The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-09-13

Onrer IrauouIenr concerns under piaus-
ible and high-sOunding titles as to med.
ical and scientific institutions, ofrer d.
plomas to incompetent persons at from
IS to $25 each. The advertisements will
read. the college has medical faculty.
and rs an institution of high standing.
Its principal faculty is to extract dol
lars from the public
The .sCherry Tree Trick
what we call the cherry tree trick.
is an instance where people who real:H
wish work are imposed upon without me--
cey. A concern VII advertise largely that 1t
home for which 1t will pay its patrons
a salarr of $40 per week This work
should never be undertaken as it is a
fraud fraud The farmers daughtet: or the
they reply to the advertisement, receiv-
In" rer'v tha+ or tl,"T hove to 10 80 tr
write letters TO their friends saying they
must also become patrons Of the kind
philanthropic firm, and send IS or $1Olto
purchase some cherry trees or apple
tempting is the bait of weekly salary
to merely write about the work they are
supposed to he a ofne,s--s describing the
beautiful trees of the firm, or the Won
derful qualities Of some alleged maya
zine. that thousands of people all over
the land readily send in their hard-earr-
ed money to become patrons receiving
back a few worthless shoots of cherry
trees. or the magazine for 'one whole
year A fraudulent concern of this kind
can clean up from $4,000 to s1oo.tvJ in d.
office authorities get after them will have
moved ito another town. and. under 4
new. name, begun the operation all over
that "a new crop OF fools is born every
minute
I'm reply to the indignant letters from
the swindled as to why the promised
sorts to all kinds of excuses as to why
they do not pay, it.. In some instances
they will actually pay for. a. short time
in case of arrest to assert that they full
filled their contract. You see. these men
know. that the issuing of a fraud order
stopping their mail cannot be secured in
IA day, and a warrant for an arrest as the
department must have in it's possession
complaints and satisfactory evidence Of
act. Knowing that their business can be
attacked effectually only in this way.
these men become bold, retain Counsel Sc
cure delays, fighting the case often to the
pouring remittances from all over the
country, and will continue to do so just so
long as the fraud order is not issued
Other Tricks of the Trade of Fraud.
1.-The dot counting and the easy puz-
zle contests appeal to those who think
they can beat the game, and these smart
folks are, of course. beaten in the end.
The firm will advertise usually a money
prize to be awarded to- the person cor
rectly counting the number of black dots
In the circle or who correctly solve the
puzzle, both of which are so easy that
the people fall over themselves in send
luded people wonder in, their own hearts
why business men Will so foolishly
throw away their money in so reckless q
fashion, and they anxiously await a reply
And now to find the little Joker. as he
is in this fraud, toe. They omitted to
note in the advertisement or noting it.
attached no Importance to very fine
line of type which read il effect that
ii all contestees shall be members of the
firms club Of eligibles,' and they are
&cnagrlned to learn later that torbe such
member they must buy a particular
article the firm sells. perhaps only at so
cents or 81; and they also omitted to no.
tlce a line of fine type which read that
rectly guessing the solution the prize
shall be proportionately divided among
the winners. Every contestee is notified
and, after getting their money, the
prize, they may receive will be a 1-cent
postage stamp or, a penny, that being
the5s GuGta of the price as proper
about the hardest instances of fraud
the department has to reach with
fraud order are the home knitting ma
chine, the home embroidery making
and ether home work schemes. Under
stand. there are millions of women living
in small towns and on farms to whom
real home employment would be verita
BILE Eodsend. 1t is these millions of wom-
en- that these firms seek and succeed in
reaching. The words profitable, steady,
easy. home employment at good wages
are very a!luring: The nature of the en-
ployment is usually only limited at or
noted in an enticing manner. The VIC
TINS find that they must buy the par
ticular knitting. crochetng f. or en-
broidery machines or outfits the firm
makes, which are sold at several times
their actual value. The would-be work
ing woman at home responds and sends
her money. If she succeeds in making
any Of the articles and sends them to the
firm in the belief that they will be 'pur-
chased she finds them promptly re-
turned with a letter saying that they are
defective in workmanship and cannot
be accepted Perhaps these deceived
women will attempt this Fhide-and-seek
game with the alleged firm dozen times
before they really learn that there is no
intention of buying her product Some
times out Of thousands of cases few
cents worth of goods will be 'pur-
chased for the, same reason as in the
other cases., to give them a show to
stand upon while they are fighting the
case. s5s "a! - -. -
"As a general rule concluded the in
spector. let the public remember that all
that glitters is not gold, and that they
cannot beat the game these schemers
Will play upon then1. Washington STAR