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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
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PUBLISHERS DESK. 
I accept your offer for a life subscription 
to The K. N.-Y., and inclose m.v check for 
same with the understanding that you will 
send me a receipt showing that my ■ sub¬ 
scription is paid for the remainder of my 
life. J. M. N. 
California. 
This is one reader who will have no 
further trouble about renewal of his sub¬ 
scription. He is a life member for sure. 
We hope that he will live long enough to 
make it a good bargain. 
I herewith inclose my renewal for sub¬ 
scription and three new names. Never 
take my name off your list while I am on 
the earth. I get 12 papers, but The It. N.-Y. 
leads them all. g. w. m. 
New Jersey. 
This is evidently another life member. 
We are now keeping personal records of 
every subscription, so that we can tell by 
reference to the record just how long 
each name has been on the list. We 
have it complete for five years. It will 
be interesting to know as we go on how 
many life memberships we have in all. 
What do you people think of the United 
States Pheasantry. No. 9 High street, Pough¬ 
keepsie, N. Y., (Mr. Ferd. Sudow) ? I think 
you people had some dealings with him last 
year. c. C. 
New York. 
Yes; we had his advertisement for a 
short time last year, but we soon found 
he was not treating customers satisfac¬ 
torily, and we cancelled the advertise¬ 
ment ; and published our reasons for do¬ 
ing so. We do not want any such cus¬ 
tomers. 
F. H. Keeler & Co., 104 Murray street, 
New York City, is the firm of commission 
merchants frequently referred to in this 
column. Shippers continue to have trou¬ 
ble with them. It is reported that a judg¬ 
ment was entered against them recently. 
We have had complaints of various kinds, 
but have usually succeeded in getting re¬ 
mittances for our subscribers, though the 
returns have rarely if ever been satisfac¬ 
tory. One of the partners is said to be 
wealthy, but process servers have not been 
able to find him to serve papers, and com¬ 
plaints seem to increase from shippers. 
The proper course for shippers is ap¬ 
parent. 
Chas. M. Manly, St. Joseph, Mich., 
wrote us some time ago that he would 
refund the remittance made by E. I. 
Schauber, of Saratoga County, New 
York. He has not kept that promise. 
Until he does we propose to keep him re¬ 
minded of his obligation and his promise. 
The Sanatas Churn, from Chicago, 
seems to be the same thing as the Four 
Minute Churn, and the Lightning Churn 
of St. Louis and other places. Leave 
them all alone. 
The Farmers Co-operative Harvester 
Machine Co., Springfield. O., have been 
soliciting farmers to buy the stock of the 
company. Our advice to inquiring sub¬ 
scribers was to refrain from investments 
of this kind. Recent advices confirm the 
wisdom of the advice in this particular 
case. 
We have a long letter from the Secre¬ 
tary of the Uncle Sam Oil Company, 
Kansas City, Kans., in which he says: 
A stockholder of this company sent us a 
clipping from a recent issue of your paper 
in which you advise people not to invest in 
the stock of this company, and in which you 
make assertions which we are confident were 
unintentionally Injurious and false. It would 
have been an easy matter for you to have 
written this company that you had an in¬ 
quiry as to its standing and assets, and the 
letter would have been cheerfully and prompt¬ 
ly answered. 
The letter contained two closely written 
pages, but there was not a word in it to 
justify investment in its stocks. We re¬ 
plied : 
Tiie R. N.-Y. has no wish to do anybody 
an injustice. Our only object is the pro¬ 
tection of our subscribers, and an honest 
effort to steer them clear of bad investments 
for their little hard-earned savings. At the 
same time we do not see how we could 
recommend your stock ns an investment for 
the small savings of the farmers. In the 
first place your statements are printed in the 
cheapest and most sensational way. There 
isn't a word in it to say what the assets or 
liabilities are of your company. It does not 
even state the amount of the capital- stock 
issued or the amount authorized to be issued, 
nor does it give any hint as to the restric¬ 
tions placed on the company or its officers 
to multiply the stock indefinitely. Neither 
is this information contained In your letter. 
If. however, you have a statement of tills 
kind, we should be very glad to have it. We 
should also like to know why a legitimate 
enterprise should issue stock at a par value 
of $1 and sell at 10 cents per share? 
This feature, it seems to us. makes the stock 
more a matter of speculation than one of 
investment and from the history of stock 
companies organized in the past, we certainly 
would not feel justified in encouraging the 
farmer to invest his savings In the stock of 
organizations on this basis. If, however, you 
will furnish the information as requested 
above, wo shouftl be glad if the conditions 
warrant it, to modify what has already been 
said on the subject. 
The statement has not been furnished. 
This company was organized to compete 
with the Standard Oil Company. The 
State of Kansas was to furnish the capi¬ 
tal, but it was found the State had no 
authority to do so, and the business had 
to be promoted by private capital. We 
would be glad to see it succeed in com¬ 
petition with its powerful rival, but we 
could not recommend the stock as an in¬ 
vestment for farmers. 
You will find enclosed one dollar for your 
paper for another year. It is one of the 
best papers I consider I must have. The 
two rose bushes are flourishing in front of 
the house, and we will gladly welcome the 
grapevine when it comes this Spring. 
Massachusetts. c. c. .T. 
It will not be so long now before the 
grape will be going out. You will want 
one. Do not wait until the last moment. 
Have your name on the list early. All 
you need do is to send on your renewal 
and we will attend to the rest. We of 
course would like to have you send a new 
name or two. Your neighbor will no 
doubt like grapes as well as yourself. 
These will come early, before other vari¬ 
eties are ripe. Just mention this matter 
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rgiri 
I F you are keeping three or more 
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Then, the three big advantages of 
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