418 
■Ghe  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
March  4,  1010. 
Company  ('licit  no  reply,  but  as  they  are 
not  returned  the  conclusion  is  that  the 
company  is  willfully  declining  to  stand  by 
their  definite  contract.  As  our  subscriber 
points  out,  if  the  farmers  had  refused  to 
take  the  cottonseed  meal  the  company 
would  have  insisted  upon  their  right  to 
hold  them  to  the  contract,  even  to  the 
point  of  a  suit  at  law.  As  it  is  just  the 
other  way  around  they  repudiate  their 
contract,  and  ignore  the  orders  complete¬ 
ly.  Another  subscriber  reported  they  in¬ 
creased  his  order  five  tons,  as  the  mini¬ 
mum  for  shipment  had  been  increased 
that  much  to  Eastern  points.  lie  ac¬ 
cepted  the  increase  without  protest,  but 
the  goods  never  reached  him.  Farmers 
cannot  be  too  careful  about  siguing  con¬ 
tracts,  and  when  a  concern  shows  such 
unwillingness  to  live  up  to  their  contracts 
and  obligations,  it  is  mute  evidence  that 
they  are  a  pretty  good  house  to  pass  by 
when  placing  future  orders. 
PUBLISHER’S  DESK 
THE  INGERSOLL  WAY  OF  DOING  BUSINESS 
Mm*  ML  °OFE?HETMmDL^  TO  CONSUMER 
pages.  Tins  one  contains  ii i  pages,  me 
first  one  required  about  4.000  pouuds  of 
paper;  this  issue  required  about  90,000 
pounds  of  paper.  The  postage  on  the 
first  cost  about  $40;  the  postage  on  this 
number  will  be  $900.  The  cost  of  paper 
fur  the  first  issue  was  about  $150;  the 
paper  bill  for  this  numbei  vv:ll  be  i,u  ex¬ 
cess  of  $3,000.  The  old  paper  was  print¬ 
ed  on  three  flat  presses.  The  paper  came 
iu  flat  Sheets,  each  sheet  had  to  be  fed 
by  hand  into  the  press  to  print  on  one 
side.  After  the  ink  dried,  the  other  side 
was  printed  in  the  same  way.  Then  it 
was  fed  sheet  by  sheet  in  the  same  way 
into  a  folding  machine  to  fold  it.  After 
this  three  turns  were  required  to  trim  it 
on  a  cutting  machine.  The  paper  for 
this  issue  comes  in  large  rolls  weighing 
nearly  a  ton.  This  roll  goes  on  a  big 
rotary  press  which  is  run  by  electricity. 
When  the  press  is  started  the  roll  of 
paper  begins  to  unwind  into  one  end  of 
the  press,  and  the  paper  just  as  you  see 
it  falls  out  at  the  other  end  at  the  rate  of 
a  hundred  papers  a  minute.  The  press 
equipped  cost  nearly  $30,000.  It  is  the 
second  press  of  the  kind  since  these  hor¬ 
ticultural  numbers  began.  The  first 
printed  40  pages,  and  being  too  small  for 
present  needs,  was  replaced  by  a  new  one 
to  print  04  pages  and  two  Colors  of  ink. 
Wo  give  these  details  because  at  this 
time  we  feel  the  friends  of  the  paper  will 
be  interested  in  the  record.  In  one  par¬ 
ticular  only  there  has  been  no  change. 
Only  honest  and  reliable  houses  were 
nermitted  to  advertise  in  The  R.  N.-Y. 
