1906. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
497 
PUBLISHER’S DESK. 
Wc have received the following letter 
from a southern correspondent: 
Maceo, Ky., D-20-’06. 
Rural New-Yorker. New York. 
Gentlemen:—Could you tell me what small 
Pennsylvania town Mr. Everitt began busi¬ 
ness in? If you are so much opposed to the 
A. Si of E. why don't you and the other 
papers combine and stop the progress of this 
Society? If Mr. Everitt is a fake, and is 
faking the people, why don't you lead them 
out of the wilderness? I wish you would 
please answer these questions. 
Yours truly, 
Maceo, Ky., R. No. 2. J. l. graham. 
We make our Kentucky friend the fol¬ 
lowing reply: 
Replying to your recent inquiry the 
town referred to is Watsontown, North¬ 
umberland County, Pennsylvania. It was 
in this town that Mr. Everitt advertised 
in an extravagant and sensational way a 
new variety of white potato for seed at 
a high price. When the orders came in 
he filled them with the common varieties 
of white potatoes. In other words, he 
bought common white potatoes from one 
class of farmers at commercial prices and 
by misrepresentation and fraud sold them 
to another class of farmers at a high price 
as a new and distinct variety. Needless 
to say he left the town without honor or 
credit, and with only such distinction as 
accompanies a man who has been detect¬ 
ed in a scheme to cheat his neighbors. 
He left his debts as well as his reputa¬ 
tion behind him, and protested checks, 
notes and other obligations are yet unsat¬ 
isfied in the hands of the attorneys of the 
place. 
We are not opposed to any legitimate 
society of farmers. Wc know no other 
farm paper that is. Mr. Everitt’s list of 
contributors hardly rises to the dignity 
of a society. It is no more a society than 
the deluded contributors of any other pal¬ 
pable fake. Mr. Everitt faked farmers as 
long as they would buy his worthless 
seeds. When they got on to his game he 
went into bankruptcy. In order to con¬ 
tinue his methods of getting money with¬ 
out giving a fair return, lie had to have a 
new means in order to work the o'd 
scheme. He happened to choose a sheet 
of paper and printer’s ink. It might 
just as well have been an ear drum, a 
cancer cure or a seedless apple humbug. 
He knew well enough that no one would 
buy and pay for the stuff he printed. He 
had to have some sort of a fake scheme 
to attract attention. He wanted some¬ 
thing sensational, something that would 
permit the use of big talk. The bigger 
the fake the more sure of attention. So 
he decided to “corner” the farm products 
of the country—on paper. Think of the 
audacity of the man, a failure in his own 
business, a bankrupt, proposes himself as 
the business manager of the farming in¬ 
dustries of the world. Then he is going 
to do it so easily. All you have to do is 
to give him 25 cents and promise to ‘‘join 
the strike,” whatever that may mean. As 
to the promise and the “strike” there is 
nothing so insistent about that. But in 
Mr. Everitt’s bankrupt condition the 
25 cents is important. He cannot pay 
agents himself to go around the country 
to collect it for him. Here is where the so¬ 
ciety scheme comes in. The agent col¬ 
lects the 25 cents for Mr. Everitt and 
as much more for himself as he is able to 
get. Some agents get 25 cents, others 50 
cents; a real smart one gets 75 cents. 
It makes no difference to Mr. Everitt how 
much you pay the agent under the pre¬ 
tense of a society fee so long as he gets 
the 25 cents clear. 
You ask why publishers do not com¬ 
bine to stop it. To be frank with you, it 
is not worth while. It is too small a fake. 
Besides, it is not necessary. It will die 
soon enough of itself. Mr. Everitt is a 
very smooth and plausible writer and at¬ 
tracts the sympathy of some good and 
well-meaning people for a time. But he 
does not and cannot hold their a nfidence 
for long. Intelligent people soon get the 
spirit of his scheme. 
You ask why we do not lead the people 
out of the wilderness. This is a favorite 
expression of Mr. Everitt’s. It may mean 
anything or nothing. If you mean lead 
them away from the results of errors and 
trials and misfortunes, we can only an¬ 
swer that the light to do so has not been 
given us. We do what we can. We are 
able at times to throw a little light on 
fake schemes like Everitt’s. But leading 
people out of the wilderness seems to be 
Mr. Everitt’s special job. He failed in 
his own business. He cannot pay his 
creditors. He is a bankrupt. But he is 
willing to undertake the management of 
ether people's business, if they put up 
25 cents for his leadership. A prudent 
farmer who looks up the credit of his 
customers would not ship Mr. Everitt a 
peck of white beans on credit. Why 
should twenty millions of farmers make 
him custodian of all they produce? 
Blere is a note from Mr. Everitt’s own 
State: 
I notice your write-up of .T. A. Everitt, 
which is all right, hut he has a speaker go¬ 
ing over the country, by the name of II. R. 
