Craine 
TRIPLE  WAt 
December  23,  191G. 
RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
do  know,  however,  that  if  the  claims 
could  be  demonstrated  to  the  satisfaction 
of  experienced  investors,  it  would  not  be 
necessary  to  advertise  the  stock  to  the 
public  to  finance  the  firm's  operations. 
To  the  number  of  subscribers  who  have 
inquired  about  this  proposition  and  all 
other  readers  to  whose  attention  this  ad¬ 
vertisement  may  come,  we  advise  that 
they  let  the  promoters  finance  the  propo¬ 
sition  without  farmers’  assistance. 
I  wanted  them  to  refund  my  money  as 
they  guaranteed.  I  received  a  reply 
stating  that  they  wished  to  send  another 
engine,  but  would  settle  in  case  1  did  not 
order  another  as  soon  as  the  engine  ar¬ 
rived.  I  sent  a  tracer  after  the  engine, 
and  soon  received  a  reply  that  it.  was  re¬ 
ceived  and  the  matter  would  be  adjusted 
promptly,  but  that  it  arrived  with  freight 
charges  attached.  I  again  wrote  them 
that  I  shipped  the  engine  and  had  been 
instructed  by  them  and  received  a  reply 
stating  that  the  clutch  pulley  was  not  re¬ 
ceived  (the  pulley  was  crated  with,  and 
attached  to,  the  engine  by  mel,  and  as 
soon  as  that  was  shipped  I  would  get  my 
money.  I  again  wrote  them  that  it  was 
crated  with  and  attached  to  the  engine  in 
such  a  manner  that  it  could  not  possibly 
get  lost  unless  the  engine  was.  To  this  I 
have  received  no  reply  at  all  and  I  think 
three  weeks  is  ample  time  for  them  to 
answer.  If  you  can  do  anything  for  me 
in  this  matter  I  will  appreciate  it  very 
much.  A.  M.  s. 
New  York. 
The  above  letter  is  fairly  illustrative 
of  the  methods  of  the  Detroit  Engine 
Works  in  dealing  with  farmers.  We  have 
had  many  similar  reports  in  the  past  five 
years.  These  engines  do  not  give  satis¬ 
faction  in  the  hands  of  a  large  number 
of  farmers.  In  such  cases  the  firm  in¬ 
variably  refuses  to  accept  return  of  the 
engine  and  refund  the  purchase  money 
as  they  had  told  the  customer  they  will 
do  at  the  time  the  sale  is  made.  And  yet 
this  house  seems  to  have  no  difficulty  in 
getting  space  in  other  farm  papers ! 
PUBLISHER’S  DESK 
SENTENCED  TO  PRISON. 
JAMES  A.  EVERITT,  68  years  oia,  Indian¬ 
apolis,  using  the  mails  to  defraud,  eighteen 
months  in  Atlanta  Prison. 
SIBLEY  F.  EVERITT,  33  years  old,  Indian¬ 
apolis  (James  A.  Everitt’s  son),  using  the  mails 
to  defraud,  eighteen  months  in  Atlanta  Prison. 
— IndianapolU  News. 
The  above  few  lines  tells  in  the  fewest 
words  possible  the  culmination  of  a  life 
record  of  deception,  hypocrisy  and  dis¬ 
honesty  practiced  by  a  man  having  every 
opportunitp  to  achieve  wealth  by  honor¬ 
able  means.  It  appears  J.  A.  Everitt 
started  his  career  as  a  seedsman  some 
35  years  ago  in  a  farming  section  of 
Pennsylvania.  II  is  first  transactions 
that  we  have  any  record  of  were  buying 
common  variety  seed  potatoes  from  one 
set  of  farmers,  then  by  describing  them  as 
a  “wonderful  new  variety,”  and  with  a 
new  name  supplied  by  his  fertile  imagin¬ 
ation,  selling  them  at  a  fabulous  price  to 
other  farmers.  But  Mr.  Everitt’s  activi¬ 
ties  soon  caused  him  to  seek  location  in  a 
large  city,  and  we  next  hear  of  him  iD  In¬ 
dianapolis.  Here  be  continued  the  same 
sort  of  methods  employed  in  Pennsylvania. 
