Show hain chain Sale Scheme Under Eye dye of U. U S. S 0 DC e Hundred N. N NY Y Concerns Using System New rew Tork Endless chain selling operating from this city tire ue ere spread from Broadway to Main treet and are keeping postal author author- ties tiel bus busy So far tar there has been no on their legality but It was earned that the government Is legating gating all chain schemes operating rough the malls which have been I tiled lied led to Its attention There are ere at least get quick rich iala aln la selling schemes being operated m ra New Tew York Tork city offices according to o Information from the National net Bet per er Dullness Business bureau Some are con con- acted by honest business men othi oth oth- i by fly fly-by dy night concerns and ond a few tew jire re nothing less than rackets rockets Fountain pens hosiery pocketbooks U It balls kitchen gadgets razor glides lades des food rood supplies Jewelry watches meni eo ens en's white flannel flonnel trousers and even eel real estate have been set forth as the mediums of awakening America and miring the return of happy days Glib Promoters Promoter I Glib GUb promoters have bave demonstrated mathematically how the ninth step In Ine Ini e i chain selling gelling scheme will net every ev- ev fr ery jr participant a commission of ot 10 19 9 with the original sale of ot only four pieces of or merchandise What will willI I happen when everyone has bought a wallet or a pair of socks has been ignored by br the promoters Women's bridge clubs In Westchester Iter ter and on Long Iong Island have been working for the chain sellers Charitable CharItable Char Char- organizations organisations have participated Jin In the various make a million I schemes and the telephones In the Better Business bureau both national and ind local have been ringing with fn- fn concerning legitimacy of ot the different schemes chemes The only advice j titter bureau had to otter offer was waa that j nobody knows yet whether It Is leI le- le I Pi ph or not but that the participants I were ere not likely to make any great treat amount of mone money Neither bureau has endorsed any of ot I the schemes The Business bun bu bu- reeo reau n u of New York city with offices t at t Broadway has found It cult tuft to draw the line Plenty of Inquiries Some of the chain sellers are business men men men- said II J J. J Kenter Ken Ken- ter while others are operating shady tricky concerns We rare have received no complaints but hut we have been Hooded flooded with Inquiries It Is not a n new scheme for I 1 recall such methods of salesmanship were wre popular In 1012 We hun hove not yet jet et seen where we can make a complaint against the plan planas as ae a whole C C. 11 II Clarahan postal Inspector In charge of ot the New few York Tork office saId Bald Investigation of ot endless chain selling chaIn selling organizations was a long Jo lie He pointed out that each concern concern con con- cern had to be Investigated IndIvidually Individually Individually ally given a public hearIng bearing and that frequently the case had to be carried through the courts Heres Here's how It operates The particIpant participant par par- buys an article for and 10 cents In stamps and then sells tour four articles at the same price making a commission of ot I. I on the fourth sale Thereafter the agent sells selli three other articles making 37 Ills ms three customers sell three each and the original inal lash participant gets In commissions commissions commissions commis commis- and the others are ready to start their profit sharing By y the ninth step the total commissions amount to more than if It the chain remains un broken un-I un |