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from  this  Wall  St.  class  of  swindlers, 
there  is  a  lesson  in  the  conviction  of  this 
plausible  schemer  by  which  everyone  may 
benefit.  The  natural  desire  of  the  pub¬ 
lic  as  a  whole  to  increase  their  incomes 
beyond  the  rate  of  interest  money  will 
earn  in  stable  investments  or  savings 
banks  makes  them  easy  victims  of  such 
tricksters  as  Lyman.  The  promise  of 
big  returns  is  the  bait  with  which  all 
such  stockbrokers  and  promoters  bait 
their  hook,  In  the  glare  of  these  prom¬ 
ises  so  many  people  forget  that  their 
first  consideration  should  be  the  safety 
of  the  principal  invested.  The  pity  of 
the  situation  is  that  crooks  of  the  Lyman 
type  caunot  he  shut  off  until  a  large 
number  have  lost  their  all. 
PUBLISHER'S  DESK 
I  shipped  thirty  dozen  eggs  on  Nov. 
5.  and  thirty  dozen  ou  Nov.  III.  t.o  Kroog 
&  Guttler,  227  First  Ave.,  New  York, 
valued  at  $15.85  a  case  (30  dozen), 
which  I  have  never  received  payment 
for.  I  have  written  to  them  several 
times,  and  only  a  few  weeks  ago  sent 
them  a  registered  letter  and  received  a 
receipt  for  this  It  tter.  but  have  never 
heard  from  them.  It.  seems  they  do  not 
intend  to  answer.  Do  you  think  you  will 
have  better  success?  C.  K.  G. 
New  York. 
We  have  used  our  best  efforts  to  get 
nil  adjustment  of  this  account  and  Kroog 
&  Guttler  have  made  many  promises  to 
send  payment,  but  they  have  kept  none 
of  them.  Unfortunately  the  amount  is 
too  small  for  suit,  and  our  people  will 
want  to  put  them  on  the  list  of  undesir¬ 
ables.  They  will  not  want  to  send  them 
goods  and  run  the  risk  of  a  similar  loss. 
You  ran  build  this  and  many  other  small  farm 
buildings  and  improvements  easily  and  cheaply  with 
the  aid  of  our  free  service  sheets  and  other  valuable 
data  which  we  furivsh  on  request. 
I  seek  your  aid  in  trying  to  secure  a 
satisfactory  adjustment  of  a  claim  for 
damages  I  have  against  the  Ontario  Nur¬ 
sery  Company,  Geneva,  N.  Y. 
1  had  dealings  with  them  as  follows: 
Mav  2,  1010...  202  apple  trees..  $30.00 
Mav  13,  1010..  15  apple  trees . .  3.11 
Mav  18.  1910..  2  apple  trees.  .  .30 
Nov.  8.  1010. .  .  300  apple  trees. .  45.00 
Mar.  10,  1011.,  70  apple  trees.  .  12.72 
Apr.  0,  1011...  195  apple  trees. .  35.10 
May  6,  1911...  40  apple  trees. .  7-20 
Last  year  a  couple  of  smartly  dressed 
young  men,  one  named  R.  Philipson, 
Standard  Egg  Farm,  Metuchen.  N.  J., 
used  to  call  here  in  Ibis  neighborhood 
and  get  all  our  strictly  fresh  eggs  at  a 
cent  or  two  over  the  market  price.  All 
at  once  they  unit,  and  the  above  gentle¬ 
man  left  me  a  worthless  check  for  $5 
and  a  bill  owing  of  $1,50.  making  $0.50 
in  all.  Last  time  T  heard  from  him  was 
by  mail  when  he  said  1  needn't  worry 
over  it:  liis  money,  or  rather  Iris  prom¬ 
ise.  was  as  good  as  gold,  So  far  it  has 
not  materialized.  I  am  a  little  lander, 
hack  to  the  farm,  with  not  overmuch 
coin,  and  I  would  like  to  look  at  that 
$0.50  just  for  a  few  minutes  if  you  can 
flo  anything  about  getting  it  for  me. 
New  Jersey.  n.  c. 
Mr.  Philipson  is  another  who  wants 
to  carry  on  business  at  the  farmer’s  ex¬ 
pense.  Put  him  on  the  list  to  be  avoided. 
insures  the  best  kind  of  concrete  work.  Its  unvarying  high 
quality  is  the  result  of  a  quarter  of  a  century  of  cement- 
making-  experience.  Tests  every  hour,  day  and  night,  by 
ALPHA  chemists  make  it  impossible  for  cement  lacking 
in  binding  power  ot  tensile  strength  to  leave  an  ALPHA 
plant.  Every  bag  is  guaranteed  always  to  meet  standard 
specifications. 
Mail  Coupon  for  Building  Helps 
Check  the  kind  of  construction  you  are  planning.  Write 
your  name  and  address  in  the  margin  and  mail  it  to  us  now. 
We  will  send  valuable  data  on  building  with  concrete. 
