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Z “he  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
April  29,  191G, 
PUBLISHER’S  DESK 
I  am  enclosing  with  this  the  literature 
of  the  Western  Co-operative  Rural  Credit 
Union.  Will  ,vou  examine  it  am]  pass 
your  opinion  upon  the  same,  as  to  its 
feasibility , and  safety?  Is  it  anything 
like  the  plan  of  the  loaning  concerns  in 
A'ew  York  State,  where  I  think  there  has 
been  recent  legislation  along  the  same 
lines,  for  the  purpose  of  farmers  getting 
easier  loans  both  as  to  time  and  interest 
rates?  Ry  answering  this  you  will  be 
doing  me  a  real  service  and  possibly  more 
of  your  subscribers  in  Oregon,  c.  l.  f. 
Oregon. 
This  was  not  a  purely  co-operative  as¬ 
sociation.  A.  member  paid  in  his  money 
and  took  his  place  on  a  list.  When  his 
name  was  reached  he  might  receive  the 
loan  if  conditions  were  right,  but  there 
was  no  assurance  that  the  loan  would  be 
made  promptly.  Now  information  reaches 
us  that  the  State  of  Oregon  did  not  ap¬ 
prove  of  the  contract  put  out  by  the  con¬ 
cern  and  cancelled  their  charter,  and  an¬ 
nulled  their  existence,  for  alleged  fraud 
in  the  incorporation  and  operations  of  the 
concern. 
I  have  just  received  from  the  agent  of 
the  National  Express  Company  .$21.05. 
payment  in  full  for  the  box  of  furs  which 
I  shipped  December  20  last,  and  which 
were  lost  in  tiansit.  As  it  was  not  till 
.January  25  that  T  asked  your  help  in 
pressing  the  claim,  I  feel  that  they  have 
done  very  Wei!  to  settle  in  (10  days.  I 
wish  to  thank  you  heartily  for  your  as¬ 
sistance.  Having  had  your  help  before  I 
know  that  it  is  useless  to  offer  you  any¬ 
thing  in  payment,  so  I  inclose  2,0  cents 
in  tiu*  little  envelope  for  three  neighbors 
who  are  not  yet  suiter  liters,  lint  who  cer¬ 
tainly  ought  to  belong  to  the  R.  X.-Y. 
family.  w.  w.  c. 
New  York. 
If  transportation  companies  would  set¬ 
tle  claims  in  two  or  three  months  there 
would  l>e  no  complaint  of  their  methods, 
but  their  tendency  to  let  their  just  obli¬ 
gations  drag  is  unreasonable  and  unwar¬ 
ranted.  We  are  always  glad  to  have  our 
people  come  back  for  additional  service, 
and  we  aim  to  serve  them  to  the  best  of 
our  ability. 
Can  you  tell  me  anything  about  the 
Union  Security  Co.  of  McAlester,  Okla¬ 
homa?  Are  they  a  reliable  corporation? 
I  am  being  induced  to  buy  some  govern¬ 
ment  land  by  and  through  them.  They 
charge  a  fee  of  about  75  cents  per  acre 
for  tin*  work  they  do  for  a  buyer.  Prop¬ 
erty  is  to  be  sold  at  auction  on  the  first 
of  .July.  They  are  operating  a  demon¬ 
strating  car  through  this  part  of  the 
country.  Will  you  tell  me  what  you 
think  about  them  at  once?  I  haven’t  any 
money  to  throw  away.  m.  n.  l. 
New  Jersey. 
We  went  to  the  Oklahoma  authorities 
for  information  in  regard  to  the  Union 
Security  Company,  and  their  advice  is  as 
follows : 
“This  company  has  no  connection  what¬ 
ever  with  the  Government  in  the  sale  of 
Indian  lands  in  Oklahoma,  and  is  act¬ 
ing  entirely  upon  its  own  responsibility. 
Any  transactions  that  people  may  have 
with  it  will  be  at  their  own  risk.  No 
private  individual  or  concern  has  any 
preference  right  in  buying  the  lands  re¬ 
ferred  to.  nor  is  any  person  in  a  position 
to  state  at  what  prices  they  can  he  pur¬ 
chased.  Any  representations  to  the  con¬ 
trary  would  be  without  foundation  and 
should  not  be  relied  upon.  The  unallotted 
timber  lands  and  surface  of  the  segregated 
coal  and  asphalt  lands  are  sold  under  the 
supervision  of  the  Federal  Government  at 
public  auction  from  time  to  time.” 
