506 
Ghe  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
March  18,  1916. 
tnat  s  what  your 
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when  bought  of  us  Vy  V/'  , 
—  greater  value  for 
your  money  than  you  expected! 
American 
Beauty 
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and  all  around  reliability. 
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riding  qualities  they  lead  the 
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you.  Write  for  our  free  Buggy 
Proposition  No.  66K89V 
Sears, 
Roebuck 
and  Co., 
Chicago 
PUBLISHER’S  DESK 
I  am  enclosing  a  letter  I  just  received 
from  “The  Farming  Business”  of  Chi¬ 
cago,  Illinois.  Will  you  tell  me  if  they 
can  collect  this  money?  1  wrote  them 
some  two  months  ago  telling  them  to  stop 
the  paper,  and  send  me  statement.  They 
did  not  do  so,  but  instead  sent  various 
propositions  to  Induce  me  to  renew.  I 
don't  want  the  paper  aud  never  did  want 
it.  Your  advice  will  be  much  appreci¬ 
ated.  M.  H.  R. 
Ohio. 
“The  Farming  Business”  referred  to 
is  published  by  a  well-known  publishing 
company  of  mail-order  papers — W.  D. 
Boyce  Company,  Chicago,  Ill.  The  “let¬ 
ter  enclosed"  is  from  the  Federal  Report¬ 
ing  &  Adjusting  Association,  demanding 
that  the  subscriber  in  question  send  this 
association  two  dollars  in  behalf  of  “The 
Farming  Business,”  one  dollar  being  for 
renewal  and  one  dollar  for  back  subscrip¬ 
tion.  This  is  a  comparatively  new  pub¬ 
lication  but  we  understand  it  took  over 
the  mailing  list  of  some  defunct  publica¬ 
tions  and  in  this  way  no  doubt  secured 
this  subscriber’s  name.  We  have  re¬ 
ceived  so  many  similar  letters  regarding 
this  publication  that  we  feel  it  necessary 
to  make  a  statement  for  the  guidance  of 
farmers  receiving  these  collection  agency 
notices. 
The  notice  is  in  such  a  form  as  to  give 
the  impression  that  a  suit  is  being  or 
will  be  entered  for  the  collection  of  the 
money  if  the  amount  demanded  is  not 
promptly  forwarded.  Our  advice  to 
farmers  is  to  pay  absolutely  no  atten¬ 
tion  to  notices  of  this  kind.  We  never 
yet  heard  of  any  publisher  bringing  suit 
for  the  collection  of  a  back  subscription 
and  we  regard  such  methods  as  reprehen¬ 
sible  to  say  the  least. 
The  proper  course  for  farmers  who  are 
annoyed  in  this  way.  whether  by  “The 
Farming  Business”  or  other  cheap  pa¬ 
pers  of  the  same  class,  is  to  return  the 
publications  to  the  postmaster  when  re¬ 
ceived,  The  Post  Office  regulations  pro¬ 
vide  that  the  postmasters  are  obliged  to 
forward  papers  so  returned  to  the  pub¬ 
lishers,  charging  the  publishers  stamp 
postage  on  the  return  copy.  This  will 
correct  the  annoyance. 
I  sent  $5  to  the  Brooder-Hatcher  Co. 
of  701  So.  Robey  St.,  Chicago,  for  an  in¬ 
cubator  last  season.  It  came  May  19th. 
I  followed  instructions  and  could  not  for 
the  life  of  me  put  it  together.  The  next 
day  I  sent  back  parts  that  did  not  work 
right  to  have  them  replaced,  but  us  yet 
I  have  failed  to  hear  from  Mr.  Weil  nr 
received  the  pail*.  I  have  written  sev¬ 
eral  letters  but  received  no  response.  I 
think  his  “30-Day  Money  Back  Guar¬ 
antee”  is  not;  worth  the  paper  he  writes 
it  on  and  that  I  am  entitled  to  a  refund 
of  my  money  under  your  “Square  Deal 
Guarantee  of  Advertisers.”  w.  t.  it. 
Indiana. 
T’pon  receipt 
we  wrote  Mr. 
