Chicago’s Get-Rich-Quick Schemes
"Prosperity" in this country is mainly reckoned according to the growth of cities and the profits of the great corporations. Second to New York, the fastest growing city in the United States is Chicago, and here is what a United States post-office inspector says of it: "Chicago is the hot-bed of get-rich-quick schemes, a rookery of swindlers and fake promoters, and the birthplace of gigantic transcontinental frauds. We try to drive them out by vigorous prosecution, and we have not men enough to keep up with the complaints. While we are putting one fellow out of business, in spite of the legal talent he employs with other people's money, five others are starting in the business."