THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
865 
1907. 
\ 
PUBLISHER’S DESK. 
What caused the ruti upon the trust com¬ 
panies of NeW York recently? A READER 
Netv York. 
The teasoiis for the rdeeilt financial 
flurry date back for two years or illofd, 
when the people first began to get a defb 
nite idea Of the methods of high finance. 
The distrust has since increased with 
each rtew revelation of frenzied finance. 
The peojtle saw millions of American 
Steel stock issued on which four per 
cent dividends were regularly paid liiltil 
the stock was loaded on the public at 
from $40 to $50 a share. Then the divi¬ 
dends were stopped and the stock 
dropped to $8 a share. They saw this 
and similar tricks worked by men of the 
most boastful reputation. They saw 
Harriman buy up the control of one rail¬ 
road after another with the funds of the 
ones he controlled before. They have 
seen bonds coined, stocks counterfeited, 
and companies looted for the personal 
benefit of the men who control them, and 
all in flagrant violation of law. Men 
have seen the dollars that they have 
saved and intrusted to life insurance com¬ 
panies as a safeguard for their wives and 
children used as gambling chips in the 
game of blph finance. Even more, they 
have seen that this insurance motley has 
been used to Corrupt Voters at elections, 
to bribe legislators and to control monop¬ 
olies which extort excessive profits from 
the_ people, thus Using the accumulated 
savings of the people themselves to 
plague and torment them. These tilings 
and thousands of similar transactions 
have been done in plain violation of the 
law, but none of the offenders have been 
brought to the bar of justice to answer 
for their crimes. Coming down to re¬ 
cent events, Governor Hughes’ Utilities 
Commission has been showing how cap¬ 
tains of industry have looted and bank¬ 
rupted one of the most profitable surface 
railroad properties of the known world. 
It has been shown .that a doubtful fran¬ 
chise for a line through one of the city 
streets was purchased by the directors of 
one of the existent lines for a million 
dollars and paid for out of the money 
belonging to the stockholders; but the 
seller kept only $250,000 for himself and 
paid the rest over in equal personal pay¬ 
ments to the directors who bought the 
paper road. It is easy to see the pro¬ 
cess by which the money Was changed 
from the till of the stockholders to the 
pockets of the directors. If a poor man 
had got possession of a loaf of bread to' 
feed a starving child under similar cir¬ 
cumstances, he Would be in the lockup 
before night, and We would be told of 
the necessity of maintaining the dignity 
of the law; blit when these revelations 
of high finance came out our reform Dis¬ 
trict Attorney just discovered a fishing 
trip he had planned. All of these reve¬ 
lations have convinced the people that 
the men at the head of our iarge finan¬ 
cial and industrial institutions are the 
greatest anarchists in the world. They 
seem to think that laws were not made 
for them to obey; but only for the re¬ 
striction of the common people. They 
violate a law with as little compunction 
as they kill a snake. The confidence of 
the people was already strained to the 
breaking point, when it was announced 
that Hcinze had failed in his efforts to 
corner copper; that in his plan to do so 
he had used the funds of the banks and 
trust company he controlled, and had 
appealed to other banks to help him out 
of the difficulty. At the same time it 
was learned that Morse, the ice king, had 
been using the funds of one bank after 
another to buy up control of other banks 
and trust companies, just as Harriman 
had done with railroads. The portion of 
depositors’ money which was not used 
for this purpose was devoted to securing 
a monopoly of the ice business of the 
large cities of the country, and of steam¬ 
ship navigation. He also ran the inevit¬ 
able limit, and wanted help from the 
other banks. To the everlasting credit 
of the Clearing House Committee of the 
National Banks of the city, Heinze and 
Morse with their dummy directors were 
forced to resign before any relief 
was given the banks they previous¬ 
ly controlled. Rumors of the weak¬ 
ness of other banks and trust companies 
followed. These weaknesses were due 
to the illegal use of the funds of the in¬ 
stitutions by their officers and directors. 
