Article: Tootsie stock is not ready to roll

Dear Mr. Berko: I have always been interested in Tootsie Roll, which was my favorite candy when I was a kid. I recently saw the stock trading at $29 a share. That is down from $48 last year. Do you think it would be good to buy 30 shares for my individual retirement account? K.F. Aurora, Ill. Dear K.F.: Melvin Gordon, Tootsie's 83-year-old chairman and chief executive officer, and Ellen Gordon, Tootsie's 71-year-old president and chief operating officer, control 74 percent of the voting power of this 107-year-old candy company.

The Gordons, who have been running Tootsie Roll Industries Inc. (TR-$29) since 1962, are not the founders. Leo Hirshfield, an Austrian immigrant brought his chewy ...

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