April 26, 1921 A warning has been received in Cadillac from several cities regarding a group of three women who now are covering Michigan in the interest of âChild Conservationâ which is said to be nothing more than a cleverly covered book agent scheme. Local child welfare organizations are formed, the purpose of which is to get women to sign up for about $50 worth of books that are worth less than one-tenth that sum according to an investigation made in various other cities. Marshall, Monroe, Ionia and other cities have recently been âworkedâ by the promoters. Better books on child welfare work can be obtained free from the Department of Labor at Washington or the Michigan Department of Health, it is said, and local womenâs clubs now organized in every city are able to handle all the functions of the high-sounding new organization. In some cities where these were formed the groups already have broken up soon after the promoters left. But the members still face heavy payments for the books. The promoters come into a city get the names of several leading club women and make a whirlwind canvass of the community unloading all the books they can regardless of the ability of the purchasers to buy. Before slipping away with their rich reward they help purchasers of the books to form a âclub.â The matter has been brought to the attention of one state organization which soon is expected to carry on quite a campaign of exposure through wide publicity. Opponents of the plan claim that under the guise of social welfare work these promoters are selling some very cheap books at an exorbitant price. With recent financial conditions making the book agents who sell to men up against it, enterprising publishing houses thus are finding that women are easy picking and through the clever cloak mentioned are reaping a golden harvest in Michigan at this time.