Business men feared that the deposits on 
which they depended for the daily con¬ 
duct of their business would be tied up 
indefinitely, and began to transfer them 
to safe depositories. Many poor people, 
fearing to lose the savings of a lifetime, 
sought to withdraw their deposits. Much 
of these withdrawals was taken out of 
circulation, and the money stringency was 
thus automatically increased. 
There is a tendency in some quarters 
to blame President Roosevelt for this dis¬ 
turbance, because he has called attention 
to some of the evils of big corporations, 
and has prosecuted some corporations for 
violations of the law. This complaint is 
instigated by the law breakers. They 
would like a license to continue their pil¬ 
lage and robbery. They think to stay 
the President’s hands by creating the im¬ 
pression that he is responsible for this 
financial disturbance. Just as well blame 
the surgeon for locating the tumor. He 
may create some family disturbance by 
the revelation, and if he plunges the 
knife to the seat of the trouble the shock 
may prostrate the patient for a time; but 
the operation saves his life. 
Railroad presidents and trust magnates 
atid high financiers generally cannot go 
oil indefinitely violating law and pilfer¬ 
ing the people’s money without creating 
distrust and irritation, blit it is better for 
them, as well as for the whole people, 
that the?' be brought under the regula¬ 
tion of law peaceably rather than allow 
them to go on in their reckless defiance 
until the people, impatient of their domi¬ 
nation, use more radical means to end 
their lawlessness, and cause a worse dis¬ 
turbance of peace and credit. 
The security of these large and ill-got¬ 
ten fortunes depends on the stability of 
the laws which these blind despots hold 
so lightly themselves. Chancellor Day, 
whose Syracuse University has received 
liberal donations from Standard Oil 
magnates, has been one of the President’s 
severest critics. In a recent interview 
he says with some force that with all 
Mr. Roosevelt’s denunciation of corpor¬ 
ate wealth, dot one criminal has been sent 
to jail. The criticism is just enough; 
but it is rather an ungrateful reward to 
the President for his extreme considera¬ 
tion in prosecuting the companies in 
civil courts, when he might have indicted 
the officers of the companies for crime. 
If one of the big life insurance criminals 
had gone behind the bars, where many 
of them belonged two years ago, there 
would have been no financial flurry now. 
It is all well enough to drive the Heinzes 
and the Morses out of the control of 
banks; but at best they were only the 
puppets of the kennel awkwardly at¬ 
tempting the financial gymnastics of older 
and better-trained performers. The peo¬ 
ple have lost confidence in stocks and 
bonds and banking houses, because they 
know the big men who control them ma¬ 
nipulate them for personal profit con¬ 
trary to law and justice; and so power¬ 
ful have these financial magnates become 
that no official seems bold enough or 
honest enough to suggest a criminal in¬ 
dictment. Put one real leader of high 
finance where he will look through prison 
bars, and you will not wait long for the 
restoration of confidence nor the return 
of capital from its hiding places to the 
channels of trade. 
Lnst December I had an order from the 
Alberta Nursery and Seed Company, Cal¬ 
gary. Alberta, Canada, for 12 barrels of 
potatoes to be shipped In tile Spring. April 
22 t received their advice to ship, which I 
did promptly, it seems that three barrels 
were delayed a few days in transportation, I 
and these I hey did not accept, and refused to 
pay for them. The amount due me for these 
potatoes is $18.37. If- you think my claim 
just I wish you would try to collect it for me. 
Vermont. l. b. s. 
After going over all the correspond¬ 
ence we certainly felt that this farmer 
had a just claim, and we wrote the 
company about it; but they have failed to 
make any reply. The treatment of this 
farmer by the above company is about one 
of the most contemptible pieces of busi¬ 
ness that we have yet seen. The order 
for the potatoes was definite and the in¬ 
structions to ship were promptly fol¬ 
lowed. The goods were theirs when ac¬ 
cepted by the railroad company. There 
was only a few days’ delay at best, but 
if they suffered any damages their plain 
duty w'as to accept them and hold the 
railroad responsible for the loss. As it 
was, they simply saw an easy way out of 
it for themselves not to accept them and 
then to refuse to pay for them. The 
farmer, being a resident of Vermont, 
could not well afford to go to Canada to 
sue for three barrels of potatoes. We 
arc finding so much of this contemptible 
small trickery in taking advantage of a 
farmer’s position under such circum¬ 
stances that we find it hard not to refer 
to such concerns with the words of re¬ 
proach and contempt, which they so 
richly merit. Sooner or later farmers 
will have to treat their customers as 
others treat them—simply insist on cash 
with the order before shipping goods. 
