1907. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
533 
PUBLISHER’S DESK. 
Seeing so many inquiries kindly answered 
at your “desk,” gives me courage to ask 
about a man named W. M. Ostrander, 25 W. 
42d Street, New York. My mother has a 
little money of her own and she has given 
$100 to him to invest in what he calls “Fox” 
shares. She wants the money back, but In¬ 
stead he seems to want her to invest more. 
I know little about it, as I live far from her, 
but of course feel interested, especially as 
she needs the money to live on. The daugh¬ 
ter who lives here is quite uneasy that she 
will give more, and most likely lose all. If 
you will advise us we would thank you very 
much. We are poor and need money too, 
but you deserve all we can do. v. h. 
This is the Ostrander of Philadelphia, 
who used to telegraph farmers that he 
had a customer for their farm, if the 
farmer would send an advance fee to 
him. When the remittance was sent to 
cover the fee no more was heard from 
Mr. Ostrander. He was then running 
full-page advertisements in papers and 
magazines. The R. N.-Y. exposed his 
scheme. Many of the other papers then 
refused his advertising, and the advance 
fee business ceased to he profitable. Mr. 
Ostrander then developed a scheme to 
bleed his former victims still further. He 
wanted to trade them suburban lots for 
their farms. No matter in what part of 
the country a farm was located he had 
a customer looking for it. This customer, 
however, happened to have a city lot 
which was worth about 50 per cent more 
than the farm, and to effect a trade the 
farmer had to put up this 50 per cent in 
cash or mortgage on the lot. After The 
R. N.-Y. discussed the merits of this 
proposition, the scheme seemed to have 
been dropped. Now Mr. Ostrander is try¬ 
ing to make you rich by taking your 
money in exchange for stock in various 
enterprises. Among the others lie has in¬ 
corporated himself for $2,000,000, and is 
willing to dispose of a limited amount of 
this stock at par. You can hunt up his 
picture in the papers which yet consent 
to run his advertising, and if you have a 
fair appreciation of masculine beauty 
you may want to invest. We do not know 
of any other asset behind this two million 
of stock. One of the companies the 
stocks of which Mr. Ostrander boomed 
and sold is now in the hands of a re¬ 
ceiver. This stock paid dividends for a 
time; but there is more than a suspicion 
that the dividends were not paid out of 
earnings, but out of the money paid in by 
stockhofders, in an effort to allure them 
to buy more or induce their friends to 
d<s> so. Whether the other stocks lie sells 
are working the same game or not, future 
bankrupt courts may reveal. Mr. Os¬ 
trander seems to think his ability to put 
through schemes like the above and sell 
watered stocks to poor old women is worth 
$2,000,000. If so, don’t the profits come 
out of the man or woman who sends 
him money? I would not buy any stock 
he sells for 10 cents on the dollar. 
Apparently one of the slickest schemes 
to get goods without paying for them 
that we have yet seen was worked by G. 
A. Toadvine, White Haven, Md., to get 
a $5 turkey and prepaid expressage of $1 
from Mrs. J. H. Janney, Brookville, M'd. 
He sent the order, explaining why he 
must have it shipped at once and why it 
was necessary to prepay expressage. The 
turkey was shipped and bill sent as di¬ 
rected, but that is the last ever heard 
from him. He neglects to pay and has not 
replied to our inquiry for explanation. It 
will evidently save you trouble and ex¬ 
pense to demand cash in advance if he 
ever sends you an order for turkeys or 
anything else. 
peated the order and we promptly re¬ 
turned it. Some weeks ago now we re¬ 
ceived an order with remittance from G. 
Veltman, Hyde Park, N. Y. We held 
the order and started an investigation. 
In the meantime we received another 
order and another remittance. Our cor¬ 
respondent failed to locate G. Veltman 
and asked more details. We ordered the 
investigation continued. By this time we 
had received a third order and a third 
remittance accompanied each time with 
copy for the advertisement. Finally G. 
