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TShe  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
June  10,  1916. 
PUBLISHER’S  DESK 
Our  readers,  and  especially  our  New 
Jersey  readers,  are  cautioned  against  pay¬ 
ing  their  subscriptions  to  one  T.  Paul 
English,  of  Mt.  Holly,  X.  J.  English  has 
collected  several  subscriptions  to  The 
Rural  New-Yorker  which  he  failed  to 
turn  in  to  us. 
Today’s  mail  brought  a  “bunch  of  op¬ 
portunities”  as  sent  out  by  the  Twen¬ 
tieth  Century  Mailing  Co.  of  Chicago. 
They  look  so  unusually  and  sensationally 
tempting  that  they  arouse  my  suspicion, 
so  I  sent  them  on  to  you  hoping  to  have 
your  opinion  of  such  advertising  ex¬ 
pressed  by  the  “Publisher's  Desk.”  We 
derive  a  great  deal  of  information  from 
your  paper  and  always  feel  it.  is  depend¬ 
able.  Hope  we  will  always  have  The 
It.  X.-Y.  to  look  to  as  a  leader  among 
farm  papers.  S.  c.  W. 
Pennsylvania. 
The  collection  of  “opportunities”  en¬ 
closed  by  the  subscriber  ranged  all  the 
way  from  offering  a  20-Acre  Farm  FREE 
to  the  literature  of  quack  doctors,  cheap 
watches,  and  agency  propositions  to  be¬ 
come  wealthy,  etc.  It  is  about  as  nice 
a  collection  of  “opportunities"  to  get 
faked  as  any  that  have  come  to  our  at¬ 
tention  recently.  It  seems  hardly  neces¬ 
sary  to  advise  any  of  our  other  people 
who  may  be  on  this  sucker  list,  that  the 
proper  disposition  of  any  such  literature 
that  comes  to  them  is  the  kitchen  fire. 
I  answered  the  advertisement  of  Home 
Supply  Co..  Philadelphia.  Pa.,  which  ap¬ 
peared  in  Rural  f  .if  r.  They  were  to  send 
20-pioce  set  of  silver  worth  $10  for  OSc.  I 
sent  for  the  silver  and  have  received  no 
answer  only  the  postmaster  there  wrote  to 
me  telling  me  they  received  the  money 
order,  so  there  must  have  been  some  fraud 
somewhere.  What  is  best  to  do.  as  1  see 
you  help  people  when  you  cau?  Wish 
you  would  get  this.  M.  E.  w. 
New  York. 
Use  a  few  Anti-Fake  stamps  on  papers 
carrying  such  fake  advertisements.  Xo 
firm  can  give  an  article  which  was 
worth  $10  for  OSc.  This  stamps  it.  as 
misleading  in  the  beginning.  As  for  the 
Home  Supply  Company,  they  have  either 
reaped  a  nice  harvest  from  the  advertis¬ 
ing  and  discontinued  business,  or  found 
it  convenient  or  necessary  to  move  from 
Philadelphia.  Letters  addressed  to  them 
are  returned  with  the  information  that 
they  have  left  that  city  and  cannot  he  lo¬ 
cated.  *Keep  their  name  before  you  if 
they  start  up  in  some  other  city. 
In  the  Spring  of  1015  I  shipped  Brad¬ 
ley  Brothers,  Makanda,  Ill.,  plants  to 
the  amount  of  $04.50.  They  promised 
to  settle  by  the  lirst  of  June.  They  have 
failed  to  do  so,  and  they  refuse  to  an¬ 
swer  any  of  my  letters.  I  have,  mailed 
several  bills,  and  also  wrote  them  asking 
when  I  could  expect  settlement,  but  they 
will  not  answer.  They  were  good  plants, 
and  there  was  no  complaint  about  them. 
I  cannot  understand  why  they  dt>  not 
answer.  I  would  appreciate  your  ad¬ 
vice  in  the  matter,  a.  r.  u. 
New  Jersey. 
