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E>>e  RURAL  NEW- YORKER 
March  25,  1910. 
The  gossip  on  the  streets  in  the  pro¬ 
duce  sections  of  New  York  City  is  that 
the  produce  trade  papers  have  decided  to 
refrain  from  further  abuse  of  the  Depart¬ 
ment  of  Foods  and  Markets.  With  all 
the  abuse  of  the  last  year  the  editors  say 
they  have  succeeded  only  in  advertising 
the  Department,  and  probably  did  it  more 
good  than  harm.  Desides,  they  previous¬ 
ly  had  a  great  many  farmer  subscribers*, 
and  during  the  past  three  months  these 
farmers  have  been  cancelling  their  sub¬ 
scriptions,  and  refusing  to  renew  sub¬ 
scription  orders.  Many  farmers  who  had 
subscriptions  paid  in  advance  ordered  the 
papers  discontinued  to  them  and  refused 
to  longer  accept  them.  The  agents  of  the 
papers  have  been  unsuccessful  in  solic¬ 
iting  subscriptions  at  farm  conventions, 
and  in  some  places  like  Rochester,  they 
received  rather  plain  language  from  far¬ 
mers,  and  every  mail  brought  cancella¬ 
tions  of  subscriptions  and  reasons  for  it. 
On  the  other  hand  the  commission  deal¬ 
ers  have  not  increased  their  patronage, 
aud  the  trade  papers  have  consequently 
suffered  a  loss  without  any  benefit.  Some 
of  them  refused  the  Department’s  adver¬ 
tising  aud  feel  resentful  now  that  the 
dealers  have  not  made  up  the  loss  by  in¬ 
creased  orders. 
It  is  reported  that  District  Attorney 
Swann  of  the  City  of  New  York,  has  or¬ 
dered  an  investigation  of  the  methods  of 
the  swindling  real  estate  men  operating 
on  Long  Island.  The  complaints  are  that 
frugal  working  people  are  induced  to  put 
their  savings  into  contracts  for  home  lots 
on  an  agreement  by  which  they  are  to 
got  clear  titles  to  the  property.  They 
completed  their  payments  and  received 
the  deeds,  but  then  discovered  that  their 
lots  are  subject  to  a  blanket  mortgage 
covering  all  of  tbe  acreage  property  be¬ 
fore  it  was  divided  into  lots.  This,  of 
course,  constitutes  a  swindle.  It  is  said 
that  there  are  some  15  real  estate  con¬ 
cerns  operating  on  Long  Island  on  this 
plan,  and  if  the  District  Attorney  gets 
after  them  in  earnest  and  prosecutes  with 
vigor,  he  will  probably  stop  the  practice 
aud  send  some  of  the  operators  to  jail 
where  they  belong. 
This  Department  is  constantly  in  re¬ 
ceipt  of  inquiries  about  these  lots  from 
country  subscribers,  who  are  led  to  be¬ 
lieve  that  a  purchase  of  these  lots  forms 
a  legitimate  and  safe  Investment.  Of 
course,  they  are  nothing  of  the  kind.  They 
would  not  be  a  good  investment  even  if 
the  blanket  mortgage  did  not  exist.  With 
such  mortgages  they  are  swindles. 
We  have  to-day  received  your  letter  en¬ 
closing  check  from  the  express  company 
for  $20.74  to  settle  our  claims  against 
them  for  broken  eggs.  We  are  perfectly 
satisfied  with  your  settlement  of  the 
claims,  and  wish  to  thank  you  most  sin¬ 
cerely  for  your  trouble  and  efforts  in  set¬ 
tling  this  long  disputed  matter.  We  had 
given  up  all  hope  of  over  getting  any 
money  from  the  express  company,  and 
don't’  understand  now  what  charm  you 
worked  mi  them.  All  we  can  do  is  to 
sing  the  praises  of  The  R.  N.-Y.  which 
always  is  and  has  been  the  best  farmer’s 
paper,  the  one  that  really  lias  at  heart 
the  farmer’s  interest.  e.  c. 
Connecticut. 
It  took  some  extended  correspondence 
to  convince  the  express  company  they 
were  responsible,  but  as  the  shipper  had 
complied  with  all  their  conditions,  ad¬ 
justment  was  in  order  and  we  insisted 
upon  it. 