Sherman, formerly of this place, who is fully 
as notorious as Mr. Everitt is. s. M. u. 
Indiana. 
Elerc is a pleasant note: 
I write to tell you how nice my rose hush 
is this Spring. It is growing very fast now. 
and does look so nice. I take the best of 
care of it. R. C. 
Canada. 
We are always glad to know how the 
roses have developed. We do know that 
there are thousands of them now in full 
bloom all over the country. Of course, 
some failed for one reason or another, but 
that cannot be helped. 
Here is one more note: 
All right; “The Farmer's Garden” is here, 
and is all, and more than I expected, clear, 
full, plain, explicit. w. m. h. 
Pennsylvania. 
There has been nothing but praise for 
this little book from those who received 
it. If you want yours, you must speak 
quick now. We shall not be able to hold ! 
them much longer. It is doubtful if you 
can get one after this month. Send your 
renewal now, and it will go back to you 
by return mail. 
PRODUCTS, PRICES AND TRADE. 
That wonderful “utilization of packing¬ 
house wastes," about which so much was 
said in a complimentary way a few years 
ago, seems to have been re-discovered by 
Messrs. Neill and Reynolds; but no one 
appears to be specially proud of it now. 
Ax advance of $2 per ton is noted in 
black and galvanized metal sheets used in 
making roofing. Tin plate went up $3 per 
ton a short time ago. The reasons given for 
the advances are that the demand for roof¬ 
ing is much ihcreased and raw tin is higher. 
Reports from London, England, are that 
the sale of canned meats has practically 
ceased. It is probable that the canned goods 
export trade is seriously Injured. English 
consumers were very slow to adopt our 
canned meats, and will probably be still 
slower to forget the present agitation. 
About 25 tons of adulterated butter have 
been seized in this city recently by revenue 
officers. The adulterations ran from 20 to 
30 per cent foreign fats. The mixture is 
said to have come from South Dakota and 
Nebraska, but the shippers made a mistake 
in sending it here. New York is a poor 
place to dispose of bogus butter, as both 
butter trade and inspectors are well ac¬ 
quainted with all the tricks of these greasy 
swindle*#. 
That two-cent advance in butter did not 
last long. For a time during the week the 
market was weak at 19% for best, but later 
it picked up, and at this writing is firm. 
When the .lune price drops l>elow 20 cents 
speculators are as a rule ready to take hold 
quite freely. The operations of the specu¬ 
lative end of the trade are a safe guide to 
what they think the outlook to be at least. 
Judging from this June butter has about 
struck bottom. 
Fruits. —Apple trade is getting light. 
Most varieties offered are not nearly so 
desirable as a month ago. some being taste¬ 
less and withered. There have been a few 
very fine peaches from Florida, which solo 
up to $5 per crate. I have heard reports of 
still higher figures but have not verified 
them. Conditions in strawberries continue 
had, and large quantities have to go under 
10 cents. The nearby crop is working in 
slowly, and some fancy prices are noted. 
18 or 20 cents. Eastern cherries in quarts 
have brought 8 to 10 cents. 
That roaring lion, the Senate meat inspec¬ 
tion hill, is now having its mane sheared 
and claws pared and will evidently Ik* 
thoroughly tamed and debackboned by the 
House, unless the published report of the 
investigators should stir up feeling enough 
to prevent robbing the hill of its strength. 
The proposed insertion of the words “know¬ 
ingly’’ and “negligently.” as conditions of 
a penalty, makes easy escape for offenders. 
The chicken thief or pickpocket who is 
“caught with the goods.” or the milkman 
found with doctored milk, is quickly con¬ 
victed, and jury and court go through no 
elaborate x-raying of the offender’s motives 
to learn just how much criminal intent he 
had. So and so is the law. made for public 
safety. It has been violated and the penalty 
must he paid. In trials for capital crimes, 
motive is more carefully considered on ac¬ 
count of the severe punishments provided, 
but for what are called minor crimes, less 
attention Is given to motive. The sale of dis¬ 
eased, “doctored” or falsely branded meats 
is a public offense, no matter how good the 
motives ol' those who sell such meats may 
he, and what sense is there in dragging a 
new brand of criminal ethics into the case, 
merely because well-known men and great 
business interests are concerned? The packers 
assert, in effect, that those special inves¬ 
tigators were too squeamish. They ought 
not to have concluded that “blood, grease 
and the everyday incidents of animal 
slaughtering are dirt.” It is true that 
familiarity with filth callouses the sense of 
cleanliness, so quite likely the conditions 
described by the investigators looked worse 
to them than to those who see them every 
day. Whether or not Congress finally passes 
any adequate bill covering this meat inspec¬ 
tion matter, it is in a fair way to be 
thoroughly sifted and settled by a court less 
merciful than most of those elected oir 
appointed—the people now consuming meat 
products. What these consumers want now 
is not excuses, or whitewash or promises, 
hut good meat, branded with marks that 
stand for something more than a perfunctory 
say so. w. w. h. 
