| Show i SWINDLERS BAIT A FRIEND has handed us a letter which he has just received from a firm annew in new york which signs itself J D terhune co it opens by stating tha that t the signers walh to secure the services of a smart intelligent agent in this locality for a business that cannot fail fall to yield at least a profit of and if shrewdly managed a much larger amount and that too without neglecting regular business they then proceed to explain the character of the business busin ess at some len ath they have manufactured bogus green backs to such perfection that the they assert it ia is as safe to pass them as if the bills came from the treasury department and they propose to let them go for 25 cents on the dollar they say you yon yon you will beit bear in mind that you now have an excellent opportunity to make money noney easily and rapidly there is nothing in coining money that can begin to compare with it with these bills yoa yon are are started at once upon the highway to fortune and affluence vou yon can rest assured of one thing that you can never be wanting in funds while you are connected with us and remain true P As a bait halt to draw the money out of the simpletons simple tons whom they ho hope pe to gull they say that in order to start them and show them they mean business they will only charge five cents on the dollar for the first package they sen dand they will expect the remaining twenty cents on the dollar within 15 16 days after it has been received they expect to receive ten dollars for the first package but as they receive so many letters asking for samples they have concluded they will send them on receipt of five dollars the whole letter ia is cunningly written and is well adapted to arouse the cupidity of those who have inclinations to make money without regard to honesty the scoundrels who send out these theae circulars delibe dellbe deliberated deliberately ratel y calculate on finding a percentage of knaves among the people and they spread their trap to catch them they know that an honest man even if he knew their offers were bona fide and they had bogus notes to sell of the description they state would not purchase them but a dishonest man who believes their statements and has funds sends them five or ten dollars he is the person whom they expect to entrap they get his money and he waits for his bills if he gets no reply what can he do about it he cannot make any inquiries he cannot tell his friends for by so doing he would not remain true to his bogus correspondents and it would not answer for him to state that he was making arrangements to issue counterfeit bills he is victimized without the possibility of redress and everybody would say that he deserved it we have heard of many such letters being sent herece do not allude to them to warn any person against being misled by such representations but to show the public the many tricks that are resorted to in the world to make maey money these rogues probably drive a thriving trade at this business they find knaves and fools enough to snap at their bait but they will have to send elsewhere than to utah for patronage of this kind |