Extravagant  claims  for  old  varieties  of 
seeds  under  new  names  were  his  stock  in 
trade.  After  a  time  he  embarked  in  the 
publishing  business  as  a  side  issue.  His 
first  publication  was  Agricultural  Epi- 
tomist.  The  government  denied  him  sec¬ 
ond  class  postal  privileges  on  this,  and  it 
was  sold  or  turned  over  to  an  employee.  _ 
After  a  time  he  started  another  publi-  J?erp  *s_a.  *e*fer  *  il,st  received  from  a 
cation — “Up-To-Date  Farming.”  As 
x,  n  r,  ,  ..  I  want  to  ask  you  about  the  Ever- 
the  Post  Office  Department  persisted  that  bearing  strawberry  plants.  Do  they 
publications  enjoying  second-class  postal  throw  runners  like  other  strawberries? 
privileges  must  have  a  legitimate  sub-  There  was  an  agent  around  here  who  said 
seription  list,  to  supply  the  semblance  of  thp'V,  di?  »oti  He  said  they  grew  a  bush 
,  .  _  .  ’  .  ‘  .  .  .  „  one  foot  to  four  feet  high,  and  as  I  was 
this  Everitt  conceived  the  American  So-  home  he  sold  my  wife  100  plants 
ciety  of  Equity  scheme.  The  society  for  $8  per  hundred,  which  I  think  was  too 
promised  to  secure  better  prices  for  farm  money.  He  sold  to  some  neighbors 
,  ,  j  T7  m  r»  v  for  84,  some  for  $6,  and  some  for  $8  per 
products,  and  Up-To-Date  Farming  was  ]Mmdrod.  j  think  I  will  cancel  that 
made  the  official  organ.  Every  one  join-  order.”  ' 
ing  the  society  became  a  subscriber  to  the  Now  such  dealing  as  that  is  bound  to 
publication.  When  the  sincere  members  hu,;t  Hie  nursery  trade  in  general,  and 
...  .  ,  .  ...  ,  makes  it  harder  for  reputable  dealers  to 
of  the  society,  who  were  really  m  earnest  do  business.  h.  p. 
to  improve  market  conditions,  discovered  Iowa. 
they  were  being  used  as  dupes  for  Eier-  Misrepresentation  seems  to  be  the 
itt  s  subscription  scheme,  they  took  the  principal  stock  in  trade  of  nursery  agents, 
society  out  of  his  hands.  Not  daunted  by  if  they  told  the  truth  few  would  sign 
this  Everitt  at  once  announced  a  new  one  or(jers  the  exorbitant  prices  this  class 
to  the  public,  calling  it  farmers  Equity  0f  agents  charge.  This  warning  to  avoid 
Society.  1  o  escape  the  odium  attached  tree  agents  and  seed  agents  telling  ridicu- 
to  the  name.  Everitt  of  recent  years,  he  iolls  stories  is  timely,  as  the  roads  will 
conducted  his  seed  business  under  the  be  undoubtedly  well  dotted  with  them 
name  O.  K.  Seed  Store.  It  was  a  fake,  during  the  Winter  months, 
advertising  scheme,  (exposed  in  The  R. 
N.-Y.  of  April  15,  1010),  put  out  last  In  our  issue  of  September  30  we 
Spring  under  this  name  that  caused  his  printed  a  complaint  from  a  subscriber 
undoing.  The  advertisements  forming  who  answered  an  advertisement  appear- 
the  basis  of  the  scheme  to  defraud  were  ing  in  System,  published  at  Chicago,  over 
published  in  a  number  of  the  farm  papers  the  signature  of  Reeves  Duplicator  Co., 
last  Spring.  In  sentencing  the  Everitts,  419  Park  Building,  Pittsburgh.  Pa.  The 
father  and  son.  Judge  Anderson  com-  duplicator  in  question  did  not  prove  to  be 
mented  on  the  record  in  part  as  follows :  as  represented,  and  the  Reeves  Dupli- 
‘‘Tbat.  was  a  bad  scheme  to  defraud.  I  ca tor  Co.  refused  to  make  good  their 
think  you  intended  to  defraud.  I  can’t  guarantee  to  take  the  duplicator  back  and 
conceive  of  a  much  meaner  thing  to  do  refund  the  money.  Unfortunately  s<uue 
than  to  send  out  such  a  collection  of  let-  f  onr  readers  have  confused  the  firm  of 
tors  after  making  the  farmers  believe  ,  _  „  _  _..x  ,  ,  _ 
there  was  no  condition  attached  to  the  re-  Darken  Reeves  &  Co.,  I  ittsburgh,  Pa., 
ceipt  of  the  seeds,  and  threatening  the  with  the  concern  complained  about.  We 
farmers  with  law  suits.”  "The  testimony  want  to  correct  this  injustice — Durken 
show's  that  if  these  meu  had  such  repu-  n  0  ,  ..  ... 
