| Show GETTING NOTHING FOR SOMETHING THING A million gullible americans yearly lose a billion colars in money and property in mail fraud schemes horace J donnelly acting g solicitor for tile the post office department informed the recent convent convention jon of 0 investment ves ament bankers there is no end to the variety of schemes used to extract money from foolish people mr donelly told how thousands of 0 women had paid 10 cents tor for ten yards of silk thread in answer to an advertisement that they could get 10 yards of beautiful silk for making shirtwaists shirt waists the female of tho the species however was no more gullible than the male as thousands of men put up 18 tor for a dozen quarts of rye grain that is the dry grain of rye wheat in the belief that they were getting re in the liquid form the oil business however has proved the greatest field for fraud in fort worth texas alone mr donnelly said men engaged in the sale of 0 fraudulent oil stock have taken from the public more than in the last two years the post office department has more than criminal cases against promoters at fort worth texas and hundreds of other promoters abandoned their operations before they could be reached with fraud orders it is amazing said sir mr donnelly that so many people in this age are willing to be duped but their desire to get something for nothing or a lot tor for a little seems to overcome all efforts to protect them so strong a hold has the crook on his victim in many cases that the department part ment is severely condemned by the latter for putting the swindler out of business the dupe still believing in g the false promises of riches would vv oud ut be fulfilled |
