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Z>he  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
January  29,  1916. 
PUBLISHER’S  DESK 
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have  no  authority  to  take  subscriptions 
for  The  Rural  New-Yorker.  We  have 
a  number  of  complaints  where  our  sub¬ 
scribers  have  paid  these  agents  money 
and  the  receipt  issued  does  not.  show  that 
Tiie  Rural  New-Yorker  has  been  paid 
for.  In  some  instances  receipts  arc  given 
for  “Club  No.  10,"  etc.,  no  publication  or 
list  of  publications  being  mentioned  on 
the  receipt.  It  is  apparent  that  the  re¬ 
ceipts  of  the  Iliggins  Circulation  Bu¬ 
reau  arc  given  to  irresponsible  parties 
and  the  Bureau  does  not  make  good  the 
representation  of  such  agents. 
Enclosed  find  a  letter  which  I  received 
as  Sunday  school  superintendent.  I  think 
when  a  company  gets  where  they  have  to 
use  the  Sunday  school  to  get  people  to 
buy  their  seeds,  it  is  time  something  was 
done.  H.  b. 
New  York. 
The  literature  enclosed  is  from  Briggs 
Bros.  &  Co.,  seedsmen,  of  Rochester,  N. 
Y..  with  a  proposition  asking  the  superin¬ 
tendent  of  Sunday  schools  to  induce  the 
children  of  their  classes  to  peddle  their 
seeds,  offering  cheap  jewelry,  fountain 
pens,  and  other  junk  as  premiums  for 
selling  the  seeds.  We  entirely  agree  with 
the  subscriber's  sentiments,  that  a  con¬ 
cern  that  has  to  resort  to  this  sort  of 
methods  in  order  to  sell  their  seeds  is 
not  worthy  of  the  confidence  of  the  pub¬ 
lic.  The  cost  of  good  seeds  is  so  slight 
that  no  one  ought  to  take  chances  with 
seed  houses  that  have  to  resort  to  schemes 
of  this  kind  to  dispose  of  their  products. 
The  affair  of  the  Luther  Burbank  Co., 
a  corpora ti  >n  organized  three  years  ago 
to  exploit  the  work  of  the  Santa  Rosa 
horticulturist,  reached  a  climax  the  past 
week  when  Burbank  filed  suir_  in  the  su¬ 
perior  court  to  collect  $h.775  from  the 
Luther  Burbank  Co.  This  amount  is 
alleged  to  be  due  «*u  two  promissory  notes 
given  Burbank  by  tbe  company  and 
signed  by  R.  .T.  Hough,  vice-president, 
and  Led  V.  Belden.  secretary. 
HORTICULTURE. 
It  would  seem  that  the  Burbank  bub¬ 
ble  lias  at.  last  burst.  Evidently,  Mr. 
Burbank  made  a  good  bargain  in  selling 
his  name  to  promoters  who  launched  the 
Luther  Burbank  Co.;  and.  as  usual,  pro¬ 
moters  of  this  sort  are.  long  on  prom¬ 
ises  and  slow  to  fulfill  their  obligations. 
If  any  Rural  New-Yorker  render  Hit  on 
the  Burbank  Honorary  Membership 
scheme  they  certainly  cannot  blame  The 
R.  N.-Y.  for  it  any  more  than  those  who 
got  caught  on  the  Burbank  Wondcrberry 
fake.  We  exposed  both,  time  and  time 
again. 
My  wife  and  I  are  constant  readers  of 
The  R.  N.-Y.  and  we  like  tbe  way  you 
go  after  the  crooks  that  are  going  over 
the  country.  I  am  enclosing  herewith  a 
receipt  of  my  friend's  which  looks  to  me 
to  he  a  fake.  You  will  see  that  he  did 
not  date  the  receipt,  but  it  was  on  or 
about  November  4th,  1015,  and  they  were 
to  receive  their  first  copy  in  December. 
You  will  see  that  he  is  supposed  to  he  a 
representative  ->f  the  l\ unity  Publishing 
Co.  that  publishes  the  Ford  Family.  Does 
anybody  know  the  address  of  this  con¬ 
cern  V  I  wish  you  would  look  up  and 
see  if  there  is  any  such  publishing  house 
and  answer  through  your  paper  ns  soon 
as  possible.  O.  C.  C. 
Ohio. 
The  receipt  enclosed  was  given  by  Win. 