tations  I  good)  they  did  not  have  truth  KeevPS  &  Co-  has  DO  connection  with 
and  veracity.”  “I  take  it  for  granted  Reeves  Dupl  eator  Co.,  and  we  have 
your  reputation  was  good ,  but  your  char-  every  reason  to  believe  is  an  honorable 
acter  is  bad.  ’  house,  dealing  fairly  with  the  public. 
It  is  a  sad  spectacle  to  see  a  mau  of 
Mr.  Everitt’s  years  face  the  penitentiary 
to  pay  the  penalty  of  his  misdeeds  with 
the  consciousness  that  it  is  due  only  to 
his  owrn  had  example  that  his  son  accom¬ 
panies  him.  The  distinction  which 
Judge  Anderson  makes  between  “reputa¬ 
tion”  and  “character”  is  well  for  all  of 
us  to  keep  in  mind  when  approached  by 
shady  schemes  with  men  of  high  reputa¬ 
tions  behind  them.  The  "charar*  >•”  of 
the  men  may  be  the  reverse  of  their  “rep¬ 
utation.”  as  in  the  case  of  the  Everitts. 
~  For  18  Years  America’s 
Most  Famous  Silo 
NT  EW  and  exclusive  improve- 
-L’  ments  make  the  Harder 
better  than  ever.  The  massive 
durable  construction,  rigid  storm  - 
Eroof  anchor  system,  air-tight 
enneUCah) -sealed  walls,  per¬ 
fect  fitting  doors  make  the 
Harder  the  best  investment  on 
the  market— the  cheapest  to  buy 
and  the  cheapest  to  operate. 
Write  Ur  Free  Catalog 
It  tells  why  the  National  Gov¬ 
ernment  and  the  most  successful 
dairymen  everywhere  use  the 
Harder  Silo.  It  explains  the  ex¬ 
clusive  Harder  features,  which 
mean  sweeter,  fresher  silage, 
healthier  live  stock,  easy  feeding 
ail  winter — greater  dairy  profit *. 
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Boxll,  Cobleakill,N.Y.  8C 
Have  you  any  record  of  the  Laboratory 
Supply  Co.,  Philadelphia,  Pa.?  Do  you 
consider  them  reliable?  I  am  enclosing 
one  of  their  order  blanks,  and  would  like 
to  know  w'hether  you  think  it  O.  K..  or 
is  it  just  a  scheme  to  sell  some  of  their 
stock?  C.  G.  S. 
New  York. 
The  order  blank  of  the  Laboratory  Sup¬ 
ply  Co.  provides  that  the  company  W'ill 
buy  all  the  stock  raised  for  guinea  pigs 
purchased  at  a  minimum  price  of  $1.30 
per  pair.  But  the  Laboratory  Supply 
Co.  has  no  financial  responsibility  that 
we  are  able  to  discover,  so  the  agreement 
may  prove  valueless  when  the  purchaser 
is  ready  to  market,  his  surplus  stock. 
The  proposition  looks  to  us  to  be  merely 
a  scheme  to  sell  guinea  pigs  at  a  higher 
price  than  the  public  w'ould  otherwise  be 
willing  to  pay. 
THE  three  walls  of  Craine  patented  silo* 
insure  atremrth  and  permanency. 
They  make  atfo*  trost  proof,  Water 
tiynt,  and  air  (i hi<c.'tunn  of  a  fropenor 
method  of  conatui.iilon. 
