The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-08-16
SATURDAY, AUGUST l6. 1890.
SENT TO THE WRONG PAPER.

To THE w ~
MANY persons no doubt wonder how the
expenditures for pensions amount 10 Si'V'-
900. 600. and how the applications NUMBER
ten thousand daily. according TO "ehera'
Ayers statements. Some explanation II
offered by a circular received by THE TINES
The only reason for this papers receiving
/, WAS doubtless the sender's ignorance OF
the character Of Tux TIMrs. lie mailed
his circular to the wrong paper.
I, is refreshing reading throughout, re-
tresh;nc in GOODNESS and audaciiy. Inc
author. who styles himself pension anu
patent attorney, explains his patentpeh-
sion scheme as follows:
s.Tbe phrase made famous by Coionei
se,lcrs There's Millions In It, may not be
,pplicable in this case, but am sure that
in the common Yankee parlance 1T VIII
Paw am now proposing DIDO on large
scale what have successfully accom-
plished for the ast.twenty-iiye years on a
small scale.
"As the newspapers Of the country are OF
late much given TO publishing cuts ana al
yertisements Of all kinds, will propose a
scheme TO you which cannot fail to be re-
muneratiye TO both parties. and which VIII
nav YOU liberal price for the use oil your
advertising space.
"Now, as a rule, editors ana publishers
are always willing to turn an honest pen
nv, and il is a proposition looking to that
end which now desire TO make. enclose
herewith my new four-page CIRCULAR CIV
ing a synopsis Of the new law, when Is ues-
tined TO benefit nearly one million soldlers'
widows and parents, and to be the cause oil
tho disbursement of hundreds Of millions OF
dollars. propose 10 thoroughly WORK UP
the business in your locality, ana In iacl
wherever your paper IA read, ana 10 eh'o'
into limited partnership with Hou' cover
ing all such cases, thoroughly DelleNihs' as
I do that il will bring YOU greater remuner-
alton for your advertising space than you
could possibly obtain from any otner au'ei-
Using. | propose. that you publish on part
of one page Of your paper, Tor seNeIal i
sues. nv entire circular, four pages. Inc hrst
nage il devoted 10 explanatiOn and to attract
the attention of claimants. The other lhiee
pagcs are practically question blanks 10
be filled out and returned, forming 'he
basis of a formal application. AT the Dol
tom Of each blank Of the three pages, when
would be cut out and used az blanks your
imprint or name and address to be printed
in small tyne. That would guide my book
kceper SO as TO enable me TO give you credit
for having sent the case TO me, ana on It's
completion will promptly pay over to YOU
by draft on New York, one-thlrd oil each
fee so received.
"The legal fee under this sweeping
law is so, but it will produce many cases.
which can be presented under the ola Ia"
which secures fee of so. IL VIII also
wake up many old bounty, horse, back
nav and other claims"
TO make the scheme as plausible as pos
sible and 10 secure additional advertise
ments this patent-pension attorney, VINO
believes in earning an honest penny sus-
rests that I'm your local reference you
might say you publish the article Tor gen
eral information, telling your readers 10 HI
out the form applicable TO their case etc.
answer IFS questions and mail it at once, as
the pension begins on date Of Application
This universal free adyertiser. whose
name is withheld for the purpose OF not ad-
yertising him. manfully unbosoms himself
thus TO the editors and publishers, ana
leaves il to them TO hOodwinE the pubic III
the bogus news item.
While he is apparently pretty wei ac-
auainted with advertising methods, he seems
10 be unable to draw the distinction between
honest and dishonest advertising.
"It will pay" is not the reason Tor an
honest newspaper publishing or suppress
ins advertisements OF matter sent as news
In fact, such paper is obliged, frequently,
TO publish matter which does not pay.
An honest newspaper, as The TIMES,
moreover, is not given to publishing cuts
and advertisements Of all kinds. 1bere
might be millions il. The one hundred ano
fifty millions annual expenditure woulo
seem 10 Justify such statement. bu'
The TIMES, or any other truly southern
newspaper, cannot be induced, by any
"diyyy of the swag," TO lend itself TO any
such scheme which will aid the Republican
party in its work of depicting the lreasur!
by being the cause Of the disbursement
hundreds Of millions Of dollars.
No doubt many bounty, horse, and BACK
pay claims will be wakened up. They al
ready have come to the surface. That Is tn
greatest objection to the whole ofthe presen
pension scheme. Even some legitimal
members Of the Grand Army OF the kepuu
lie are opposed to having their services Il
the war deprecated by being included Il
the wholesale pensioning scheme.
II is upon such bases as the Disaoiii'
bill that patent pension attorneys max
their. living. They cannot be blamed 10
taking advantage Of the means furnishe
them by the party now having control G
the United States Government. The
should, though, be more circumspect
scattering their frank circulars ipdiscrim
naiely.
This time one of their circulars was sen
TO the wrong paper.
THE CAT OUT or THE BAG.