ULCERS IN EYES. 
Awful Discharge From Eyes and Nose— 
Grateful Mother Strongly Rec¬ 
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“I used the Cuticura Remedies eight 
years ago for my little boy who had ul¬ 
cers in the eyes, which resulted from vac¬ 
cination. His face and nose were in a 
bad state also. At one time we thought 
he would lose his sight forever, and at 
that time he was in the hospital for seven 
or eight months and under specialists. 
The discharges from the eyes and nose 
were bad and would have left scars, I feel 
sure, had it not been for the free use of 
the Cuticura Remedies. But through it 
all we used the Cuticura Soap, Ointment 
and Resolvent, and lots of it, and I feel 
grateful for the benefit he received from 
them. The Cuticura Resolvent seemed to 
send the trouble out, the Ointment healed 
it outwardly, and the Soap cleansed and 
healed both. He is entirely cured now, 
but since then I have bought the Cuticura 
Resolvent to cleanse and purify the blood, 
and the Soap I cannot spc^ik too highly of 
as a cleansing and medicinal beautifier. 
Mrs. Agnes Wright, Chestnut St., Irwin, 
Pa., Oct. 16, 1905.” 
She's Too Lousy 
A printed Are minutes talk sent 
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saving monthly expenses for 
whitewash, kerosening, insect 
powder, lice killers. 
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Preserving Co., 
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When you write advertisers mention The 
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“a square deal." See guarantee, page 8. 
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_ PHILADELPHIA. _ 
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sore eyes, BARRY CO,, Iowa City. Iowa, have a cure. 
YOUNG MEN WANTED — To learn the 
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free. Address VETERINARY COLLEGE, 
Grand Rapids, Mich. 46 LOUIS STREET. 
B EE OUTFIT— Colony best Italian Bees, hive, 
super, sections, hat, veil, broom, gloves and 
smoker, $10. GEO. ENTY, R. R. No. 2, Mosgrove, Pa. 
H unt farm jerseys, est. i803. a 
JERSEY BULL CALF, equal to the best, at 
price any farmer can pay. Reg. Combines the blood 
of Gertie of Glynllyn, Melia Ann, Stoke Pogis and 
Marigold. Dam’s record 19 lbs. 1 oz. butter, 348 lbs. 
milk in 7 days: 12,000 lbs. milk per year. 
HUNT FARM, Box 63, Hunt, New York. 
IMPROVED LARGE YORKSHIRES English Bacon 
Hog. Pigs of all ages from imported stock for-sale. 
Meadow Brook Stock Farm, Rochester. Mich. 
A Setting Hen 
would not be annoyed to death with 
lice if Instant Louse Killer was 
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nest. She cannot get away; the lice 
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INSTANT 
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rose bushes, etc. Instant Louse Killer 
is the original powder louse killer put 
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He sure of the word “Instant” on the 
can—it has twenty-five imitations. If 
you will sprinkle Instant Louse Killer 
on the setting hen and nest, we will 
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.torn lice ; it is also a reliable disin¬ 
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I 
Except in Canada 
and extreme 
West and South. 
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WHITE WYANDOTTES EXCLUSIVELY! 
FOR SALE—Yearling Hens $1.50 each; Cocks $2 up. 
Eggs for Hatching $1.50 per sit. $5 per 100. A satisfac¬ 
tory deal guaranteed. E. F. KEAN, Stanley, N. Y. 
EMPIRE STATE S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 
Winners at N. Y. State Fair, 1904-05. Trios, $5. Eggs 
for hatching, $1.00 per 15; $5.00 per 100. Catalogue 
free. C. H. ZIMMER, R. I >. 41, Weedsport, N. Y. 
SPECIAL 
R. C. W. LEGHORNS. W. 
P. ROCKS. EGGS 5c. EACH. 
STOCK FOR SALE. 
L. O. HILLS, Delaware, O. 
EDWARD G. NOONAN, M ^Y. A ’ 
Breeder of Thoroughbred Poultry. Prices reasouable. 
E GGS $1 per 15; $2 per 40, from thoroughbred Brah¬ 
mas, Rocks, Wyandottes, Reds, Leghorns; 12 va¬ 
rieties; catalogue. S. K. .MOHR. Coopersburg, Pa. 
.Var's Poultry. Pigeons, Parrots, Hogs, Cats. 
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L IGHT BRAHMAS— Prize stock. EGGS $1.00 
for 15. C. GORDON, R. F. D. 1, Sprakers, N. Y. 
BUFF, White Leghorns. Eggs 75c per 15: $1.25 per 30. 
$2 per 60. Cir. free. JOHN A. ROTH, Quakertowu, Pa. 
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P. O. Box 23, Norwood, N. J. 