They  also  advise  looking  carefully  into 
any  similar  propositions.  Other  advice 
from  Oklahoma  is  to  the  effect  that  these 
companies  are  doing  the  State  a  great 
deal  of  harm  and  an  official  investigation 
is  needed.  The  McAlester  Real  Estate 
Company  of  McAlester,  Okla.,  operates 
on  the  same  lines,  and  our  impression  is 
that  they  are  one  and  the  same  company. 
At  any  rate  our  people  will  not  want  to 
purchase  Government  lands  from  either 
of  them. 
From  the  very  inception  of  the  Franklin 
Candy  Co.,  whose  seductive  and  plausible 
letters  gathered  in  hundreds  of  thousands 
of  dollars,  including  some  $N0.(KM>  from 
Dr.  I’arkhurst,  I  was  flooded  with  appeals 
from  the  promoter,  always  headed  “My 
dear  Mr.  - Your  warnings  in 
“Publisher's  Desk”  no  doubt  saved  many 
of  your  subscribers  from  loss  on  such  an 
investment.  To-day  I  am  in  receipt  of 
the  enclosed  and  forward  it  to  you.  The 
letter  contents  bear  the  earmark,  from 
beginning  to  end,  of  the  same  expert  pro¬ 
moter,  as  you  will  be  quick  to  recognize 
if,  as  no  doubt  is  the  case,  you  were  fa¬ 
vored  long  ago  with  a  sight  of  the  Frank¬ 
lin  Candy  Co.  literature.  I  would  not 
touch  its  stock  “with  a  10-foot  pole.” 
knowing  too  well  who  its  wily  piomoter 
is.  T  send  the  papers,  believing  you  may 
be  able  to  save  more  of  your  subscribers, 
later.  II.  W.  P. 
New  York, 
The  literature  enclosed  is  of  the  Na¬ 
tional  Rubber  Company,  of  Tottstown.  Pa., 
soliciting  investments  in  the  stuck  of  the 
company.  The  future  profits  of  the  com¬ 
pany  are  very  glibly  figured  at  $1,000,000 
a  year — when  the  new  factory  is  com¬ 
pleted.  No  mention  is  made  of  any  as¬ 
sets  which  the  company  may  have  nor 
any  profits  that  have  been  made  in  the 
past,  but  the  promoter  is  very  sanguine 
about  the  profits  in  the  future.  We  en¬ 
tirely  agree,  with  II.  W.  P.’s  estimate  of 
this  proposition.  It  appeals  to  us  as  a 
first-class  specimen  of  “sucker  bait.”  We 
feel  sure  no  reader  of  Tiie  R.  N.-Y*.  will 
be  induced  to  part  with  his  money  on 
such  flimsy  promises  of  big  profits  in  the 
future,  which  is  the  stock  in  trade  of  all 
get-rich-quick  promoters. 
I  wish  to  place  an  account  with  you  to 
collect  if  possible.  East  March  2d  I  had 
a  letter  from  M.  A.  Hunter  &  Son.  pro¬ 
prietors  of  the  Quality  Poultry  Yards, 
Glendale,  Ohio,  offering  to  furnish  me 
with  250  White  Orpington  baby  chicks 
for  April  1st  delivery,  for  $25.  March 
5th  I  sent  them  $10  as  part  payment,  or¬ 
dering  the  chicks,  and  March  25th  sent 
them  the  remainder,  $15,  so  they  would 
get  it  in  time  before  shipping  the  chicks, 
April  1st.  After  waiting  about  10  days 
after  April  1st  without  receiving  the 
chicks,  I  wrote  asking  why  the  chicks 
were  not  shipped,  finally  getting  reply 
saying  their  April  1st  hatch  was  a  failure, 
and  they  could  not  supply  the  chicks  un¬ 
less  I  would  take  a  later  hatch,  or  if  I 
preferred  they  would  send  me  a  check  for 
the  return  of  the  money.  1  wrote  them 
to  return  the  money  as  1  did  not  wish  to 
wait  for  n  later  batch.  This  is  the  last  I 
have  been  able  to  hear  from  them.  I 
have  written  several  times  since  then, 
they  receiving  the  letters,  as  the  return 
card  was  on  the  envelope.  I  drew  a  draft 
on  them  through  First  National  Ronk_  of 
I.ocklnnd.  Ohio,  the  nearest  banking 
point,  but  it  was  returned  unpaid.  Please 
see  what  you  can  do  with  this.  I  am 
taking  The  R.  N.-Y.  mainly  for  the 
swindles  exposed  in  the  “Publisher’s 
Desk.”  Keep  it  up.  J.  c.  p. 
Missouri. 