I  have  been  pestered  with  a  number  of 
letters,  circulars,  etc.,  from  the  Kitchen 
Service  Co.,  Chicago,  during  the  last  few 
weeks.  I  did  not  bite  and  do  not  intend 
to  unless  you  would  convince  me  that  it 
would  be  a  capital  thing;  but  I  con¬ 
cluded  to  inform  you  that  the  fellow  sub¬ 
scribers  of  The  It.  N.-Y.  might  be  in¬ 
formed  if  the  company  is  what  they  repre¬ 
sent  it  to  be,  or  vice  versa.  o.  E.  B. 
Pennsylvania. 
We  didn't  need  to  read  beyond  the  first 
sentence  in  the  circular  letter  referred  to 
in  order  to  form  our  conclusion  with  re¬ 
gard  to  this  investment  scheme.  We  un¬ 
derstand  it  is  being  promoted  by  AY.  M. 
Sheridan,  of  Chicago,  who  is  notorious 
for  booming  stocks  of  questionable  value. 
It  also  appears  that  some  parties  who 
heli  ed  to  unload  the  various  stock-selling 
schemes  of  T.  J.  Foster,  of  Interna¬ 
tional  Correspondence  School  fame,  on 
the  public  are  also  interested  in  promot- 
•  ♦  «— 
ing  this  enterprise.  Without  going  into 
the  merits  or  demerits  of  the  proposition 
itself,  the  reputation  of  the  men  promot¬ 
ing  the  stock  is  sufficient  not  only  to  cause 
suspicion  of  the  proposition,  but  to  act  as 
a  warning  to  anyone  to  leave  the  scheme 
positively  alone, 
AVe  have  for  several  years  been  a  sub¬ 
scriber  to  your  valuable  paper,  and  never 
miss  reading  a  copy,  and  we  have  thought 
of  availing  ourselves  of  your  “Publisher’s 
Desk'’  in  the  collection  of  a  small  account 
against  Mr.  Geo.  L.  Browning,  Orange, 
VaM  for  a  box  of  oranges  shipped  to  him 
prepaid,  amounting  to  $3.85  as  per  ill- 
voice  we  enclose.  Florence  A’illa  Hotel, 
a  very  tine  Winter  resort  hotel,  is  just 
across  the  lake  from  our  place,  and  a 
brother  of  above  Browning  was  stopping 
at  the  hotel.  This  brother  was  under 
care  of  a  nurse,  aud  died  at  the  hotel. 
The  above  Geo,  L.  Drowning  came  on 
here  to  be  with  his  brother  in  his  last:  ill¬ 
ness.  lb*  came  over  to  our  place,  know¬ 
ing  that  we  make  a  specialty  of  shipping 
fruit  direct  to  consumer,  and  stated  that 
he  was  short  of  ready  cash,  on  account  of 
heavy  expense  in  connection  with  his 
brother,  but.  would  like  a  box  of  fruit,  sent 
to  Ids  borne,  and  as  soon  as  lie  returned 
home,  would  send  ns  n  check  for  the 
same.  The  cheek  never  came,  nor  are  we 
able  to  hear  from  him.  He  utterly  ignores 
the  account.  AVe  do  not  mind  the  loss  of 
the  account  so  much  as  we  dislike  being 
imposed  upon  by  such  people.  C.  H.  T. 
Florida. 
This  we  consider  the  smallest  and  most 
contemptible  kind  of  cheating.  \Ye  gave 
Mr.  Browning  the  benefit  of  tbe  doubt, 
feeling  possibly  the  adjustment  had  been 
overlooked  under  tbe  circumstances,  but 
when  some  half-dozen  letters  elicit  no  re¬ 
sponse  or  attention,  wo  can  only  assume 
he  is  perfectly  willing  to  supply  his  table 
with  luxuries  at  the  expense  of  the  far¬ 
mer.  Our  records  show  that  the  follow¬ 
ing  parties  have  also  made  a  practice  of 
ordering  produce  from  farmers  for  home 
consumption  and  refused  to  pay  for  it: 
C,  .T,  or  D.  L.  O'Connor,  Huguenot 
Park,  Staten  Island. 
A’.  G.  Butler,  Huguenot  Park,  Staten 
Island. 
A.  Seckendorf,  Bath  Beach,  Long 
Island. 
