1434 
■Gha  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
November  11,  11)1 0. 
PUBLISHER'S  DESK 
The  complaint  of  .T.  S.  regarding  nurs¬ 
ery  stock  purchased  from  AV.  W,  Weils 
Wholesale  Nurseries,  Dansville,  N.  Y., 
which  Appeared  in  the  issue  of  October 
14  lias,  it  appears,  done  an  injury  to  a 
very  good  and  reliable  nursery  firm  — 
Maloney  Bros.  &  Wells.  Some  readers 
have  assumed  that  Mr.  F.  W.  Wells  is 
connected  with  Maloney  Bros.  <Sc  Wells. 
This  is  not  the  case  and  we  desire  to 
correct  the  erroneous  impression  and  do 
justice  to  the  firm  of  Maloney  Bros.  Ac 
Well*  Co.,  the  record  of  which  is  clear. 
A  fraud  order  1ms  been  Issued  by  the 
l'ostmaster  General  against  the  R.  10. 
Fuller  Company,  lac.,  500  Fifth  Avenue, 
denying  the  use  of  the  mails  to  that  con¬ 
cern.  The  order  was  based  on  a  report 
by  Post  Office  Inspector  Swain  that  the 
company  had  received  fees,  usually  $10, 
from  about  2,000  owners  of  patent  rights, 
and  then  had  failed  to  perform  Ibe  ser¬ 
vice  promised,  which,  in  most  cases,  win 
a  sale  of  the  patent.  According  to  the 
postal  authorities,  It.  E.  Fuller,  head  of 
the  concern,  was  convicted  under  the 
name  of  It.  E.  Stein  for  a  similar  fraud 
in  Milwaukee  several  years  ago,  and 
served  1H  months  at  Leavenworth.  Ful¬ 
ler  was  a  subscriber  to  the  Patent  Ga¬ 
zette,  published  at  Washington  by  the 
United  Stales  Government.  From  this 
he  procured  the  names  of  patentees  and 
persons  applying  for  patents.  To  these 
was  sent  n  letter,  among  other  things 
Haying,  “For  unexcelled  facilities  and  our 
engineering  ability  place  us  in  a  position 
to  dispose  of  patent  rights  better  than 
anyone  else,"  Tin*  investigation  of  the 
postal  siithoritio*  showed  that  out  of 
2,000  clients  of  the  K.  E.  Fuller  Com¬ 
pany,  Inc.,  not  one  ever  had  a  patent 
right  disposed  of. — Daily  Paper. 
This  confirms  the  advice  given  many 
subscribers  making  inquiry  about  the  It. 
]<).  Fuller  Co.  Fuller's  scheme  wuh  sim¬ 
ilar  to  the  “advance  fee”  plan  of  real 
estate  crooks  who  make  a  pretense  of 
selling  farms.  When  the  owner  of  the 
farm,  or  in  the  case  of  the  Fuller  Co.,  the 
owner  of  the  patent,  paid  the  fee  no  effort 
was  made  to  find  a  customer.  Those 
slick  rascals  simply  subsist  on  the  fees 
received  in  advance  and  make  no  serious 
effort  to  render  nny  service  for  it  as  the 
investigation  of  the  government  officials 
shows.  This  case  illustrates  once  more 
that  even  a  prison  sentence  fails  to  cure 
these  gentlemen  of  their  evil  ways  when 
he  once  gets  the  taste  of  “easy  money." 
Bradley  Brothers,  .1.  II.  Bradley,  of 
Maksuds’,  III.,  and  the  different  partner 
ships  they  operate  under,  have  been  ad¬ 
judged  bankrupt  by  the  United  Spates 
court..  They  claim  about  $10,217  of 
debts,  including  yours,  and  the  only  as¬ 
set  is  a  farm  they  li«t  at  $0,7(10,  on 
which  they  have  placed  mortgages  for 
$12,000.  m.  It. 
New  York. 
If  any  concern  ever  merited  “bank¬ 
ruptcy”  on  account  of  deceptive  and  dis¬ 
honest  methods  that  firm  is  Bradley 
Bros.  “Honesty  is  the  best  poljjby,” 
would  lose  some  of  its  significance  if  tlie 
Bradleys  were  successful.  This  result  of 
20  years  of  trickery,  doing  business  un¬ 
der  a  half  dozen  or  more  names,  attests 
to  the  truth  of  the  tillage  that  “Honesty 
is  the  best,  policy"  after  all. 
I  desire  to  ask  your  assistance  in  se¬ 
curing  settlement  on  tin*  following  chums 
nguinst  .1.  W.  Moloney  Company: 
A  claim  of  $1.00  on  account  of  ship¬ 
ment  of  eggs  ill  August,  1010. 
