, 1881-06-19
L BOGUS CONCERN.

Whenever Wilbur F. Storey, or the paper
upon whose mortgages he is wasting the las:
days Of all ill-spent life In Il vain entteavor To
pay rapidly accommodating interest, attacks
anybody or anything, the public, from long
knowledge Of the methods pursued by ou1
paralytic contemporary, begin to inquire
what special act of duplicity the Old man ~
is trying to cover up, and the result Of such
Inquiries is generally both painful and dtsas-
trous to the party most deeply interested.
OF late Mr.. Storey has been very much con-
cerlled about the ein,ncnse advertising patron-
age bestowed upon THE TRIBUNE by the
people Of Chicago, and has indulged dnily ill
frantic appeals 10 such as'read his paper 10
assist his failay fortunes by tile bestowal
upon lin OF portion of tie vast sum annt-
ally pail out in this city for adyertis-
ing. AS all editor N1r: Storey has never
been SUCCESS, although this fact is
due III some ileasurc to his lack of educa-
tion; rs a business man he has been q con-
spicuous failure, but rs lowler for cold
victua]s he is without peer, We're Mr..
Storey to contlne himself solely to the role Of
Il journalistic mendicant and professional
blackguard, no one would be surprised Or i'll
clined to 1ind fault; but when the proprietor
Of newspaper is reduced to the necessity Of
printing whole pages nf utterly bogus ad-
vertisements it is time the public knewsome-
thing aoou1 the matter. Yesterday gentle
man sent to- this office the following COM
launica:i0n, which will be read with inter-
est:
7b the Editor Of TIE Chicago Tribune.
CHICAGO. June l'.-lseiug in want Of II cir! to
dohouscwurk, picked up the Times yesterday
and clipped from it the following advertise
mcn1s:
\EASTED-stuution by m elderly German won-
~ IN: best Ut re1e. caccs. Cali or adureas Emma,
AIANTEl1--Sltnatlon to do general hou.ework By
rs n coos wsii: kchsn wo1s preierrea M wss
sUtl-sL w.
N1TANrEN- Estimation General work; good wages:
~ best reference. Call 1or l., ap No51h Market
" S"rlh Side. Address Lucy, III North Market,
lthen proceeded IL loux up the parties At
the hrst place. laJ Erie street, the lutiy IF tho
housn SAID thMt nj one rhero was looking for
H1tAaII0l1s AHN t!lAL SIC Qal neeu annoyed Tor
several days by Inquiries and postal~cards,
thought this rather strange but drove to 1S0
"es>ou street, aud was surprised to learn from
the gentleman uu lady OF the house that they also
hau bce' annoyed by Inquiries, und thut no such
advertisement had been scnt from there. con-
cluded TO try one more address, thinking thAt
perhaps one of the advertisements might be
Eenuine. Accordingly drove to 800 Market
sireet,--iut with tho same result. The young
woman who cnEle to tho tloos said that no one
there had arcriise.f in tie TIMES.
then gave up the job III disgust, and resolved
to hH,k in the llcxt MORNINGS Times and see if
the notices were repeated. Sure enough, in the
Times Ut today tile same advertisements are
there Please ventilatc this matter for the benz
eit Of the pub!ic. s1yrFrurn
Tho trick Of which our correspondent was
made victim is not new one, but jas been
BY the Times for years. Among the
attaches Of that paper is !, woman whose sole
duty is 10 write bogus advertisements. for
which labor shc is paid so per week. If
Ar. Storey chooses to spend his money in
this manner 1t is matter OF no possible con-
Germ to anybody except his creditors, and, as
it Is only occasionally that any one is de-