838 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
September 18, 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
Could you give me any advice as to 1 lie 
reliability of the Franklin Institute of 
Rochester, N. Y.? 1 took a course from 
them for railroad mail clerk, blit since I 
took the course, I got two lessons. Other¬ 
wise I have not got any answer to any of 
my letters. I saw their advertisement in 
American Agriculturist, and as they say 
they guarantee their advertisements I 
t bought i hem reliable. a. k. 
Pennsylvania. 
The R. N.-Y. refused to accept an 
order for this advertising. The “men 
wanted” and “candidates coached free” 
arc evident fakes, and no publisher can 
accept such an advertisement without 
compromising either his intelligence or 
his good faith to his subscribers. 
The one edifying thing about all these 
fights with fakers and frauds is the evi¬ 
dence always developed to show that the 
great mass of the people are honest and 
are ever ready to exert their influence 
on the side of justice and to suppress 
rogues. This spirit pervades every 
walk of life, from the poor day laborer 
to the manufacturer and capitalist. So 
long as this sentiment prevails, the 
country will be (safe. In individual 
cases there will be mistakes, injustice 
and fraud; but so long as this great 
majority of the people love justice and 
honesty, and are willing to fight for 
them, if necessary, just so long may we 
feel secure both in our homes and in 
our business affairs. 
It Ik tlie intention of tlie Vanderbilt Es¬ 
tates Company to open the sale of a in -v 
seashore development, on l lie so tin side of 
Long Island, in the early Fall. Before 
the regular sale commences, I am atithor- 
ly.a to distribute a limited number of lots 
for advertising purposes, and as .vour name 
Jins been suggested to me as one whose 
influence will help us, I am instructed to 
make a proposition to you. We will not 
expect you to build, nor sell any lots for 
us. The return of the enclosed postal will 
bring you free of cost full particulars con¬ 
cerning the complimentary offer. 
The above letter was received by one 
of our subscribers. The full particulars 
will probably be to the effect that if 
you buy one lot, you will get another 
lot free. This will be a sale of two 
lots, as you will, of course, pay as much 
for the one as they are willing to take 
for the two. It is an old fake that has 
been worked over and over again, but it 
seems to produce a new crop of victims 
from year to year. 
I herewith enclose printed matter from 
the Christian's Natural Food Company of 
New York, who are offering stock for sale 
at $10 per share. I should be pleased to 
have your opinion of Ibis company. I am 
thinking of taking a few shares of stock, 
hut would like your advice first. Any In¬ 
formation will be thankfully received. 
Conm ctieut. w. s. t. 
We gave our opinion of this proposi¬ 
tion in detail some months ago. We 
found nothing then that would justify 
an investment in the stocks. We know 
no reason to change the advice then 
given. If you take our advice you will 
not make any investment in stocks of 
this company. When we looked the mat¬ 
ter up some time back, we found that 
Cti per cent of the assets was repre¬ 
sented in patents, and estimated that 
for every $100 share of stock you got 
about $2 in actual value. It may have 
changed some since one way or an¬ 
other, but we think it a good thing to 
leave alone. 
Herewith find enclosed letters nnd a cor- 
tiflcnte of proficiency from the Correspond¬ 
ence Institute of America, Scranton, Pa. 
These were recently received by my daugh¬ 
ter after having submitted a drawing. I 
wish you would let me know whether tills 
particular institute is reliable. It seems 
u little too much taffy. B. w. b. 
Kansas. 
The letter is certainly enough to fill 
one’s head with pride, and evidently in¬ 
tended to cause a corresponding vacuum 
in the pocketbook. This girl must be a 
prodigy indeed to justify such praise for 
her work, and the personal interest taken 
in her by the professor is enough to melt 
one to tears. But when you observe 
that it is a form letter, and that every 
other girl gets the same praise and the 
same interest, the “taffy” becomes less 
personal, if less flattering. These people- 
are past masters in the art of fake, 
whatever proficiency they may have in 
any other line of art, and you will not 
lose many opportunities of developing 
your talents if you keep your money and 
burn their ridiculous letters. 
