Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-06-12
AID CLUB WORK
EFFECHVE. IN
STOPPING FAKES
Vigilance Committee Makes
Report and Points Out Field
For Operation

The following striking report was
made Tuesday to the AID club by the
vigilance committee and was uIani-
mously adopted:
Honolulu. Jnne S, 1914.
Mr.. W. r. harrington.
President AID Club.
Honolulu. T. II.
Dear Sir-Your Vigilance Conn lit
teen on advertising, consisting Of Gen.
J. H. Soper. chairman: A. l.. Mackaye.
secretary, and Nelson B. Lapsing.
takes pleasures in hereby submitting
J to the AID club through you its re-
port of the work your committee has
accomplished since its appointment
last February. 1920
in conjunction with the advertising
committees of the Chamber of Com
merce and Merchants Association
your committee has taken an active
part i'm the endorsement of nine sadver-
Using projects for Honolulu during
the past four months. and has refused
to endorse four such propositions
brought before your committee. In
enc case q project was first turned
down, but later endorsed by the Joint
committees. owing to- developments
! which made of the scheme a Derlna-
nent and certain advertising medium.
| Your committee has made several
investigations into advertising I'ro-
jects. especially regarding number
of stock-selling schemes sprung Lpon
an unsuspecting territory. and in this
latter case your committee would like
to call the attention Of the members
Of the Ad club particularly to stock
selling campaign started in Honolulu
bv the Hadley Advertising Agency.
of Oakland. Cal. In which a measley
, 40 per cent profit was promised In
! vestors Such stoek-selhng PROPOSE
items have more than once yictimized
i citizens of this territory who failed
) to investigate. until after Investment
| and it is safe to say that approxima ate
lk hundreds of thousands of dollars
have. been lost to local and legitimate
investments as well as the added pros
. perity of Honolulu anu Hawaii ne! in
consequence.
i'sueh stock.selling takes as occa-
sionally appear in local papers can
he severely dealt. with under the
federal laws and anyone who may be
1 lured into parting with his money
!, through one of the flamboyant adver.
: tisements whose investment is a loss
can prosecute the advertiser If 1t can
: be proved that the advertising medi-
um has been sent through the mails.
/ One such stock.selling scheme. %as
taken up with William Woodhead of
San Francisco. presidents of the sAsso-
ciated Advertising clubs OF America.
and later by the chairman OF your com
mittee with Mr. EbeThard of San
Francisco, who recently appeared be-
fore this club, and he promised to
take the matter up personally with
the San Francisco Advertising Vigi.
i lance Committee. =. .s......... s..
In the last Issue of Everybody s
Magazine the statement is made that
money enough has been secured from
the people Of the United States in cne
year through fake advertising schemes
to pay for the building Of the Panama
canal-approximately 100000 900.
| Accompanying this report is an
exceedingly interesting recapitulatio
fof the annual report sof the .postoffiee
department through its chief INSPECTOR
+ and which your committee believes
accentuates the absolute need of strict
! vigilance by every commercial COM
; munity in the country over fraudu-
lent advertising schemes.
in conclusion your committee
would recommend that the merchants
end advertisers of Honolulu cooper.
ate more heartily with the new ad.
verttsing committee of the Chamber
J of Commerce Of Honolulu and back
1 II" It's decisions as to advertising me,
diums irrespective Of individual pref.
terence.
4 Your committee also wishes to
voice its appreciation of the energetic
cooperation and courtesy of the mem.
bers of the committees of the Cham.
Der Of Commerce and Merchants AS.
tsociation.
! Respectfully.
"JNO. H. SoPER. Chairman.
"A l.. MACKAYE, Secretary.
Postoffice Report on Fraud.
! The post Office report says
I There were 304 persons convicted
during the fiscal year ended June 80
1913. charged with using the mails In
furtherance OF schemes to defraud
and 1t is estimated that the loss OF
| money to the public through the swim
ding operations of thns" convicted
was approximately $11,967 JOG.
The amount of money obtained by
individuals arrested last year on the
charge Of using the mails for fraudu
| lent purposes is estimated at approx
mately SAL ,906,735, making a total o.