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ZT/>e  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
Jane  3,  1916. 
I  take  a  number  of  publications  for 
the  pleasure  of  reading  them— blit  when 
I  go  to  order  anything  I  order  from  ad¬ 
vertisers  in  The  Ruisai.  New-Yorker. 
1T7i«f’s  the  use  of  haring  an  insurance 
policy  if  yon  do  not  use  it f  Before  I 
learned  I  got  bit  several  times  on  adver¬ 
tisements  appearing  in  “high  class’*  mag¬ 
azines.  N.  F,  c. 
New  Mexico. 
The  above  we  consider  a  very  high 
compliment  to  the  character  of  The  R. 
N.-Y.’s  advertisers.  We  are  not  immune 
to  errors  in  advertising  accepted  but  it  is 
always  our  aim  to  admit,  advertising  of 
only  such  products  as  are  worthy  of  pur¬ 
chase  and  that  if  situated  similarly  to 
our  readers  we  would  buy  ourselves. 
There  is  much  advertising  that  cannot 
be  called  fraudulent  which  at  the  same 
time  does  not  give  a  fail-  equivalent  for 
the  money  and  tiie  purchaser  of  article 
so  advertised  suffers  a  loss.  All  such 
advertising  is  excluded.  This  sort  of 
censorship  1  ho  New  Mexico  subscriber 
very  rightly  regards  “an  insurance 
policy.”  The  R.  N.-Y.  has  earned  this 
enviable  reputation  by  more  than  20 
years’  devotion  to  the  cause  of  honesty 
and  truthfulness  in  advertising. 
I  have  been  reading  in  the  "Publish¬ 
er’s  Desk”  about  E.  J.  Moran,  alias 
Green,  etc.,  and  took  the  trouble  to  make 
inquiries  concerning  him.  I  learn  that 
lie  has  a  very  bad  record  around  here, 
been  arrested  two  or  three  limes.  lie 
has  received  shipments  of  clams,  fish,  lob¬ 
sters,  eggs,  poultry  and  I  guess  about 
everything  be  can  get,  and  I  learu  be 
does  not  pay  for  them.  Due  to  his  bad 
record  1  think  it  would  be  an  easy  thing 
to  put  him  where  he  belongs  before  he 
buncoes  many  more.  Inclosed  is  an  “ad” 
in  one  of  the  local  papers;  note  the  two 
different  addresses.  G.  E.  A. 
I.ynn,  Mass, 
This  M.  G.  Green  Co.,  329  B’oad 
Street,  Lynn,  Mass.,  is  operated  by  Ed¬ 
ward  J.  Moran.  Jr.,  31  Stickney  Street, 
West  Lynn,  Mass.  He  also  advertises 
under  the  names  of  E.  ,T.  Morin,  136  B 
Alley  Street,  and  E.  ,T.  Moran,  203 
Union  Street.  Many  people  have  shipped 
produce  in  response  to  bis  offer  to  pay 
highest  cash  prices,  but  received  no  pay¬ 
ment.  He  has  been  before  the  United 
States  Court  at  Boston  charged  with 
using  the  mail  to  defraud,  but  it  was 
impossible  to  secure  a  conviction  on  the 
evidence,  as  he  is  wary  about  soliciting 
through  the  mails. 
It  has  been  a  pleasure  for  me  to  have 
your  paper  to  read  over  the  past  year 
and  a  half  and  I  place  great  worth 
in  your  Publisher's  Desk  column,  so 
much  so,  that  I  am  enclosing  a  tale  of 
my  experience  with  a  horse  dealer  that 
advertises  extensively  in  the  Boston 
Sunday  Globe  paper,  by  the  the  name  of 
M.  A.  Sweeney,  46  Bridge  St„  E.  Cam¬ 
bridge,  Mass.  I  bought  a  horse  of  him 
last  Spring,  and  1  received  three  letters 
from  him  telling  me  that  he  had  a  sound 
chunk  that  he  would  sell  me  at  a  low 
price  to  go  on  a  farm.  I  believed  what 
lie  said.  The  horse  was  supposed  to  be 
nine  years  old,  weight  about  1.0.50  lbs., 
and  all  right  in  every  way.  When  1  re¬ 
ceived  the  horse  it  had  heaves  and  thrush 
in  one  of  his  hind  legs.  The  next  morn¬ 
ing  I  had  m.v  hired  than  take  him  out  of 
the  stall  and  told  him  to  get  his  gun  and 
shoot  the  poor  thing.  It  was  a  shame 
to  have  the  animal  live  in  such  a  condi¬ 
tion.  y.  u. 
Massachusetts. 