N.:»  Itun  hoop*  to  tighten  t>t  get  loose, 
l.nilnii  ailoj*  provide  mauncnco  ngnlnet  wind 
and  weather  -  beratwe  or  three  distinct  walls 
each  ren.jijrimt  u  •cionUftn,  upon  tic  ser¬ 
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Taking  Up  Government  Land 
I  am  a  young  man  22  years  of  age, 
strong  and  healthy,  born  and  brought  up 
on  a  farm.  I  have  always  done  farm 
work  until  two  years  ago,  and  at  the 
present  time  am  working  in  a  factory 
making  820  per  week,  with  very  little 
chance  for  promotion.  I  am  thinking  of 
taking  out  a  government  claim  of  160 
acres  of  land  somew’here  in  the  United 
States  or  Canada.  Would  you  advise  me 
to  do  this,  or  keep  my  present  position? 
If  I  take  out  a  claim  I  shall  have  about 
$400  to  start  with.  Is  that  enough  <  api- 
tal?  I  have  it  figured  this  way:  Take 
out  a  claim,  clear  what  land  the  Govern¬ 
ment  calls  for  when  taking  the  claim,  and 
build  a  bouse,  and  at  the  end  of  the  three 
years  sell  the  claim.  That  has  been  my 
idea  of  getting  a  good  start  in  life.  In 
what  part  of  the  United  States  or  Canada 
would  you  advise  taking  out  a  claim  and 
to  whom  do  you  apply?  a.  k. 
New  York. 
This  will  depend  on  personality  and 
character,  and  w7e  could  not  advise  a 
stranger  definitely.  Personally  wij  think 
that  most  of  the  really  valuable  land  has 
now  been  taken  up.  What  you  would 
get  would  be  far  from  railroads  and  quite 
inaccessible.  Pioneer  life  makes  demands 
upon  a  man  which  few  "who  have  lived  in 
the  East  and  in  a  city  can  re.alize.  You 
might  find  out  from  the  Interior  Depart¬ 
ment  at  Washington  just  what  lauds  are 
left.  Generally  speaking,  our  advice 
would  be  to  keep  your  job  until  you  can 
accumulate  some  more  money ;  then  buy 
a  farm  in  the  East  nearer  markets.  Put 
your  labor  and  time  into  the  work  of  de¬ 
veloping  this  farm,  and  then  sell  it  if  you 
care  to  do  so.  We  think  you  will  get 
more  out  of  your  labor  in  this  way  than 
you  would  in  taking  up  Government  land 
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I  am  sending  you  an  advertisement  from 
a  Washington  magazine.  The  Pathfinder, 
and  would  like  your  opinion  as  to  whether 
it  is  a  fake  or  not  I  hope  that  you  will 
publish  something  on  the  matter  if  you 
think  it  a  dishonest  scheme  to  get  money. 
New  York.  l.  w.  c. 
The  advertisement  enclosed  with  this 
letter  is  headed,  “Saving  the  Country 
$200,000,000  a  year.”  The  advertisement 
describes  a  device  for  the  perfect  com¬ 
bustion  of  c-oal.  It  is  represented  in  this 
advertising  that  ordinarily  more  than 
half  of  the  heat-producing  value  of  the 
coal  is  unconsumed,  and  by  the  use  of  the 
“Pruden  powdered  coal  carburetor”  all 
this  waste  is  eliminated.  If  the  carbure¬ 
tor  will  accomplish  all  that  this  adver¬ 
tisement  claims  for  it,  it  would  prove  to 
be  a  bonanza  indeed.  The  promoters  of 
the  proposition  seem  to  be  very  unselfish 
and  do  not  desire  to  keep  so  good  a  thing 
all  to  themselves,  but  want  to  let  the  dear 
public  in  on  it  at  $10 -per  share.  We  do 
not  know  whether  the  claims  made  for 
this  carburetor  are  justified  or  not.  We 
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wS&yr  f 
1  have  a  claim  against  the  Detroit  En¬ 
gine  Works  of  Detroit.  Mich.,  and  would 
be  more  than  pleased  if  you  could  induce 
them  to  settle.  In  August  I  purchased 
an  8  H.  P.  gasoline  engine  with  the  un¬ 
derstanding  that  it  was  to  give  satisfac¬ 
tion,  or  upon  receipt  of  engine  the  pur¬ 
chase  price  was  to  lie  refunded  immedi¬ 
ately.  I  shipped  the  engine  to  them 
about  the  middle  of  September,  also  sent 
bill  of  lading,  and  received  notice  that  it 
would  recive  their  immediate  attention, 
but  wished  to  send  another  engine  on 
trial.  I  wrote  them  that  I  did  not  want 
another  engine.  I  again  wrote  them  that 
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