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August  19,  191G. 
PUBLISHER’S  DESK 
As  the  result  of  an  investigation  which 
it  conducted  at  the  request  of  the  Asso¬ 
ciated  Advertising  Club  of  the  World  the 
Post  Office  Department  issued  today  a 
fraud  order  against  the  International 
Automobile  League,  Tnc. ;  the  Interna¬ 
tional  Automobile  League  Tire  Conipanv 
of  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  and  A.  C.  Bidwell, 
president  of  both  concerns.  Post  Office 
Department  records  show  P.  id  well  has 
been  indicted  by  a  Federal  Grand  Jury 
at  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  charged  with  using 
the  mails  to  further  a  scheme  to  de¬ 
fraud.  Testimony  was  given  that  Bid- 
well  and  his  agents,  soliciting  members 
for  the  league  at  $10  each,  represented 
the  league  had  contracts  with  manufac¬ 
turers  of  motor  car  accessories  which  en¬ 
abled  the  league  to  sell  them  to  members 
at  dealers'  and  manufacturers’  prices. 
Post  Office  officials  say  the  promoters  of 
the  scheme  realized  n  fortune. — -Daily 
Paper. 
The  Rural  New-Yorker  has  warned 
its  readers  against  this  scheme  from  its 
inception.  These  membership  schemes  in¬ 
variably  prove  a  disappointment  to  the 
members,  as  they  cannot  be  maintained 
on  an  honest  basis  and  sell  goods  on  the 
basis  proposed.  This  Buffalo  concern  re¬ 
cently  brought  suit  against  one  of  our 
subscribers  for  five  years  back  dues  on 
membership.  The  R.  N.-Y.  took  up  a 
defense  of  the  suit  in  behalf  of  the  sub¬ 
scriber.  The  case  has  not  come  to  trial. 
Evidently  the  suit  was  brought  to  fright¬ 
en  the  farmer  iuto  paying  the  $50.  And 
the  bluff  might  have  worked  had  it  not 
been  for  the  interference  of  The  R.  N.- 
Y.  Our  subscribers  have  been  warned 
so  often  against  these  fake  schemes  that 
they  have  only  themselves  to  blame  if 
they  get  caught  by  get-rich-quick  pro¬ 
moters. 
Find  enelosed  letter  from  a  sale 
ageney.  What  do  you  know  about  this? 
Kindly  inform  a  new  subscriber  to  your 
paper  is  this  agency  all  right,  or  do  they 
simply  desire  the  foe?  m.  m.  m. 
New  York. 
For  the  benefit  of  these  new  subscrib¬ 
ers  will  repeat  qur  warning  not  to  ad¬ 
vance  fees  for  the  sale  of  your  property. 
"We  have  referred  to  this  Western  Sales 
Agency,  Minneapolis,  Minn.,  and  you 
will  he  money  in  pocket  if  you  put  their 
literature  in  the  fire. 
On  July  11,  1016,  I  received  from  the 
National  Rubber  Go.  of  Pottstown,  Pa., 
a  list  of  auto  tires  for  sale  at  reduced 
prices.  On  July  FI,  I  sent  these  people 
a  post  office  money  order  for  $10. SO  for 
a  .10x3 Vt  non-skid  clincher  tire  to  lie  sent 
at  once  by  express,  as  stated  on  circular. 
Not  receiving  tire  after  two  weeks’  wait, 
I  wrote  a  letter  to  the  firm.  I  received 
an  acknowledgement  of  order  received. 
Since  that  time  1  have  not  yet  received 
the  tire.  On  Aug,  1  I  sent  another  let¬ 
ter,  hut  have  not  yet  received  an  answer. 
If  it  is  not  too  much  trouble  I  hope 
you  can  help  me  out  iu  this  matter. 
Pennsylvania.  s.  K. 
