The Hermiston herald., March 29, 1928, Image 4

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WHEN PROMOTERS USE “CHARITY”
: TO DECOY TRUSTFUL CONTRIBUTORS
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In v estigation s o f V arious Sch em es for D efrauding Public
Out o f M oney D isclosed by Bankers A ssociation—
M any K inds o f F ak e Industrial Prom o­
tions U sed as B a it
By W. R. MOREHOUSE
Public Relations Commission, American Bankers Association
ILLIONS of dollars raised under the disguise of charity go
to line the pockets of promoters. Ticket sales on raffles are
commonly used, and while the loss to any one person who buys
a ticket is small the aggregate loss for the
United States runs into millions of dollars.
Usually the prom oters of these schemes first
make a contract with some charitable insti­
tution to conduct a cam paign for funds on
behalf of the institution. They are to run
the campaign in the name of the institution
and share the proceefis. The whole scheme
is often one of deception. To those who
have been led to believe th a t their contribu­
t io n go practically 100 per cent to charity,
the following case we investigated should
prove illuminating.
A num ber of prom oters recently contract­
ed with a charitable institution to put on a
campaign to raise funds by the raffle of a
new automobile. So fa r as the public could
tell from the banners used in displaying the
automobile, the full am ount of the sale price
v». a. M orehouse of the tickets went to the institution. There
w as nothing to convey any other impression. A pparently it
w as open and above board ahd was being conducted by men
who were contributing their time gratuitously.
The Most
Economical
Salesman
M
For several days a new automobile,
mounted on a truck, was driven up
and down the streets, with banners
telling about the drive for funds for
the charitable institution. One day
the truck would go by displaying one
of the popular makes of automobiles.
A few days later it would parade by
displaying some other popular make.
Periodically the truck would pull into
the curb where it would park for sev­
eral hours while the promoters plead­
ed with passers by to take tickets on
the raffle and thereby help a deserving
charitable Institution to meet Its bills.
Thousands "Touched’’
Thousands of people, touched by the
appeal for help, bought tickets, the
total sale running Into the thousands
of dollars. Contrary to the belief of
the ticket buyers their contributions
did not go 100 per cent to charity.
Instead the charitable Institution re­
ceived but 26 cents on the dollar, the
promoters getting 52 cents on tho
dollar as their net profit, or twice the
amount received by charity, while the
remainder of 22 cents on each dollar
represented
the amount charged
against gross sales by the promoters
as expenses.
In other words, every person who
bought a 50 cent ticket for the sake
of charity, contributed but 13 cents to
charity and 37 cents to those promot­
ing the scheme.
Whether you give
to charity or make an Investment It
w ill pay you to get the facts!
Unfortunately there Is a general Im­
pression abroad that wildcat promo­
tions are confined to oil, mining and
new Inventions. The truth Is, many
stock selling promotions are operated
under the name of other industries.
False Claims
A certain group of promoters in­
vestigated offered for sale stock in a
proposed woolen mill. In order to sell
the stock they resorted to the use of
misrepresentation and false claims.
After renting space on the ground
floor of an office building froutlng
on a busy street they began their cam­
paign. Orally and by printed adver­
tisements extravagant claims were
made for the proposed corporation
which were grossly false.
Religious Failh Ho
Secret in lerusaierr
In Jerusalem , the lit t le c ity o f groin
th in g s, re lig io u s oh.-x-rviiuees play s
p a rt In d a ily life unknow n in u tlie i
c a p ita ls . Since It Is tlie center ol
th re e great fa ith s a nil n il th e ir sub
d ivisio n s, can It be wondered nt II
eacli fa ith and brunch th e re o f Jealous
ly guards rig h ts and rite s acquired
th ro u g h o u t centuries, o fte n th rough
fa m in e , selge and u n to ld h a rd s h lp l
In a modern c ity , m e meets peoph
d a lly fo r years w ith o u t know ing ih e lt
re lig io u s beliefs. T h is Is Im possible
In Jerusalem , lie he Occident ul or
o rie n ta l,
every
m an's
re lig io n
Is
kn o w n to n il and also the fid e lity w ith
w h ic h he cu rries oul the o b lig a tio n s
im posed hy Ids fa llh .