IT.  Thrush,  who  gives  his  address  as  Co¬ 
lumbus,  Ohio,  and  represents  him  as  trav¬ 
eling  representative  for  the  Family  Pub¬ 
lishing  Co.  and  Automobile  Magazines. 
We  never  heard  of  the  Family  Publishing 
Co.,  .and  are  unable  to  locate  them. 
The  receipt  states  that  the  holder  of 
it  has  paid  ‘,10  cents  for  three  years’  sub¬ 
scription  to  the  “Ford  Family.”  If  any 
of  our  other  subscribers  are  approached 
by  this  agent  we  trust  that  he  will  be 
given  the  sort  of  reception  ho  deserves. 
Here  is  a  brand  new  proposition  that 
is  just  launched.  The  promoters  are 
members  or  were  formerly  with  the  St  rout 
Co.  Win.  Leister  is  president.  Giles  L. 
Stephens,  vice  president;  David  M. 
George,  treasurer;  t’lms.  Ortt,  secre¬ 
tary;  Egmont  Mollenhaner,  general 
manager.  Wm.  Quiuu,  who  was  former 
advertising  man  for  the  St  rout  Co.  for 
many  years,  is  connected  with  the  above 
company.  What  is  your  opinion  of  the 
proposition?  These  people  have  already 
a  good  many  enlisted  in  their  service  who 
have  paid  the  three  hundred  dollars.  Ref¬ 
erence  is  given  as  the  First  National 
Bank,  I'hila.,  Pa. ;  Quakertowu  Trust 
Co.,  Quakertown.  Pa.,  and  the  Merchants 
National  Bank  of  Quakertown. 
Pennsylvania.  subscriber. 
The  older  readers  of  The  R,  N.-Y.  will 
remember  the  names  of  William  Leister 
and  Egmont  Molleuhauer  in  connection 
with  the  Strout  Agency  schemes.  A  num¬ 
ber  of  Pennsylvania  farmers  were  vic¬ 
tims  of  their  business  methods.  It 
seems  that  now  these  two  men,  with  the 
other  parties  named  above,  have  formed 
what  they  call  the  Realty  Service  Co., 
Inc.,  with  offices  in  New  York  and  Phila¬ 
delphia,  This  subscriber  sends  us  a 
copy  of  their  "Service  Employment  Con¬ 
tract."  which  seems  to  be  their  form  in 
appointing  agents  for  this  Realty  Service 
Company.  The  party  entering  into  the 
contract  is  asked  to  put  up  $300  in  cash 
in  consideration  of  the  Realty  Service  Co. 
furnishing  the  agent  with  fifteen  hun¬ 
dred  catalogues  which  are  to  contain  de¬ 
scriptions  of  the  territory  and  property 
for  sale  in  the  agent’s  territory.  Those 
engaged  in  the  real  estate  business  are 
pretty  well  able  to  look  out  for  them¬ 
selves,  but  we  shall  be  on  the  lookout 
for  the  contract  which  this  Realty  Serv¬ 
ice  Co.  and  their  agents  may  offer  to 
those  having  property  for  sale.  From 
the  past  records  of  Messrs.  Mollenhaner 
and  Leister  we  should  say  that  it  will 
be  the  part  of  wisdom  for  farmers  ap¬ 
proached  to  look  into  the  conditions  of 
any  contract  or  listing  blank  presented 
carefully  before  putting  their  names 
to  it. 
Tie*  enclosed  circular  as  to  Alfalfa 
strikes  me  as  grist  for  your  swindler 
grinder.  As  all  the  money  I  can  mobolize 
for  Alfalfa  stock  goes  into  growing  the 
stuff,  anyway,  I  will  pass  on  to  you  this 
remarkable  opportunity  for  investment, 
even  to  the  telegram  blank  so  thought¬ 
fully  sent,  with  it.  L.  D.  B. 
Pennsylvania. 