A  claim  for  $10.25  on  account  of  one 
case  of  eggs  in  September,  1015. 
A  claim  on  account  of  one  case,  of  eggs 
shipped  this  firm  by  my  neighbor  on  May 
II,  1014,  for  which  no  settlement  has 
been  made.  F.  0.  L. 
New  York. 
On  claim  number  two  and  three  the 
issue  is  clear  cut.  The  American  Ex¬ 
press  Co.,  by  which  these  shipments  were 
made,  allege  that  they  hold  the  signature 
of  .1.  W.  Moloney  Co.  for  both  these  ship¬ 
ments,  while  tin*  Melouey  Co.  still  con¬ 
tend  that  the  shipments  were  never  re¬ 
ceived.  The  Moloney  Co.  fail  to  make 
any  explanation  in  writing  as  to  how  it 
happens  that  the  express  company  holds 
their  signature  for  the  shipments,  if  their 
contentions  are  true,  that  the  two  cases 
of  eggs  in  question  were  not  delivered. 
“E.  O.  L.’b”  claim  No.  1  is  based  on  a 
shipment  of  three  cases  of  white  eggs 
iluring  the  early  part  of  August  this  Hen¬ 
son.  The  shipper  contends  that  the  eggs 
were  strictly  fresh  and  fancy  quality, 
identically  the  same  as  he  had  been  re¬ 
ceiving  the  highest  market  prices  on  pre¬ 
viously  from  other  houses.  J.  W.  Mo¬ 
loney  Co.  make  explanation  of  their  fail¬ 
ure  to  pay  for  the  eggs  on  the  hnsis  of 
their  quotations’ befoYe  shipment,  that  the 
eggs  showed  “heat”  upon  arrival.  Mo¬ 
loney  <Sc  Co.  have  been  given  an  oppor¬ 
tunity  to  pinko  adjustment  of  the  claims 
and  have  failed  to  do  so.  The  firm  name 
now  appears  to  bo  II.  E.  Coffin-J.  W. 
Moloney  Co.,  Inc.,  doing  business  at  8 
Harrison  Street,  N>  w  York  City. 
Tn  tlie  Spring  of  1010  I  took  orders 
for  Superb  strawberry  plants  for  Lnpoint 
Nursery  Co.,  Geneva,  N.  Y.,  from  friends 
and  neighbors.  The  plants  were  sent  by 
mail  to  customers  who  sent  remittance 
direct  to  Lnpoint  Nursery  Co.  The 
plants  have  proved  to  he  a  worthless 
variety,  not  even  producing  blossom  or 
fruit.  The  customers  are  quite  displeased 
over  the  matter.  I  have  called  Lnpoint 
Nursery  Co.’s  attention  to  the  fact  sev¬ 
eral  times,  but  do  not  gel  much  satisfac¬ 
tion;  they  say  when  l  send  in  replace  or¬ 
ders  filled  out  same  as  they  guarantee 
they  will  send  plants  at  once  at  half 
price.  c.  h.  h. 
New  York. 
AVe  have  had  other  complaints  about 
this  nursery.  Usually  complaints  about 
nursery  houses  come  from  the  grower 
who  lias  been  tricked  by  the  agent,  but 
it  will  be  noted  this  one  is  made  by  the 
agent  in  behalf  of  Ills  customers,  It  is 
quite  useless  to  nsk  for  a  fair  adjustment 
in  this  or  similar  eases.  The  half  price 
replacement  is  no  doubt  more  than  the 
price  at  which  the  orders  can  he  replaced 
by  the  most,  reliable  growers.  We  saw 
an  order  of  a  nursery  house  selling 
through  agents  only  this  week  where  the 
price  charged  for  an  ordinary  cherry  and 
plum  tree  was  $1  each.  These  are  the 
reasons  why  we  so  often  warn  our  peo¬ 
ple  against  nursery  agents. 
I  wish  to  find  Hannah  L.  Dillon,  born 
in  Fulton  <  N.  Y,,  in  1KH2,  and  whose 
mother  was  a  Miss  I  >e  Golycr.  If  you 
could  help  me  I  should  be  grateful. 
Philadelphia,  l’a.  m.  ir.  8. 
We  have  no  Information  or  knowledge 
of  the  party  referred  to,  hut  if  any  sub¬ 
scriber  has  wo  will  he  glad  to  puss  the 
information  along  to  this  inquirer.  We 
like  to  encourage  the  strengthening  of 
family  bonds. 