The  above  deal  is  very  similar  to  the 
practices  of  the  New  York  State  horse 
‘‘gyps’’  which  have  been  exposed  in  these 
columns  so  many  times.  It  would  seem 
that  M.  A.  Sweeney  must  be  a  graduate 
of  the  New  York  gyp  school — at  any 
rate  his  methods  are  very  similar.  We 
publish  thi<  report  for  the  benefit  of 
our  New  England  readers,  and  we  trust 
that  every  subscriber  who  sees  the  ad¬ 
vertisement  of  this  liorse  gyp  or  others 
in  the  daily  papers  which  they  read  will 
protest  to  the  publishers,  and  discontinue 
their  subscriptions  to  the  publications 
that  persist  in  carrying  this  class  of  fake 
advertising. 
Can  you  tell  me  anything  of  the  Farm¬ 
er’s  Seed  Co.  of  Rochester,  N.  Yr.?  Are 
they  a  reliable  firm?  A  neighbor  of  mine 
has  ordered  about  £1  1  worth  of  seed  of 
them  and  gets  so  far  neither  the  seeds 
nor  a  return  of  his  money.  If  you  know 
anything  of  them,  I  should  be  obliged 
to  you  for  a  statement  of  their  business 
principles.  L.  E.  8. 
New  York. 
The  Farmers’  Seed  Co.  seems  to  be  one 
of  the  names  under  which  Geo.  K.  Ilig- 
bie  conducts  a  seed  business.  He  also 
operates  under  the  name  of  Geo.  K.  Ilig- 
bie  &  Co.  Other  names  used  by  Mr. 
Higbie  in  the  past  are  the  Rochester 
Seed  Company  and  Growers’  and  Im¬ 
porters’  Seed  Company.  Higbie  seems 
to  conduct  his  business  along  the  same 
lines  as  L.  P.  Gunson  and  It.  J.  Gun- 
son,  also  of  Rochester.  Our  information 
also  shows  that  Mr.  Higbie  is  associated 
with  the  Gunsous  in  the  matter  of  pur¬ 
chasing  of  seeds,  as  contracts  for  the 
purchase  of  seeds  are  made  under  the 
style  of  Higbie  &  Gunson.  We  have  re¬ 
ferred  many  times  to  the  methods  and 
unwarranted  claims  of  these  Rochester 
seed  houses  in  order  to  secure  orders. 
This  class  of  house  always  has  new  and 
wonderful  varieties  of  seeds  that  no  one 
else  ever  heard  of  and  send  out  agents 
primed  w;th  these  extravagant  stories. 
We  have  many  reports  from  farmers  who 
have  purchased  seeds  of  these  Ileuses 
showing  that  the  seeds,  instead  of  being 
new  and  superior  varieties,  were  either 
well-known  sorts  or  very  inferior. 
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Last  October  an  agent  for  the  Morris 
Nursery  Co.  of  West  Chester,  I'u.,  came 
to  sell  me  nursery  stock.  I  told  him  his 
prides  were  higher  than  the  local  nursery¬ 
man.  lie  assured  me  that  their  stock 
was  far  better  than  that  of  the  local 
nursery  house.  On  the  strength  of  such 
assurances  I  gave  him  an  order  for  250 
Outhbert  raspberries  and  250  Eldorado 
blackberries.  When  the  plants  arrived 
I  noticed  the  certificate  with  the  stock, 
showing  that  the  plants  had  been  grown 
by  a  nursery  house  about  10  miles  from 
my  place.  The  retail  price  of  the  nurs¬ 
eryman  growing  the  plants  is  $10  per 
thousand  for  the  raspberries  and  $12  to 
$1.3  for  the  blackberries.  I  agreed  to  pay 
the  agent  of  the  Morris  Nursery  Co.  $30 
per  thousand.  Am  1  obliged  to  pay  this 
extravagant  price?  T.  R. 
Ne.v  Jersey. 
The  subs  riber  of  course  will  be  ob¬ 
liged  to  pay  the  price  specified  on  the 
order,  regard  Ess  of  what  the  prices  of 
other  nursery  houses  may  be.  This  is  a 
fair  sample  of  transactions  with  nursery 
agents  as  they  come  to  us.  Because  of 
the  misrepresentation  of  this  agent  the 
subscriber  was  induced  to  pay  nearly 
three  times  the  amount  for  which  lie 
could  have  purchased  the  stock  direct 
from  the  grower.  We  Live  certainly 
warned  our  people  sufficiently  against 
nursery  agents,  so  that  our  readers  at 
least  have  no  one  but  themselves  to  blame 
when  they  get  caught  on  transactions  of 
this  kind. 
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The  Porter  steel  stalls,  cow  stanchions, 
litter  carriers,  barn  door  hangers, 
bar  carriers  and  other  fixtures  are 
acknowledged  leaders  everywhere. 