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General  Offices :  Easton,  Pa. 
Sales  Offices:  New  York,  Boston,  Philadelphia,  Pittsburgh,  Baltimore.  Savannah 
830  $130.85 
The  varieties  of  trees  ordered  were 
Baldwin,  Wngener.  McIntosh.  Graven- 
si  ein  and  Spy.  The  surprising  fact  is  that 
not  one  of  the  830  trees,  covering  seven 
different  transactions,  is  true  to  name, 
but  instead  they  are  Paragon.  IVwaukoe. 
York  Imperial,  Black  Ben  Davis,  Winter 
Banana.  Rome  Beauty  and  Wealthy,  so 
declared  to  be  by  the  pomologists  of  the 
United  States  and  of  the  State  of  Con¬ 
necticut, 
It  is  well  nigh  inconceivable  that  a 
nursery  company  could  (ill  seven  differ¬ 
ent  orders  and  not  have  one  of  the  830 
trees  prove  true  to  name,  except  that  it 
was  negligent  to  a  point  bordering  on  dis¬ 
honesty.  it.  o. 
Connecticut. 
The  above  is  a  typical  illustration  of 
the  result  of  intrusting  orders  to  irre¬ 
sponsible  nursery  houses.  Our  informa¬ 
tion  is  that  tlm  Ontario  Nursery  Co.  is 
now  out  of  business.  The  moving  spirit 
behind  the  concern  at  the  time  this  order 
was  placed  appears  to  bo  Mr.  Thomas  J. 
Maney,  Geneva.  N.  Y.  Mr.  Maney,  we 
understand,  is  still  in  the  nursery  busi¬ 
ness  at  Geneva.  N.  5’.,  under  bis  own 
name,  but  he  evidently  hasn't  regard 
enough  for  his  reputation  to  make  any 
adjustment  with  the  customer.  The 
grower  seems  to  have  no  redress. 
I  am  sending  you  under  separate  cov¬ 
er  a  copy  of  “The  New  City,"  a  paper 
of  Lomax,  Ill.  Kindly  let  me  know 
what  you  think  about  same.  I  think  it 
is  simply  a  fake.  E.  f.  s. 
New  Jersey. 
The  conclusion  of  the  subscriber  in 
question  corresponds  exactly  with  our 
own.  We  gave  our  views  publicly  of  this 
scheme  about  a  year  ago,  but  further 
warning  may  be  necessary  for  the  benefit 
of  subscribers  who  have  been  added  to 
our  list  in  the  meantime.  “New  City" 
is  being  boomed  by  these  promoters  as  a 
town  for  railroad  employees  and  they 
hold  out  the  prospect  and  inducement 
that  small  sums  invested  in  it  at  the 
present  time  will  later  on  make  the  in¬ 
vestors  rich.  The  proposition  is  very 
similar  to  E.  G.  Lewis’  dreams.  If  any¬ 
one  is  to  get  rich  out  of  the  scheme  it 
will  be  the  promoters  and  no  one  else. 
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The  Threshing  Problem 
1  1  J  Thre^hqa  cow  peas  and  soy  beans 
lOlVPCl  l*,c  dkiwtj  vfiuft,  wlieat,  oats. 
rye  and  fwirJoy.  A  perfect  combina¬ 
tion  machine.  Nothing  tike  iL  “Tbo  machine  1 
have  been  looking  foe  for  20  veHi’K.*’  W.  E.  Massey. 
“It  wii.  mei  f  ovm  v  il.  maptL  ’  ii  ,  Morgan,  Di¬ 
rector  Ten n.  Exp.  Station.  Booklet  flee. 
KOGER  PEA  &  BEAN  THRESHER  CO.. 
Morristown,  Tenn. 
j  Get  lugger  crops  by  using  Carbon 
li  Limestone,  its  very  high  percent- 
|  age  of  carbonate  of  I  i  me  releases 
III  the  potash  nowin  thesoilbut  un¬ 
it  available.  Pulverized  fine  enough 
I  for  best  results.  In  Inilkorinsaeks. 
Write  today  for  BOOKLET  and  PRICES. 
|  1  he  (  arbon  Limestone  Company 
Ife.81-*  Stainbaugh  Bldg.  Youngstown,  Ohio  1 
Messrs.  O,  II.  Green  &  Co.,  323  8. 
Front  street,  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  wrote  me 
in  reply  to  my  inquiry  that  they  would 
pay  for  ‘‘runts, "  chickens  weighing  from 
1  >4  to  2 V4  lbs-.  2Sc.  to  30c.  I  wrote 
them  again  asking  whether  the  price 
was  28  to  30c.  apiece  or  per  pound,  to 
which  they  replied  “the  price  now  is  32 
to  33c.  per  Hi.  and  that  1  should  ship 
about  March  14.  1910.”  I  got  three 
coops  and  put  in  41  birds,  “runts”; 
weighed  them  at  our  station.  Coops  and 
all  weighed  155  lbs.;  allowing  10  lbs. 
each  for  coop  makes  48  fits.,  and  for  argu¬ 
ment's  sake  let  ns  say  55  lbs.  This  leaves 
100  lbs.  of  cbiekeris.  They  then  in  a 
week  after  sent  me  check  $9,18. 