Veltman began to inquire why his adver¬ 
tisements did not appear. We frankly 
told him that we had been looking him 
up and had not been able to get satis 
factory references and returned his 
orders and his three checks. In the mean¬ 
time the investigation went on. The 
final report shows that G. Veltman is the 
name of the sister of Ferd Sudow’s 
wife. The name was used by Ferd Su- 
dow, and advertising bills made in that 
name are paid hv him. So that Ferd Su- 
dow, G. Veltman, and United States 
Pheasantry are all one and the same as 
far as business responsibility goes. Mr. 
Sudow will find no trouble to get his 
advertising in many papers, while he pays 
his hills in advance, and his rating is 
good enough to justify, a limited credit. 
His anxiety to get into The R. N.-Y. 
therefore must be due to his desire for 
an endorsement carrying with it a con¬ 
fidence which he feels he can get nowhere 
else. 
Replying to your favor of June 11 con¬ 
cerning my shipment of raspberries I am ex¬ 
ceedingly grateful to you. They have made 
prompt returns. You can consider me a life 
subscriber to The R. N.-Y. Will you kind¬ 
ly give me the addresses of several reliable 
parties who deal in dried fruits? I here¬ 
with enclose you $1 for one year’s subscrip¬ 
tion for a neighbor as part compensation for 
your splendid favor. u. w. 
Pennsylvania. 
The above is a gracious and pleasant 
letter the consideration and courtesy of 
which we appreciate. We referred fo 
this case a few weeks back. It was a 
case where a shipper sent dried fruit to 
a commission merchant whose principal 
trade is in poultry, and the berries lay in 
his storage house several months until 
we stirred him up, and induced him to 
make a sale. Many readers will no doubt 
be surprised to learn that we do services 
of this kind often for farmers who do 
not even take the pains afterwards to 
advise us that the cause of the complaint 
has been settled. Only last week we had 
before us two complaints from sub¬ 
scribers which had been received some 
weeks before. We had written the parties 
complained of, but got no reply from 
them, and heard nothing further from the 
readers who had made the complaints. 
We wrote the houses again and in both 
cases got the reply that the matter had 
been promptly adjusted when we first 
wrote about it. If the readers, who com¬ 
plained to us; had advised us when the 
adjustment was made, as this man has 
done, it would have saved us annoyances 
and trouble. We speak of these things 
because we believe the neglect is one of 
oversight to small details rather than to 
want of appreciation or indifference. We 
are doing all these things for the general 
interest and we should be kept advised of 
changes in the situation of a complaint. 
While _ we would not accept any com¬ 
pensation for a service of this kind, we 
accept the new subscriber with a great 
deal of pleasure. j. T . J, 
W A || DRILLING & 
Vf CII PROSPECTING MACHINI 
A brand new so-called co-operative 
scheme has branched out at Allegan, 
Michigan, under the fostering care of 
Benjamin F. Foster. You simply send 
him $5 for a membership certificate, and 
then you may buy anything he has to sell 
you. Without discussing it in detail we 
simply want to repeat our advice to avoid 
all these co-operative schemes promoted 
by outsiders for alleged farmers’ benefit. 
They are schemes of schemers by schem¬ 
ers for schemers. 
The following experience will serve to 
show how much trouble some classes of 
advertisers will take to get the indorse¬ 
ment which the appearance of their ad¬ 
vertisement would give them in The R. 
N.-Y. J wo or three years ago, Ferd 
Sudow, of Poughkeepsie, N. Y., sent us 
an order with check in advance to pay for 
an advertisement of his so-called United 
States. Pheasantry. Inquiries discovered 
no objections and we inserted the adver¬ 
tisement; but we soon began to get com¬ 
plaints from his customers. The com¬ 
plaints seemed perfectly just, and we 
asked Mr. Sudow for an explanation and 
ati adjustment. His reply was so offen¬ 
sive, and vulgar we discontinued the ad¬ 
vertisement, returned the balance of his 
remittance, and adjusted the complaint 
Ourselves. Sometime afterwards he re- 
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Over 70 sizes and styles, for drilling either deep o 
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, Ithaca, N. Y. 
FILL THE SILO 
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They combine safety, speed, strength and con¬ 
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Elevate with ease into any silo. All sizes. Also 
Carriers. Silos, Horse and Dog Powers, Threshers, Ma¬ 
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HARDER MFG. CO., Box 11, Cobleskill, N. Y. 
