The Washington times., 1905-01-01
FRAUD ORDERS NON
On THE INCREASE
Shown in Annual Report OF
r. 2. GooaWin.
I'M THE LAST SIX MONTHS
Public-"Matlinoni Institu-
ton" in ST. Louis.
I'M THE LAST SIX MONTHS

In the recent annual report of the
Hon r. p Goodwin, Assistant Attor-
hey General for the Postoffice Depart
p1ent, the statement was made that
there had been a great reduction in the
number of fraudulent enterprises. The
starment was based upon the fact that
fewer complaints were being received
than before, and also a large decrease
in the number OF fraud orders issued.
If the Assistant Attorney General
should make report today for the six
months which closed December 81, 1901,
he would doubtless take exactly the re-
verse position and say there was q
great increase N fraudulent business
enterprises.
For the six months which closed yes
terday there had been issued almost as
many fraud orders as there Were in the
entire fiscal year which ended June so.
le0l
Many Frauds Exposed
Between July /, 1908. and June 80. 19oi,
the Pestofice Department broke up 16l
fraudulent enterprises by issuing fraud
orders against them. For half the pres
ent fiscal year 152 fraud orders have
been directed against swindling con-
Germs, showing an increase of alInest 100
per cent. At this rate over 300 fraud or
ders viii be issued during the year
This increase in the number of fra sc
orders issued by the Postoffice Depart
meut may be attributed to one Of Two
causes There is either q great increase
in the establishment and operation Of
frauds and lotteries or else the Govern
rlent is far more vigorous in its prose
cution of the fake enterprises
Which Is It?
\ careful study OF the various fraud
! orders issued in the last six months
would verify the first proposition a
large ma ajority of the concerns abolished
| by fraud orders since July are ne"
concerns. Few of them operated more
tnan a month before Il Government IN
spector was on their track, and his re
port 10 the Assistant Attorney Genera
would result almost invariably in tbs
issuance of 4 fraud order
If the businesses We're Old establish
rnents, whose existence was just being
found out. the statement might be log
ically made that the Government wa;
mere vigorous IN its war against frauds
During the month just closed, twenty
fraud orders were issued In December
1865, there were fifteen Almost all th'
fraudulent enterprises abolished las
month were new concerns, asld many o
them made much money IL the few day
which they operated
Proprietors Persistent.
One noticeable feature already brouSh
To light in the records for the half yea
which ended Yesterday is the peTsistenc
with which the heads OF the fraudulen
enterprises continue their operation
! even after fraud orders have been Issue
i against them When an order has bee
directed against one name. the chic
swindler will open UP the same concer
in some other place under another name
For instance. not long ago a fraud OF
der was issued against concern in Chi
cago, and the business there was ccm
pletely broken up The head of the con
Germ went TO \ town in Wisconsin an
z opened up the same game under anotae
title and operated for weeks before
was discovered that the Two concern
were one and the same
This fact would Indicate lack OF erin
inaI prosecution The fact that tn
; / Postotfice Department has issued
fraud order against u concern at one
brands the officers OF the estabiishmen
as swindIers and embezzIers. and ever
, man and woman who has anything I
DO with the conduct Of ths bushes
should be criminaIIy prosecuted
Work II the Winter.
Another fact not generally Enown /
: the public is that these fraud enter
prises are far more active in the winte
time than during the summer. Mos
I all business houses carry ont the pCIic
t Of doing NEST of their advertising dul
ing the winter months and the lads
: are read more extensively by the Pc,
pie For this reason the swindlin