T he re lig io u s fe s tiv a ls b rin g ilie lr
ow n p a geantry io the c lly . T he re are
M oslem s w ith Ilie lr adherents fro m
n o rth e rn A fric a , In d ia , Afghanl.-tan,
B o kh a ra, A ra b ia , and the S u d u n ;
< l i r l s l In ns o f a ll d e n o m in a tio n s : l.nt-
Ins, In clu d in g m any o f the re lig io u s o r
ders and the V itia te churches w hich
acknow ledge (lie suprem acy o f the
p o p e ; the eastern churches, wide»
com prise the O rth o d o x, tlie A rm en ia n
and S y ria c , ('o p ts, a m i A tiy s s ln la n s ;
tlie A n g lic a n c h u rc h ; tlie Jews, d iv id ­
ed In to Ashkennzim . Sephardim , Ka
m ile s ,
Yem enites.
G eorgians,
and
R n k h a rn iiA — N a tio n a l
G eographic
Mngusine.
Cartoon in Japan Not
Inspired by Politics
In Japan, apparently, the cartoon
did not have (lie démocratie begin-
I aligcy of its occidental counterpart.
Here In America tlie cartoon was orbs
lualiy used Io magazine* a ail newspa-
jers a» g political weapon, bui the
It was claimed that the promotion
had the support of the Chamber of
Commerce, but it did not have any
such an endorsement. It was claimed
that the corporation had a signed con
tract for the sale of millions of dollars
worth of Its products—orders enough
to keep the mills running day and
night for many years and accordingly
Insure Its success, but all that it had
was a valueless fake agreement
It was claimed by two of the prin­
cipal promoters that they had had
many years of experience in the manu­
facture of woolens,—in fact had or­
ganized and financed a woolen mill
which is the largest in the United
States. The facts were these two pro-
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YOU CAN EMPLOY IN SELLING YOUR GOODS IS THE ADVERTIS­
ING COLUMNS OF THIS NEWSPAPER.
YOUR IDEAS, YOUR APPEAL,
YOUR INFORMATION GO DIRECTLY TO HUNDREDS OF PROSPECT­
IVE BUYERS AT LESS THAN POSTAGE COST, IF YOU DEPENDED ON
PERSONAL LETTERS.
IN ADDITION TO PUBLISHING
A
COMMUNITY
NEWSPAPER
THAT CARRIES THE NEWS OF WHAT IS GOING ON IN TOWN AND
COUNTRY, WE DO—
Commercial
Printing
OF ALL KINDS OF SUCH QUALITY AND AT FAIR
THAT YOU CAN’T AFFORD TO BE WITHOUT IT.
IS OF THE KIND THAT USUALLY INSURES
PRICES
SO
OUR SERVICE
DELIVERY AHEAD
OF
THE PROMISED TIME, AND SELDOM DO WE HAVE TO APOLOGIZE TO
Iit it
A CUSTOMER BECAUSE OF DELAYED DELIVERY.
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THE HERMISTON HERALD
“The Newspaper tat keeps close to the heart and mind of the Umatilla
project.”
,
The "Charity” Drive
moters had not been connected with
any mills for over twenty years and
they had attempted at different times
to promote mills, all of which had
failed. One of the promoters repre­
sented that formerly he was president
and general manager of one of ths
largest woolen mills in Canada. The
fact was the mill referred to had gone
Into bankruptcy and he had been care­
taker of the plant
This story of misrepresentation can
be duplicated in practically the whole
Industrial field, and because our in­
dustries are being exploited with in­
tent to defraud, It behooves every in­
vestor to Investigate carefully. He
should consult his hanker before draw­
ing his savings out and losing them
on some wildcat Investment
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WASHKOWSKY’S OLD SHOE
We call the attention of the Ameri­
can Bankers Association to the case
of Mr. Wasbkowsky of Brooklyn. Mr.
