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<Tbt RURAL NEW-YORKER 
April 15, 1922 
All letters to Publisher’s Desk depart¬ 
ment must Ik* siguod 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. 
I received the goods ordered from Wil¬ 
liam 11. Duck Go. of Toledo. Ohio. The 
order was sent January 4, and the check 
was paid January 7 and received back at 
the bank January 9. They did not ac¬ 
knowledge the receipt of the order, so T 
wrote them, but got no answer. 1 waited 
about two weeks, and wrote them again, 
but got uo answer. I learned that others 
hfid ordered goods from them with no bet¬ 
ter results. I then placed the matter be¬ 
fore you. On February 16 they wrote me 
stating that they were behind with their 
orders, but would fill them in a few days. 
On February 28 I wrote to them and re¬ 
quested them to return the money, as I 
could get the goods in Chicago at once. 
I hare not heard from them since. 
Michigan. w. A. c. 
We have several such complaints. The 
firm wrote us some time ago that it had 
been impossible to fill their orders for the 
radio goods, but promised to take care of 
the complaints of our subscribers in a few 
days. The firm has not kept this promise, 
and ignore demands for the return of the 
customer’s money. We are not question¬ 
ing the good intention of the firm, but 
under the circumstances we do not con¬ 
sider it wise for our people to entrust the 
W. B. Duck Co. with their orders. 
Enclosed herewith are letters received 
from Brennan & Co.. Chicago, Ill., re¬ 
garding the sale of my patent. Are these 
people reliable, and would you advise me 
to deal with them on their terms? I 
wrote them that I would not put up any 
fee. Their letter, without date, is their 
reply. F. B. C. 
New York. 
A letter front a subscriber in Oregon 
only a few days ago relating in detail how 
Brennan induced him by alluring sugges¬ 
tions to send him 825 fee for the sale of 
his patented device is a complete answer 
to the New York State inquiry. As 
usual, the patentee never heard front the 
so-called sales organization after parting 
with the $25. We have exposed so many 
similar schemes that further warning 
would seem unnecessary; but the advance 
fee faker continues to reap a harvest from 
those having patented devices, farms, 
stories, music, etc., for sale. No matter 
what the pretext, all propositions asking 
advance fees for the sale of such com¬ 
modities are to be avoided. 
I have noticed from time to time in 
“Publisher’s Desk” inquiries about vari¬ 
ous organizations that are asking for 
money from the general public. In par¬ 
ticular in the issue of March 25 I have 
noted an inquiry from Virginia, signed 
T. A. A., asking for information concern¬ 
ing the United Buyers’ Association. Inc., 
of Grand - Rapids. We have investigated 
thh organization, and perhaps the infor¬ 
mation which we have obtained concern¬ 
ing it will be of value to you and to your 
inquirer. 
The Department of Farms and Mar¬ 
kets investigates from time to time prac¬ 
tically all new organizations in New York 
City which claim, to he on a co-operative 
or membership basis. We have investi¬ 
gated some 75 such spurious co-opera¬ 
tives in the last two years, and, I believe, 
have been instrumental in saving the 
citizens of New York a good many thou¬ 
sand dollars by exposing the various 
fakes operating under the membership, 
community or co-operative guise. We 
would be very glad to co-operate Avith 
you and give you what, information we 
have from time to time on new organiza¬ 
tions. and w.e would appreciate it in turn 
if vou could let us know of such firms as 
are reported to you, so that proper action 
might be taken. 
J want to take this opportunity of ex¬ 
pressing our great appreciation of this 
kind of work which you are doing. 
HEliSCTTEI. JONES. 
Director, New York Office. 
The department investigation reveals 
the details of this easy-mone.v scheme 
with the membership bait carrying the 
privilege of buying groceries at a big 
saving from the usual market price. One 
New York City man paid $100 for the 
privilege of acting as New York manager 
of the association. He received a thou¬ 
sand circulars and membership forms, by 
which he was to secure members at $2 
each, and keep $1 for his work. The 
manager reported having sold 25 member¬ 
ships, and one of these members only 
sent an order for $14 worth of goods, ac¬ 
companied with a money order for that 
amount, and has not heard from the Mu¬ 
tual Buyers’ Association since. To show 
the farce of the scheme completely, the 
department incloses a copy of a letter 
from the association to the short-time 
New York manager suggesting that he 
arrange with some New York wholesale 
house to fill their orders. Wheu the said 
manager’s eyes were opened to the scheme, 
he promptly resigned, sacrificing the $10(1 
which he had sent for the privilege of 
unwittingly buncoing others. 
