May 20, 1922 
be sold on the promise that the products 
of the company could be bought at a 
reduced price. In all our experience the 
promise was never made good. We never 
knew an investor who bought stock on 
that basis without taking a loss. 
Stronvblad offered The It. X.-Y. a large 
advertising order. It was refused. The 
advertising of the company as at present 
organized has also been refused on the 
theory that the purpose of the advertis¬ 
ing is to pave the way for the sale of 
stock to farmers. In passing we might 
remark that in the meantime Stromblad 
has organized another firm on the same 
basis. 
JAEGER 
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. 
For Mixing Concrete, Feeds, 
Fertilizer—For Washing Wool, 
Beets—All Farm Products 
Can you tell me the responsibility of 
King’s Hatchery, 1400 East Twelfth 
Street, Cleveland, Ohio? I received price 
list with assurances that if my order was 
in before April 1 I could have chicks any 
time desired. I sent an order for de¬ 
livery April 18, with remittance. A num¬ 
ber of my neighbors sent orders at the 
same time. None of us have received the 
chicks by May 1. We are alarmed about 
it. 1 am told that you would look it up 
for us. Can you get 'the chicks or our 
monev? Is. \v. 
Ohio. 
We have seven complaints on our desk 
against this concern. We find no fating 
for them, and as yet have had no reply 
to complaints. Deliveries were to he 
made on April IS. Several incidents sug¬ 
gest caution; and until King’s Hatch¬ 
eries furnish satisfactory ratings and 
prompt delivery of orders we would ad¬ 
vise placing orders with houses that have 
established rating and a record for de¬ 
liveries. 
Y OU don’t have to depend on your 
concrete work alone to keep this 
mixer busy. It will not lie idle be¬ 
tween jobs. Here is an all-purpose outfit 
that you can use to wonderful advantage 
on a number of jobs— mixing feeds, dairy rations, 
hog slop— mixing mortar and plaster— mixing 
fertilixer —washing your farm products—beets, 
horseradish, etc. A universal mixer that you can 
use every day of the year—for every mixing job. 
The exclusive, patented Jaeger Tilting Drum not 
only assures a perfect mix of concrete in shorter 
time—its full tilt allows a complete discharge of 
every material you load into it. No other farm- 
size outfit has this feature. 
The Jaeger FARM Concreto MIXER is the farm- 
size model of a standard Jaeger Contractor's Mixer, 
made in one of the largest mixer plants in the 
world. It has a capacity of 3 to 4 cu. ft. per batch. 
The weight on trucks is 570 lbs.—with engine 
820 lbs. The price—on skids $48; on trucks $68 ; 
with engine $123. Compare its capacity, quality, 
weight — and price—and you'll agree its the 
biggest-value mixer made. A 30 days’ riskless 
trial will convince you. The coupon brings the 
facts. Mail it today . 
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for the Jaeger FARM 
Concrete MIXER— 
mounted on skids for 
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for the Jaeger FARM 
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About six weeks ago J. Surlm of the th8t i, 0 is instructed to force eo 
Farmers’ Standard Carbide ( o., Inc 15 Imt pr0 niptly paid. He says 1 
West 47tJl Street, Now York, and its obliged to pav, as the new holde 
factory located at l’lattsburg, N. \.. nocent parties. What do you tl 
called on me and all other carbide users Virginia, 
around here, and offered carbide at: a 
lower price than we have been paying The New Turk address is 
for the Union Carbide, but one bad to residence district in this oitv. 
become a member of their company by ral ; 1lg for it . nor for Rank a 
purchasing one share of their common . ... ... 
stock. Class R (no par value) at a price paper Service Company. We no 
of $100 per share. Their representative, of their stock conditioner, and i 
Mr. Surlin, put up a very good sounding g j VP f onr hundred and fifty eei 
proposition concerning their company. , . , . e .. 
