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T>he  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
December  Hi,  1916. 
people.  The  bait  put  out  by  these  pro¬ 
moters  is  very  alluring,  but  if  readers 
will  take  our  advice  they  will  drop  all 
such  investment  propositions  into  the  fire 
as  they  are  received,  in  order  to  avoid  the 
possibility  of  temptation. 
PUBLISHER’S  DESK 
For  Sale 
Five  shares  of  stock  of  The  Orange 
Judd  Company  at  $120  per  share,  being 
the  cost  price.  Herbert  Myrick  is  presi¬ 
dent  of  the  company  and  it  publishes 
American  Agriculturist,  but  paid  no 
dividends  in  over  two  years.  The  stock 
was  bought  on  Mr.  Myrick’s  advice  by 
the  mother  of  one  of  his  subscribers. 
The  It.  N.-Y.  will  deliver  the  stock  for 
cost  price. 
8.  Patterson,  Jr.,  who  claims  to  repre¬ 
sent  the  Publishers’  Circulation  Company 
of  25S  Broadway.  New  York,  has  been  so¬ 
liciting  subscriptions  for  magazines,  and 
■collecting  a  tidy  sum.  We  have  pre¬ 
viously  referred  to  the  Publishers’  Circu¬ 
lation  Company,  and  again  warn  our  peo¬ 
ple  to  give  them  and  their  so-called  agents 
a  wide  berth.  The  company  has  been  out 
of  business  for  some  time,  but  the  agents 
are  still  active. 
We  are  in  receipt  of  the  prospectus 
of  Universal  Tire  and  Rubber  Co., 
Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y.  The  purpose  of 
the  company  is  the  distribution  and  mer¬ 
chandising  of  automobile  accessories 
through  the  formation  of  a  chain  of 
stores  to  sell  all  sorts  of  supplies  in  the 
automobile  line.  It  appears  that  this 
idea  of  starting  the  chain  stores  origin¬ 
ated  with  two  young  men  of  Poughkeep¬ 
sie  and  it  is  alleged  that  stores  have 
been  established  in  Kingston  and  Ithaca. 
The  automobile  accessory  business  is  a 
legitimate  and  laudable  one  in  itself,  and 
these  two,  who  are  represented  as  bright 
young  men  of  Poughkeepsie,  want  to 
share  the  profits  of  the  enterprise  with 
the  public — there  are  to  be  profits  be¬ 
cause  the  prospectus  is  emphatic  that 
dividends  will  be  paid  from  the  start 
These  young  men  are  so  unselfish  that 
they  have  capitalized  the  company  for 
$1,000,000,  and  are  offering  shares  at 
$10  each.  The  only  assets  of  the  com¬ 
pany  mentioned  in  the  prospectus  are  the 
Poughkeepsie  store  and  a  lease  on  build¬ 
ings  for  stores  at  Kingston  and  Ithaca. 
As  a  further  inducement  to  investors  a 
10%  discount  will  be  allowed  stock¬ 
holders  on  purchases  not  exceeding  $500. 
This  feature  suggests  the  scheme  of  In- 
ternational  Automobile  League  Tire  and 
Rubber  Co.  of  Buffalo,  N.  Y.  We  wish 
the  Universal  Tire  and  Rubber  Co.  suc- 
cess  in  the  highest  degree ;  but  if  any 
readers  of  Tiie  R.  N.-Y.  are  solicited  to 
invest:  in  the  stock  of  the.  company  our 
advice  to  them  is  to  leave  the  proposi¬ 
tion  severely  alone.  If  any  farmer 
should  capitalize  his  farm  for  a  million, 
would  these  promoters  put  their  own 
money  in  the  farm  stock?  The  average 
farm  would  afford  as  good  assets  for  the 
million  dollar  capitalization  as  this  con¬ 
cern  shows  in  its  'prospectus. 
I  have  just  received  the  check  in  pay¬ 
ment.  of  claim  against  Adams  Express 
Company  fur  broilers  shipped  last  No¬ 
vember.  T  did  not  believe  they  would 
pay,  as  tlley  refused  point  blank  when  I 
first  presented  it.  1  feel  very  grateful 
to  you,  not  only  for  the  money,  but  for 
the  assurance  that  there  is  still  justice 
to  be  had  in  doing  business.  F.  L.  n. 
