574 
April  1,  191G. 
N.  Y.,  nearly  20  years  ago.  At  that 
time  it  was  shown  that  he  purchased 
common  Western  corn  and  sold  it.  to 
farmers  in  the  Eastern  section  of  the 
country,  giving  it  a  name  of  his  own  and 
representing  it  as  a  choice  variety  for 
seed  purposes.  A  little  later  Mr.  W  ootl- 
ruff  turned  promoter  and  launched  a 
colossal  scheme  for  establishing  ware¬ 
houses  to  buy  farm  products  and  sell  the 
farmers  supplies.  Mr  Woodruff  sold 
several  thousand  dollars  worth  of  stock 
in  these  warehouse  organizations  in  some 
sections  until  The  R.  N.-Y.  exposed  the 
get-rich-quick  nature  of  the  scheme.  lie 
then  brought  libel  suit  for  a  large  amount 
which  was  afterwards  withdrawn.  The 
publicity  given  him  finally  drove  him  out 
of  New  York  State  for  several  years. 
Many  farmers  do  not  recognize  Wood¬ 
ruff,  the  promoter,  under  the  cloak  of  the 
Lackawanna  Exchange  Corporation  at 
Lackawanna,  N.  Y.  Wo  have  had  many 
complaints  from  farmers  who  have  pur¬ 
chased  seeds,  silos,  etc.,  from  this  cor¬ 
poration.  The  above  letter  not  only  em¬ 
phasizes  that  farmers  should  be  ever  on 
the  alert  for  frauds  of  the  Woodruff  type, 
but  also  that  they  should  not.  entrust  or¬ 
ders  for  seeds  or  other  requirements  t>> 
any  individual  or  house  that  they  know 
nothing  about.  A  little  inquiry  on  II.  II. 
II.’s  part  would  have  revealed  the  fact 
that  the  Lackawanna  Exchange  Corpora¬ 
tion  had  no  financial  responsibility  or 
standing  and  that  the  concern  is  un¬ 
worthy  of  tlie  confidence  of  the  farming 
public.  This  item  may  save  many  farm¬ 
ers  from  falling  into  the  dutches  of 
Woodruff  and  others  of  his  ilk  during  the 
coming  season. 
PUBLISHER’S  DESK 
The  Agricultural  Department  which  is 
charged  with  the  duty  of  bouding  com¬ 
mission  men  and  issuing  license  to  author¬ 
ize  them  to  do  a  produce  commission 
business  under  the  Cole  law  has  pub¬ 
lished  a  pamphlet  giving  the  name  and 
address  of  commission  dealers  who  are 
bonded  and  licensed.  This  list  is  chang¬ 
ing  from  time  to  time,  new  names  going 
on  and  old  ones  being  removed  when  they 
allow  licenses  to  expire,  hut  the  list  is 
complete  up  to  February  15.  1010.  Ship¬ 
pers  can  get  copies  of  the  list,  on  applica¬ 
tion  to  the  Department  at  Albany,  N.  Y. 
Unfortunately  the  license  and  bond  is 
not  sure  protection  to  the  shipper,  but 
it  is  a  help,  and  any  unjust  treatment 
should  be  reported  to  the  Department  of 
Agriculture,  Albany.  N.  Y. 
THIS  word  now  appears  on  every  new  bag  t 
of  ALPHA.  Cement.  It  means  that  the  ■ 
cement  the  bag  contains  was  manufactured  j 
under  a  strict  system  of  chemical  tests  and  in-  : 
spection  and  will  more  than  meet  the  United  : 
States  Government  requirements  and  every 
other  recognized  standard. 
In  all  ALPHA  plants  the  chemists  are  su-  j 
preme.  They  make  tests  every  hour,  day  and 
night.  Their  vigilance  insures  correct  propor¬ 
tioning  of  raw  materials,  thorough  burning,  and 
grinding  to  flour-like  fineness.  They  make  it  j 
impossible  for  cement  lacking  in  binding  power  : 
to  be  shipped  out.  Yet 
. 
n  I  nil  II  THE  guaranteed 
ALPHA  CEMENT 
costs  no  more  than  any  other  good  Portland 
cement.  By  specifying  ALPHA  you  can  make  i 
sure  that  the  cement  which  is  to  become  the  : 
very  sinew  of  your  construction  is  of  top- 
notch  quality — every  bag  of  it. 
The  ALPHA  dealer  in  your  community  will  be 
glad  to  secure  for  you  complete  working  plans  for  a 
concrete  garage,  barn,  poultry  house,  greenhouse, 
smalt  dam,  dairy  house,  porch  floor,  or  steps.  He  will 
help  you  figure  your  bills  of  materials  and  give  you  j 
the  80-page  handbook,  “ALPHA  Cement — How  to 
Use  It. ”  This  book  shows  how  to  make  dozens  of 
everlasting  improvements  around  the  farm  and  home.  [ 
If  you  do  not  know  the  ALPHA  dealer,  write  us.  f 
Address  Dept.  R. 