That is the treatment we would especial¬ 
ly recommend for the Alberta Nursery 
and Seed Company, Limited. 
Can you give me any information con¬ 
cerning the Laclede Land and Improvement 
Company, located in Reynolds County, south¬ 
eastern part of Missouri? Would land in 
this part of the country he a safe investment 
for fruit growing? Is the climate healthful? 
Ohio. j. n. O. 
Reynolds County, Missouri, is a very 
good farm section, but our information is 
that the particular land in question is not 
what we could recommend as a desirable 
investment at prices asked for it. 
I hand you check for two years subscrip¬ 
tion to The R. N.-Y. Some one has been send¬ 
ing it to me for several weeks, and we find 
many good ideas in vour correspondence. 
The paper is worth more money, as it is alive 
and doing something. a. r. n. 
Pennsylvania. 
The above paragraph gives us more 
real encouragement than any other one 
item that we have received in some time, 
corning as it does from a man of pro¬ 
fessional mental training and a farmer 
who has attained conspicuous success in 
specialized farming. When a man of 
such parts writes with so much apprecia¬ 
tion. and backs up his sentiments with a 
remittance for a two-year subscription as 
a result of a 10-weeks’ order sent without 
his knowledge by some mutual friend, 
then we feel that our honest effort to 
be in some measure helpful to the farm¬ 
ing community is being appreciated, and 
such acknowledgment is an assurance of 
the ultimate success of the work. There 
is a thought in this note also for those 
who have an opportunity to send a 10- 
weeks’ subscription for a neighbor. It is 
this co-operation on the part of old sub¬ 
scribers that makes such a paper as Thf 
R. N.-Y. possible. Don’t forget this 
when you have an opportunity to send 
a name and a dime. j. j. d. 
Feathers on the ground and 
dropping from sleepy, 
droopy, half-sick hens— 
that’s moulting time, when 
e g g production usually 
ceases. 
Mr. Poultryman, it’s 
now up to you to restore 
the weakened hens to nor¬ 
mal vigor and put them 
in proper trim for a large 
egg yield through the 
coming winter. Give 
them each morning 
DR. HESS 
Poultry PAN-A-CE-A 
in the warm mess. It vitalizes and 
“tones” the drooping- bodies, aids di¬ 
gestion and carries off the clogging 
poisons that weaken anddebilitate the 
hen. Thus it shortens the moulting 
season and hastens the return of pro¬ 
ductiveness. Poultry Pan-a-ce-a is 
the prescription of Dr. Hess (M. P., 
D.V. S.). It makes hens lay,market 
fowls fat, chicks grow fast and also 
wardsoff all poultry diseases. En¬ 
dorsed by leading poultrymen and 
sold on a written guarantee. 
Costs a penny a day for 30 fowls. 
1M lbs., 25c,, mail or 1 Except in 
express, 40c.; 5 lbs., 1 
60c.; 154 lbs., S1.25 ; 
25 lb. pail, §2.50. J 
Send2c. for Dr. Hesn 48-page 
Poultry Book, free. 
Dr. HESS & CLARK, 
ASHLAND, OHIO. 
Canada and 
• extreme 
Went and 
South. 
Instant Louse Killer 
Kills Lice . 
Death the Stomach 
Worms Guaranteed 
We will i»end you 100 lbs. of I)R. 
HOLLAND’S MEDICATED STOCK 
SALT on 60 days’ trial, freight pre¬ 
paid. If you derive no benefit, it 
costs you nothing; i I you do, it 
costs you $5.00. Give us jour or¬ 
der at once. 
The HOLLAND STOCK REMEDY 
COMPANY, Wellington, Ohio. 