Brooder-IIatcher 
view  to  getting 
Weil  ignored  our 
of  the  above  complaint 
Alfred  E.  Weil  of  the 
Co.  several  letters  with 
the  case  adjusted.  Mr. 
letters  as  he  did  those 
of  the  subscriber.  We  therefore  sent  our 
own  cheek  to  W,  T.  R.  for  the  .$5  plus 
the  carrying  charges  of  IS  cents.  When 
it  came  the  season  for 
bators  again,  Mr.  Weil 
to  send  another  order. 
advertising  incu- 
had  the  audacity 
through  his  ad¬ 
vertising  agency,  to 
advertising  this  ye 
the  name  of  the 
5155  Lincoln  Ave. 
subscribers  will  do 
experience  of  the 
when  they  are  in 
cu bators. 
THE  R.  N.-Y.  The 
nr  is  appearing  over 
II Y- 1 1  a  toll  ( ’otn  pa  ny, 
,  Chicago,  Ill.  Our 
well  to  remember  the 
Indiana  subscriber 
the  market  for  in- 
I  bought  20  dozen  S.  C.  Brown  Leg¬ 
horn  eggs  from  M.  F.  Bolt.  Cineiiinatus, 
New  York,  who  advertised  in  Trti:  It. 
N.-Y.  I  got  70  chickens,  counting  crip¬ 
ples  and  all.  Some  were  black  and  some 
part  R.  I.  Red,  aud  mixtures.  I  wrote 
him  about  them  and  asked  for  ,$10.  as  I 
did  not  want  any  more  eggs,  being  so 
late  in  the  season.  I  have  received  no  an¬ 
swer.  We  paid  $12  for  the  eggs  and  the 
eggs  were  not  one-half  fertile  and  what 
chickens  I  got  were  mongrels.  I  have 
had  two  other  hatches  this  season  and 
had  good  luck,  so  knew  it  was  the  fault 
of  Bolt’s  eggs.  MRS.  W.  p.  c. 
Maine. 
The  above  complaint  was  received  lust 
July.  We  took  the  matter  up  promptly 
with  the  poultryman  named.  lie  replied 
in  effect  that  it  was  impossible  for  the 
subscriber  to  receive  eggs  from  him  that 
hatched  any  other  than  S.  <’.  Brown  Leg¬ 
horn  birds  because  he  had  no  other  va¬ 
riety  on  his  home  place,  where  he  kept 
This  is  another  case  where  the  buy- 
and  seller  take  the  position  that  the 
the  Brown  Leghorns.  After  considerable 
correspondence  Mr.  Bolt  finally  wrote  us 
that  if  the  subscriber  would  make  an 
affidavit  to  her  statement  lie  would  re¬ 
fund  the  purchase  price  of  the  eggs.  The 
affidavit  was  made  by  the  husband  of 
the  subscriber,  who  sent  the  order,  and 
we  forwarded  it  promptly  to  Mr.  Bolt, 
but  up  to  this  time  he  has  not  made  good 
his  promise  to  refund  the  purchase  price. 
We  are  therefore  sending  the  subscriber 
our  own  check  in  settlement  of  the  mat¬ 
ter 
er 
other  party  to  the  transaction  is  not  act¬ 
ing  in  good  faith.  The  poultryman  sell¬ 
ing  the  eggs  may  not  be  to  blame  at  all 
for  the  large  percentage  of  the  eggs  which 
were  apparently  infertile.  Also  we  have 
heard  of  cases  where  common  eggs  were 
substituted  for  the  original  eggs  shipped 
in  transit  and  this  is  the  only  explana¬ 
tion  we  can  offer  which  would  account 
for  the  mixed  chicks  which  hatched  from 
the  small  percentage  of  eggs  which  pro¬ 
duced  chicks  at  all.  We  have  no  rea¬ 
son  to  question  the  good  faith  of  either 
Mr.  Bolt  or  the  subscriber,  but  our  crit¬ 
icism  of  Mr.  Bolt  is  that  since  lie  made 
the  offer  to  refund  the  money  if  the  affi¬ 
davit  was  furnished,  he  should  have  lived 
up  to  bis  agreement. 
