1903. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
331 
PUBLISHER’S DESK. 
We feel a little pride in our subscrip¬ 
tion records for the month of March. 
We thought we had a good March record 
last year. We knew the increase for 
December and January this year was sat¬ 
isfactory. February was not so good; 
but the increase for March was just 
149 per cent, gain over the same month 
last year. That is, for every two sub¬ 
scribers received during March last year, 
we received five this year for the same 
month— 2 V 2 for 1. It is the best record 
we have ever made for one month. 
By the way, if you have not yet re¬ 
ceived the new poultry book, “The Busi¬ 
ness Hen,” you should not delay another 
minute. You ought to have the book 
for immediate use. Here is what one 
reader says of it: 
Business Hen” is O. K., and a really 
valuable work. Its practical information 
coming from the sources it does, is of 
great value to poultry keepers.” 
Kinderhook, N. Y. e. van alstyne. 
It will be worth a dollar to you in the 
poultry yard. Send your renewal to-day 
and the book will be on its way to you 
the next day. 
The statement of our reasons for re¬ 
fusing the advertising of a Philadelphia 
real estate agent, in our issue of March 
18, has brought us many letters from ap¬ 
preciative readers. During the last 25 
years we have exposed a great many 
frauds and humbugs, high and low, 
but we never expressed a criticism 
of any concern that seemed to find an 
echo in so many farmers’ hearts as the 
statement in regard to this real estate 
agent. We, of course, have not said that 
this is either a fraud or a Humbug. We 
don’t know that it is, and consequently 
could not and would not say so. 1 he 
agent has a good rating, and is said to be 
responsible. We stated our reasons 
fully, for refusing his advertising. Here 
is a letter from a Maryland subscriber: 
I was very glad to see the article in your 
last issue exposing the methods of a certain 
Philadelphia real estate agent, and I for one 
appreciate your fidelity to your subscribers in 
refusing to run the advertising of such peo¬ 
ple. I had an experience with this party 
two years ago, when I paid him a $15 retain¬ 
er to' list a farm for me, with the understand¬ 
ing that this amount and more if necessary, 
was to be spent in advertising my place, and 
1 was to receive copies of the papers con¬ 
taining my ad. After several requests, he 
finally sent me some papers containing a 
small' one line advertisement, and I figured 
that bis whole expenditure in the matter was 
about $1.50. I finally took the property out 
of his hands and sold it myself. I think lie 
makes a great deal more money out of re¬ 
tainers that he does out of sales, w. 11 . 
A Wisconsin subscriber writes as fol¬ 
lows : 
Allow me to congratulate you upon your 
courage concerning publication of your arti¬ 
cle regarding the Philadelphia agent. He 
worked me for $50, and has not written to 
persons whom I suggested might lie interested 
in the sale of one of my farms. He said the 
fee was to cover cost of advertising the farm, 
but up to date, I have seen no advertis- 
ment in any of the magazines or periodicals. 
1 have a notion to sue him, as it might 
help or rather prevent others from being 
worked. J - H * 
A Vermont farmer contributes the fol¬ 
lowing : 
I was very much pleased to read in last 
week’s paper about the Philadelphia real 
estate agent There are several in this sec¬ 
tion who know it, to the tune of $15 to $25 
for what lie could do for them if they would 
only place in his hands their property to sell, 
'but I never heard of his making a sale for 
anyone. I hope lie will come in contact with 
something that will scatter him as the Japs 
have the Russians. a* L - a* 
This is from a New York State man: 
In your issue of March 18. you evident¬ 
ly refer to Mr. - of Philadelphia, Pa. 
I filled out a blank in his ad. in a magazine 
last June, receiving answer that he felt sure 
he could make a sale, and particularly desired 
to handle it in connection with some property 
in adjoining county, etc., retaining fee, $20, 
which letter was followed by a similar tele¬ 
gram to one published. I bit, and of course, 
nothing followed, except to my inquiries, an¬ 
swers that he was doing all possible, through 
700 sub-agents, etc., etc. Now, do you not 
think that it is near enough to “using the 
mails to defraud" to put the matter into the 
hands of the Post Office Department at 
Washington for investigation with a view to 
protect others? He still advertises extensive¬ 
ly, and a telegram which intimates that 
a sale is in prospect when no customer is 
in sight is at least a lie. c. a. p. 
It will be noted that all these men put 
up money for the advance fee, and no 
sales were made. Here is a character¬ 
istic note from an enthusiastic Pennsyl¬ 
vania friend who does not seem to have 
put up any money, but who seems to 
have a genuine relish for the salt in the 
Publisher’s Desk box: 
Publisher’s Desk column O. K. Three 
cheers for John and Collingwood and the 
whole outfit. Subscription <0 It. N.-Y. is 
worth $5, but keep on charging me the old 
price. c. n. R. 
Many of those who wrote 11 s say they 
received telegrams worded exactly like the 
one published. Some paid the advance 
fee; others did not. Some paid with the 
understanding that they were to have ad¬ 
vertising, but none seems to have re¬ 
ceived any of his particular property, 
except the one man who found one line 
one time. We have not heard from any¬ 
one who succeeded in making a sale 
through this agenev. It would be inter¬ 
esting to know if lie has really made any 
sales of property. We would be glad to 
publish them. Some of the letters inti¬ 
mate that he makes no effort to sell, de¬ 
pending entirely upon the advance fee 
for his profits. This we do not state as 
a fact. We do not know that it is so. 
It would seem that his facilities are good 
for making sales. We don't see how he 
could fail to do so with anything like 
an honest effort, because of his exten¬ 
sive advertising. But does he make 
sales? That is one of the questions peo¬ 
ple want to know. 
Co-operative Farming. —Referring to arti¬ 
cle on co-operating farming, page 123, I be' 
lieve it to l>e not only possible, but profitable 
if reasonably well managed. I would like to 
test it, and if three or four young men want 
to enter the test and will write me we will 
see if we can agree on particulars of test. 
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small, very sour, tough, green ; never will he 
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are far ahead of them, Greenings are the 
poorest. H. w. 
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