New  Jersey. 
This  covered  a  claim  for  a  case  of 
cockerels  smothered  in  transit.  The 
company  first  claimed  the  crate  was  not 
a  proper  one  for  shipping  poultry.  Wo 
submitted  that  the  crate  was  inspected 
and  passed  upon  by  their  own  agent  and 
shipper  advised  it  was  satisfactory.  The 
delivery  record  showed  that  the  birds 
were  smothered  when  offered  to  the  con¬ 
signee,  so  that  there  was  no  question 
about  the  responsibility  of  the  company, 
and  they  finally  paid  the  claim. 
Will  you  advise  me  in  regard  to  the 
standing  of  Murkley  II.  Opdyke,  06  Com¬ 
merce  Street.  Newark.  N.  .T.  ?  A  friend 
sent  two  crates  of  chickens  to  him  some 
time  ago,  and  can  get  no  answer  from 
him.  W.  B.  w. 
New  York. 
We  would  advise  against  shipping  to 
Mr.  Opdyke.  We  have  had  numerous 
complaints  for  the  last  two  years.  He 
adjusted  some  few,  and  promised  to  set¬ 
tle  the  others  if  we  would  send  the  hills 
of  lading  showing  that  the  goods  had 
actually  been  shipped.  We  did  so,  and 
have  been  unable  to  get  any  response 
from  him,  and  he  will  not  return  the  bills 
of  lading,  nor  pay  any  attention  to  cor¬ 
respondence,  although  it  is  delivered  to 
him.  He  is  evidently  out  soliciting  ship¬ 
ments  again,  and  from  his  record  he  is  a 
pretty  good  party  to  pass  by  when  you 
are  looking  for  a  market  for  your  pro¬ 
duce. 
The  farmer  is  the  one 
man  who  has  not  fallen  into  the 
habit  of  giving  useless  things  for  Christmas. 
For  men  and  women  as  well  as  boys  and  girls,  Ball-Band'’ 
Rubber  Footwear  means  dry,  comfortable  feet. 
,e Ball-Band’ *  makes  an  especially  sensible  and  valuable 
Christmas  present  because  of  its  high  quality. 
It  looks  its  quality  when  new,  and  proves  its  quality  when  old. 
The  man  from  whom  I  took  Tite  R. 
N.-Y.  told  me  you  would  collect  a  bill 
from  Thomas  Forney,  120  West  135th 
Street,  New  York,  if  Corney  was  worth 
it.  I  saw  this  man  myself  and  he  told 
me  he  received  the  Lima  beans.  They 
were  worth  $16.  What  can  you  do? 
Delaware.  J.  H. 
We  sent  a  representative  to  this  ad¬ 
dress,  hilt  Mr.  Corney  had  decamped, 
and  no  one  in  the  vicinity  had  any 
knowledge  of  his  present  whereabouts, 
lie  is  not  listed  in  any  of  the  city  direc¬ 
tories.  and  the  amount  will  have  1o  he 
charged  up  to  experience.  No  matter 
what  representations  are  made,  it  saves 
money  in  the  end  to  investigate  the  ref¬ 
erences,  and  these  should  be  insisted  upon 
in  all  cases. 
The  younger  boys  will  be  proud  of  their  “Ball-Band”  Footwear.  They 
have  seen  the  older  men  wear  it,  and  they  want  it  for  that  reason. 
If  your  hired  hand  does  not  know  that  “Ball-Band”  gives  more  days 
wear  at  the  lowest  cost  per  days  wear,  give  him  a  pair  and  let  him  see  what 
a  real  saving  rubber  footwear  quality  means. 
“ Ball-Band”  Light  Weight  Rubbers  for  all  the  family  have  the  Red 
Ball  on  the  sole  and  “Ball-Band”  Quality  all  through  them.  Look  for  the 
Red  Ball  before  you  buy.  It  is  the  “Ball-Band”  Trade  Mark. 
Your  dealer  will  supply  you.  Sold  by  55,000  dealers  and  worn  by  over 
nine  million  people. 
If  Your  Merchant  Does  Nof  Sell  “  Ball-Band,”  Write  Us 
Write  anyway  for  Free  Illustrated  Booklet  showing  many  different  kinds 
of  Footwear,  any  of  which  would  make  a  sensible  gift. 