We thank the Department of Farms 
and Markets for the concrete information 
confirming what we said of the scheme 
in an earlier issue. It is doing a good 
work showing up such frauds, which are 
cloaked in the guise of co-operative so¬ 
cieties. 
I am sending you a couple of hills to 
see if you can collect for me. I have 
been shipping eggs to W. II. Moyer. 81 
Pulaski St., Brooklyn. N. Y. lie claims 
to work for the D., L. & W. R. R., and 
gave them for a reference; also the Pub¬ 
lic National Bank of Brooklyn. I had 
been shipping for five or six weeks and 
everything was all right. Then I had 
two checks returned protested. These lie 
made good at once, and wrote me a letter 
saying that it was a mistake, and that 
lie hoped it would not happen again. I 
got a few cheeks that were all right, then 
another one was protested, and he made 
that good. T stopped shipping, oiul an¬ 
other check was protested, I wrote him, 
but he has not answered. 1 wish you 
would get right after the $47.,”6 that he 
owes me. I have all the protested checks 
and his letter saying that he was sorry 
that those first two checks were had. and 
that lie hoped it would not happen again. 
New Jersey. N. A- 
Mr. Moyer sent oue payment of $10 to 
our attorney on this account, but it is im¬ 
possible to get any further payment from 
him. lie does not have a regular store 
or office, but simply calls at the address 
every two or three months. We are sorry 
the subscriber has to assume such a loss, 
but it shows the advisability of gettiug 
references before making any shipments. 
This method is the same used by irre¬ 
sponsible dealers. We are taking the 
matter up with the authorities, and while 
we may not get any more money, we 
think Mr. Moyer will not send out any 
more worthless checks without paying the 
penalty. Once more: Don’t ship pro¬ 
duce to unknown or irresponsible indi¬ 
viduals or houses! 
Upon the application of William II. 
Allison, defendant, in an action brought 
by Dwight B. Cornell of New York, the 
place of the trial was changed from 
Rensselaer County to Delaware County 
Saturday by Justice Howard.—Troy 
Tint es. 
The above action by D. B. Cornell is 
part of his regular program to coerce 
farmers into paying a withdrawal fee on 
a farm listed with him. In the first place, 
Cornell extracts from the owner a listing 
f>e of $20 to $25 by false representations 
that lie has city buyers for farms who 
will pay a higher price than the farmer 
expects. The receipt given for the “list¬ 
ing fee” turns out to he an agreement to 
pay Cornell a “withdrawal fee” if the 
property is withdrawn or sold by some 
other means. This action is, no doubt, 
the result of such a transaction. When 
the change of venue is secured to the 
county where the farm is located, we have 
yet to hear of Cornell appearing in court 
to prosecute the case. Cornell hails from 
Great Barrington, Mass., and for a time 
claimed a legal residence in New York 
City for the purpose of bringing these ac¬ 
tions against, farmers. Ho now claims to 
he doing business at Troy, N. Y. We 
commend William II. Allison for putting 
up a fight and refusing to be held up by 
this notorious real estate shark. The 
Berkshire Courier, Great Barrington, 
commenting on the Allison ease, voices 
the sentiments of the community, that 
the town is well rid of Mr. Cornell. 
Brooder and Hover 
What is the difference between a 
brooder and a hover, as used by the poul¬ 
try man? c. w. II. 
Providence. R. I. 
By “brooder” the building in which the 
small chicks are kept is usually meant, 
while “hover” refers to the immediate 
cover under which the chicks gather for 
warmth. In small brooders the hover is 
usually of wooden construction and may 
have a doth curtain hanging from its 
edges to the floor. The hover of a brood¬ 
er stove would he the circular galvanized 
iron heat deflector used to throw the heat 
toward the floor. A hen hovers her 
chicks by spreading her wings over them. 
It is true that she broods them in the 
same way, and no very definite distinc¬ 
tion in meaning between the two words 
can be made. m. it. d. 
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