Could you give me any information re- trinnload of it oil l ‘sent, i " 
garding this company, whether you con- The rule has been that who 
aider .them reliable? w. J. R. falls into the. hands of a third pi 
^^ 10, ing no knowledge of any decej 
The Farmers’ Standard Carbide Co. holder is an innocent party, 
was organized in October, 1917, by collect. That rule of law hf 
George A. Stromblnd, Canastota. A, Y., many a swindle in the past, I 
with a capital stock of $25,000, Mr. so faithfully followed of la 
Stromhlad’s only assets at the time being C an he shown that the new hold 
some debts which he left in Syracuse no f 0 really in collusion 
when he removed from that city. The original holder to promote a fn 
ouly activities of the company during the the court would not enforce 
early months of its organization were All they can do in any case is 
selling stock to farmers on the promise suit in the Virginia courts to enf 
to furnish carbide at half the market ment on the notes and check. ' 
price. By January. 1919. the stock sell- undoubtedly make many thre< t 
ing had been so successful that the capi- may be willing to face a court 
tal stock was increased to $300,000. The with their claim, but we doubt 
stock-selling continued, and a carbide way. other farmers may have a 
factory was purchased at l’lattsburg, N. repeat their experience, if they 
Y. Some carbide was manufactured, and W'ho does? 
this gave the stock-selling scheme an ap¬ 
pearance of a legitimate investment. In 
7. t, ,, r . , , , i I receive v<>ur paper and H 
the Fall of 1920 a stockbrokerage house, TlotlVpf] in t}u) Publisher’s Dos 
Gordon, Fine & Co., 30 Broad Street, tho many unpaid matters that y< 
was employed to sell the stock, and the and thought I would explain 
«,Wcd wen- essenth.ll.v .he Str J." 
same as those of Stromblad. But before to m(1 f,, r shipment of eggs. 1 
long, by some turn of the wheel of for- dozen. June 20, which I valuei 
tune. Stromblad was out of the manage- $10-50. I wrote them, but. no 
. . xt ii reply. Herewith you will find 
men of the company, and .Samuel Null, re ^ llC8t f or shipment. 
who was connected with the brokerage Pennsylvania, 
firm, was announced as president and -^r e vv0 ,e unable to get any 
manager. Mr. Null has a pleasing per- f rom Mr. Brodsky, proprietor of 
sonality and impressed the Plattsburg ton Farms, SOI East 100th str 
board of trade favorably, as he did us. y OI -k City, and the account 
He gave out the impression, without say- jectible. Our attorney endeavor 
ing so. that there were strong financial i eP t it, and he was also unsuccess 
interests back of the company, and that account was too small for suit, 
he proposed discontinuing the Stromblad readers will be glad to have the 
stock-selling game. We gave him credit tion, and to put Mr. Brodsky of 
for sincerity for a time, until we heard ton Farms on the list of coneei 
from various sections of the country that passed by when making shipmer 
agents were canvassing and selling stock city, 
and in some cases employing methods 
never dreamed of by Stromblad. An T ^ nve . 50 s1inrWJ of stock of 
agent would go to a farmer who origin- Tire & Rubber Corporation, V 
nllv bought a $50 stock certificate, and York. N. J., which cost me $ 
p„ y b im a dividend o„ th. i—nt. £$ ^ZSJS 
and represent that much larger dividends dosed letter from them, I hav 
and a stock bonus would he paid in the lot. of literature of the said cor 
near future—in one case the represonta- 11 '-V ^oik paid for ami certif 
. ... . -l !i jo the same. Will you try to get i 
tion was that the stock would pay 4_ per j 01 . much of it as poss 
cent a year. Another case was a dividend New Jersey, 
of 20 per cent and a 100 per cent stock The ],qtor announces an assei 
bonus. Dividends on the basis of 7 per $120 on the subscriber’s hold 
cent annually have been paid, but the other alternative being the lus 
company has issued no statement show- original investment. It as lost, 
ing whether such dividends have been so w hy "send good money aft 
earned or otherwise. The capital stock There is nothing we can do to s 
is now $1,000,000. The only basis we return of money invested in pi 
can judge of the value of the stock is of this kind. All we can do is 
the methods by which it is being sold, advance to save our readers fro 
We have never known a stable stock to dering their savings in this way, 
The Jaeger Machine Company Dept. 204 Columbus, Ohio 
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