We  have  previously  referred  in  this 
department  to  the  stock -selling  scheme  of 
this  concern,  and  advised  farmers  against 
letting  this  promoter  get  his  fingers  on 
any  of  their  hard-earned  savings.  The 
National  Rubber  Go.  now  seems  to  he 
sending  out  “bargain”  offers  to  sell  auto¬ 
mobile  tires,  and  it  appears,  from  the  let¬ 
ter  of  the  above  subscriber,  that  it  is 
equally  as  dangerous  to  send  the  concern 
money  for  tires  as  it  is  to  invest  in  the 
stock  of  the  concern.  On  general  prin¬ 
ciples  we  would  not  patronize  a  house  ap¬ 
pealing  to  the  public  for  money  on  a  get- 
rich-quick  stock-selling  scheme  anyhow. 
T  am  sending  this  in  hopes  that  you 
will  print  it  as  a  warning  to  others, 
I  did  not  expect  much  for  $8.50;  thought 
it  might  do  for  my  chickens  this  Sum¬ 
mer.  also  for  breeders  in  Spring.  I  was 
very  much  disappointed  when  it  came. 
There  were  two  bundles  of  rough  lum¬ 
ber,  11  boards  %x8,  some  11  ft.,  some 
10  ft.;  20  sticks  2 1  x  1  of  different 
lengths  from  10  ft.  to  2  ft.  2  in.  Roosts, 
round  sticks  with  hark  on.  I  was  so  dis¬ 
satisfied  I  wanted  to  return  it.  One 
would  think  it  quite  a  henhouse  by  de¬ 
scription.  There  were  no  nests  or  any¬ 
thing  for  yard.  mbs.  e.  l.  f.  ' 
Massachusetts. 
The  Poultry  Exchange  promised  to 
take  back  the  poultry  house  and  refund 
the  money  provided  the  subscriber  would 
pay  return  charges.  As  the  subscriber 
had  paid  charges  one  way,  it  was  un¬ 
reasonable  to  ask  her  to  pay  further 
charges,  and  the  unsatisfactory  house 
was  left  on  her  hands.  They  advertised 
the  poultry  house  for  $8.50,  and  in  re¬ 
sponse  to  a  request  as  to  just  what  com¬ 
prised  the  house,  they  stated  because  of 
the  freight  they  had  discontinued  ship¬ 
C7»e  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
ping  the  houses,  but  would  sell  the  plans 
for  $1.  Id  the  advertisement  scale  draw¬ 
ings  were  quoted  at  $2.  Take  it  all  in 
all  it  is  the  part  of  wisdom  to  pass  by 
the  Poultry  Exchange  or  Utilities  Mfg. 
Co.,  of  Stamford,  Conn.  The  paper  car¬ 
rying  the  advertisement  evidently  feels  no 
responsibility  toward  its  subscribers. 
Being  a  member  of  the  Anti-Fake 
Club,  I  wish  to  tell  you  of  my  experience 
with  the  Bent-Croissant  Company  of 
Antwerp,  N.  Y.  On  March  1(5  I  sent 
them  a  check  for  $11  in  payment  of  an 
order  for  200  pounds  of  milk  albumen, 
which  was  to  be  shipped  at.  once,  freight 
prepaid.  I  did  not.  get  an  answer  to  my 
letter,  and  wrote  twice  asking  for  the 
goods  or  my  money  hack,  but  could  get 
no  reply.  I  saw  this  advertisement  iu 
the  American  Poultry  Advocate,  and  de¬ 
cided  to  let  them  know  about  my  order 
to  the  above  company.  I  mailed  two  let¬ 
ters  to  them,  asking  them  to  investigate 
and  let  me  know  what  the  trouble  was. 
but  I  could  get  no  reply  from  them  either. 
The  Bent-Croissant  Company  have  my 
$11.  and  I  cannot  get  even  an  answer  to 
my  letter.  I  do  not  understand  why  the 
J'ouHry  Advocate  will  not  at  least  reply. 
I  am  writing  you  to  see  if  you  can  do 
anything  to  help  me.  E.  H.  S. 