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March  16.  1915.  I  sent  the  William 
Fetzer  Co.,  Springfield,  III.,  an  order  for 
a  drill  that,  would  drill  grain  three  inches 
apart,  telling  Mr.  Fetzer  that.  I  left  it  to 
him  as  to  the  kind.  However  a  disk  drill 
wouldn’t  work  on  account  of  stones.  I 
sent  him  $50  and  a  nine  months’  note  for 
$122.63.  It  was  sold  under  a  guarantee 
to  grow  25  per  cent,  more  grain  from 
same  ground  than  produced  by  ordinary 
drill  or  money  refunded  on  return  within 
one  year.  I  tried  it  out — and  it  would 
not  work,  would  not  sow  grain  3%  inches 
apart  (he  sent  3%  and  what  he  called  a 
shoe  drill)  us  the  rear  set  of  shoes  ran  in 
the  front  furrows — neither  would  it  cover 
the  grain  as  the  shoes  would  not  go  into 
the  ground  enough  to  cover.  I  waited 
until  crop  came  up  before  condemning 
it  and  then  wrote  him  and  asked  him 
where  to  ship  it  back  as  it  would  not  do 
the  work.  Wj  higgled  and  fussed— I 
writing  him  six  or  eight  letters  asking 
where  to  ship  it.  lie  elaimed  he  had  sold 
hundreds  in  Pennsy  lvania  and  Ohio — and 
all  satisfactory.  Then  a  week  later  an¬ 
other  letter  saying  this  was  the  first  one 
of  this  kind  sent  into  a  hilly  country  or 
in  fact,  Pennsylvania  or  Ohio.  F.  N.  D. 
Ohio. 
Here  is  the  guarantee  under  which  the 
subscriber  purchased  this  drill : 
BEST  POSSIBLE  QUALITY 
LOWEST  POSSIBLE  PRICE, 
LOWEST  PRICES  TO  ALL 
SPECIAL  FAVORS  TO  NONE  . 
“WE  GUARANTEE 
that  it  will  produce  25  per  cent,  greater 
yield  and  bettei  quality  under  the  same 
exact  seeding  mnditions.  same  seed-bed, 
same  quality  of  seed  and  the  same  time 
of  seeding;  will  produce  25  per  cent, 
more  th.au  a  7-in.  or  an  8-in,  drill,  taking 
only  20  per  cent,  to  25  per  cent,  more 
seed. 
“If  the  3-in.  drill  does  not  entirely  ful¬ 
fill  this  guarantee  we  will  refund  the 
money  paid  us  for  it  by  a  customer  who 
lias  bought  and  paid  for  his  machine  upon 
the  return  of  the  machine  to  factory  with¬ 
in  a  year  from  its  purchase  from  us. 
THE  WILLIAM  FETZER  CO.. 
Springfield,  Illinois.” 
O.  W.  Ingersoll,  Prop 
BROOKLYN,  NEW  YORK 
NO.  248  PLYMOUTH  STREET 
'  It's  not  the  first  cost,  but  the  running  cost  that  counts. 
Bessemer  Kerosene  Emmies  run  on  lowest  fuel  cost — and  run 
for  years,  because  they  are  built  to  run  on  Kerosene  and  are 
not  a  converted  gasoline  type.  Equipped  with  famous 
Bess'uner  Universal  Fuel  Feeder,  which  obviates  carburetor 
trouble.  They  do  all  your  odd  little  power  jobs  and  can  be 
utilized  in  a  dozen  ways  you've  never  thought  of.  Sizes  2  to 
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123  Lincoln  Ave.,  Grove  City,  Pa.  fy* 
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Now,  this  guarantee  is  very  plain  and 
explicit — no  mistaking  what  those  plain 
words  in  the  guarantee  mean.  There  re 
no  “ifs”  or  “ands” — the  use  of  the  drill 
must  produce  25  per  cent,  extra  crop — 
otherwise  the  purchaser  may  return  it 
and  purchase  price  will  be  refunded. 
But,  what  happens  when  F.  N.  D.  re¬ 
ports  that  the  drill  does  not  make  good 
on  the  representations  under  which  it  was 
sold  and  asked  for  instructions  for  re¬ 
shipping?  Fetzer  &  Co.  write  that  “hun¬ 
dreds  of  other  drills  were  giving  satisfac¬ 
tion,”  the  drill  was  not  properly  operated, 
etc.  No  conditions  of  this  kind  are  men¬ 
tioned  iu  the  guarantee — but  these  are  the 
stock  excuses  made  by  firms  selling  ma¬ 
chinery  or  other  goods  under  a  guarantee 
when  they  want  to  side-step  or  repudiate 
the  guarantee  after  the  sale  is  made.  In 
such  cases  a  guarantee  becomes  a  morsel 
of  “sucker  bait.”  We  have  yet  to  learn 
of  any  firm  retaining  the  confidence  or 
trade  of  farmers  by  such  methods. 