Amore 
CIDER 
GOOD UlULn un JUICE 
can bo made from a given amount of 
apples or grapes with ouo of our 
presses than with any other. 
The juice will be purer and 
bring higher prices, while 
the extra yield soon pays 
for the press. Wo make 
HYDRAULIC JSL 
in all sizes, hand or pow¬ 
er. 25 to 600 barrels per day. __ 
Also Steam Evaporators, Ap- =- 
pie-butter Cookers,etc. Fully* 
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FOR SAL t Ilf UF 
Mth (Jalton . 
ijifaraiTwctf • - ■ 
lureki Mimitr Co. 
EVERY GALLON GUARANTEED. 
One gallon used on a dairy of cows in Fly 
time will go farther than one ton of feed in 
producing milk or flesh. Rough-on-Flies 
kills Flies or any other Vermin. 
Its equal has never been known. 
EUREKA MOWER COMPANY 
_ Utica, N. Y. _ 
GASOLINE 
ENGINES, 
HALF PRICE 
We have a 
special half 
price on a four 
horse power 
gasoline en¬ 
gine. Get next. 
All sizes. 
C. H. A. DISINCER * BRO..| 
WrlghUvIllo, Pi, 
ROCK-HOLLAND FARM ■ffi® 
\V. Plymouth Rocks and YV. Holland Turkeys. 
THOROUGHBRED POULTRY, STOCK & E6GS 
East Donegal Poultry Yards, Marietta, Penn. 
R. C. Rhode Island Reds. 
NO BETTER STOCK. NO BETTER EGGS. 
February chicks for early shows. All stock sold on 
approval. Sinclair Smith, Ilnx 158, Southolcl, Snffnlk Co., X. Y. 
IA/UITC WYANDOTTE BABY CHICKS, 10 
111 I t cents each. Eggs for Hatching. $4 per 
1U0. FOREST HILL FARM, Bnmwood, New York. 
EMPIRE STATE S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 
Winners at N. Y. State Fair, 1004-05. Trios, $5; Eggs 
for hatching, $1 for 15; $5 per 100. Catalogue free. 
C. H. ZIMMER, R. I). 41, Weedsport, N. Y. 
FDR 9 AI F~ 80 YOUNG HENS, purebred S. O. 
I U ll OH LL WhitoLeghorns to make room at$1.10. 
White Plymouth Rocks (Fisliel Strain). Cyphers’ 
Model Incubators and Second ones. Satisfaction 
guaranteed. STANLEY BROOKE, Norwalk, Conn. 
BONNIE BRAE 
POULTRY FARM 
New Rochelle, N. Y. 
Breeders of strictly high 
class Single and Rose Comb 
White Leghorns, White 
Wyandottes, White and 
Barred Plymouth Rocks 
and Pekin Ducks. Sixty- 
five ribbons and two silver cups won at the last 
Poughkeepsie, Danbury, Walden and Madison Square 
Garden Shows. Mated pens of five matured pullets 
and one line bred cockerel, $15, Leghorns, Yearling 
breeders in pens of ten selected nens and one line 
bred cockerel, $15. Choice Pekin Ducks, $12 per pen 
of six. Largest plant in the vicinity of New York City. 
Incubators, 10,000 eggs'capacity. Agents, Cyphers’ 
Incubators and Brooders, 
PLYMOUTH ROCK SQUABS 
are largest and most prolific. Wo were first; 
our birds and methods revolutionized the 
industry and are widely copied. First 
send for our EREE BOOK, 
“How to Make Money 
with Squabs." 
PLYMOUTH ROCK SQUAB CO. 
335 Howard St. Melrose, Mass. 
HOMER PIGEONS j 
FIRST-CLASS 
mated numtn r iu cuno sale. 
Consult yonr interest before purchasing breeding 
stock by writing Wm. O. Smith for prices and other 
particulars. WM. O. SMITH, Germantown, N. Y. 
