(See front cover)
On the 17th floor of the 24-story American Surety Co. building at No. 100 Broadway, Manhattan, is a black wall sign with this gilt lettering:
HUGHES, SCHURMAN & DWIGHT
CHARLES E. HUGHES
GEORGE W. SCHURMAN
RICHARD E. DWIGHT
AUGUSTUS L. RICHARDS
WALTER F. CARTER
ALLEN S. HUBBARD
OSCAR E. EWING
RALPH S. HARRIS
RAYMOND M. LOWES