Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-10-23 | Page 14 | U. S. Warns Against Book Canvassers

U. S. WARNS AGAINST BOOK CANVASSERS On Instructions from Washington, the local food administration has Issuer a warnins to the public against the pur- chase of books from canvassing agents i representing that they are authorized by ; the government to take orders for certain1 cer-tain1 classes of literature, generally educational edu-cational works. In some Instances, it has been reported, as much as $4.75 has been paid for one book. Publications issued by the government :uc given away In many Instances, and in others are sold at the cost of production. produc-tion. Certain school text books, pre-i pre-i pared under the direction of the food administration, are sold under contract i with the publisher, who is not-permitted 1 to make a charge greater than that fixed hv competition. In no instance has this price had a greater range than from 20 to 50 cents. Citizens are requested to report instances in-stances in which canvassers offer books purported to be Issued by the Kovern-ment, Kovern-ment, that they may he Investigated by; the department of justice.