SQUAB BREEDING HOMERS 
AT BARGAIN PRICES 
No.l Mated Homers, 
in lax-ge or small lots; birds in prime working con¬ 
dition; write us for prices. Send 100 in stamps for 
our book, it tells how to raise and market Squabs. 
PRESTON PIGEON FARM. Morton, Pa. 
FIVE MINUTE TALK 
SENT FREE “HOW TO KEEP AWAY 
CHICKEN-LICE AND MITES,”by only 
ONE APPLICATION A YEAR 
Successfully used upward of 30 years 
Carbolineum Wood Preserving Co., 
351 W. Broadway, New York, N. Y. 
POULTRY COMFORT 
means poultry profit. Keep 
your fowls healthy and free 
from lice with 
Rust's Lice-Killlng Powder 
Prices: 10c, 25c, 50c, and $1.00 
at dealers. Valuable booklet and 
egg-record free. 
Wm. Runt & Sons, (Established 1854) 
Dept, p, Mew Brunswick, M .J. 
BANNER LICE AND 
VERMIN POWDER # 
W" A cheap, effective dis- 
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l "' -4“ A in powder form to be 
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harmless. 5 oz,15c. 1 lb. 40c (postpaid) 
| 3lbs. 50c. 6)4 lbs.$1.00. (f.o.b.N. Y.City) 
I Excelsior Wire and Poultry Supply Co., 
Dept.HG 26-28 Vesey St., New Ybrk City! 
ENTERPRISE POULTRY YARDS, 
STOCK AND EGGS. 
BLACK ORPINGTON 
WHITE LEGHORN 
Genasco Ready Roof¬ 
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roof troLibles. 
Get it at your dealer’s. Send to us for 
Book 10 and samples. 
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PAVING COMPANY 
Largest producers of asphalt in the world 
PHILADELPHIA 
New York San Francisco Chicago 
RUBEROID 
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The Pioneer 
Prepared Roofing, 
Outlasts metal and shingles. 
Contains no tar, paper or rubber. 
Will not rot, crack, melt or cor¬ 
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Standard for over 15 years. 
Do not accept substitutes. 
Write /or samples and prices. 
The Standard Paint CO. 
lOO William St., New York 
CHICAGO. ST. LOUIS, PHILADCLRMMk 
BOSTON,ATLANTA 
TTiCONGd’ 
^ROOFING 
Samp es are the best kind^ 
of information if they are fairl 
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When you buy Congo every inchl 
r of it is the same as sample. No) 
r thin spots, no weak places, no| 
[torn edges, no faults anywhere. 
[That is because we inspect it soj 
thoroughly when it is made and, 
[pack it so carefully when it- is, 
[ shipped. That’s why Congo, 
i never leaks. It’s all good. 
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532 West End Trust Bldg., 
PHILADELPHIA. 
CHICAGO AX1) c/ 1 ^1 
8A.N FRANCISCO. 
E i 
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Write today for our free book, “ROOFS.” 
AMERICAN SEA GREEN SLATE CO., Box lO GRANVILLE, N. Y. 
WOODLANDS FARM 
* ---- XILXVDX * 
£*4 h ? ld Third Annual Sale of S. C. W. Leghorns, W. Wyandottes and B. Plymouth 
Rocks, beginning May 1st. Woodlands Farm, the largest Poultry Plant in America, now has on hand 
0,000 LAYERS 
One half of these, largely Leghorns, will be offered in this Sale, at about one-half their actual 
value, as we hatched an unusually large number of chicks this season and must make room for them 
1 his is an opportunity never before offered the public to secure strictly high class foundation stock 
at moderate pneos: bred for eggs by trap nest system, 835 trap nests being in uso n — - ’ ’ 
$l.o0 to $2,00 each; Males, $3.00 to $5.00. Per 18> 
Single Comb White Leghorns, $3.00 
White Wyandottes, 3.50 
Barred Plymouth Rocks, 3.00 
Send for Free Illustrated Catalogue. 
LEE T. HALLOCK, Proprietor, . 
EGGS FOR 
HATCHING 
{ 
Per 100. 
$ 8.00 
10.00 
8.00 
Prices: Females, 
Per 1,000. 
$60.00 
80.00 
60.00 
IONA, New Jersey 
