Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-04-24
MAKING MONEY
WITHOUT WORK
EASY In EAST
BY FREDERIC j. HAsKIN.

are a great many ways of making
money without working for it and
without giving anything real Tor
the money received. There the
time worn gold brick schemes ana
other hoary old tricks of the past
of which. however, the public gem
orally never appears to become
aware, because they go on and on
turning in rich harvests of gold TO
the crooked promoters and manip-
ulators.
Washington, rather than New
York, probably furnishes the best
field for this kind of dishonest
work of high grade if that term
can rightly be applied to it. In
the unpublished history of Wash
ington for the past 80 or 40 years
if it could be written, are some
amazing and often some amusing
incidents of this sort.
One source of revenue has
sprung from the fact that often
there come to congress men OF
wealth who have little else
to commend them. One OF
these men-and he did not come
| from the backwoods, but from very
close to Broadway and Forty-sec-
ond street--was so gullible that he
paid good round sum to unscrup-
ulous men he met to buy" the
influence of certain Washington
| newspapers. Needless to say. the
newspapers did not know that their
friendship was being sold on the
streets of Washington, and If they
exhibited any good will toward this
| particular man, it was by saying
nothing about him.
Another-and in this one mem
| bers of congress figure as we'll
is to secure the introduction of
some resolution or bill proposing
, drastic actions or laws of some
| kind. Then the alarm is sounded,
and money often rolls into the cof-
| fers Of the originator of the
| scheme, who organizes a society TO
fend off the awful threat con-
tanned in the piece of proposed
| legislation. 1t can be assumed that
| the congressman is innocent of du-
plicity in this matter. Member
ships in the society are sold. prob
ably at dollar apiece.
There is another case of a con-
siderable amount of money being
made out Of a diplomatic ap-
pointment. When this occurred
this particular diplomatic post was
going begging. No one seemed to
want it. There was a general i'm
preston that because of conditions
existing then, no one could acquit
himself with much credit and glory
in the position.
Sure Thing Gambling.
In this situation, the man who
ultimately made money out of the
deal suggested to the wife of GER
tain wealthy man that he seek the
appointment. Then the manipula.
tor gave careful directions how to
( proceed. Dinners must be given
with a carefully selected guest list
No mention must be made of The
vacant post in the diplomatic
corps. All of this was done. II
the meantime, this manipulation
who really did have certain stand
ing and influence here, had ascer
| tanned beyond doubt that the pos
would go to anybody who so mucl
as intimated that he would &C
cept it.
Naturally. the dinners mean
nothing. That was just to make
the thing look hard, and as If in
. fluenceS were at work under the
surface to obtain the job. AT the
proper time the appointment was
made. BY prior arrangement-not
with the man appointed, but with
his wife-the manipulation of this
thing was paid q sum rumored tc
be no less than $4,000.
| All of these things-most oil
them-at any rate--are quite with.
in the law. No criminal statute Is
fractured by the operations. 1t is
just "slick" work.
H There is the instance of Ger.
tain event that was to occur in z
Latin-American country in which
the American government has beer
forced to take a brotherly interest
Disorders were feared. 1t was fell
that only the United States coult
guard against this. One faction ot
the politicians in this country had
n private representative in Wash
ington. He sought out an obscure
but supposedly influential man Il
help him. This man did have E
wide acquaintance, and was able Il
ascertain quickly that the Ameri
can government had made up il
mind months before to take III
desired action. This man had Il
make the job look hard, OF course
and made daily reports of fanciet
! developments to the Representative
Il of the Latin country. II
the fullness of time, the thing 70
which he had been engaged natur
ally transpired, and he collected
his fee-that is, he got half Of il
Some hitch developed, and it wa
his frenzied efforts to get the res
that brought the transaction to tn
il attention Of a few people, at least
There is we'll remembers
case of a newspaperman in Wash
ington who abused the confidence
and privileges which all Of ther
enjoy. Naturally. a great man
newspapermen in Washingto
often are the possessors of in
formation in confidence whic
would be of great value to Ger
tain corporations if they coul
learn it in advance of genera
publication. A congressional ir
vestigation brought out this man
connections. He is drawing dow
in retaining fees from big col
porations, a sum in the neighbol
hood of 100000 a year, an ~
cellent income for any new
paper man.
Publicity Ruined His job.
Naturally, throwing the light
publicity on this mans effor