The San Francisco call., 1898-01-06

ue Wrlte-up would cost S1 an inch. He LOOK out his paper and & rule and drew diagram of an inch-not an inch square, but space a half inch one way and two inches another. We agreed to take several inches. The so- licitor then went away, and some time | dIter that there came to the store d Dungllng write-up which we did not want: We prepared something more suitable, and l supposed it would amount to five or six dollars. l signed something which I did not read, as was very busy when the paper was put on my desk, but nothing was ever said about a dollar a line. When the bill Tor $b5 came 1 thought there was a mis- take ana told the collector So l thought It was $6 50. l went to the Bulletin offlce and saw Wolf. He said arro gantly that S65 was what the contract called for. 1 demanded to see the man with whom l had made the agreement Wolf said, He's only a solicitor and IS not here. The contract talks. My frst thought was to refuse payment, and stand a lawsuit, but recollecting that suit in law does no good to a firm, concluded that since I had been Sucn JackaSS as to sign something without reading 1t carefully. I ought to De made pay even if the amount was SoOO. At first 1 was ashamed to let the public know that I had been bum koed, but when found that others wno mad been swindled in the same way were coming to the front with their eXperlence l decided to speak"
 That's the reason I notified The Call We have been miserably swim dled-yes, bunkoed. that is the term. The glove companys case is the same as ours. Hereafter I sign nothing. This morning man came to me and said: Goldberg, you own Q lot in the cemetery" l said Yes Then he said We are getting a subscription to fix up the walk and I want you to sign for your share. It will be very little.' l told him to go ahead and fix up the walk and that l would pay my share. He said, Then sign the little paper replied, I sign nothing from this time out. You take my word-no more sig natures from me after my experience with the Bulletin"
 R. H. Pease, vice president and man. ager of the Goodyear Rubber Com pany, somewhat reluctantly consented to tell the story of how deception was practiced on him by the Bulletin. "A solicitor called on me and asked to be allowed to give our firm a write-up." said MT. Pease. He said it was to appear among others in an industrial edition. I told him that I had re- fused all the other papers an adver- tisement and did not think l could give him one. In fact l refused him point blank. He then told me that the write-up would be without charge and was done for the purpose of adver- Using the Bulletin among the large business houses and to advance the city's interests. With this under standing I gave him a few facts about our business which he incorporated in an article that I received some days later. There were some corrections made by me and I marked the copy O K and returned the same to the Bulletin people. The first l knew of being charged for the article was when collector called and rendered me a bill for s119, being at the rate of $1 line I was surprised at receiving the bill and declined to meet it, telling him I had not agreed to pay anything for the write-up.
 "The next day the man who had inter viewed me called and showed me a blue contract on which was the name of the firm in rubber stamp. He told me l had signed it, which I denied He told me his word was as good as mine, and on that point I did not care to argue. After he left it occurred to me that he might have asked to be allowed to stamp the firms name on a paper so as not to make mistake in spelling, and he may have placed it on the con- tract which l had never seen. It has never been my custom to sign con- tracts with rub stamp, particular ly this one, which was constantly in use around the store for every pur- pose. It was clearly a case of decep- ton. and had I not been busy, I would have called on the proprietorS and stated the facts to them. I have not attended any meeting to complain against the treatment I received, as l did not care to bother about the mat ter. Had I signed any paper. not know ing its contents. I would willingly pay the bill. As I did not, do not think shall.
 Such are the facts concerning the Bulletin. They cannot be evaded, nor does 1t appear that paper is trying to do so. It has passed the stage at which it can be conscious of shame, and it's attitude is not one of contrition. On the contrary. it rages like any other rogue caught in the commission of crime. yet determined to cling to the booty.
 Yet the Bulletin has caused the launching of a rumor that it is to be issued Sunday mornings. Are not six days enough for it to labor and do all its work of fieecing the business men of San Francisco?
 J. c. HALL, MANAGER OF THE UNION LITHOGRAPH COMPANY.