Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1911-11-24
PROTECT HOME MERCHANTS.

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PROTECT HOME MERCHANTS.
The solution Of the charity and FRAUD
advertising question is not easy, but il
is one that should not be neglected by
the Commercial club, if that organiza
ton would do it's members the justice
that they demand of the organization
The matter of contributing to every
Tom, Dick and Harry that comes along
with some booster advertising scheme
or some charitable affair, has kept
many in DEVILS Lake at the low waite,
mark in financial way, for all in the
city are anxious to boost, and all are
interested in supporting something de-
serving. But every other one is a
fraud, is the opinion Of those who have
investigated and Devils Lakers are dig
ging down in their pockets day after
day and contributing to something
that will not only fail to bring then,
returns, but they know not whether it
is deserving.
The remedy which the business man
for he is the one that suffers most, de.
mands of the Commercial club, is that
every proposition in the nature Of
booster advertising, and charity solicit
ing, 60 before the club, and no one
will receive unless the sanction of the
club by letter is in the possession of
the solicitor, and then only at the dis.
erection Of the one solicited. Devils
Lake is paying publicity bureau of
the Commercial club and it is up to
that bureau to furnish publicity and
advertising and no man should be al.
lowed to peddle a fake advertising
scheme where the individual is here
today and gone tomorrow, unless the
publicity bureau of the. club sees that
Devils Lake business men will get val,
ue received for such advertising
Charity workers for eastern child.
ren's home institutions have been here
recently. No endorsement was receiv.
ed from the club, and liberal contribu.
tions were made by the business men,
and since Devils Lakers learned that
the one soliciting was not representa-
tive of the institution she pretended to
be.
In Grand Forks plan similar to the
one suggested has been started, and as
result it is figured that eight hundred
dollars was saved the business men Of
that city in two short weeks, the fol
lowing appearing in the Grand Forks
Times:
Eight hundred dollars is the amour
Of cash that the new committee Of thu
Grand Forks club, "the charity ant
advertising soliciting committee" ha
saved to club members in the two short
weeks Of its existence.
"The solution is easy. In that perioc
five propositions have been put up tt
the committee, and on only one Of
those has the committee passed favor
ably, and that proposition was chart
table in it's nature. -Four of the prop
ositions failed to meet with the ap
proval of the committee, and the pro
moters were so informed. They hav'
left for other parts where the condi
tons for operating were not so thorn,
as they appeared to be here.
"'Under this plan,' said Secretar,
G. w. Graves today, it has been show
that good results can be accomplished
When club members are approached o.
any kind of proposition, all the,
have to do is to refer the promoter t.
the Commercial club for reference. I
this operator does not carry any state
ment from the Commercial club it is
ten to one bet that he is not successful
in promoting his plan.
"'In the four propositions whic'
have been turned down there has bee
a saving to the business men of $S0(
These propositions were for the mos
part, advertising schemes which tn
committee did not believe came With
the field Of legitimacy, or which cal
ried with them the benefits claimed b
the promoters. ,"