ALPHA  PORTLAND  CEMENT  CO.,  Easton,  Pa. 
Sales  Offipt**:  Saw  York,  IMtiliidelphla,  llobton,  1'lttibnrgb,  Baltimore,  Savannah 
In  Farmers’ 
Bulletin  481, 
the  United  States 
Department  of 
Agriculture  says: 
“  Many  brands 
of  Portland  cement 
are  on  the  market, 
from  which  the 
farmer  should 
select  some  well- 
known  make,gwrjr- 
antced  by  the  local 
dealer  to  meet  the 
standard  specifi¬ 
cations  for  cement 
of  the  UnltedStates 
Government,  to  be 
obtained  from  the 
United  States  Bu¬ 
reau  of  Standards.  ” 
We  know  of  an  instance  where  the  De¬ 
partment  of  Foods  and  Markets  succeed¬ 
ed  in  inducing  a  New  York  poultry  re¬ 
ceiver  to  pay  an  Indiana  shipper  over 
$20  more  than  the  receiver  showed  and 
paid  in  his  original  account  of  sales.  It 
was  brought  about  by  a  demand  of  the 
Department  to  examine  the  books,  which 
showed  a  clear  stmil  of  the  amount  set¬ 
tled  for.  That,  we  call  good  work  and  we 
commend  the  Department  for  it. — New 
York  Produce  News. 
The  above  is  copy  of  an  editorial  from 
one  of  the  produce  trade  papers  in  New 
York  City.  This  paper  was  originally 
opposed  to  the  Department.  It  is  so  yet 
in  some  respects.  Its  subscribers  and 
advertisers  are  largely  the  commission 
dealers;  but  it  is  fair  enough  to  publish 
the  news  and  it  has  breadth  enough  to 
see  that  the  produce  trade  is  best  served 
in  the  encouragement  of  honesty,  and  the 
exposing  of  crooks  who  bring  discredit  to 
tin-  business.  Honest  papers  and  lionest 
dealers  will  support  the  Department  be¬ 
cause  they  have  nothing  to  fear  from  it 
but  much  to  gain. 
Do  you  know  anything  about  the  North 
American  Home  Company,  Roanoke,  Ya. ? 
Are  they  a  fake,  or  all  right? 
West  Virginia.  F.  v.  t. 
The  president  of  this  company  is 
said  to  be  L.  C.  II.  Whitehead.  This 
recalls  the  F,  E.  Whitehead  and  L. 
Whitehead,  who  were  connected  with  the 
Standard  Home  Company  of  Birming¬ 
ham,  Ala.  The  plan  of  the  North  Amer¬ 
ican  Home  Company  is  similar  to  that 
of  the  Standard,  and  the  history  of  the 
latter  concern  has  been  referred  to  so  fre¬ 
quently,  our  readers  will  not:  want  to 
have  anything  to  do  with  any  company 
with  which  the  Whiteheads  are  connected. 
As  is  always  the  case  when  prosperity 
arrives,  the  public  press  shows  a  steadily 
increasing  number  of  fake-promoter,  min¬ 
ing  and  oil  shark  advertisements  and 
others.  A  little  warning  in  Publisher’s 
Desk  would  not  be  amiss  at  this  time.  . 
Pennsylvania.  T.  1.  P. 
The  above  is-  from  a  man  well  versed  in 
financial  and  investment  matters,  who  is 
well  aware  of  the  alluring  traps  that  are 
set  by  wily  promoters  to  got  possession 
of  the  spare  cash  of  farmers  in  times  of 
prosperity.  These  promoters  are  para¬ 
sites  of  the  business  world.  It  is  a  pret¬ 
ty  safe  conclusion  that  the  stock  offered  Frenehtown.  N.  .T..  Ransoinville,  N.  Y., 
to  country  people  partakes  of  the  nature  e*c-  Last  season  Mr.  Cooley  operated  at. 