We  are  in  receipt  of  a  letter  from  Os¬ 
wego  County,  N.  Y.,  to  the  effect  that 
several  farmers  in  that  vicinity  signed 
orders  for  lighting  plants  with  an  agent 
of  the  Night  Commander  Lighting  Co. 
of  Jackson,  Mich.  The  farmers  allege 
that  their  signatures  to  the  orders  were 
secured  through  misrepresentation  and 
fraud  and  ou  this  account  refused  to 
accept  the  lighting  plants  when  shipped. 
The  company  has  brought  suit  against 
the  farmers  in  question,  who  have  com¬ 
bined  to  resist  being  imposed  upon.  When 
a  court  decision  is  rendered  in  the  ease, 
we  shall  giVb  the  public  the  benefit  of 
it.  This  notice  may  serve  as  a  guide 
to  other  farmers  who  may  be  approached 
by  the  agents  of  this  company. 
Last  Wednesday  a  man  came  here  who 
said  he  was  not  selling  anything,  just 
advertising.  He  spoke  the  name  of  the 
firm  so  quickly  I  did  not  notice  just 
what  he  said.  As  he  was  not  selling 
anything  1  thought  I  might  let  him  come 
in.  He  had  a  handful  of  envelopes  and 
nine 
out  of 
the 
ten 
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pfy. 
The 
tenth 
one  hud  a 
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pon  encloi 
(’ou- 
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end  flint  it  was 
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$5 
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port.i 
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painted. 
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get 
an 
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COUpd 
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to 
ha  vo 
one 
hand- 
painted 
port 
rait 
of 
anyone 
•  you 
li.ked 
for  $.’1.50  extra — full  price  of  portrait  be¬ 
ing  $8,50.  I  drew  an  envelope  with  a 
coupon  and  gave  the  man  a  picture  of 
my  husband  to  have  enlarged.  I  did  not 
pay  down  anything.  After  the  fellow  had 
gone  I  began  to  think  he  had  a  game  of 
some  kind  and  I  read  the  contract  he 
had  left  and  I  had  signed  my  name.  The 
Company  was  the  Chicago  Portrait  Co. 
and  it  said  that  this  order  was  not  to 
be  countermanded.  Now.  when  he  comes 
to  deliver  the  picture  shall  I  have  to  take 
it?  MRS.  II.  p. 
Connecticut. 
The  above  envelope  game  carried  on 
by  the  agents  employed  by  the  Chicago 
Portrait  Co.  and  other  portrait  houses 
lias  frequently  been  referred  to  in  this 
department.  We  are  printing  the  above 
subscriber’s  letter  as  a  further  warning 
to  country  people  against  these  portrait 
agents.  If  the  agents  of  any  of  the  so- 
called  portrait  houses  ever  take  an  or¬ 
der  in  a  legitimate  way  we  have  yet  to 
hear  of  it.  Country  people  should  not 
parley  with  fake  agents  of  this  kind,  lait 
if  they  succeed  in  getting  in  the  house 
under  some  plausible  pretext  as  they  usu¬ 
ally  do,  these  people  will  save  themselves 
trouble  and  annoyance  by  showing  the 
agent  the  door  as  soon  as  he  announces 
himself  as  being  connected  with  a  por¬ 
trait  house.  We  doubt  that  any  court 
and  jury  in  the  land  would  render  a  ver¬ 
dict  in  favor  of  the  concern  or  agent  re¬ 
sorting  to  such  a  fake  scheme  to  secure 
the  signature  of  a  guileless  woman  to  an 
order. 
Ix  a  rural  court  the  old  squire  had 
made  a  ruling  so  unfair  that  three  young 
lawyers  at  once  protested  against  a  mis¬ 
carriage  of  justice.  The  squire  imme¬ 
diately  fiued  each  of  them  $5  for  con¬ 
tempt  of  court.  There  was  sileuee.  and 
then  an  older  lawyer  walked  slowly  to 
the  front  of  the  room  and  deposited  a 
$10  bill  with  the  clerk.  He  then  ad¬ 
dressed  the  judge  as  follows:  “Your 
Honor,  I  wish  to  state  that  I  have  twice 
as  much  contempt  for  this  court  as  any 
man  in  the  room.” — Youth's  Companion. 
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