THE GUIDE TO FULL POCKETS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 13543, 16 March 1906, Page 2

THE GUIDE TO FULL POCKETS

THE EXPERIENCES OF A DUNEDIN MAN. A few moiifha ago an attractively-worded and lengthy advertisement appeared in a well-known magazine urging would-be investors to bo no longer " brothers to the ox," but to send to the advertiser for his 24-page hook, " A Guide to Full Pockets." The bait held out was the statement of '• advertiser,' who. said: "I was bom Maine farm. I havo made some great ■:cs in business, my greatest through

co-operation. 1 took 1500dol (£366 2s 6d) capital, supplied by farmers, women, physicians, clerks, ' clergymen, etc., in Belfast, Maine, and in an'houest, but very profitable business, earned and paid them through Belfast National Bank, 50Wdol (£IO2O 8s 2d) in cash dividends in the first six months, 25,000d0l (£5102 0s lOd) in cash dividonds within tho next vear, and in 18 months I paid them in round numbers 330,000.0Cd0l (£67,3*6 19s 2d) cash. Evorv 4s earned £44 175." The prospectus' also 6tated that sums ranging from 4s to £100 would bo accepted, and set forth in glowing terms tho benefits to bo derived from the advertiser's system of co-operation, only tho nature of tho security held, if any, was, of course, conveniently withheld. The advertisement attracted the attention of » young man in Dunodin, and he confided" to a friend his intention to make a modest investment, with a. view to finally retiring from the "ox" business altogether. How. ever, his friend happened to bo a man with a- wide business experience, and ho strongly dissuaded tho impetuous youth against doing anything of the kind, and it was finally resolved to write to the address given asking for the "Guide to Full Pockets," with.'a possible view to further business on the lines indicated in tho advertisement. Tho letter was accordingly sent (last November), and -was returned' to the Bonder, through the dead letter officer a day or two ago. Tho postal endorsements on tho envelope wore terse, but very significant, and were a tributo to tho thoroughness of the United Slates postal authorities. The hack of the envelope was. endorsed "Chicago Inquiry Division. January 9, 1906. D.L.0.," and in bold letters on tho front, "Removed lo 94-96 ■\Y6nde!l sttreet. Fraudulent—Fraudulent," It only remains to be said that, the aspiring young investor on seeing tho envelope at once concluded to remain in partnership with the plodding "ox" for a further term, remarking, that, although his share of tho profits was small, it. was nevertheless assured, and ho' is now congratulating himself on having gained his experience a-t such small cost.