STURTEVANT ROUP CURE* 
Cures Roup, colds, 
_ Canker, etc. Sample 
free. \\ me THE E. 0. 8TCRTF.VINT ((>., Hartford, Conn. 
S COTCH COLLIES, Spayed Females, two to 
eight 1110 s. Circ. SILAS DECKER, Montrose, Pa. 
HID CAI E—Cheap, SCOTCH COLLIES, 
rUil OHLC finest of breeding. 
J. H. VANDEN BOSCH, Jr., R. I). 7, Auburn, N. Y. 
We cannot give attention to anony¬ 
mous inquiries. Of late we have received 
several requests for information through 
this department, some of which would 
cost us several dollars to answer in defi¬ 
nite reliable form. We are willing and 
anxious to make this department valua¬ 
ble to our subscribers, and we invite them 
to use it freely; but we must confine 
the service to subscribers, or at least, to 
others who make personal request for it. 
EflD C Ml FOX, COON and RABBIT 
PUR wHkt HOUNDS. Send 2-cent stamp. 
PAXTON YARSELL, SHKKVE, OHIO. 
PPDDCTQ - IL-iise 1 in small lots; are strongand 
rcnncio healthy; warranted good rat and 
rabbit hunters. Also, a few choice Fox Terrier Pups. 
For descriptive circular and price list, writo 
SHADY LAWN FERRET FARM, New London,Ohio 
COLLIES FOR SALE"S3, feist 
something extra fine; two Bitch Pups 5 months old 
eligible to record. For further information write 
T. PAUL PEER ST, Tazewell, V». 
BONNIE BRAE Special Bargains in Pekin' 
_ .. Ducks for October and No- 
P0ULTRY FARM vember. Mated pens of five 
.. ,, , ,, ,, ,, ducks and drake $8.00, two 
New Rochelle, N. Y. pens $15.00, selected breed¬ 
ers or matured young ones. 
Also Single and Rose Comb White Leghorns, Barred 
and White Rocks and White Wyandottes. 1,000 
pul lets for sale. Cockerels in any number. Sixty-five 
ribbons and two silver cups at the last Poughkeepsie, 
Danbury, Walden and Madison Square Garden 
Shows. Largest plant in vicinity of New York City. 
Catalogue Free. 
WOODLANDS FARM. 
Record Laying Strains of White Wyandottes, 
Barred and White Plymouth Rocks and S. C. 
White Leghorns - 835 Trap Nests. 
Bred for huge,, symmetrical size, vigorons constitu¬ 
tion and prolific laying, combined with all the stand¬ 
ard requirements. Address 
L. T. HALLOCK, Proprietor, Iona, New Jersey, 
ENTERPRISE POULTRY YARDS, 
No. 39, Ridgefield, Conn. 
BLACK ORPINGTONS, 
. WHITE LEGHORNS. 
With utility and fancy demand increasing we are 
still beyond our Winter quarters capacity, and will 
sell at last year’s prices to reduce stock. 
Wo GUARANTEE SATISFACTION on any accopted ordor. 
QNE-QUARTER BLOOW BRONZE TOMS 
make vigorous poults. At prices you will never 
regret paying. Ton louse Geese, Pekin Ducks. Cata¬ 
logue. BERT McCONNELL, Ligonier, Ind. 
EMPIRE STATE S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS, 
winners at N. Y. State Fair. Cockerels and pallets 
5 mos. old, from heavy layers, $1.00 each. Catalog 
free. C. H. ZIMMER, Weedsport, New York. 
Pfllll TRYMFI\|- Send ^ or our new 36-page illus- 
I UUL I ll I III L ll trated poultry catalogue. Abso¬ 
lutely free. East Donegal Poultry Yards, Marietta,Pa. 
RHODE ISLAND REDS. 
.100 Selected Cockerels. Fine show birds and breed.- 
Gvs. All stock sold on approval, $2 to $50 each. 
SINCLAIR SMITH, 002 5th Streot, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Rose Comb Brown Leghorn Cockerels; 
for sale. Very best Strain. 