We  took  this  complaint  up  by  corre¬ 
spondence  with  Mr.  Fetzer,  and  his  re¬ 
plies  were  evasive,  and  instead  of  meet¬ 
ing  his  guarantee  squarely  in  the  face 
tried  to  avoid  the  issue  by  accusing  The 
Rural  New-Yorker  of  being  prejudiced 
and  favoring  his  competitors.  As  a  final 
justification  of  Fetzer  &  Co.’s  position, 
we  are  told  that  if  F.  X.  D.  has  any  valid 
claim  he  can  get  redress  in  court.  This 
is  another  stock  phrase  of  concerns  that 
do  not  live  up  to  their  guarantees.  Are 
there  any  oilier  farmers  who  desire  to 
purchase  Fetzer  grain  drills  with  the 
prospect  of  being  obliged  to  bring  suit 
in  Springfield,  Ill.,  to  compel  the  firm  to 
live  up  to  a  fair  interpretation  of  its 
guarantee? 
LOWE5T 
^  Use  NATCO  Drain  Tile  —  Last  Forever 
/  Farm  drainage  needs  durable  tile.  Our  drain  tile  are  made  of 
1 1  \  best  Ohio  clay,  thoroughly  hard  burned.  Don’t  have  to  dig  ’em  up 
k. /  to  be  replaced  erery  few  years.  Write  for  prices.  Sold  in  carload 
Wf  lots.  Also  manufaeturers  of  the  famous  NATCO  IMPEKISH- 
ABLE  SILO,  Natco  Building  Tile  and  Natco  Sewer  Pipe. 
National  Fire  Proofing  Company  •  1121  Fulton  Building,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 
We  have  a  Farmers’  Association,  of 
which  I  am  treasurer.  We  bought  a  car¬ 
load  of  cottonseed  meal  from  the  Im¬ 
perial  Cotton  Milling  Company,  in  Sep¬ 
tember,  to  be  delivered  in  November,  and 
they  sent  us  a  contract  that  either  party 
must  stick  to.  We  bought  for  $32.50  a 
ton.  then  it  soon  went  up  to  $38,  so  we 
wrote  to  them  half  a  dozen  times,  but 
they  don’t  answer.  Wo  wrote  a  bank  and 
they  advised  us  to  write  to  the  president, 
who  is  also  president  of  a  bank.  We 
wrote  him,  but  he  did  not  answer.  If 
you  think  it  worth  while  would  you  re¬ 
port  them  in  your  paper?  It  would  keep 
some  others  from  getting  caught.  If  the 
meal  had  come  down  they  would  have  had 
us  all  right;  we  would  have  had  to  take 
it.  p.  J.  B. 
Pennsylvania. 
Letters  to  the  Imperial  Cotton  Milling 
You  Ouohf 
»  how  the  soil  just  flows  In  a  steady  stream  between  those 
To  Sec  curved  coulters  of  the  wonderful  “Acme.”  It  would  do 
your  eyes  good  to  see  clods,  weeds,  manure  and  trash 
disappear  into  and  mix  in  all  parts  of  the  mellow  “Acme”  seedbed.  No  jerk¬ 
ing  or  jumping  over  clods  or  lumps.  No  pulling  up  trash  and  sticks  to  litter 
the  surface.  Just  a  steady  process  of  pulverizing  and  mulching.  The 
‘‘Acme”  Pulverizing  Harrow  ' 
is  just  what  ycu  need  and  always  will  need.  “The  coulters 
do  the  work.”  They  cut.  slice,  turn  the  soil  twice  and 
form  a  perfect  mulch.  There’s  an  “Acme'’  for  every 
purpose  on  any  farm — sizes  3  to  17Va  ft.  m 
width.  1- horse  to  4-horse.  They  work  on 
level  land  or  slopes,  mellow,  clean  soil  or 
[*2^**™  soil wiLhtitnallstones.clodsandtrash.  Send 
f  or  f  ree  booklet  no  w .  G  et  a  n“  Acme' 
No.  23. 
Cuts  6Vz  ft, 
wide. 
_  _ Hm  -youcandependupon 
it  for  clean,  thorough  cultivation  and  much  larger  crops. 
Duane  H.  Nash  Inc.,  35  Elm  St.,  Millington,  N.  J. 
