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THfcC KUKAL NEVV-VOHKER 
July 24, 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
This paper has now proved by recog¬ 
nized authorities, both in America and 
Europe that seeds of the Wonderberry 
sold by John Lewis Childs grew into a 
common weed; and since no one will 
accuse them of ignorance, both the in¬ 
troducer and the alleged originator, 
stand convicted by these authorities of 
a deliberate fraud on the people. The 
suspicion inspired by the peculiar man¬ 
ner of its introduction is fully justi¬ 
fied But what is the status of the farm 
papers which assisted by inserting the 
advertising? Every paper of any im¬ 
portance. with the sole exception of 
The R. N.-Y. carried the advertisment. 
Will they plead ignorance? Some of 
them guarantee their advertisers. If 
not competent to distinguish between 
the real thing and a fake, what right 
have they to guarantee horticultural ad- 
vertisments? After The R. N.-Y. had 
refused the advertising and given its 
reason together with other authorities 
for the conclusion that the Wonder- 
berry was nothing but the black night¬ 
shade, one of the boastful farm papers, 
went so far as to attempt to neutralize 
the effect of our exposure by editorially 
endorsing it and Mr. Burbank's claim 
for it. This is one of the papers that 
make frantic weekly appeals to its read¬ 
ers to patronize its advertisers under 
the guaranteed assurance that they are 
legitimate and responsible. Will this 
paper now refund the remittances made 
for the common weed seed? If papers 
neglect to do it voluntarily, their sub¬ 
scribers ought to demand it, unless 
some satisfactory explanation or apol¬ 
ogy is offered for inserting the adver¬ 
tising. If we eliminate the excuse of 
ignorance, the only other conclusion is 
that it was a fake that was not likely to 
be found out, and fairly safe to accept 
for that reason. We admit that this is 
stripping the subject of its drapery. But 
The R. N.-Y. has not exposed a fake 
in the last 10 years that some other 
farm paper has not at the same time 
publicly defended. If it is worth while 
to fight rogues, it is important to know 
who are their friends and sympathizers. 
To refuse such advertising ourselves, 
and smile approvingly on contemporaries 
which carry it and endorse it, would be, 
to our mind, like refusing to pick a 
friend’s pocket ourselves, but standing 
idly by to see some one else do it. Farm 
interests are suffering too much from 
fakers and rogues. We propose to do 
what we can to make them less success¬ 
ful in the future than they have been in 
the past, and we are not going to have 
any consideration for the respectability 
of fakers. Some people tell us that we 
can’t stop it. Not entirely perhaps; hut 
we have been credibly informed that 
the last season was so successful it has 
already been planned to spend $ 20,000 
in advertising the Wonderberry next sea¬ 
son. Does anybody think that the plan 
will now be put into execution? 
In Publisher’s Desk, page G18. reference 
is made to Currier Publishing Co.'s guar¬ 
antee to refund money paid for advertising 
a patent, if the patent is not sold within 
three months. On its face this looks like 
a fake, as the price is too small to war¬ 
rant investigation to know if the patent 
has any value, and no responsible person 
would aid in selling a worthless patent. 
There seems to be an epidemic of “scarcity 
of money” among a certain class of pub¬ 
lishers. I enclose the solicitation of Geo. 
II. Currier to a friend of mine. lie uses 
the letter paper of Currier Publishing Co., 
of Chicago, of which lie appears to be the 
president, lint he avoids signing his letter 
in his official capacity. This raises the 
suspicion that he is trying to furnish 
money for the publishing company and at 
the same time is trying to shield it from 
responsibility of his indivdual statements. 
Some companies have a financial responsi¬ 
bility while their officers arc bankrupt. I 
would like your opinion of this investment. 
I enclose his letter. It talks in big figures. 
New York. BROOKLYN SUBSCRIBER. 
The letter inclosed, is three pages 
long and very prolific in prospects, but 
not a word to show the assets and lia¬ 
bilities of the company wdiose stock is 
offered for sale. In other words, you 
are requested to buy a pig in a bag and 
you are not allowed even to see the 
bag. They tell you how many little 
pigs there are going to be in the future 
and how big and valuable they are to 
be, and they want you to forget the 
runt in the bag, and pay your money 
for all these future pigs. If the future 
should show that there are less of them 
than are now promised, or that they be 
smaller than expected, they may take 
the trouble to explain the reason. They 
may not. But in any event, they will 
have the money and your paper cer¬ 
tificate of stock will represent what the 
value of the pigs might have been, if 
they multiplied and grew. If people 
will continued to pay their good money 
for promises and prospects we cannot 
help them, but we repeat again that 
we know no securities offered by pub¬ 
lishers to the public that we could rec¬ 
ommend for investment. The great ma¬ 
jority of them are fakes, and none of 
them gives fair value for the money. 