We  have  been  unable  to  get  any  ad¬ 
justment  of  this  account.  Mr.  Hunter 
gave  the  attorney  cheek  for  $10,  blit  it 
was  returned  by  the  bunk  unpaid.  Hun¬ 
ter  has  made  many  promises  to  adjust  the 
account,  but  has  not  kept  them  and  our 
attorney  returns  it  us  uncolloctable.  He 
1ms  now  moved  front  Glendale,  and  it  has 
been  impossible  to  locate  him.  We  are 
referring  to  this  as  the  baby  chick  season 
is  agaiu  at  hand  and  our  readers  will  not 
want  to  supply  M.  A.  Hunter  &  Son  of 
the  Quality  Poultry  Y'ards  with  orders 
which  they  may  treat  in  a  similar  man¬ 
ner.. 
The  following.  letter  of  Mr.  S.  Poland 
Hall  to  the  advertising  agency,  placing 
the  business  of  the  firm  with  which  he  is 
connected,  shows  that  he  is  a  real  mili¬ 
tant  member  of  the  Anti-Fake  Club! 
The  Eugene  MeGuckin  Company, 
Gentlemen:  Please  notify  all  publish¬ 
ers  who  expect  to  carry  our  advertising 
that,  despite  the  cautious  we  have  extend¬ 
ed  in  former  years,  some  of  our  advertise¬ 
ments  have  been  associated  with  disrep¬ 
utable,  deceptive  or  otherwise  objection¬ 
able  copy.  We  are  with  those  who  be¬ 
lieve  that  the  most  important  tiling,  and 
perhaps  the  most,  difficult  thing,  about  ad¬ 
vertising  is  to  get  ir  believed.  Certainly, 
our  task  is  increased  if  publishers  persist 
in  running  advertising  that  tears  down 
the  confidence  of  readers  in  the  printed 
sales  message.  It  is  astonishing  that 
publishers  are  so  long  in  seeing  their 
duty  toward  readers  and  reputable  adver 
tisers. 
We  feel  warranted  in  taking  the 
ground  that  the  publishers  who  carry  any 
kind  of  deceptive  or  objectionable  adver¬ 
tising  are  increasing  the  selling  costs  of 
the  reputable  advertiser.  We  will  not 
hesitate  to  cancel  our  advertising  if  we 
are  subjected  to  such  treatment.  Yours 
truly,  S.  BOLAND  halt.. 
Advertising  Manager,  Alpha  Portland 
Cement  Company. 
If  publishers  will  not  cut  out  dishonest 
advertising  on  their  own  account  the  rep¬ 
utable  advertisers  have  it  in  their  power 
to  show  such  publishers  the  error  of  their 
ways.  No  doubt  other  advertising  man¬ 
agers  will  follow  the  lead  of  Mr  Hall. 
Such  a  general  movement  will  do  more  to 
banish  fraudulent  advertising  from  the 
columns  of  all  classes  of  publications  than 
any  other  action  we  can  conceive  of. 
Who  will  be  next? 
Teacher  :  “If  a  farmer  sold  1.479 
bushels  of  wheat  for  $1.17  a  bushel,  what 
would  he  get?”  Boy:  “An  automobile.” 
— Philadelphia  Bulletin. 
When  the  Big  Guns  Roar 
their  concrete  foundations  and  ramparts  are  called  upon 
to  withstand  unusual  concussion  and  strains.  The  stone,  sand 
and  cement  must  be  of  unquestioned  quality. 
In  the  fortifications  at  Egmont  and  Mullet’s  Keys,  Forts  Hancock,  Wads¬ 
worth,  Slocum,  Monroe,  Strong,  Mott,  Totten  and  Schuyler  and  in  making 
concrete  improvements  at  the  Brooklyn,  Portsmouth,  Boston,  Norfolk, 
Charleston,  and  League  Island  Navy  Yards;  at  West  Point,  Annapolis,  and 
elsewhere,  the  United  States  Government  has  used  hundreds  of  thousands  of 
barrels  of 
flLPHAXTCEMENT 
— the  cement  that  is  tested  hourly  by  chemists;  that  is  the  product  of  25  years 
experience  in  cement-making;  the  cement  that  comes  in  bags  stamped 
“Guaranteed”  and  that  must  always  more  than  meet  every  recognized  test 
r.  -i;  before  it  can  be  shipped, 
‘ Ask  the  ALPHA  dealer  in  your  community  for 
the  80-page  illustrated  book,  “ALPHA  Cement 
— How  to  Use  It,”  which  gives  detailed  direc¬ 
tions  for  making  dozens  of  everlasting  farm  and 
home  improvements  with  ALPHA,  the  Guaran¬ 
teed  Portland  Cement.  If  you  don’t  know  the 
ALPHA  dealer,  write  us,  mentioning  what  you 
are  planning  to  build.  Address  Dept.  R. 
