The Omaha guide., 1935-01-19
TALKING THINGS OVER
Ry Mildred j. Bronson
STOLEN GOODS


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shall try to bring it to you just as a
Movie or your f~avorite speaker would
ii is going to be a hard task for me,
as it was suggested by n of my un-
fortunate readers who happens to be
Id prison, and who asked me to try
and save some ones freedom, while
he must paw for his mistakes. The
article, "Crme Never Pays, caused
him to. write me.
"Stolen Goods looks Ikea big play
but is really q play with the law and
your freedom. There are 1000 dop,ts
that | could use with the topic, but we
will just use those which are -neces-
sary Go the topic we would like to ex-
plain.
When some one has a great big
bargain for you, and must have your
word that you won't tell anAoae be
cause heecan't do any or everybody
such favors, don't take it.
When some friend, who has just ar
rived in town, and will trust only you
with his jewels, bags. and what nots
to keep for him, while he goes to seek
another Pal, don't take it.
When someone asks you to give him
a lift with your car, because he just
missed his train or bus, and his mother
is at the point Of death in another
town, don't do it.
II your best Pal has things that
look to be far above his earnings and
he tells you that-he won them, some
lone gave them to him, or they be-
longed to his great grandparents, and
he wishes you to keep them for him
or is willing to give them to you OF
sell them to you cheaply, don't take
them
Just some important "Don'ts". will
try 20 toll why il IS wise to keep the
"don'ts" first, friends, bargains are
advertised by the press, and competi-
ton among the business world keeps
each Of them on his toes trying to
show the Public his bargains. So you
see, the men in business don't keep
bargains a secret and slip them to you.
1t must be, as we call it, "hot", and
when it is hot, .iou may be too hot
when the law gets his man.
| don't know why the ones who
steal and sell always tell where and
to whom they sell, but they do, and
found out from those who know that
the buyers are subject to the same
punishment as the ones who stole it,
making them lose more than the ones
they bought it from. The price they
paid and the goods and your fine or
your lbert So, my friends, it pa 8
to follow the don'ts, and be safe and
free. can see that some bargains
pa really costly. Then again good
things are very seldom found on a
bargain counter. If SO, they are
soiled on damaged in some way, and
when you figure it out, they really are
not a bargain.
standard Brands always carry a
standard price. So be careful about
the bargain, and above all, you can't
be too careful about the quick and sly
salesman who offers you bargains and
no cards or stamps. Buy only from
the man who stands behind his goods
ard the law behind him.
This young man saw his mistakes
too late, but he asked me to try and
save you before it is too late. | must
say that some of you will take a
chance regardless, but we can say we
warned you, and this writing will ap-
pear before your mind the minute the
law puts is hands on you. So take
advice from a man who is paying the
price of "Stolen Goods.
Remember friends, we are always
anxious to do a friend or a poor beg
gar a favor, but we must know be-
yond a doubt if we are safe in doing
it. Now listen friends, don't get be-
hind this last statement to pass up
a poor beggar or a friend to save a
dime or so. We all know right from
wrong, a thief or a bum So use your
good Judgment and be safe. 1t would
surely be bad in the sight Of God and
yourself should you pass up some
poor, hungry, cold beggar with such a
small alibi. Play safe, and help them,
and if there is any doubt in your
mind about what he has to offer, let
him keep his goods. By doing this
you are helping him double by giving
him a chance to sell to who
is not so generous as you if his goods
are OK, and protecting yourself if
they are not.
Take it from one who is paying the
Price of "Stolen Goods" and Trade
with the "trade mark. Pay the
Merchants Price, and you will find
it cheaper than the prison Price.
Clear Conscience is a good Price
after all.