We  cannot  induce  Bradley  Brothers  to 
adjust  this  account,  and  as  we  have  had 
similar  complaints,  it  is  timely  to  warn 
our  people  again  to  give  them  a  wide 
berth.  They  advertise  under  the  fol¬ 
lowing  names : 
Jackson  County  Nurseries,  Bosky  Dell, 
I1U 
Bosky  Dell  Nurseries,  Bosky  Dell,  Ill. 
Bradley  &  Bradley.  Makanda.  Ill. 
Bradley  Bros..  Makanda,  Ill. 
A.  L.  &  II.  J.  Bradley,  Makanda,  Ill. 
Illinois  Nurseries,  Carbondale,  Ill. 
When  the  agent  of  the  National  Ex- 
p Co.  sent  for  me  he  told  me  that 
the  company  offered  me  50  per  cent,  of 
the  claim.  He  said  he  knew  that  they 
would  do  no  more  for  ine.  He  said  that 
the  company  didn't  feel  that  they  w  ere  to 
blame,  but  that  The  Rural  New-York¬ 
er  was  getting  after  them  all  the  time 
and  that  they  were  doing  this  just  to 
stop  The  R.  N.-Y.  I  don’t  know  just 
what  I  said,  but  I  know  that  I  was  sur¬ 
prised  to  receive  $10  and  also  very 
idea  sod.  1  owe  it  all  to  you.  It  was 
certainly  a  just  claim.  They  know  that 
they  were  to  blame.  The  chicks  were 
packed  in  good  boxes  and  in  some  corners 
they  were  all  dead.  They  wrote  me  sev¬ 
eral  times,  when  I  first  put  in  a  claim, 
and  I  thought  they  intended  to  do  some¬ 
thing  for  ine.  but  they  turned  me  down 
and  I  know  I  should  never  get  anything 
but  for  you.  I  thank  you  a  thousand 
times.  J.  T. 
Massachusetts. 
Transportation  companies  are  particu¬ 
larly  technical  about  adjusting  baby 
chick  shipments,  and  it  is  difficult  to  get 
them  to  admit  any  liability,  even  when 
clearly  shown  that  they  have  been  negli¬ 
gent  in  the  handling.  In  this  case  the 
neglect  was  well  proven,  and  we  are  glad 
they  made  the  adjustment,  whatever  the 
reason  they  assign  for  doing  so.  Unless 
a  messenger  is  sent  right  along  with  the 
chicks  it  is  impossible  to  tell  wherein  the 
mishandling  lies,  but  if  healthy  baby 
chicks  are  delivered  in  a  dying  condition, 
it  is  only  reasonable  to  place  the  respon¬ 
sibility  on  the  carrying  company. 
Enclosed  find  papers  concerning  a 
shipment  of  apples  sent  March  2,  1915, 
which  were  not  received  till  March  8, 
1915.  They  were  six  days  in  transit 
and  should  have  been  only  three.  They 
were  frozen.  I  should  have  received 
$10.80.  could  only  get  $3.23.  I  put  in  a 
claim  for  the  balance,  but  the  agent  says 
I  cannot  collect.  Will  you  advise  me 
whether  it  can  be  collected  or  not?  If 
it  can  be  collected  I  would  like  to  have 
you  see  what  you  can  do.  c.  L.  p. 
New  York. 
Wc  thought  the  claim  was  collectible 
and  so  advised  the  subscriber.  It  came 
to  us  in  September  and  it  was  not  until 
May  that  we  received  the  voucher  for 
$13.57.  Fourteen  months  to  pay  a  just 
claim !  The  excuses  for  declining  ran 
as  follows: 
1.  Shipment  accepted  according  to 
weather  conditions  and  damage  caused  by 
frost,  for  which  we  are  in  no  way  re¬ 
sponsible. 
2.  Claim  not  presented  within  four 
months. 
3.  No  formal  claim  in  writing. 
These  last  excuses  were  repeated  and 
repeated.  In  all  their  communications 
the  actual  cause  of  the  damage,  the  de¬ 
lay  in  delivery,  was  carefully  avoided. 
However,  we  give  them  whatever  credit  is 
due  for  settlement  in  14  months  of  a  per¬ 
fectly  just  claim. 