ALPHA  PORTLAND  CEMENT  CO. 
General  Offices:  Easton,  Pa. 
ales  Office?:  New  York,  Philadelphia,  Boston 
%i  p 
The  guaranty 
PORTtAJ-fD 
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PREPAREDNESS 
Produces  Victory 
The  Red  River  Special 
The  New  GREENWOOD  LIME  and 
FERTILIZER  DISTRIBUTER 
IS  PREPARED 
TOP  FEED  NO  RUSTING  NO  CLOGGING 
Acrumli!  imlicaLor  tor  100  to  3,2>00  lbs.  p«r  Mere,  whether  mater¬ 
ial  be  wet.  dry.  sticky,  lumpy,  heavy  m  Ibrht.  We  jruaittutee  to 
distribute  limo  with  unbun  it  fore  or  small  rocks  in  it. 
Write  for  booklet  It  to 
GREENWOOD  MFG.  CO.f 
LAWRENCE,  MASS. 
Ia  the  trenches  of  a  great  army  or  tn  the 
threshing  of  a  great  crop  those  who  are 
rightly  prepared  do  not  go  down  to  defeat. 
Beat  off  the  nation’s  enemies. —  BEAT 
OUT  THE  NA  TION’S  GRAIN.  It 
must  be  done  if  the  nation  is  to  live. 
In  either  event  it  is  preparedness  with 
“the  Man  Behind  the  Gun"  that  does 
the  work. 
This  patented  device,  found  only  in  the 
Nichols  &  Shepard  Company’s  thresh¬ 
ing  machinery,  can  show  more  prepar¬ 
edness  for  securing  and  more  actual  ca¬ 
pacity  in  securing  and  saving  grain  than 
any  other  separating  mechanism  that  in¬ 
ventive  ingenuity  has  yet  produced. 
Are  you  prepared  for  a  financial  victory 
when  this  year’s  crops  are  threshed  ? 
Preparedness  is  now  a  great  national  issue. 
Some  of  your  own  neighbors  have  quietly  pro* 
vided  the  means  to  take  advantage  of  this  fact 
by  aaying  "never  again”  to  the  threslierman 
that  doesn't  own  a  Red  River  8pecial  machine. 
Send  for  the  '‘extra"  Homo  Edition  paper  that 
tells  you  about  it.  You  might  as  well  ask  for 
a  Big  Catalog  at  the  same  time.  Both  are 
free. 
NICHOLS  &  SHEPARD  CO. 
(In  Continuous  Business  Since  1848) 
BUILDERS  EXCLUSIVELY  OF 
THRESHING  MACHINERY 
Red  River  Special  Thresher*,  Feeder*.  Wind  Stackers 
Steam  end  Oil-Gas  Traction  Engines 
(13)  BATTLE  CREEK,  -  MICHIGAN 
This  Warranted 
full-sized  hardwood  and  steel 
Dumping  Horse  Cart 
$16.73 
freight  prcpaidtoanyStation 
East  of  Mississippi  River. 
Full  particulars  on  appli¬ 
cation. 
HOBSON  &  CO. 
Box  47  Easton,  Pa. 
Down  Again! 
GO  WITTE  PRICES 
2  H  P.  $29.95;  3  H-P,  $47.35;  4  H-P.  $61,75; 
6  H-P.  $89.90;  8  H-P,  $129.80.  Write  tor  prices 
on  12,  16  and  22  H-P. 
BUILT 
BY 
EXPERTS 
BROWN  FENCE 
BARGAIN  BOOK 
AND  SAMPLE 
Over  25.000.000  rods  Brown’ 
t'Vm'u  already  sold  to  400,000  I 
farmers.  Factory  Prices.  [ 
Freight  Prepaid.  1  SO  styles. 
_  3c  per  rod  up.  Oates  and 
Steel  Posts,  too!  Write  postal. 
DROWN  FENCC  *  WIRE  ''CO. 
s  •  •  Cleveland,  Ohio 
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The  Rural  New-Yorker  and  you’ll  get 
a  quick  reply  and  a  "square  deal.”  See 
guarantee  editorial  page. 
] 
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price.  You  can’t  buy  a  heller  engine  nt  double  the 
price.  Lower  fuel  expense.  Simple  in  coil-!  ruc¬ 
tion.  Easily  started.  30  to  &0  per  cent  surplus 
power.  90  day  trial  offer.  Solti  direct,  factory 
to  user.  Established  1-  .*>. 
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