A.  E.  Roomer,  Newark.  N.  J. 
Chas.  Haller.  Newark  N.  ,T.  ’ 
F.  A.  Huncken.  New  York  City,  N.  Y. 
Clyde  B.  Mills,  27  Argyle  Road, 
Brooklyn.  N.  Y. 
Last  Spring  I  ordered  some  fruit  trees 
from  D.  G.  Banker,  Dausville,  New  York, 
taking  the  advertisement  from  The  R. 
N.-Y.  I  told  him  plainly  not  to  substi¬ 
tute,  as  I  did  not  want  anything  only 
what  I  ordered,  and  to  send  money  back 
for  trees  they  did  not  have.  I  got  about 
everything  but  what  1  ordered,  and  had  I 
known  what  was  in  the  package  I  would 
not  have  taken  it  from  the  express  sta¬ 
tion.  j.  w.  M. 
Maine. 
Mr.  Banker  admits  that  ho  substi¬ 
tuted  a  part  of  I ’ v  order  at  least, 
and  .promised  to  replace  the  stock  last 
Fall,  which  he  failed  to  do.  We  have 
given  Air.  Banker  full  opportunity  to 
make  adjustment  with  the  subscriber,  but 
he  lias  failed  to  do  so.  AA’e  are  there¬ 
fore  sending  the  subscriber  our  cheque 
to  make  good  to  him  his  loss  under  our 
square  deal  guarantee  to  advertisers.  AVe 
cannot:  compensate  him  for  the  annoy¬ 
ance  he  has  suffered. 
I  am  a  subscriber  to  your  paper  and 
value  it  very  highly.  I  notice  your  en¬ 
deavor  to  protect  the  public  from  fraud 
by  sharks,  etc.  Nov.  5,  1015.  I  came  in 
contact  with  a  man  calling  himself  Lan¬ 
caster  in  response  to  an  advertisement 
offering  my  farm  for  sale.  The  name  of 
the  firm  is  Lancaster  Realty  Company, 
second  floor  AA’ood  Bldg..  -100  Chestnut 
Sr.,  Philadelphia,  Pa.  This  man  repre¬ 
sented  to  me  that  lie  harl  a  special  cus¬ 
tomer  whom  he  would  bri.ng  to  my  place 
the  next  week  following.  Besides,  he 
said  he  had  other  customers.  lie  rep¬ 
resented  selling  farms  a  specialty.  His 
terms  were  $15  down  and  2%  when  the 
sale  was  made.  I  was  foolish  enough  to 
pay  him  the  $15.  He  has  never  produced 
any  buyer.  Will  you  be  kind  enough  to 
look  him  up  to  know  whether  he  is  an 
impostor  or  not?  I  fear  he  is. 
Pennsylvania.  E.  n,  ir, 
Evidently  the  Lancaster  Realty  Com¬ 
pany  have  adopted  the  Ostrander  listing 
fee  scheme  with  all  its  allurements,  de¬ 
ception  and  fraud.  The  publicity  given 
the  scheme  by  The  It.  N.-Y.  drove  Os¬ 
trander  out  of  the  game  some  15  years 
ago,  but  it  is  difficult  to  keep  unsuspect¬ 
ing  farmers  out  of  the  clutches  of  Os¬ 
trander  imitators.  No  matter  under 
vlnit  name  a  real  > -state  agent  is  operat¬ 
ing.  if  he  asks  you  for  an  advance  fee 
on  any  pretext,  you  can  put  him  down  as 
a  fake  and  a  fraud. 
Are  You  One  of  the  Losers? 
Low  Corn  King 
Low  Cloverleaf 
SOMETIMES  Americans  wonder  Avhy  they 
get  only  about  half  the  crop  jdelds  from  an 
acre  that  are  produced  in  other  countries.  Well, 
here’s  one  reason  —  a  large  majority  of  the  farmers  in 
this  country  own  no  manure  spreader.  One  corn  belt  state  lost 
$20,000,000  last  year  by  the  wasting  aud  poor  handling  of 
manure.  Are  you  one  of  the  fanners  who  shared  in  this  loss? 
JLf  you  are,  you  need  an  IHC  manure  spreader. 
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manure  already  spread. 
See  the  IHC  dealer  about  a  Low  Corn  King  or  Low  Clover!ear 
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