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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March 25, 19-2 
WITTE LOG SAW 
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Is the Smith Standard Company a 
reliable firm dealing in baby chicks? 
Their offices are at Boston, Mass. ; Phil¬ 
adelphia. Pa.; Cleveland, O., and Chi¬ 
cago, Ill. L. I.. . 1 . 
New York. 
We discontinued the Smith Standard 
Company advertising last year because 
of unsatisfactory experiences of subscrib¬ 
ers in dealing with the firm. This com¬ 
pany has offices at the points named, but 
It is now estimated that "bucket shops” the only hatchery is located at C;eve¬ 
in New York have robbed the people of land, O. 
$50.000,000 since the war through the fane 
salt 1 of stocks and gambling in price quo¬ 
tations. The biggest bucket shop in the 
country is the New York Stock Exchange. 
Of course, this respectable institution 
does not go by the name of ‘bucket shop." 
bur the buckets are there all right, and 
dump a constant Hood of water into the 
securities that find a market quotation 
there. It is true that the Wall Street 
Exchange members do at times actually 
handle the stocks bought and sold. The 
"bucket shops" do not. In the “bucket 
shops” people simply bet against the prob¬ 
ability that prices will go up or down. 
They put up a margin of about 10 per 
cent of their alleged purchase, or 10 per 
cent of the price if they did purchase. If 
the quotation is less, that i.s, if the price 
drops, they must, put up more money or 
lose all. If by any chance they win, they 
go in again, usually on a larger scale, and 
lose all. A couple of youngsters who or¬ 
ganized a "get-rich-quick" stock specula¬ 
tion game last year are now explaining 
the cause of their failure to armies of 
deluded victims who contributed $2,500.- 
000 to the experiment. 
In New York the ‘‘bucket shops” have 
been raided and stock-brokerage houses 
have failed. Many individual losse* 
are heavy. One customer reports losses 
of $70,000. Many will wonder why this 
traffic is not regulated The reason is 
simple. TheAtock exchanges are the big¬ 
gest gambling places in the country. The 
“bucket shops” are insignificant in com¬ 
parison. We have a law to suppress the 
‘‘bucket shops,” but the Exchange is pow¬ 
erful enough to resist all attempt of reg¬ 
ulation. and the law against the smaller 
fry is not enforced. If the exchanges 
were incorporated and put under regula¬ 
tion. it would bo an easy matter to stop 
the swindling, but such a result would 
cut down the profits of the Wall Street 
operators, and they insist that their game 
must not be disturbed. 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
All letters to Publisher’s Desk depart¬ 
ment must be signed with writer's full 
name and address given. Many inquiries 
are answered by mail instead of printing 
inquiry and answer, hence unsigned let¬ 
ters receive no consideration. 
On December 31 I mailed the Metro¬ 
politan Container Company of ”41 East 
119th Street, New York, n check for 
$110 to pay freight on car of cases to 
be shipped on open account. On Janu¬ 
ary 10 1 received a hill for the cases, and 
mailed another check for $87.-4, cover¬ 
ing balance on cost of cases. These peo¬ 
ple have promised shipment every week 
since, and I would like to have your at¬ 
torney call and countermand the order, 
and collect the $107.24 due me, and mail 
me check for balance after deducting any 
charge you make. A. R. M. 
West Virginia. 
We farmers joined together and sent 
$00 for a ear, 1,200 egg cases, to Metro¬ 
politan Egg Case Company. We were 
in a hurry for them, and as they prom¬ 
ised to ship as soon as money was re¬ 
ceived. tried them once. I am enclosing 
letter, hut hear nothing more. I thought 
perhaps a word from you might hurry 
them up a year or two. S. j. 
New York. 
We have frequent complaints from 
those who have sent orders for egg cases 
to the Metropolitan Egg Case Company. 
One of the partners in the business seems 
to have withdrawn, and started the 
Metropolitan Container Company. The 
similarity of names is well intended to 
cause confusion. It is a serious thing 
for poultrymcn when they order egg cases 
and depend upon the orders being filled 
with reasonable promptness to have ship¬ 
ment delayed for two or three months, 
while we give these egg case concerns 
credit for eventually filling the orders or 
refunding the money. 
The First Essentials of Good Farming 
Good fences are vitally necessary to divide tlie farm into 
profitable fields for live stock. 
National Fence is the kind light weight National fence 
of fence that gives long ser- —built as strong and endur- 
vice. Made with thick heav- ing as possible with small 
ily galvanized wires, and con- gauge wire—made of the 
iinuous stays with National finest steel and best quality 
loop joints. Makes the ideal galvanizing. But for long 
long life fence, especially service and real economy 
when strung on American or there is no equal for heavy 
U. S. galvanized Steel Posts. National Fence. 
Driven like stakes, they an- S ee the National dealer in 
Cttor themselves. fireproot your town and get prices, 
and weatherproof. He has stock on hand for 
Experienced farmers know’ quick delivery. Also get our 
that the best fence is made catalog illustrating many 
of large, substantial wires kinds of fences, gates and 
heavily galvanized. This is posts for every purpose, 
the kind we like to recom- SENT FREE 
mend. It gives better and Books on “Making the 
longer service. Farm Pay /* “Black Stem 
Where the trade demands Rust’* “Farm Account Book” 
we also sell a high quality “Dairy Farming" and others. 