MISHAWAKA  WOOLEN  MFC.  CO.,  333  Water  Street,  MISHAWAKA,  INOIANA 
“  The  House  That  Pays  Millions  for  Quality " 
The  enclosed  clippings  tdl  the  last 
story  of  the  poor  deluded  buyers  of  land 
of  Dupont  Railway  and  Land  Co,  and  the 
Tippecanoe  Co.,  both  operating  from 
Scranton.  Un.,  and  at  Dupont,  Fla.  The 
smaller  clipping  shows  that  it  was  a  cut 
and  dried  affair,  as  there  is  already  a  Du¬ 
pont  Land  Company,  Dupont,  Fla.,  ready 
to  gull  the  poor  deluded  buyer  again.  The 
Dupont  lands  until  they  are  fully  drained 
arc  clear  (uncleared)  at  anything  over 
$10  an  acre,  and  with  a  narrow  gauge 
railroad  and  transfers  of  freight,  etc.,  I 
should  not  value  them  very  high,  even  if 
<deared.  Too  wet.  Last  week  we  had 
six  inches  of  water  fall  in  12  hours  and 
half  that  Dupont  land  was  under  water 
badly.  w.  s.  h. 
Florida. 
"We  have  previously  printed  the  expe¬ 
rience  of  two  Rhode  Island  subscribers 
who  took  the  alluring  bait  of  these  Scran¬ 
ton  promoters,  and  as  a  result  went  to 
Florida  in  an  honest  endeavor  to  develop 
small  parcels  of  this  land.  They  found 
the  conditions  identically  as  described  by 
W.  S.  II.,  and  finally  lost  their  little 
savings  and  were  obliged  to  return  to 
their  former  location  wiser  on  the  subject 
of  Florida  land  schemes.  This  Dupont 
Railway  &  Land  Co.,  and  the  Tippe¬ 
canoe  Company  were  promotion  schemes 
of  T.  J.  Foster,  of  International  Corre¬ 
spondence  School  fame.  No  doubt  there 
will  be  attempts  to  reorganize  by  the  new 
owners,  who,  from  the  report,  would  seem 
to  have  been  connected  with  the  enter¬ 
prises  originally,  to  sell  this  land  to 
Northern  suckers  on  very  much  the  same 
plan  as  before. 
Can  you  inform  me  as  to  the  relia¬ 
bility  of  the  Industrial  Securities  Co.  of 
Chicago,  722  Marquette  Building.  They 
are  financing  a  company  known  ns  the 
“Perfection  Tire  and  Rubber  Co.”  and 
three  others,  two  in  the  same.  line.  This 
company  makes  a  new  kind  of  automo¬ 
bile  tire  which  they  claim  to  be  super¬ 
ior.  What  do  you  think  of  this  com¬ 
pany  as  a  speculative  investment  for 
large  profits?  I  mean  the  “Perfection 
Tire  and  Rubber  Co.”  r.  E.  A. 
Pennsylvania. 
To  put  one’s  savings  into  the  securi¬ 
ties  of  a  concern  which  may  he  manufac¬ 
turing  a  new  automobile  tire  that  is  not 
thoroughly  tested  out  and  demonstrated 
to  lie  practical,  would  be  very  reckless  in¬ 
deed.  On  the  other  hand,  if  the  tire,  had 
been  demonstrated  to  be.  practical  and 
superior  to  those  now  on  the  market,  the 
people  promoting  it  would  have  no  trou¬ 
ble  to  get  all  the  money  necessary  to  fin¬ 
ance  the  proposition  without  goiug  to 
country  people  to  sell  their  stock.  The 
woods  are  simply  filled  with  automobile 
and  automobile  accessories  promotion 
schemes  at  the  present  time.  Most  of 
them  are  wild-cat  propositions,  and  the 
promoters  of  them  have  no  intention  to 
establish  a  legitimate  business,  but  mere¬ 
ly  seek  to  pick  up  some  easy  money 
through  the  sale  of  stock  to  credulous 
Are  cut  to  fit  the  neck 
and  shoulders  perfectly — 
They  sit  and  fit  remark¬ 
ably  well  and  comfortably. 
1 5c  each  6  for  90c 
CLUETT,  PEABODY  &  CO.,  Inc.  MAKERS 
Berwick 
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