extending you as
a personal friend, we remain,

Very Truly Yours,
The Cat and Rat Fur Company

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Source:

"Cat and Rat Ranch Ruse is Revived," ''The Telegraph-Herald'', July 28, 1946, p. 1

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