New  York. 
MV  were  no  more  successful  in  get¬ 
ting  a  response  from  the  Bent-Crois¬ 
sant  Co.  and  the  complaint  has  been  sent 
to  the  Tost  Office  Department  for  inves¬ 
tigation.  We  are  glad  the  members  of 
the  Anti-Fake  Club  report  these  trans¬ 
actions  to  us,  as  we  want  to  use  them 
for  the  guidance  of  others,  and  to  save 
them  from  a  like  loss. 
The  American  Sad  Tron  &  Mfg.  Co.  of 
Cleveland,  Ohio,  through  their  agents, 
canvassed  this  community  and  surround¬ 
ing  country,  getting  orders  for  the  Ever 
Ready  self-heating  sad  iron,  price  $2 
with  order  and  balance  of  $1.75  upon  de¬ 
livery  of  iron.  By  a  little  demonstration 
and  a  bunch  of  lies  they  sold  readily,  as 
a  safe  self-heating  iron  is  a  necessity. 
They  didn’t  deliver  until  the  territory 
was  canvassed,  In  the  meantime  through 
some  victims  that  had  a  similar  iron, 
minus  the  grate,  we  learned  that  the  iron 
was  worthless.  Upon  delivery  agent  was 
asked  to  start  iron.  This  he  refused, 
saying  he  was  in  a  hurry  as  his  car  hire 
was  too  expensive  and  that  if  we  would 
give  the  $1.75  In*  would  leave  iron.  Re¬ 
fusing  to  do  Ibis,  he  promised  he  would 
be  around  in  two  days  to  start  irons  and 
prove  them  satisfactory.  He  never  came; 
instead  that  day  lie  had  his  driver  let 
him  off  at  a  town  10  miles  away  and 
leave  a  hill  for  auto  hire  behind  !  Many 
never  received  their  irons,  or  a  eh n nee  to 
refuse  them.  He  bought  a  razor  from  a 
town  harbor  and  never  paid  for  it.  When 
delivering  agent  admitted  it  would  take 
an  hour  to  get  iron  Started.  When  start¬ 
ed  it.  would  hold  heat  for  about  three 
minutes  work  and  then  take  from  12  to 
20  minutes  to  get  ready  again.  No  one 
uses  them.  C.  w.  c. 
Columbia  Co.,  Pa. 
The  above  letter  from  a  prominent 
farmer  in  Pennsylvania  speaks  for  itself 
regarding  agents  traveling  through  the 
country  selling  self-heating  irons.  We 
have  had  many  complaints  from  subscrib¬ 
ers  who  have  been  imposed  upon  by  these 
agents,  and  many  of  our  reports  show 
that  this  class  of  irons  does  not  give  sat¬ 
isfaction. 
I  have  just  received  the  enclosed,  and 
it  looks  like  a  fraud  to  me.  Give  them 
a  little  free  advertising  if  it  is. 
NOW  Y.irk,  G.  W.  P. 
G.  W.  r.  ought  to  be  a  member  of  the 
Anti-Fake  Club.  The  Electric  Paint 
and  Varnish  Co.  of  Cleveland,  Ohio, 
might  be  a  twin  brother  to  the  Progress 
Paint  Co.  of  the  same  place,  to  which 
we  have  referred.  A  half  barrel  of  “Elec¬ 
tro-Carbon”  is  providentially  in  storage 
in  his  town,  and  to  save  expense  in  or¬ 
dering  its  return  it  can  he  had  at  half 
price,  less  storage  and  accrued  carrying 
charges.  All  this  is  embodied  in  a  cir¬ 
cular  letter,  a  number  of  which  reach  us 
each  clay,  indicating  that  the  company  is 
sending  them  out  in  large  quantities. 
Don’t  waste  money  on  goods  that  do  not 
have  enough  value  to  sell  themselves. 