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Gel  our  prices  before  selling.  Write  us.  slating  the 
quanlily  you  have,  with  ihe  grade,  arid  we  will  quote 
you  price  delivered  on  catsyout  shipping  point. 
H.  A.  PERKINS  &  CO.,  Wool  Merchants 
8  Railroad  Row,  White  River  Junction,  Vt. 
Noting  the  good  work  that  you  are  do¬ 
ing  for  the  farmer  in  exposing  fakes  and 
securing  settlement  of  claims  with  ex¬ 
press.  companies,  I  am  enclosing  a  claim 
to  which  the  company  declines  to  make  a 
reply,  according  to  the  local  agent  at  this 
point.  I  feel  that  the  claim  is  a  just  and 
lawful  one,  and  would  appreciate  it  very 
much  indeed  if  you  can  assist  me  in  se¬ 
curing  a  settlement.  I  believe  that  the 
Interstate  Commerce  Commission  should 
investigate  the  claim  departments  of  the 
express  companies  and  order  them  to 
make  settlement  within  16  days.  We 
make  shipments  of  perishable  products 
via  the  express  company  for  the  reason 
that  we  feel  they  are  better  equipped  to 
handle  the  shipment  quickly  than  by 
freight  service;  we  also  expect  that  the 
shipment  will  be  handled  with  a  maxi¬ 
mum  degree  of  safety  and  when  they  fail 
in  the  performance  of  their  duty  they 
should  make  prompt  adjustment  with  the 
shipper. 
A  prompt  adjustment  of  a  claim  would 
attract  trade  to  them,  whereas  if  other 
shippers  are  of  my  opinion  they  will  not 
make  any  shipments  via  the  express  com¬ 
pany.  that  can  lie  handled  via  parcel  post 
or  freight  service.  a.  ii.  m. 
Delawa  re. 
A  shipment  of  strawberries  was  de¬ 
layed  in  delivery  and  refused  by  con¬ 
signee.  They  were  turned  over  to  an¬ 
other  house,  and  the  express  company 
offered  $.3.56  in  settlement.  The  berries 
were  valued  at  $6.31,  and  we  finally  com¬ 
promised  on  $5.50.  There  is  much  jus¬ 
tice  in  the  subscriber’s  claim  that  prompt 
adjustment  should  lie  made,  and  at  least 
be  should  have  reply  to  his  inquiries.  It 
is  this  indifference  to  claims  that  gives 
impetus  to  parcel  post. 
International  Harvester 
Spreaders 
Low  Corn  King 
Low  Cloverleaf 
ONCE  you  have  seen  both  kinds  of  work  you 
will  say:  “There  is  certainly  a  wide  gulf 
between  the  ordinaiy  spreader  and  the  modern  I  H  C 
machine,  with  its  good,  wide-spreading  device.  Give 
me  the  up-to-date,  time  arid  labor-saving  spreader. ” 
International  Harvester  spreaders  —  Low  Corn  King  and  Low 
Cloverleaf — are  made  with  wide  spreaders  that  throw  the  manure 
out  in  a  wide,  even  spread,  and  broken  up  into  fine  particles  by 
the  disks  that  give  it  a  second  beating.  In  this  condition  the  soil 
takes  up  quickly  and  evenly  the  fertilizing  elements. 
Though  they  are  narrow,  conveniently  handled  spreaders,  easy 
to  drive  right  into  stables  for  loading,  they  spread  to  a  width  of 
8  feet,  or  better.  This  cuts  the  spreading  time  in  half,  increases 
the  tractive  power  of  the  spreader  by  keeping  the  wheels  off  the 
slippery  manure,  and  gives  you  the  best  machine  made  for  top 
dressing.  1HC  spreaders  are  simply  built,  and  very  strong. 
They  are  low  for  easy  loading.  They  are  built  in  sizes  to  suit 
anv  buyer,  and  they  do  work  that  is  uniformly  satisfactory. 
Be  sure  to  see  the  I  H  C  dealer  who  can  sell  you  a  Low  Corn 
King  or  Low  Cloverleaf —  or  write  us  for  catalogue. 
International  Harvester  Company  of  America. 
V\  (Incorporated) 
1)  CHICAGO  USA 
VI  Champion  Deering  McCormick  Milwaukee  Osborne  Plano 
The  stone  mason  was  on  the  witness 
stand  describing  how  he  had  been  as¬ 
saulted  by  the  defendant.  “He  walked 
right  into  my  yard,”  the  witness  said, 
“and  slammed  me  up  against  one  of  my 
own  tombstones.”  “Did  he  hurt  you?” 
inquired  the  court.  “Hurt  me!  Why, 
I’ve  got  ‘Sacred  to  the  memory  of’ 
stamped  all  down  my  back.” — Stray 
Stories. 
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