The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-27

pendence IN the matter Of seeking in
resments Women who have secured
their money without masculine aid
naturally feel at liberty 70 invest it
without masculine advice. Before pro-
ceeding upon this natural theory. how
ever. women should be equipped with
a knowledge Of the fact that the pro
m0ters Of fake investments have come
10 regard women as one of their most
profitable specialties. and that the art
Of fieecing them has been cultivated
with the greatest care Experience
has taught unscrupulous promoters
that it is easiet to secure money from
women than from men through at least
two lines Of appeal to which women
are more susceptible than men. The
first Of these Is the appeal to wage
earning women as business women"
and the fattering inference that as
such they win recognize the oppor
tunity for a good investment. quite
ignoring the fact that much Of wage
earning Is done under direction and
does not of necessity imply knowledge
Of business affairs. The second line
Of appeal which tempts many women
to go into fake deals Is that made to
feminine vanity by the promoters Of
the scheme who urge we believe In
the intuition Of women and would
rather have It in the counsels Of our
enterprise than cold masculine logic;
a combination Of both Is the ideal, and
that is why we are asking You to give
as your aid and cooperation"
The idea Of a connection with a big
enterprise is. In very many instances.
flatterag to the woman wk0 has never
before had such an opportunity, and,
moreover. many women have come TO
believe that optimism is in itself
sort Of feminine virtue. while on the
other hand they regard suspicion as
most unworthy trait Intuition con
gists Of faith In a favorable outcome
Hundreds Of women are entrapped
every year through some such subtle
and fiattering form Of appeal
Very often these campaigns for the
savings Of women are conducted along
the lines OF the professions and occu-
pations in which large numbers OF
fairly prosperous women are naturally
engaged The first thing which the
woman who is solicited to invest her
savings in the stock or bonds Of a min
Ing. plantation. oil or financial enter
prise should bear in mind is the fact
that in all probability the promoter
who Is talking to her has secured a
list Of the women belonging to profes-
si0nal organization or a club with which
she Is associated. and If the Wom-
an thus appealed to merely communi-
Gated with her natural associates she
could easily discover this for herself.
But the whole affair is purposely sur
rounded by an air Of mystery and "a
special opportunity for you" which
keeps her silent
The wireless telegraphy scheme
which was worked in Chicago several
years ago will Illustrate this. When
wireless teIegraphy was first demon
strated to be practical In its operation
the swindIers saw a fresh and fascinat-
ing field IN It's manipulation. 1t had
the charm OF science about It and ap-
Dealed to the progressive mind inter
esfed in the onward march OF civili-
zatlon." An Office was located con-
venient to the rooms Of the board Of
education, which contained a wireless
demonstration apparatus" a full
equipment OF wireless literature, and
most important Of ALA list OF all
the school teachers Of the city. The
women teachers received a broadside
Of literature IN which handsome divi-
dends were promised from an invest
ment in the greatest scientific discoy.
err OF the age, and also an implication
that the stock was offered FIRST to edu-
catlonal people who were best fitted to
understand its value and who would
have sentimental as well as material
satisfaction from such an Investment.
When an abundant harvest had been
garnered from the savings Of women
teachers. series OF maneuyers was
insdgated which left undlstributed in
the possession Of the promoter Of the
scheme the thousands Of dollars he
had acquired. The teachers received
a confidential and important" an
nouncement from his Office 70 the ef-
isct the most powerful rival III the
immediate field Of his company's oper-
ations had consented to a consolida-
tlon on terms which he regarded as
highly advantageous TO all his invest
ors. The consolidated company would
be 50 much stronger than the one IN
which they had made their investment
that they could not. Of course, expect
to exchange the stock on an even
basis. share for share. He advised
them, however 70 increase their IN
vestment so that they could stlll retain
their original number of shares which
would not fail TO prove immensely
profitable.
This appeal not only induced many
Of the original investors to put In addi-
tionai money, but It also brought a
fresh volume Of recruits. A little while
later a second reorganization was an
nouncod shis time a consolidation
with all ollihe principal wireless com
panies then in the field. It was ex-
planned that this not emily did away
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