Over  a  year  ago  John  D.  Rosko,  1352 
Maryland  avenue,  Johnstown,  Pa.,  wrote 
to  my  neighbor  for  country  produce-  He 
did  not  have  any,  so  he  told  me  about,  it 
and  I  sent  hint  20  lbs.  butter.  I  cannot 
collect  the  money;  it  was  $5.  o.  c*.  i*. 
Pennsylvania. 
This  is  only  a  small  amount,  but  the 
injustice  to  the  farmer  is  great.  Wo 
have  no  respect  for  a  man  who  will  de¬ 
liberately  neglect  to  pay  bills  for  produce 
and  supplies.  It  is  the  meanest  kind  of 
a  fraud.  Mr.  Rosko  was  listed  as  a 
grocer  with  no  definite  rating.  We  would 
not  have  advised  shipping  to  him  at  any 
ANEW  ROOFFRFF 
time,  and  this  transaction  is  reported  for 
the  benefit  of  other  shippers  who  may  he 
approached  by  him  or  others  of  his  kind. 
We  regret  that  we  were  unable  to  make 
the  collection. 
Instead  ofKneeHigh 
Oa  Because  Helfeed 
Crops  and  Farm  News 
Within  the  past  week  sections  of  the 
country  near  Bryan,  O.,  have  had  tremen¬ 
dous  rains.  But  hardly  a  drop  has  been 
given  to  the  parched  and  cracked  ground 
here  in  Hicksville  IS  miles  southwest 
from  where  parts  of  the  town  were  nearly 
flooded  last  week.  East  of  us  big  rains 
were  enjoyed  and  nearer  town  some  farms 
were  nicely  refreshed  by  showers  while 
others  a  few  rods  distant  received  not  a 
drop.  Big  electrical  storms  also  have 
been  experienced  all  around  us.  Hay 
this  year  has  proven  a  very  big  crop  with 
us,  and  is  nicely  taken  care  of  around 
here.  Wheat  was  light  and  there  was 
not  much  of  it.  But  harvesting  condi¬ 
tions  were  ideal  and  the  crop  is  housed 
or  safely  cared  for.  Oats  generally  are 
good  and  after  this  week  will  be  out  of 
the  way.  Corn  is  looking  well  although 
somewhat  uneven,  but  there  is  every 
prospect  for  a  big  crop.  Sugar  beets  will 
not  be  ns  large  a  source  of  income  as  last 
year,  mostly  from  the  fact  that  it  has 
been  almost  impossible  to  get  labor  to 
care  for  them.  J.  W.  H. 
Bryan,  O. 
The  weather  for  the  past  month  has 
broken  the  record  for  the  past  twenty 
years  as  regards  dryness  and  heat.  The 
amount  of  rain  has  been  6-10  of  an  inch, 
and  the  mean  temperature  75  degrees. 
We  feel  the  dryness  as  much  as  we  did 
the  early  wet  weather.  Pasturage  is  get¬ 
ting  dry;  cows  are  failing  in  their  milk; 
potatoes  and  cabbage  are  very  much  in 
need  of  rain.  There  has  been  a, very 
large  crop  of  hay  harvested,  mostly  mixed 
hay,  very  little  clean  Timothy.  Wheat  is 
cut  and  being  drawn  and  thrashed.  It 
will  not  yield  as  heavily  as  last  year.  New 
seeding  is  extra  good.  The  second  crop  of 
Alfalfa  is  heavy  and  being  cut,  but  will 
have  uo  third  crop  if  it  does  not  rain 
pretty  soon.  Corn  find  beans  are  spotted. 
Raspberries  have  been  quite  a  good  crop, 
but  the  dry  weather  has  hurt  them,  l’eas 
for  the  canning  factory  have  been  60  per 
cent,  of  a  crop.  The  crop  of  sour  cher¬ 
ries  has  bceu  large.  Wheat.  $1.10;  oats, 
10  cents;  cmn.  75;  barley,  60;  butter, 
24  ;  eggs.  25;  lambs.  0;  veal,  11  :  pork,  0. 