Put this down as a safe rule, any con¬ 
cern that offers you nine per cent divi¬ 
dend and a bonus of stock besides is 
not giving you present value for your 
money. In an experience of 25 years, 
we have not known anything but loss 
to come to those who put their money 
into stocks which promised such in¬ 
ducements. 
To-night as I was reading tbo Publisher’s 
Desk in my It. N.-Y. it brought to mind a 
note I hold against Franklin Everhart, who 
at oik* time dealt in wheat stocks, and the 
thought came to me that possibly you 
might lie able to tell me whether he was in 
New York or not. and whether he was 
doing any business there. It was a six- 
months’ note for $102.50 dated December 
22, 1904. payable at Hoorn 1730, 150 Nas¬ 
sau street. I have not considered it worth 
anything. Could you locate him. or give 
me any information in regard to him that 
might help me to collect it? u. n. 
Massachusetts. 
We give the above letter in full from 
a professional man, because it shows 
that farmers are not the only class that 
are victimized by swindlers. The last 
we heard of Franklin Everhart he was 
serving time in a European prison. He 
tried the game over there that he 
worked so successfully here, but he 
found that they have less tolerance for 
such swindlers on the other side of 
the Atlantic, and his career was short. 
Here he ran what was called a blind 
pool—blind applied all right to his vic¬ 
tims. He alleged that he had inside in¬ 
formation on Wall Street operations, 
and that he was making big profits in 
his operations — gambling—in stocks.’ 
People sent him money and he sent a 
part of it back under the pretense that 
the amount returned was profit on tfye 
gamble. He also sold mining stocks, 
and when his victims became dissatis¬ 
fied with the stocks he took them back 
and gave a note. If -the notes didn’t 
suit, he gave the stock on one company, 
and when that was objected to he took 
it back and issued stock of some other 
company. He was resourceful, clever, 
and plausible. He got the money and 
jollied the victim as long as he could. 
It is estimated that about a half-mill¬ 
ion dollars are represented in the notes 
outstanding against him. 
You probably wonder at the* boldness 
and success of such a swindler. Let 
me tell you that there are bigger 
swindles and more dishonest rogues 
operating in Wall Street to-day, and 
they are looked upon as successful busi¬ 
ness men and respectable members of 
society. The Wall Street game is no 
better than Everhart’s—virtually it is 
the same; and yet men patronize it, 
under the illusion*that there is a chance 
that they may win. There is no r chance 
about it. The outsider has got to lose. 
Several mutual fire insurance com¬ 
panies located at Syracuse, N. Y., and 
all operated by the same officers from 
the same headquarters, have been under 
criticism for some months past. We 
have had frequent complaints and nu¬ 
merous inquiries about them. The com¬ 
panies are the Aetna, the Mutual, the 
Capital Mutual, the Mohawk Mutual, 
the Phoenix Mutual, the. Reliable 
Mutual, and the Union Mutual. Hereto¬ 
fore it has been difficult to get reliable 
information about these mutual com¬ 
panies, as they were not subject to the 
State Insurance Department. Under 
an act passed last session, the Superin¬ 
tendent of Insurance was able to con¬ 
duct an investigation, and as a result, 
the State Insurance Department has 
taken over the affairs of these compan¬ 
ies, and their business will be closed up. 
Like many other schemes, the mutual 
fire companies work remarkably well 
for the insurance of country property 
when they are organized and operated 
by farmers for the benefit of the insured, 
but when, as in this case, they seem to 
be organized by city influences, they are 
usually operated for the benefit of the 
city people who organize and operate 
them. j. j. d. 
The Limit! —The hen seems to have 
caught the spirit of progress. We 
have a hen that produced an egg meas¬ 
uring 7x9 inches, containing three well- 
developed and perfectly formed yolks, 
each one as large as that of an ordi¬ 
nary egg. Probably this was in honor 
of the National celebration. 
MRS. L. A. WILD. 
R. N.-Y.—If any hen has been able 
to beat this we offer her owner a 
chance to prove it. 
LEGAL MATTERS. 
Sale of Trust Property. 
