Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-02-14

written copy of the statement of the
conditions and representations made to
him by the protector OF the "suap"
scheme, and in week or two aftefWard
the terms of the contract are wholly or
partislly forgotten. The other di@culty
Is the unwillingness-or inability OF tine
projectors of the scheme to deal honor
ably 5Y his customers and fulfil his con-
tract, the latter being usually the case,
for the claims often made by these CAM
vassers are SO preposterops In what they
promise that it is simply Impossible, for
even the large price asked 30 execute
them as agreed. Newspaper publishers
as practical and sufficient method Of
correcting this enormous evil flor tstops
little short in many cases.ef Obtaining
money under false pretenses5sE crime in
laW) should advise business men to keep
blank book for the purpose, and when
canvssser calls on him ask him to write
| out on page in the book full descrip-
lion of his scheme, together with all his
promises, and claims, together with the
price asked for the advertising that he
| wishes to sell, and then postpone deci'
sion for day or two until he should have
had tire to look into % the legitimacy
of the scheme, (2) the relative value OF
it IS compared with newspaper adver-
Using, and (3) II he makes CONTRACT DC.
mand abso ute proof that the contract
has been complied with In all Of itscon-
ditlons before making payment.
The association also decided to publish
this in full in It's various papers, when
Charles Z. Austin OF the Buffalo Express,
who made an offer similar to that Of Mr..
Fsrr Il, supplied the slips. The talk that
followed related mostly to experience
with advertising sWindlers. A score or
more Of business msEsgers from New
York to Texas said they have cSme 10
contact with the same men, WHO procur-
ing the alleged Endorsement by 8 reputa-
BILE city paper, canvasserI the city for
book containing its business men,
manufacturers and prosperity, of which
only few copies were issued. In ad-
dition ne got So 'lor each card advertise
ment ne receV ed for q special issue Of
the psper, te,r which he. would represent
ne was Working. Sometimes this MAD
and his partner would publish the cards,
put Rore frequently the party would
leave the city after &C llecting several
hundred or $1,000.
In the evening the association heard
from the advertiser = agents through
George P. Rowell of N ,eae York. In regard
to the question comr o.. to them and the
business managers. N was how toIeeL
nd OF the irresponsi' laSdyertisIng sgeBss.
Nj: Roweii, on oeh an Of Lord & Taylor
OF Cnlcagc, ParVin & Sons Of Cincinnati,
represented oy Iksrles Doughty. a.
6ates, VINO sent hotter submitting his
news, ana other q, proposed IN brief that
me executive c Salmittee Of the sssocia-
'ion snouid taf q the initiatosy steps in
ms ollecnon. If the cor1nlttee would
prepare ns i0i agents with whom the
Snid do buste each MEM
'er coulu std bIhe fame of asome
'.neE aseh' or agents, and the agents
ouia 40 likewise. Perhaps this list
souiu res a.t1oo names ,or more, but 1t
fas prop eaed to have the committee to
nauy fike dat tom the list until 1t
9uIo 30 reduced to twenty or less.
men arat iisS dcee Mr. Rowell said the
senu icouid have basis to work on In
III IL ~ an organization TO cooperate
~, !.p the Association. The matter was
~ .arssed' slt evening, and In the end was
erred to Milton A. McRes, 5.
Kaufman and L. L. MOI
IN. the lStter of the New Haven
ksgfster, to consider the resolutions
presented by the agents, and report this
morning. An adjournment was then
ltsken'untii Q o'clock this forenoon, when,
IN ADDITION to the business named, other
papers wW be Tesa. Oae Of them is %