Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1930-05-01

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The Better Business Bureau of Spo-
kane, Washington.
| In spite of the intensive work that
has been done by the Better Bust
ness Bureau all over the United States
and the drastic action that has been
taken by the u. S. postal depart
ment, the sn=called Home Work
Scheme" continues to operate. This
, scheme takes advantage of the de-
sire on the part Of many wives and
| mothers to help out with the family
expenses by trying to do some kind
of money making work at home. The
victims attention is attracted by an
advertisement in some magazine or
newspaper which makes some such
offer as this: Ladies wanter to sew
aprons at home. We pay $12 to SIS a
dozen. All materials furnished. Write
to the So-and-So Dress Company for
particulars
In response to her request the home
worker receives a circular which tells
In glowing terms how easy and pleas
ant the work is and how nice it will
be to have nice sum Of money COM
ing in each week. Just send $3.50
for complete outfit, sample lot Of ma
terial all cut out for you, and COM
plete instructions" She sends the
$3.50 and soon gets her outfit" To
her disappointment, however, she
soon finds that it is impossible to
make any money making these aprons
at the price the advertiser now of
fers which is not the $12 or SIS =
dozen offered in the advertisement,
but $3.50 dozen. If the patient home
worker should 60 through with it
and send in completed dozen of
garments she learns that they are
mot quite up to our standard" and is
requested to TRY again. Then she
comes to the realization that all the
advertiser wanted was to get her
deposit for the outfit and that the
firm is not interested in whether or
not the homeWorker can make any
money sewing aprons or smocks or
whatever the garment may be. Disil-
lusloned she decides to charge it up
to experience.
Sewing aprons or smocks is but
one OF multitude Of these "Home
Work Schemes" The making Of neck
ties, garters, table cloths, bed spreads,
dresses, gliding cards, addressing en-
velopes, distributing advertising hand
bills and clipping news items to be
sold-the list is long one. But in
every one of these schemes that has
been brought to the attention Of the
Better Business Bureaus there il al
ways the demand for a deposit on
the part OF the homeworker, to show
good faith" Seldom is the deposit
mentioned in the advertisement. That
is reserved for the follow-up litera-
ture. The real purpose Of the adver
Users is, of course. to get the deposit
for the outfit. Profitable spare time
work for those who reply to these
advertisements seems to be remote
from the minds of the advertisers.
The Better Business Bureaus have
examined dozens of these schemes and
there is no record of anyone who has
found the average home work scheme
money making proposition-fo the
homeworker.
NO matter what kind of a PROPOSE
Ilon you receive in the mail, whether !
IN response to your inquiry in ans
werlng an advertisement or sent to
you unsolicited, if any deposit is re-
CURED or If the proposition doesn't
look exactly right, take it up with |
the Better Business Bureau whose
lilies are filled with information on
countless fake and fraudulent schemes |