The Cairo bulletin., 1907-02-06
Used BY Attorney General OF United
States in Relation to Proposed
Law Relating to Postal
Frauds.
Snecial Correapondence.

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| has been taken Ia the "Crumpacker'
bin which has erccmally Killed ~
chances OF passage ~ least AZ THIS
session OF congf IS. the hlll rclal az
10 the power of the postoifice depart
mcnt In the matter of fraud orders,
and 10 quote the Assistant Attorney
General for that Department "contem-
plates tbs trial of the issue OF wheth'
under the rules and procedure OF a
civil action at law" Nearly every one
Is familiar with the fact that under
the law at present the Postmaster
liver mail or to cash money orders
sent to parties whose business is pal
uably fraudulent. due care being taken
in each case 10 satisfy the department
that they are using the mails to de.
raud the unsophis,icatcd The accus-
cd parties are given hearing when
desired, and the proceedings are fairly
conducted. Usually these fraud orders
ionts or parties Who's pleas to gel
money are clearly preposterous or
grossly fraudulent. They are general,
~ fiy.by night operators. who as soon
one city, skip TO another town and
open up under a new name. But occa.
sionally the department gets against
a big operator and the agitation in be-
half of the Crumpacker bill is trribu.
ted by the departm at ia three such
concers or persons; The Peoples
United States Bank and +. G. Lewis
If 81. Louis NJ ssouri, the Adkin In
itIJute Il Physicians and Surgeons, OF
Rochester, New York: and the Natiio.
a. Company of Chicago The opposi.
ion Of tn Postonice Department 10
he Crumpacker bin base led u q
most unusual 2clion, namely, the pub.
ication of a Memorandum by the
Assistant Attorney General for thel
'Ostotfice Department on the Postal
Fraud Order Law" roasting 10 a turn
he bill father7d by Judge Crumpacker
md the influences alleged to be be |
lind il. The above parties" saws
he assistant attorney general whose |
fraudulent schem have been
'rought 10 an end by the issuance |
# fraud orders, are the influences that |
re chiefly, ii not wholly, responsible |
or the agitation fer additional legie. !
alton at this time. There has baen |
nd is no general publis demand for
UGH legislation. The agitation has |
risen and been sustained OFT of the |
lffOrts of these and other perl ons |
whose frauds arr interrupted by the
of the present law. ana |
y Il certain class OF mail order jour,
ais that suffer financial loss through |
he suppression of fraudulent and il.
asal advertising, to nulIify the effec.-
ven IS Of the present .tatutes by
hrowing postal fraud orders into the
ircuit conrts for jury trails. These
eople appreciate to the fullest degree
he difficulty experienced by tn gov.
rhmeht III prosecuting them success |
llly criminally and that world be
experienced in trying their right 70
ostal privileges by Il civil action be.
Or a jury and because OF their
nowledge Of that difficulty are will
X to take chances with a criminal
rosecution aud jury trial Of their
o-tal rights but they are unwilling
0 be Interrupted in gathering the
aryest Of their fraudulent operations
y postal fraud order that issu in
ne initialory stages of the scheme
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