Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-11-01
GRAFT AND CRATER
ONE LITTLE HoMElY WORD
THAT CONVEYS MUCH.
MANY HUMBUCS In DISGUISE
Human Nature Much the Same In
All Ases-Peopie Easily oeIudsd
Into Making Poor Invest.
ments.

Cant phrases have been Invented.
and words more noted for their force
than elegance. have become popular
as expressive Of common things. In
all that Is slang. II Is doubtful II there
Ii any better word than graft" Long
before Chaucer indited what would
now be called pigeon English" witty
Greeks and Romans indulged In their
aesthestic forms OF vulgar expression.
and there can be little doubt that good
old Socrates impressed Plato and
some OF his other pupils with pungent
idioms, and In turn was called by Aris.
tophanes an impious old CRATER.
IL Is quite evident that graft" has a
place among euphonius words. and
conveys an idea plainly and tersely.
The famous Barnum. who said some.
thing about the people anxious to be
humbugsed had pretty good Idea OF
human nature. and made the most out
Of his knowledge. The business man
OF to-day does not ignore the Hullibili-
~ of the masses. and yearly millions
OF dollars are spent In printers Ink to
convey to the people various kinds Of
information that will stimulate the
letting go OF dollars for the benefit OF
the CRATER.
Pick up n copy OF any current Sun.
day newspaper. farm journal. religious
publication. magazine or other period.
ical and look over It's pages! Graft In
evident In each and every one. II Is
covered under tn. guisc Of artistic nd.
vertising. Thousands of cure-alis. won.
derful 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,
ceivcd sufficient lessons In the school
of graft The people like to be fooled.
Thcr- seems to be more or less av.
aricc In tho makeup of most men. and
women. too. The scttin. OF something
Of value for little or nothing Is n com.
mon offer to gather In the dollars for
tac benefit OF the CRATER.
For few years n young man with
ambition and liking for work stru..
xicd along In the mercantile line In n
large central western city. lie dc,
cidcd To enlarge. He needed money.
A S3lendid scheme presented Itself.
Why not get dollars needed to carry
on biz business from the people
They needed n chance for Investment,
He was just the fellow to help 'cn
out. He organized n bis cooperative
concern. lie advertised broadcast
Told Of tho wonderful possibilities oi
his business. and To- tho dollars rolled
his way by the hundreds Of thou
ssndr. .;oan the so,cFnmcn, ended
his sumc. lie was charged with using
the mails TO d-f:aud. Hundreds of
thousands Of dollars were Lost by
those who Invested In his ''coopcfa.
tive society" Many similar schemes
arc up for consideration day after
day. Tho people never tire OF them.
Jus, like buying lottery ticket There
Is a chance TO win. and rs long as tho
proposition looks good. tho CRATER
Tousishcs.
Tho wise man. be he farmer or doc.
tor. Htockman or E,orckccpcr. will
avoid jumping n; such chances for In.
ycstmcnt. Look ou, for tho coopcra.
iiyc organizer. beware Of the Eraftcrs
who want TO interest you in their busi.
ness Affairs. and at the same time hold
the combination TO tho safe.
u. 81. CARR.