I. C. HAWKINS, Btillville, New York. 
IUI.LETS—50 Buff Wyandotte Pullets for sale for 
$1 each. Charles 1. Miller, R. F, D. 1. Hudson,N. Y. 
poll SALE,—S. C. White Leghorn Cockerels, 7 
* months old; from a heavy laying strain; hardy and 
vigorous. II. P. WILSON, Castile, N. Y. 
BARRED ROCKS, 
Brown Leghorns, R. I. Reds, 
Toulouse Geese; brod to lay 
strains; at one-half price. Collie Pnps the intelligent 
kind, females cheap. Nelson Bros., Grove City, Pa. 
C HOICE R. C. Brown Leghorn cockerels farm 
raised. A. S. BRIAN, Mt. Kisco, New York. 
FflR CAI C—Utility Buff Orpington cockerels $2 up. 
run OHLL w. H. WARREN, Woodside, Del. 
VAN AT.STYNE’S It. I. REDS-A few cocks and 
” cockerels from laying strain to dispose of at $2 to 
$5. Edw. Van Alstyne & Son, Kinderhook, N. Y. 
Colt SALE. Thoroughbred Miff Orpington Cockerels, $ 2.00 each. 
1 Klatbosh Poultry Yards, 1091 Hast -18th St., Brooklyn, N. Y. 
JUST HEADY FOR LAYING—25 Barred P. Rock 
” Pullets. Will sell for $1 each or 10 per cent, dis- 
counton the entire lot. H.W. Hedges, Freehold,N. Y. 
Choice S.C. Brown Leghorn Gkls. 
$1.50 each. 0. S. COOK JR., West Newton, Mass. 
HEN'S TEETH AND EGGS ARE SCARCE.— Feed 
Mikashel-Siliea Poultry Grit, Nature’s egg producer. 
Send 50c. for 100 pound bag, or ask your feed dealer. 
Edge Hill Silica Rock Co., New Brunswick, N. J. 
BUY YOUIt 
MAMMOTH BRONZE TURKEYS 
from W. C. DUCKWALL, Hillsboro, Ohio. 
PLYMOUTH ROCK SQUABS 
are largest and most prolific. We were first; 
our birds and methods revolutionized the 
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PLYMOUTH ROCK SQUAB CO. 
335 llowaid St. Melrose, Mass. 
"SESST HOMER PIGEONSJ5S. 
Consult your interest before purchasing breeding 
stock by writing Wni. O. Smith for prices and other 
particulars. WM. O. SMITH, Germantown, N. Y. 
HESS WILL LAY 
twice the eggs, more fertile, produce better 
hatches, heavier'fowls, earlier broilers and 
bigger profits if fed green cut bone, rich in 
protein and all other egg elements. 
LATEST MODEL 
« BONE CUTTER 
Sent on 10 Day* Free Trial. No money 
in advance. Never clogs. Cuts fast, easy and 
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r. W. Mann Co., Box 15 Milford, Mass. 
POULTRY 
SUPPLIES, 
We sell everything the poultryman needs. 
Incubators, Brooders, Foods, Remedies, Lice I 
Killers, Wire Netting. Get our catalog be-1 
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United Incubator & Poultry Supply Mfg. Co., 
Dept. G. 26-28 Vesey St, New York City. 
Produ rer —keep 
nens laying steadily all winter 
I'rices 14c to 25c per lb. at dealers 
Fust’s Egg Record and valuabfi 
book let free. Write today. 
WILLIAM RUST & SON8, 
Dept. P, New Brunswick, N. J 
10 000 FERRETS from selected breeders. Per- 
’ feet workers. They exterminate rats, 
drive out rabbits. *18 j>. Mus'd book and price 
liKl live. s , |, AK\s\VOIt l ll, Middletonn, Ohio. 
THOROUGHBRED COLLIES FOR SALE 
Champion Wishaw Clinker strain; registered stock. 
Seven Pups five months old: farm raised; used to 
children and poultry. These pups are beauties and 
will make fine dogs. 
ITanK LuefcenlWber, So. Manchester, Conn, 