Life estate has been devised to A by 
will with the remainder to his son. who 
is directed to sell the place and invest the 
proceeds for the use of the son's children. 
Is there any way to give clear title to 
this property? w. a. 
Michigan. 
We do not think it would be prudent 
to take title under such a cloud, especially 
if the grandchildren are under age. It is 
impossible to state what will be the con¬ 
dition of the family at the death of A 
Besides, there is a trust imposed on the 
son to invest: for his children. The in¬ 
terests of children are protected by law, 
and such a title might incur expensive liti¬ 
gation. If you are selling, we advise you 
not to warrant title, but give a quit claim 
deed. 
Overflowing Creek. 
A creek running through the farms here 
is not large enough to carry away the 
water in heavy rains, doing much damage 
by overflow to many owners along the 
creek. What can be done? M. E. 
New York. 
The most practical method to prevent 
this injurious wash is to have all the own¬ 
ers affected petition in writing to the 
fence viewers to have the creek widened 
where necessary, and the cost of same to 
be taxed on the owners in proportion to 
the benefit received. The report would be 
binding and becorte a lien on any land 
where the owner declines to pay. See the 
Consolidated Laws of 1909. Chap. 91. If 
the highways are injured you may call 
upon the town to contribute. The object 
of the law is to prevent such losses by 
a united improvement. You may petition 
the county court to appoint commissioners 
to do the work, but this is a costly pro¬ 
cedure. 
Barbed Wire Division Fence. 
building a di- 
o. J. D. 
What is the law as to 
vision fence of barb wire? 
New York. 
Barb wire may be used provided the 
adjoining owner consents in writing. It 
may also be built by using four strands of 
wires with a rail on the top. This fence 
must be maintained in good condition. In 
case of any injury done the fence the view¬ 
ers are authorized to investigate the fence, 
take testimony and 
law did not pern.it a 
gave double damage 
tained. 
report. The former 
barb wire fence, and 
for any injury sus- 
Straying Cattle. 
Stray cattle find their way to a vacant 
farm adjoining, and then trespass on my 
place. I fence in my own cattle, but can¬ 
not build all the fence around my farm. 
What can I do? c. p. s. 
New York. 
You have four remedies. First, you may 
demand that a division fence be built by 
the owner of the vacant farm : if he neg¬ 
lects you may have it built under the 
supervision of the fence viewers and charge 
one-half of the cost to the owner. Sec¬ 
ond, you may recover dan ages from the 
owner of the trespassing cattle, as you 
need not fence against cattle wrongfully on 
the vacant farm. Third, you may treat the 
cattle as strays, and put them in the 
pound, where they will be sold if not re¬ 
deemed. the town clerk having charge of 
the procedure. See Town Law, Chap. 380. 
Cattle from an adjoining farm are not 
strays, but these cattle are. Fourth, you 
may keep the cattle and proceed to sell 
them to foreclose your lien for the dam¬ 
age, maintenance and cost. In all cases 
you should consult the town clerk and 
mail a notice to the owner of the cattle. 
Land With Clouded Title. 
Forty years ago I agreed to buy cer¬ 
tain land; the owner said he would give 
title as soon as he found his deed. No 
conveyance was n ade, hut I have paid 
taxes on it and had possession of it. Now 
I wish to sell this as a part of my farm, 
but cannot find the owner. What can I 
do? H. w. 
New York. 
Y’ou may sell what you do own, give a 
quit claim deed for the parcel in dispute, 
and let the purchaser clear his title at 
leisure. Do not mislead the purchaser or 
warrant the title. If the owner appears 
he may then give his deed by copying it 
from the county records. The loss of a 
deed should not delay the sale, as the 
county clerk has a copy of all deeds. The 
purchaser in due time may get a title and 
use that as a basis for securing title by 
adverse possession if the owner does not 
return. 
Quack Grass. —We have tried nearly 
every remedy that has been in The R. 
N.-Y". (except the sheep). We pastured 
horses on a small piece ; next year was as 
bad as ever. L&st year we fenced 
hog-tight, put the old sows 
(after the pigs are weaned) ; 
cannot see a trace of quack 
good for wild morning-glories, 
pect the hogs to do all the 
ground they will do the 
1 he 
are 
a piece 
in July 1 
to-day you 
grass: also 
Don’t ex¬ 
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rest. There 
hundreds of acres around here in Min 
nesota. At Austin, Minn., they have made 
a machine to dig out the grass roots; say, 
it is a success. l. c. ’ 
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