The  enclosures  are  letters  from  The 
II.  A.  Riedel  Investment  Co.,  Denver, 
Col.,  accompanying  a  pospectus  of  the 
American  Alfalfa  Products  Co.  of  tbe 
same  place,  soliciting  investments  for  the 
stock  of  the  Alfalfa  Company.  The  only 
assets  the  prospectus  or  circular  shows 
are  the  rights  to  some  patents  and  trade¬ 
marks.  The  company  apparently  has  no 
plant,  but  proposes  building  one  from  the 
proceeds  of  the  sale  of  this  8  per  cent, 
preferred  stock.  The  circular  fails  to 
state  who  is  going  to  pay  the  8  per 
cent  until  dividmuls  are  raised,  or  in  case 
no  dividends  are  ever  earned,  which  is 
usually  the  case  with  concerns  financed 
on  this  basis.  In  our  humble  opinion 
those  who  are  asked  to  invest  in  this 
proposition  will  be  wise  if  they  follow 
the  example  of  I..  D.  B.  and  invest  any 
spare  cash  they  tuny  hove  in  growing  Al¬ 
falfa  on  their  own  farms. 
About  the  latter  part  of  May  I  pur¬ 
chased  two  automobile  tires  from  the 
Columbia  Tire  and  Rubber  Company, 
2020  Columbia  Avenue,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
These  tires  wore  guaranteed  for  5.000 
miles,  and  in  event  they  failed  to  give  this 
mileage  with  proper  care,  I  would  be  fur¬ 
nished  a  new  tire  in  exchange  free  of 
charge,  as  evidenced  bv  attached  com¬ 
munications.  I'pon  arrival  of  tires,  and 
after  examination,  I  did  not  think  they 
would  stand  up  to  guarantee,  therefore 
wrote  to  that  effect.  In  reply  I  received 
a  telegram.  "Accept  tires.  We  are  send¬ 
ing  you  5.000-mile  guarantee.”  The  tires 
went  to  pieces  in  about  1,000  miles.  I 
have  been  writing  about  three  letters  a 
month  since  returning  them  by  express 
prepaid,  and  have  never  heard  a  word 
from  them.  Will  you  please  take  it  up 
and  ascertain  why  they  are  trying  to 
evade  on  honest  obligation,  as  if  this  is 
their  way  of  doing  business  I  want  to 
know  it  and  be  in  a  position  to  put  others 
wise.  A.  <;.  !'. 
Virginia. 
We  have  written  this  company  a  num¬ 
ber  of  times  and  they  make  absolutely  no 
reply  or  explanation.  Their  guarantee 
states  plainly  and  distinctly  that  they 
guarantee  their  tires  to  run  5,000  miles, 
and  if  they  do  not  they  agree  to  replace 
the  tires.  Their  treatment  of  the  sub¬ 
scriber  is  so  directly  at  variance  with  the 
guarantee  that  you  will  want  to  avoid 
dealings  with  them.  A  standard  tire  will 
pay  in  the  end. 
Social  Worker:  “Aren’t  you  afraid 
the  other  children  will  get  the  measles 
when  they  all  sleep  in  the  same  bed?" 
Mrs.  Rastlis :  l.awzee!  No,  ma’am,  dew 
chill m is  won’t  catch  ’em.  Dew  wot’s  got 
do  measles  sleeps  at  de  bald  oh  de  bed, 
an'  deni  Wut  ain’t  sleeps  at  de  fot  oh  de 
bed.” — Credit  Lost. 
“  My  daddy 
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Which  welds  the  boot  under  enormous  pressure  into  ONE 
SOLID  PIECE!  Like  an  automobile  tire  is  made. 
It  cannot  leak,  peel,  or  come  apart.  It  is  yielding  and 
comfortable.  Shaped  to  the  foot  while  it  is  working. 
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Here  is  the  original  and  only  truly 
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of. grain  and  grass  seed  with  minute 
accuracy,  and  has  a  non-clogging 
force  feed  fertilizer  attachment. 
By  loosening  a  single  thumb  nut, 
the  entire  fertilizer  feed  can  be  taken 
apart  and  lifted  out  of  the  Hopper 
for  cleaning.  Our  Grain  Feeds  are  of  the  force  fluted  variety.  Both 
the  quantity  of  fertilizer  and  of  grain  is  regulated  by  levers  on  the 
rear  of  the  Hopper. 
The  Pennsylvania  is  built  in  sizes  from  6  to  12  tubes  with  the  choice  of  Pin  Hoe, 
Spring  Hoe.  or  Simile  Disc  Openers.  New  Booklet,  "Seeding  with  the  Pennsylvania 
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Ask  any  farmer  who  owns  a  Farni- 
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clovers  to  bush  lima  beans;  that  it  puts  the  seed  in  the  ground  at  an 
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