Beware Get-Rich-Quick Schemes
By Editor
A splendid word of warning is given to the public by the World's Work for March anent "The Get-Rich-Quick Game" of various breeds, by which the poor and ignorant are swindled out of hard-earned money by the millions in the aggregate each year. We emphasize again the warning which we have repeatedly given. It is oil or mining or land or a patent of some sort, in which there are millions; but if so, it is always to the promoter, not the investor. Let them alone. In nine cases out of ten they are swindles. He lists the names of 243 swindling concerns which have been brought to account by the United States postal authorities in the last seven years, during which time it is estimated that the people have been swindled to the extent of $1,000,000,000. Yet the writer questions whether his warning will do any good. Many will conclude that "that" may have been a fraud, but "this" is all right; and the swindle is repeated. Let the get-rich-quick schemes alone.