I  wish  to  acknowledge  the  receipt  of 
tin*  check  for  $7.88  you  sent  me,  which 
you  collected  for  me  from  the  Pennsyl¬ 
vania  It.  It.  Co.  for  sweet  potatoes  re¬ 
ceived  late  in  n  damaged  condition  by  the 
commission  house.  I  certainly  appreciate 
your  service  in  collecting  the  claim, 
which  probably  could  not  have  been  col¬ 
b-el  od  otherwise,  and  thank  you  very 
much  for  helping  me  in  the  matter. 
Delaware.  l.  r. 
This  claim  for  damages  was  declined 
by  the  railroad  in  spite  of  the  fact  that 
the  delay  in  delivery  was  the  sole  cause 
of  the  damage. 
Some  time  ago,  nbout  January,  T  an¬ 
swered  an  advertisement  of  the  Gosmos 
Magazine,  Washington,  D.  requesting 
short  stories.  I  sent  in  my  manuscript 
of  i),(MXt  words.  I  received  word  that  my 
story  was  too  long  for  the  Cosmos  Mag¬ 
azine,  and  that  they  had  sent  my  manu¬ 
script  to  the  Mela  an  < 'ompau.V,  Balt  imore, 
Md.,  who  afterward  sent  me  n  contract 
They  were  going  to  see  to  the  typing,  bind¬ 
ing,  etc.,  also  get  sale  for  the  bool;  at  75 
cents  per  volume.  I  was  to  have  50  copies 
free.  All  on  condition  that  1  send  hem 
$00  as  a  s'  ent  ity.  I.  A.  C. 
New  York. 
Just  another  scheme  to  get  money  in 
advance  on  the  pretext  of  publishing 
manuscript.  The  postal  authorities  have 
closed  up  a  number  of  music  publish¬ 
ing  houses  using  similar  methods  on  the 
grounds  of  fraudulent  use  of  the  mails. 
It  would  seem  from  this  letter  that  Gos¬ 
mos  Magazine  is  co-operating  with  this 
class  of  houses  to  secure  business  for 
them.  I.  A.  C.  is  wise  in  refusing  to  part 
with  any  money  on  this  scheme. 
Inbreeding 
T  have  a  very  fine  two-year-old  Silver 
Laced  Wyandotte  cock.  I  Imvc  seven 
hens  and  pullets  that  I  want  to  put  in 
my  breeding  pen.  Three  hens  are  the 
mothej'H  of  the  four  pullets.  The  cock  in 
the  sire  of  the  four  pullets.  Will  ii  lower 
tin?  vitality  of  m.v  Hock  to  Use  this  cock 
in  m.v  breeding  puli,  when  t lie  four  pullets 
arc  his  progeny?  j.  w.  A. 
Florida. 
There  is  no  good  reason  why  this  cock 
should  not  be  used  in  the  breeding  pen 
with  his  own  progeny  if  all  are  vigorous, 
well-developed  birds  in  good  lionltli.  In- 
breeding  in  itself  is  not  objectionable;  it 
Is  the  mating  of  related  birds  that  sulVer 
from  constitutional  weakness  or  defects 
that  leads  to  deterioration  of  the  (lock. 
M.  n.  l>. 
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an  early  Frost 
— tlio  farmer  with  a  RllxBonl  KnuUaRoCnttor  m 
wan  rnwly  worn  ymil  lln  didn't  rl»U  111  it  a 
vnlmtliUi  hllniMi  nii"u  gdllng  a "hlrml" ma>  1 
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I7UR  ERA  Harness 
j  Oil  keeps  leather 
s  o  ft  a  ii  d  pliable. 
Makes  the  harness 
look  better  and  last 
longer. 
Cutter 
(The  Jo*.  Dick  Mfg.Co. 
Box  20  Canton,  Ohio 
EUREKA 
HARNESS  OIL 
For  preserving,  oiling 
and  blacking  harness, 
carriage  and  automo¬ 
bile  tops. 
Sold  Everywhere 
Standard  Oil  Co. 
of  N.  Y. 
(Principal  Olliocn) 
New  York  Albany 
k  ltullulo  Boston 
opening  worth  consideration.  There  in  a 
great  demand  for  drilled  water  wrlls.  and 
Uiuro’e  large  mire  profile  to  the  man  with  u 
STAR  DRILLING  MACHINE 
k  Portable — Stvum  or  Gasollno 
A  i  Jtoat  by  loot.  Low  io  prioo,  tilgh 
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YA  ii  pay  lor  itneir  ami  earn  dividends 
all  tho  time.  Look  into  thiat  Mold 
on  tinymnul  plan  if  draired. 
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