Paving  20c.  for  38  lbs.  broilers 
and  12c  for  20  lbs.  culls . $11.08 
Deducted  expressage  . $1.05 
Manifest  . 30 
Commission  . 55  100 
on  the  Very  Best 
About  a  year  ago  in  April  I  sent  the 
Riildield  D'air.v  Co.,  2108  7th  Avenue, 
New  York,  two  15-dozen  crates  of  eggs, 
and  have  bad  no  returns  for  same.  I 
have  written  them  several  times  in  re¬ 
gard  to  payment,  but  have  not  had  any 
it  ply.  Can  you  help  me  any? 
New  York,  s.  xt,  f}. 
We  find  that  the  Richfield  Dairy  Co., 
W.  C.  Owens,  proprietor,  2108  7th  Av¬ 
enue.  lias  moved  and  left  no  address.  We 
leeall  a  similar  complaint  against  this 
concern  last  year  which  we  were  unable 
to  collect.  If  Mr.  Owens  starts  up  again 
avp  would  suggest  that  it  Avill  be  bad  pol¬ 
icy  to  favor  him  with  shipments  on  his 
record.  Check  .  $0.18 
,  What  became  of  the  33  lbs.  I  don’t 
Another  conviction  was  added  to  the  ]aKnv.  i  ;U11  herewith  sending  you  their 
record  of  Dr.  John  Grant  Lyman.  June  letters  to  me.  1  want  you  to  Avrite  them 
11,  when  a  jury  before  Judge  C.  L.  W ol-  iU1(|  demand  tin  explanation  and  settle- 
verton  in  the  I  mted  States  District  aUM,t  cf  balance.  d  e  k 
Court  found  the  broker  guilty  of  using  Sehuvler  Co..Ta. 
the  mails  to  swindle  men  and  women  Avbo  ‘  ’’ 
thought  they  were  investing  in  high,  class  Six  weeks  after  shipment  O.  H.  Green 
securities  on  the  instalment  plan.  &  Un.  write  as  follows: 
While  Lvman  was  out  on  $20,000  bail 
awaiting  the  decision  of  the  Appellate  We  regret  that  von  have  gone  to  so 
Court  in  the  Panama  land  fraud  case  he  much  trouble  in  order  to  get  an  explana- 
slipped  quietly  back  to  this  city,  where  tlon  from  ns.  There  were  indeed  155 
lie  was  known  in  Wall  Street  as  an  ex-  lbs.  of  chickens  sent  to  us,  but  there  Avere 
member  of  the  Stock  Em  change.  He  took  ss  lbs.  of  dead  and  sick  ones.  Only  07 
offices  opposite  a  commercial  detective  lbs.  aa-civ  sala blr.  Wo  explained  the  fact 
agency  and  remained  there  about  two  to  Mr*  K.,  but  he  evidently  chose  to  di s- 
months.  during  which  time  he  is  said  to  believe  us.  Our  house  avus  rated  for  its 
have  made  about  $300,000.  lie  disap-  honesty  as  you  can  readily  ascertain  if 
beared  on  February  11  last  and  Avas  ar-  y°u  choose.  Did  Mr.  K.  want  pay  for 
rested  on  February  21  at  St.  Petersburg,  dead  chickens?  We  have  recently  gone 
In  summing  up  the  evidence  for  the  Gov-  into  another  line  of  business.  If  any 
eminent  Assistant  I’nited  States  Attor-  further  communication  is  necessary  you 
noy  Kihvin  M.  Stanton  laid  special  stress  may  Avrite  to  O.  II.  Green  &  Co.,  5240 
on  Lvman’s  assertions  made  in  his  cir-  Walnut  street,  Philadelphia.  Pa. 
™»  »  '»<■  »  «„ 
the  Standard  Oil  Company.  C.  S.  Dark-  grt,  and  coining  six  Avoeks  after  ship- 
ness,  Mr.  Stanton  said.  Avas  a  myth,  or-  meat  a  report  of  sick  ,*uid  dead  chickens 
iginated  solely  for  the  purpose  of  giving  doP8  uot  havn  1he  weight  it  would  if 
the  victims  the  impression  that  Lyman 
could  get  inside  information  concerning  made  promptly  upon  receipt  of  the  goods, 
nil  stocks. — Daily  Paper.  The  shipper  had  not  had  any  advice  to 
The  above  is  a  brief  story  of  another  this  effect.  You  can  draw  your  OAvn 
get- rich-quick  crook  run  to  earth.  While  conclusions  as  to  Avhether  you  wunt  to 
our  people  are  not  iu  so  much  danger  ship  to  this  Philadelphia  house. 
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