Early  in  1915  Win.  Schalber  of  GOT 
Plymouth  avenue,  Rochester.  N.  Y.,  came 
to  Nunda  and  gave  a  temperance  lecture 
in  one  of  the  churches.  After  the  lecture 
lie  was  entertained  at  the  home  of  one  of 
the  members.  Mr.  Schalber  was  a  very 
sociable  smooth-talking  man  and  learning 
that  his  host  kept  quite  a  flock  of  poultry, 
solicited  shipments  of  eggs  from  him  as 
lie  said  he  used  a  good  many  in  his  busi¬ 
ness  as  a  grocer  and  baker.  He  also 
asked  some  neighbors  if  they  would  not 
like  to  ship  their  eggs  to  him.  He  would 
pay  all  that  the  commission  men  would 
pay  plus  their  commission.  Many  began 
shipping  to  him.  The  host  mentioned  got 
his  pay  only  after  repeated  duns  and 
sending  of  sight  draft.  At  least  one  other 
neighbor  sent  him  eggs  and  we  could  not 
get  any  answer  from  him.  Our  sight 
drafts  were  returned  unlionored.  The 
bank  stated  he  would  pay  no  attention 
to  their  notices  and  thill  this  was  not  the 
first  complaint  they  had  received  about 
Mr.  Schalber.  T ii  Mr.  Seliulher’s  conver¬ 
sation  he  spoke  of  the  reprehensible  prac¬ 
tice  of  some  grocery  men  in  taking  eggs 
from  the  same  case  and  putting  them  in 
separate  baskets  on  the  counter  and  mark¬ 
ing  the  price  on  oue  basket  several  cents 
a  dozen  higher  than  the  other:  said  that 
the  higher  priced  basket  would  invaria¬ 
bly  be  sold  out  first,  only  to  be  replenished 
from  the  other  basket.  Mr.  Schalber 
said  that  bis  conscience  would  not  let 
biniT  do  that !  I.  B.  A. 
New  York. 
We  had  two  complaints  against  Mr. 
Schalber.  As  he  ignored  our  letters  and 
made  no  attempt  to  adjust,  we  turned  the 
accounts  over  to  mir  attorney,  and  Mr. 
Shoalber  then  advised  him  he  had  never 
received  the  shipments  and  asked  for 
proof.  The  proof  was  promptly  forthcom¬ 
ing  and  after  some  further  delay  checks 
were  sent.  Coming  eight  months  after 
shipment,  after  numerous  letters  from 
shippers  and  from  us,  a  plea  of  non-re¬ 
ceipt  is  as  good  an  excuse  as  any,  blit  it 
shows  Mr.  Schalber  lias  little  regard  for 
liis  credit  standing.  We  cannot  under¬ 
stand  the  calibre  of  liis  conscience  that 
will  permit  him  to  lecture  on  temperance, 
accept  a  man’s  hospitality,  and  turn 
around  and  refuse  payment  for  goods 
shipped  him,  making  recourse  to  law  a 
necessity.  We  are  giving  this  record  for 
the  benefit  of  other  shippers,  as  one  more 
indication  of  the  necessity  of  looking  up 
references. 
“How  would  you  like  to  go  with  me 
on  a  fishing  trip  in  a  few  weeks?”  the 
fat  plumber  asked  his  friend,  the  thin 
carpenter.  “I’d  like  it  all  right.”  the 
carpenter  returned,  “but  1  am  afraid  it 
is  OUt  of  the  question.”  “Why?”  “I 
couldn't  think  of  an  excuse  to  give  my 
wife  for  going  out  of  town  at  this  time.” 
“Haven’t  you  any  good  excuses  at  all?” 
“les,  but  I  don’t  want  to  use  them  just 
now.”  “Why  not?”  “Well,  to  tell" the 
truth,  I  am  saving  them  up  for  house- 
cleaning  time.” — Youngstown  Telegraph. 
“Woman,”  cried  the  big,  buriv  hus¬ 
band,  shaking  his  finger  wildly,  “I  can 
read  you  like  a  book !”  “That  may  be.” 
retorted  the  little  wife,  with  a  ‘queer 
smile,  “but  you  can’t  shut  me  up.” — Stray 
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