The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-11-05

ONE urTLs HomELY WoaD
THAT CONVEYS MteH
aAEY HUHBUGs IN DISGUISE
Human Nature Much che Same n
AN Agss-Peopie Easily paluded
lnto Making Peer Invest
mehts.

Can't phrases have been invented.
and words more noted for their force
than elegance. have become popular
IA expressive 81 common things in
ali chat il slang. it IS doubtful If there
is any better word than graft Long
before Chaucer indlted what would
now Be called pigeon English. witty
Greeks and Romans INDUCED Id their
aesthestic forms ct vulgar expression.
and there can Be little doubt that good
old Socrates impressed Plato and
some of bis other pupils with pungent
idicms, and ln turn was called by Aris-
tophanes an impious Old CRATER.
1t is quite evident that graft has
place among euphUnius words. and
conveys an idea plainly and tersely.
The famous Barnum. who said some
thing about the people anxious to be
humbugged had pretty good idea of
huEnan nature. and made the most out
of his knowledge. The business man
Of to-day does not ignore the gullibili-
+ ty Of the masses, and yearly millions
81 dollars are spent in printers ink to-
convey to the people various kinds Of
information that viii stimulate the
letting go Of dollars for the benefit Of
the CRATER.
Pick up a copy Of any current Sun
day newspaper. farm journal, religious
publication. magazine Or other period
lcal and look ever its pagesl Graft il
evident in each and every one. It Is
covered under the gaise Of artistic ad,
/ vertising. Thousands Of cure-alls. won
aerful discoveries, great bargains from
bankrupt sales, exceptional chances
for investment and Lord knows what
not beams from the pages to catch
the eyes Of the person who has not re-
ceiyed sufficient lessons In the school
Of graft The people like TO be fooled.
There seems to be more or less ay-
arice IN the makeup Of most men, and
women, too. The getting Of something
OF value for little or nothing Is a com
mon offer to gather in the dollars for
the benefit Of the CRATER
For a few years a young man with
ambition and liking for work strug
gled along tn the mercantile line in q
large central western city. He de
ciaed 70 enlarge. He needed money
iii A splendid scheme presented itself
Why not get dollars needed to carry
on a big business from the people.
They needed chance for investment
He was Just the fellow to help en-
out. He organized a big cooperative
concern He advertised broadcast
Told Of the wonderful possibilities o
his business. and 10. the dollars r0lles
his way BY the hundreds Of thou
sands Soon the government endel
his game. He was charged with using
the mails to defraud Hundreds 0
thousands OF dollars we're lost By
those who invested in his "coUpera
tive society" Many similar scheme
are up for consideration day afte
day. The people never tire Of them
Just like buying lottery ticket Their
IS a chance I'd win. and as long as tn
proposition looks good, the giraffe
fourishes.
The wise man. be he farmer or dos
tor, stockman or storekeeper. vii
/, avoid jumping At such chances for Il
vestment. Look out for the coopers
tive organizer. Beware of the grafter
who want to interest you in their bus
ness affairs. and at the same time hol
the combination to the safe.
b. NJ. CARR.