of  a  get-rich-quick  scheme.  There  may  the  New  York  address,  but  it  appears 
be  exceptions,  but  they  are  rare  indeed,  that  he  has  again  returned  to  I  rench- 
It  is  much  easier  and  less  expensive  to  town,  N.  ,T.  ITis  advertisements  this 
interest  city  capital  in  any  proposition  season  are  appearing  in  the  name  of 
that,  has  good  assets  behind  it  or  good  Mrs.  E.  E.  Cooley  perhaps  for  good  and 
prospects  for  the  future,  but  city  inves-  sufficient  reasons.  We  have  warned  Our 
tors  are  more  critical  and  mast  be  shown,  readers  against  Cooley  and  his  methods 
This  is  the  reason  the  fake  promoters  go  for  10  or  12  years  past,  and  we  trust  that 
to  the  country  for  money.  Many  of  them  none  of  our  people  w ill  get  caught  iu  his 
will  present  plausible  reasons  why  they  meshes  during  the  present  season, 
want  farmers  as  stockholders,  in  their 
enterprises,  but  the  real  reason  is  that  I  take  the  liberty  of  asking  you  as  to 
experienced  investors  would  not  risk  a  gaVrfngtmi.  Via ssa'ch u sens!' ' ' >  Th ei r'  "  Mr 
penny  in  such  speculations.  Looker  called  on  me  today,  but  wo  did  no 
c  , .  ,  ,  c.  •  „  business,  as  I  assured  him  he  couldn’t 
.  ome  time  »  I  « ■  ^  1  '  n  induce  me  to  sign  any  contract.  If  my 
from  the  Lack  aw.  nn.  E  *  S  ’  ,  memory  serves  me.  I’ve  seen  them  writ- 
atmn  at  Lack  a  w  anna.  N.  A  ,,  some  seed  .  “Publisher’s  Desk"  I 
c,.rn  for  ^  SJV'.'kl"  to  l!"  copy  of  their 
dealing  with  »  Joum.  tartttj  ■■contra, t"  lint  he  declined.  e.  e. 
corn  failed  to  come  up,  and  upon  looking  •  • 
around  we  find  there  are  others  iu  the  ° 
neighborhood  in  the  same  situation.  We  We  hold  a  receipt  of  the  D.  R.  Cornell 
happened  to  have  some  of  the  corn  left  Companv  signed  by  J.  -T.  Looker  for  $20 
and  had  it  examined,  and  found  it  was  '  *  •  „  ,  .  ,, 
about  three-fourths  rotten.  We  took  it  kim  by  a  New  lurk  State  farmer 
up  with  these  people,  and  they  just  sim-  for  the  purpose  of  listing  and  advertis- 
plv  wouldn’t  do  a  thing.  They  kept  jng  his  farm  property.  The  receipt  bears 
claiming  they  are  haying  their  accf|Unts  tW  ^  ..If  fc  Sul(1  in  two  yettTS 
audited  and  this  thing  and  that  thing.  .  ‘ 
and  you  can  get  no  satisfaction  out  of  from  date  money  is  returnable.  1  he 
them.  I  placed  this  matter  in  the  hands  two  years  is  up  and  we  have  made  fre- 
of  attorneys  in  Buffalo,  and  they  claim  f|U,,nt  demands  on  the  D.  B.  Cornell  Co. 
the  firm  has  several  different  names  un-  ,  ,  v,  Y  , 
dor  which  it  is  selling  seed  corn,  and  that  “  '  r,H  ~  1,1  1  ui  tb  -  ^,v'  *  ik 
it  is  unreliable  and  a  judgment,  even  State  subscriber.  In  one  letter  the 
though  we  got  one,  would  be  worthless.  Cornell  Co.  promises  to  refund  the  money, 
Is  it  possible  that  such  people  can  im-  ])U<;  Up  p,  date  has  not  done  so.  This 
pose  upon  the  farmers  m  this  way  with-  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  . 
out  any  redress?  I  thought  I  would  bfls  1,l‘*’n  worked  for  a  good  many 
write  you  and  see  if  you  would  not  take  years  back  by  this  man  Looker,  acting 
interest  enough  in  this  matter  to  see  that  for  the  D.  B.  Cornell  Co.  The  letter  of 
ffS  £55,  tS  £  ft  that  I . k« 
than  $200.  n,  n.  n.  18  how  operating  m  Virginia,  and  we  ad- 
Pennsylvania.  vise  Virginia  farm  owners  to  he  on  the 
VYe  are  sorrv  to  see  that  farmers  are  lookout  for  him,  and  give  bi.m  the  sort  of 
still  being  faked  by  J.  W.  Woodruff  in  reception  that  his  methods  deserve. 
spite  of  the  fact  that  Ttte  Ritual  New-  - 
Yorker  has  warned  farmers  of  his  un-  The  annual  index  of  The  Rural  New- 
serupulous  methods  for  nearly  20  years  Yorker  is  ready,  and  any  reader  who  has 
back.  We  first  knew  Mr.  Woodruff  as  not  received  it  will  be  supplied  on  appli- 
the  old  American  Farm  Co.  of  Buffalo,  cation  to  this  office. 
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