Ontario  Co.,  N.  Y.  E.  T.  B. 
August  1.  Iu  regard  *o  apples  the  out¬ 
look  is  very  poor,  at  least  for  the  eastern 
part  of  Genesee  County,  which  is  as  far 
as  my  observation  extends  at  present. 
Trees  blossomed  very  heavily  and  gave 
promise  of  abundant  yield  but  owing  to 
continued  rains  at  that  time  the  set  is 
small;  early  varieties  especially  are  few 
and  of  poor  quality.  Some  large  orchards 
are  practically  fruitless,  while  others 
show  a  scattering  setting.  Pears  will 
not  be  quite  the  failure  they  were  last 
year,  although  the  crop  does  not  promise 
very  great  abundance.  Plums  and 
peaches  are  nearly  a  total  failure  here. 
In  regard  to  the  small  fruits,  strawberries 
were  plentiful,  as  they  did  not  suffer 
from  the  great  drought  which  is  now 
superseding  the  severe  ruins  of  May  and 
June.  Red  and  black  raspberries  would 
have  been  a  normal  crop,  but  for  the  ex¬ 
treme  heat  and  dryness  which  caused 
them  to  dry  on  the  bushes.  Cherries  were 
a  good  crop  and  of  good  quality.  The 
hulk  nf  the  hay  crop  is  secured  in  good 
shape  and  is  a  mammoth  crop,  breaking 
all  records,  although  somewhat  coarse. 
Alfalfa  ditto.  Wheat  is  also  a  bumper 
crop  and  is  at  present  about  half  secured. 
Corn  and  beans  are  mainly  looking  poor, 
owing  to  continued  wet  at.  planting  time, 
and  now  the  drought  unless  soon  broken, 
will  prevent  beans  from  setting  well. 
More  buckwheat  than  'common  is  sown  ; 
in  some  cases  it  has  superseded  corn  and 
beans,  which  could  not  be  planted  until 
too  late.  Garden  truck  was  doing  well 
until  the  dry  weather  of  the  past  four  or 
five  weeks  which  is  causing  it  to  wilt  and 
dry  up.  Cabbage  seems  to  be  a  small 
acreage  here  and  is  mainly  poor  also 
owing  to  dry  weather.  Oats  and  barley 
are  rapidly  ripening,  and  while  the  straw 
is  heavy,  the  grain  cannot  fail  to  be  very 
light.  J.  n.  At. 
Batavia,  N.  Y. 
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July  26.  Apples  art*,  a  short  prop  in 
Nova  Scotia  this  year.  Talking  with 
some  of  the  most  prominent  men  the  esti¬ 
mate  average  is  about  450,000  barrels  of 
apples.  The  home  market  should  take 
about  150,000  barrels  of  this,  leaving 
300,000  for  export.  I’riees  are  expected 
to  be  good.  The  fruit  is  remarkably  clean, 
so  far.  but  it  seems  impossible  to  expect 
it  to  continue  clean,  with  the  weather  we 
have  had  ami  still  are  having.  There  are 
some  who  have  omitted  spraying  or  cur¬ 
tailed  the  amount  of  spray,  but  on  the 
other  hand,  the  figures  of  one  concern  as 
to  t lie  number  of  outfits  sold  in  this  An¬ 
napolis  Valley  of  Nova  Scotia  are  inter¬ 
esting.  1612,  48  power  spraying  outfits; 
11)13,  0!)  power  spraying  outfits;  1614, 
153  power  spraying  outfits;  1615,  1SJ) 
power  spraying  outfits;  1616,  238  power 
spraying  outfits.  In  Nova  Scotia  it  is 
“spray  or  milk  cows.”  Huy  is  another 
immense  crop.  Men  are  scarce.  J.  B. 
Berwick,  Nova  Scotia. 
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groat  demand  for  drilled  water  wells,  and 
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