1006. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
75 
PUBLISHER’S DESK. 
The American School of Music, Chi¬ 
cago, Ill., and the Pioneer Music Pub¬ 
lishing Company, Chicago, Ill., seem to 
be one and the same concern. They ad¬ 
vertise to pay 40 per cent royalty on 
verses or short poems which they can set 
to music, and publish. One of our Ohio 
subscribers answered one of these adver¬ 
tisements. She got a reply saying they 
think very favorably of her composition, 
and think it can be made a success. Then 
they propose to write the music for $5; or 
if she will send on $25 they will make 
plates and print professional copies as well 
as marketable copies, and pay her a roy¬ 
alty of 40 per cent on all copies they sell. 
They finally agree to accept $15 cash in 
advance, and the “remaining $10 to be 
deducted from the first month’s royalty.” 
This contract was made in April, but it 
was not until July that she received word 
that the music was ready and she could 
have copies to sell her friends, if she 
would remit the quoted price. She wrote 
several times following this for an ac¬ 
counting, but up to January 1 could get 
no further reply. A complaint was then 
sent to us. We asked for an explanation. 
We quote the following paragraph from 
their reply: 
Taking into consideration that Mrs. F., to 
whom .von refer, answered the advertisement 
which she found in the Ohio Farmer, we do 
not see what you have to do with her 
account, nor why we should give you any in¬ 
formation, and as regards to publishing 
things about us will state that as long as 
you adhere to the truth we do not care, 
hut we would suggest that you be a trifle 
careful as to what you say. 
We, of course, appreciate the suggestion 
to be careful as to what we say, and snail 
try to follow our usual course to stick to 
the truth. First, we would enlighten 
these good people on what we have to do 
with cases of the kind. They seem to 
think that because we have no direct re¬ 
sponsibility we should have no concern. 
We want to inform them that The R. 
N.-Y. is the champion of farm interests 
and the defender of the farmer’s rights in 
every and any contest. When those just 
interests and rights are threatened we con¬ 
ceive it to be our duty to become their 
spokesmen. Whv? Simply for the rea¬ 
son that the interests and rights of a 
class of people may be abused with im¬ 
punity if attacked individually one by one, 
but when a hundred thousand farmers 
have a mouthpiece through which they 
can speak, they usually get attention. That 
may be an explanation of the reason for 
our getting a prompt reply, while Mrs. 
F.’s letters remained unanswered. The 
contract says: 
The Pioneer Music Publishing Company 
agrees to remit to party of (lie second part 
regularly once each month a net cash royalty 
of forty per cent on all sales, after deducting 
the sum of $10 from said royalty lirst month 
only. 
Now they say if Mrs. F. knew anything 
about the music business she would know 
better than to register complaints in nine 
months from time of contract. It is to be 
assumed that they knew something of 
the music business last April, and with 
their partiality for truth telling, it is a 
wonder they did not then explain that she 
could not expect early royalties, instead 
of the more alluring agreement to remit 
monthly, and retain $10 from first month 
only. The following paragraph from 
their letter is illuminating: 
A chance is always taken In accepting any 
kind of a publication, and you will probably 
have inferred before Ibis that we prefer the 
other party to take the greater chance. 
Remembering the double admonition to 
tell the truth and be careful of what we 
say, we can hardly deny that we got the 
impression from the start that the other 
party to the transaction was taking all 
the chances. 
Here is a letter from Saratoga County. 
New York, that has just reached us: 
I am very much pleased with “The 
Farmer’s Garden.” It is a good thing to 
help us farmers to think what we want in 
our garden. I shall try to do better with 
garden this year. I should not be without 
1 'he R. N.-Y. if it cost more without the 
book. It is the best farm paper that I take, 
and I take five or six others. j. w. 
New York. 
This friend also sent in a new yearly 
subscription for a neighbor, and we mailed 
him one of the six books referred to last 
week, as a little reward for his trouble. 
If “The Farmer’s Garden” stimulates a 
desire for better gardens generally, we 
shall feel repaid for the trouble and ex¬ 
pense of distributing it. Please remem¬ 
ber that if you have not yet received 
yours, it is piled up here all ready to go 
to you tlie day your renewal is received. 
We want also to call your attention onc< 
more to the set of 31 pieces decorated 
dishes, which we can send for a club of 
five new yearly subscriptions. To make 
sure these were all right we sent to the 
factory for a set and use them on our own 
table. With this test we recommend them. 
We are receiving orders every day, but 
we ought to receive many more than we 
do. We would if all knew just what 
they are to get. Have you five neighbors 
who need The R. N.-Y? Send their or¬ 
ders and ask for this set. 
A Good Cow’s Daughter. —I was much 
interested in Mr. Manchester’s article on the 
dairy cow. I have a cow, an ordinary scrub, 
that with her second calf has milked 20 
quarts per day. and is now (in her eleventh 
month) giving about six quarts, and is in 
calf by a purebred Guernsey bull. But she 
is rather straight on the under line, and 
narrow on the hips. If she brings a good 
heifer calf, what would Mr. Manchester do 
with It? w. H. 
Kinderhook, N. Y. 
Shipping Live Stock. —In the shipment 
of live stock by express for three or four 
hundred miles I simply take a good roomy 
crate and put in as much hay as I can. I 
water the animal and give it plenty of feed 
before I put it in the crate, and I have had 
no complaint about their not going through 
by express in good condition. I do not think 
it safe to ship a valuable animal by freight 
for any great distance without a man to ac¬ 
company it, and of course a large animal 
should he shipped by freight rather than by 
express. 
Manlius, N. Y. 
w. w. CHENEY. 
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Scott’s Emulsion is more 
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digested before the patient 
gets it. Raw cod liver oil is 
a severe tax on the stomach 
of even a healthy person. 
Scott’s Emulsion contains 
glycerine and the valuable 
hypophosphites of lime and 
soda. There’s food in these 
for bone, muscle and tissue. 
Raw cod liver oil offers no 
such combination. 
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