Washkowsky Is hard working and
thrifty, hat like ao many of ns hit
education fa defective: who ia to blame
Japanese cartoon was' more tlinn eight for that wa don’t know. Mr. W ith -
hundred years old before the first is- kowaky haa been saving a part of
cue of tlie Yokohama Mainlchl Shim- his weekly wages for a long time, but
bun, first of the Japnnese dallies, ap­ hadn’t told Mrs. Wasbkowsky where
peared In 1871.
he was depositing his nest egg. That
The first Nipponese cartoonist was was a mistake, probably, bat an In­
a lordly person, a Buddhist monk, quiry Into It belongs to another branch
Kakuyu, abbot of Toha, who was born of education with which It la probable
In I0ÖS A. I), lie employed most of the bankers association cannot be held
his eighty-seven years laughing at the to have any concern.
lollies and vanities of the decadent
But with Mr. Washkowsky** de­
Kyoto court and nt pretentious low­ pository It haa. Ha chose for that
brows everywhere.
His Influence purpose an old shoe. He kept the
over that branch of Japanese art wm shoe and its mate in his closet, and
ns great ns that of Shakespeare on ap to the other day had tacked sway
tlie English drama. In fact, for cen­ In one of them eavlnga amounting to
turies the only Japanese name for the 3350. On that same other day Mr*.
cartoon was "Toba-e”—"Toha Pic­ Washkowsky, rummaging Mr. Wash
tures." No cartoons appeared in Jap­ kowsky’s closet like a good house
nnese newspapers until a few year» wife, seeking what ah* could throw
ago, but now they have become so away or transfer to another place
popular that In all the large cities where Mr. Waahkowaky couldn’t find
they are printed ns dally features.
It. as la the habit of good houaewlve».
found this same pair of old shoes. We
suppose the said to herself, Mr. Wash­
A p p le Tree's M onum ent
kowsky not being present to have It
Because It Is the parent tree of el
said to him. "Isn’t that Just like a
variety and. although sixty-three yearsi
man 7" and acting thereupon Just like
old. Is still producing fruit, an apple
a woman she sent the shoes to the
tree at Peru, Iowa, has been honored
cobbler to be repaired. It was either
by a monument, luist year tlie tree'
that or the ash barrel tor them, and
yielded more than five bnshele o f ,
being frugal and Mr. Washkowsky pay
sound apples, say* Popular Mechanics;
lag the cobbler bills anyway, ah* sent
Miigaxlne. Tree surgeon* are credit-1
them to the cobbler.
ed with keeping It alive. Periodically j
A distraught men was Mr. Wash
the decayed wood of It* trunk ia re -'
kownky when he next went to make a
moved and concrete filling applied,
deposit In his old shoe. "W hat new
while most of the lower part has
been rebuilt with steel members. The place," he asked in that martyr tone
branches are kept pruned so that the affected by husbands on similar oc­
mots will not become exhausted In casions, "have you found for my old
Mrs. Washkowsky told him.
supplying nnuririiinent to useless »hose r
twigs and leaves. A pioneer orchard- expecting to be praised for her
Women—but that’*
1st Is said to have set oat a tree of thoughtfulness.
Bellflower variety la his garden la another branch of education.
Mr. Washkowsky went to the cob­
Ifett.
bler end found hie shoes, bet not the
. mosey, which we cannot hot feel to
not retnarkabl*. W * hope.gg wit] ppf
it, but he hasn’t yet, which again
should cause no astonishment
But what we would like to hear
from the American Bankers Associa­
tion Is what step* It is taking to dis­
courage people of magpie habits from
keeping tbelr money in stoves, shoes,
mantle clocks, behind wail pictures,
under floor boards and similar places.
We have made no exact calculation,
but from casual evidence we are in­
clined to believe there are enough
fund* hidden away In such places in
this enlightened and progressive coun­
try to pay off the national debt Not
that we advise paying It off, because
that would leave congress nothing to
fuss with Mr. Mellon about; but If de­
posited In banks our banker might
have some to lend when we need tt.
which he now never has: he says
money Is very scarce. We hold It Is
not; It Is merely in Mr. Washkowsky’*
shoe.