American Steel & Wire Company 
Chicago New York Boston Denver 
I am a subscriber to your valuable 
paper, ami appreciate the efforts yen take 
in helping other people out of their 
troubles. I am enclosing report of United 
Arizona Copper Mining & Smelting Com¬ 
pany. Phoenix. Ariz.. and would like to 
know the financial responsibility and 
standing of this company. A member of 
my family made an investment in (he 
company several years ago. Up to the 
present time has received no dividends 
or no satisfactory answer to her various 
inquiries. Your report would lie greatly 
appreciated. J. A. p. 
New Jersey. 
The United Arizona Copper Mining tfc 
Smelting Company was organized in Ari¬ 
zona in the early part of 1916, with a 
capital of $2,000,000. par value $1. of 
which about $802,000 was issued. The 
money obtained from the sale of the stock 
was 22 claims in Yavapai. Ariz. Devel¬ 
opment work progressed to some extent, 
and a shaft of 800 ft. was sunk. Cross¬ 
cuts were made in an endeavor to dis¬ 
cover paying ore, which, however, did not 
appear to have been eminently successful, 
for the company has been inactive for 
some time past. According to the latest 
information available, there is no market 
for the stock, which is a highly undesir¬ 
able mining gamble. 
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WITTF FlUriNF WADIfC 1890 Oakland A ve. Kansas City. Mo. 
ml 1C LIMllNL IfUKhS, !890 Empire Bldo. Pittsburgh. Pa. 
1 ;im an invalid, confined to my bed for 
many years. I am now somewhat better 
and am seeking something I can do to 
help toward my living and the debts 
caused by my illness. The Uuited Buy¬ 
ers’ Association. Inc., of Brand Rapids, 
offers to start one in the mail order busi¬ 
ness. just selling memberships, aud their 
groceries, at prices which certainly sire 
low. They charge $100 to start one. If 
a straight proposition, why do they not 
sell these memberships direct? Why em¬ 
ploy agents? Do you know anything 
about them? They give no references, 
bank or any kind ; no names of their offi¬ 
cers. < T. A. A. 
Virginia, 
The United Buyers’ Association was 
organized last September. The president 
is reported to be conducting a cigar store 
in Holland, Mich., and the vice-president 
a confectionery store. We have no infor¬ 
mation as to the facilities of this "asso¬ 
ciation" to furnish groceries at advan¬ 
tageous prices. The "membership scheme” 
is not new—it has been employed by 
many easy-money artists in the past. Bid- 
well of Buffalo used it in the sale of auto¬ 
mobile accessories. We have never found 
a case where goods of equal quality can¬ 
not he purchased in the open market at a 
less price than through organizations to 
which a membership is paid for the priv¬ 
ilege of buying. And as to starting this 
man in the mail order business, all we 
can see to it is a legal process of getting 
possession of his $100. 
TREE SAW 
Small Extra Cost 
f Clean Your Horses 
in Half the Time 
Save your energy for more profit¬ 
able thing*. Clio your horses the 
first worm day*, Easier to clean 
them—tnkoa only half the time. 
Saves you a jjood deal of money 
and labor. 
Clipped horses are always fresh 
and ready, and stand the "hard 
sledding" of heavy spring work 
without a whimper. Clipping is the 
best health insurance. 
J Clip with the Stewart No. 1. Boll 
. "SJfcv. bearing, easy running, satisfactory 
/A Ifw\ ««rvht» flat** of roaur «lr«l rut- 
// tin« oclms !>v»r mad*. Clin* 
'J cows erics rsducsd to *12. 
V 1 ■ At your d<!«l«r’a, or «und ua $2 and 
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Electric Clipping Machine* |80 and $85. 
CHICAGO FLEXIBLE 8HAFT CO., Dep 
I am writing you to see if you can get 
P. E. McBride of New Fire Company. 
Boston. Mass., to return me the $5 I sent 
him. As you will see by reading their first 
letter, they offered to send me n burner to 
try for $5. I sent them a cheek for the 
burner on those conditions. Two weeks 
after I received a letter stating they were 
going to ship my burner, and to deposit 
$10 with tlie postmaster and pay charges. 
L wrote back that I should uot accept tlie 
burner on these new terms, and Mr. 
McBride replied that he would hold my 
account open 10 days, and then close tlie 
account and keep tlie $5, I wrote back 
find told him to return my money, and I 
have not heard from him since, which is 
a week. K. T, it. 
New Hampshire. 
The offer stated that the burner would 
be “sent” upon receipt of $5. and said 
nothing about paying balance on delivery. 
It simply looks like a trick tit get country 
people to scud the $5, No one reading 
the offer would suspect that $10 more had 
to he paid upon delivery. If not satisfac¬ 
tory iu MO days tlie “money" was to be 
refunded. Mr. McBride refuses to return 
tlie $5. which was sent under a misunder¬ 
standing. and there are reasonable grounds 
to believe that a deliberate deception was 
This attractive 234-page book has 
some of the best of the Hope Farm 
Man’s popular sketches — philos¬ 
ophy, humor, and sympathetic 
human touch. Price $1.50. 
For Sale by RURAL NEW-YORKER 
335 West 30th Street, New York 
Can you furnish me any knowledge in 
regard to the financial stunding of C, II. 
Dairy in pic, 214 West M4th Street. New 
York? lie has written me for a car of 
lumber. As I do not know anything 
about him. I hesitate to send it without 
knowing that he is thoroughly reliable. 
New York. h. c. p. 
Our records show that G II. Dalrymple 
bought lumber from two other farmers 
several years ago, and the farmers 
haven’t received settlement for the lum¬ 
ber yet. We would therefore advise cash 
in advance transactions with Mr. Dal¬ 
rymple. 
When you write advertisers mention The R. N. - Y. and you ’ll get a 
quick reply and a “square deal.” See guarantee editorial page. 
