The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-06-18
URGES POSTOFFICE
AUTHORITIES TO ACT


appearing in a recent issue of Homo
lulu newspaper cautioning the people to
beware of a new seller of oil stocks
which has just arrived, there was this
pertinent sentence, "Keep your hands
ON your pocketbooks.
1t behooves all easy marks and espe-
cially unsophisticated Hawaiians, who
the sheriff says have been victimized
by person convicted of felony, but
now representing himself to be the
agent of various oil and mining propo-
sitions, to heed this injunction.
1t is commendable that the news
paper management refused to publish
the glaring advertisements of these
fake concerns after the other news
papers exposed the apparent schemes
to deliberately rob unsuspecting men
of their heard earned money. The
movement put on foot by legitimate
brokers and others dealing in bonafde
oil stocks to have the next session of
the Legislature enact law founded
upon the excellent Blue Sky law of
Kansas is also to be commended. The
enactment of such law will put an
end to a bunch of human parasites.
Meanwhile this mining and oil stock
swindle is being worked most exten.
sively through the mails in Hawaii.
This is violation of the postal laws.
The law states that conviction for this
violation shall be a fine of not more
than five hundred dollars and imprison-
ment for not more than eighteen
months, or both, at the discretion of
the court
Now that the law is and has been
violated, and from Hawaii to Kauai
people have been victimized, and as
there is no bar or limitation in case
of felony against the United States nor
in the case of fugitive, the chances
/ are much in favor of the final punish.
ment of these swindlers.
want to ask whose duty it is to see
that this entire state of affairs is in.
vestigated, the abuse of the mails for
fraudulent schemes probed for the pur.
pose of locating the swindlers, and evi-
dence gathered which will justify some
action7
will answer that question myself,
it is the postoflice inspector of this
district This office was created in
order that the postmaster general might
have at his call reliable men for con.
fidential work. 1t is his duty to in.
vestigate and to prosecute to the full
extent of the law.
] believe that if the matter IS
! brought to the attention of Hon. San.
ford b. Dole, Of the federal court, that
when the federal grand jury meets he
would again charge the members that
they might wish the able assistance of
II. w. Breckons and the postal author
tiles in investigating and putting an
end TO this abuse OF the mails
In our own community men and
women once trusted and respected,
, stand exalted no longer because Of
these fake corporations, represented by
| criminals and others i know of Ha-
waiians who were once in good financial
circumstances who are now virtually
tramps and beggars in our community.
II the statement that some Of these
cold blOoded, deliberate robbers and ex-
conyicts have wrought social and com.
mercial ruin 10 hundreds Of persons,
could today be heard in numerous
desolated Hawaiian homes n groan Of
assent would arise and poverty stricken
wives and sbamefaced men would de.
clare II Is true.
Only short time ago we heard that
a prosperous newly married man en-
plOyed IN the eustOmhOuse invested
''bis all" IN fake concern with an
eEeonYiet and later, reduced TO de.
SPAR and poverty, be disappeared and
reports Of Of bis death were published
10 the San Francisco papers,
That was all The public knew Of the
ease, bni the family aud few Others
"0p tho inaiden looked AZ tho press
poileea and raw the lines twisted IN
suel shape lhai ihey spelled The word,
HNleilmiaed
n tho eiiiseua Of ibis community
we're aBafe VI tho number Of fearful
eyes and hungry people caused IN these
Islands by THE Riganlie lnlquiiy ihey
N0nid hf amazed
n ls Indeed humillailnR position
for lisNaii ~ he placed N Wheu che
wailA can be- used Rni $40 used fpf ihla