Seeing that we have been pursuing
education, or something called th a t
for several centuries, we caDnot but
feel tbl* Is a bad showing and that
the banker* association I* somehow
responsible. It hasn't sufficiently im­
pressed on the people that II has
banks and what they are for. Mr.
Waahkowaky hasn't heard And there
are a lot of him In this country.—
Kansas City Star.
The Four H clubs held a meeting
Tuesday, March 20, at the
c hurch.
M.
E.
They elected officer* for
th e different clubs and arranged for
FERTILIZER TESTS WILL
BE MADE ON IRRIGON FARM
George Jenkins to be in Charge of
Tests for Watermelons
and Cantaloupes.
Tests of results by the use of man­
ure and commercial fertilizers of
different mixtures in combination
and of commercial fertilizers alone
on watermelons and cantaloupes w ill
be made this season on the Caldwell
farm at Irrigon under tb e direction
of George H. Jenkins, assistant
county agent, according to plans that
have been worked out by M r Cald­
well and other growers and Mr. Jen­
kins.
Plots untreated w ith either barn
yard manure or commercial fertilizer'
w ill be used to check against yields
secured where the fe rtilize r combi­
nations are used. T h e plots planned
are as follows:
Barnyard manure, manure and
superphosphate, manure and bone-
meal. manure and n itrate fertilizer,
and manure And a complete fertiliser.
The same number of plots w il also
be tested w ithout manure being used
w ith the fertilizers. Several acres
of ground w ill be included In the
testa.
FARM BUREAU AUXILIARY
TQ HEAR MRS. McCOMB TALK
Mrs Jessie McComb, state leader
In home demonstration work from
O. A. C., w ill be the chief speaker
on the rogram of the next meeting
of the Farm Bureau au xilia ry which
w ill be held a t Columbia school F r i­
day afternoon, A p ril ( , a t 2 o’clock
according to Mrs.
Cecil
Madden,
president.
Mrs. C. A. Keller, chairman of the
ommittee on home economics, has
requested a big attendance of mem­
bers so the maximum benefit may
be secured from the visit of Mrs.
McComb.
Some other important
business I* scheduled to he consid­
ered at the meeting.
£
a meeting to learn Judging
STILLINGS ADDS TO HIS
ANDY ANDEREGO BUYS 20
acres put on *2 6 w orth of growth
and fat on young cattle per acre, an d .
i f I can, 40 acres of pasture w ill re­
turn a gross Income of *1 ,0 0 0 ,’’ M r.
Stillings said. Maybe I can, and may­
be I can’t, but the results I secured
last year make me believe th at It can
be done, and I f It can it w ill be worth
w hile."
SWEET CLOVER ACREAGE
ACRES OF ADJOINING LAND
Another 15 acres of land on his
The purchase by Andy Anderegg of home 40 acres w ill be in sweet clover
an additional >0 acres of pasture this season, H. J. Stillings said yee-
land that is near his home place on terady
He already has 2 * acres of
the north edge of the project was the place in a mixed pasture i n which
made recently. He bought the place I sweet clover is predominant,
and
from M r*. E. J. Doherty of Tacoma I thia year he
putting in the other
and w ill use It as pasture for his big 15 acres to tbe pasture crop
berti of Holsteins. E P Dodd made
''On the basis of present prices
the deal.
tor re tti» I believe 1 can tngke 40
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HIGH SCHOOL TRACK HEN
IN TRAINING FOR MEETS
The boys tu rn in g out for track are
doing some hard work and are show­
ing promise of taking some firsts
this year. The district meet w ill be
held about the middle of A p ril w ith
the county meet following about a
couple of weeks later.
About 10 men have been turning
out regularly, and some of them are
prom 1st eg m aterial. W alther Ott and
M erlin Earnheart w ill take car* of
the pole vault
and Jumps.
Jack
Smith and John Newell t r ill handle
the weights w ith George MrKensle.
Slmpeoa Ham rick and Albert Kenn­
ings doing tfc* sprints, daghes ant,
hurdles.