I have read several times in your paper 
about perrons wishing to invest their mon¬ 
ey; therefore, I thought you could refer 
me to some one who would want to loan 
money on real estate. I am paying at the 
present time 10 per cent interest. I 
would like to get $800. I have 100 acres 
of land for security. a. c. 
Michigan. 
We give this principally to show the 
difficulties farmers arc under in some- 
sections. If the farm is good for the 
amount, five per cent is all the loan is 
worth, and 10 per cent is certainly a 
hardship. But we cannot refer this 
farmer to any lender. The trouble is 
that no one at a distance can tell wheth¬ 
er the loan would be- a safe one or not; 
and the cost of looking it up would be 
too much for a loan of this kind, though 
we would rather take our chances on it a 
hundred times over than with 99 per 
cent of the stock and bond fakes that 
appeal to so many people. The best 
place to get a loan of this kind is in the 
neighborhood where the farm is located, 
if the money can be found there; but if 
anyone wants to consider it, we will 
gladly put him in communication with 
A. C. 
We have the following report from 
our Chicago correspondent: 
Mr. Moses, who was operuling the United 
Tailors Company, has left for p.-irls un¬ 
known. lie was working an endless chain 
150-rent hold-up game, getting men to pay 
him 50 cenl.s and buy <50 cents worth of 
tickets to sell to their friends al in cents 
each, and for which, provided each of t lie 
friends bit, lie was to get a suit, lie held 
these people off as long as he could, and 
finally hud to close up shop and get out. 
II is estimated that by IBs operations in 
the) past few years lie lias cleaned up over 
a, million dollars. A fraud order was is¬ 
sued against him by the Post Office author¬ 
ities and they are after him, but he cannot, 
he found. 
One of our subscribers sent the 
United Tailors Company of Chicago $40 
for a suit of clothes. The case looked 
hopeless from the start, but we have 
been working on it since last Spring 
in an effort to get a settlement. The 
manager induced the customer to accept 
explanations and to take a note for the 
account, which gave him time to fix up 
and get away. If it had not been for 
this clever move, we might have been 
able to force him to a settlement at the 
time, but there is nothing certain about 
it. The lesson is to look out for such 
propositions on the start. 
Kindly h-t ino know whether you con¬ 
sider lliis typewritten letter a genuine offer 
or only a scheme to get work done for 
nothing. a. o- 
New Jersey. 
The letter is a printed one in imitation 
of typewriting by the Manhattan Card 
Co., Union Square, New York City. 
The letter offers $2 per 100 for emboss¬ 
ing cards at your home, and figures out 
very rosy profits and easy work. But 
note the joker! The work is to be done 
by an instrument called the pneumatic 
aerostyle. This they will get for you 
for $2, .which you must send at once. 
We do not think it an effort to get work 
done for nothing. We do m t think 
they want any work done. We think 
they want to sell you the instrument for 
$2. and to induce you to buy it they 
promise the work at home. It has all 
the earmarks of the regular work-at- 
home fakes, and we advise you to keep 
your $2. J. J. t>. 
ACT 
A ecene fihe this may easily happen 
U)here wood shingles or tar paper 
are used on roofu of farm buildings 
Can you afford to risk losing your horses, 
machinery and stored crops, to say nothing of 
the danger to your home and family from tire? 
A steel shingle roof will not burn. We guar¬ 
antee it with a 810,0(10 bond against lightning. 
You can lay It yourself with hammer and 
nails. It lasts six times as long as composi¬ 
tion roofing and four times as long as wood 
shingles and costs less. 
Edwards“REO”Steel Shingles 
are stamped in sheets of fine quality steel 5 to 
10 feet long, covering width 24 inches. Fur¬ 
nished painted or galvanized. Galvanized 
never rust or corrode, need no painting and 
do not taint rain water. Cheapest kind of 
fire insurance. Last a lifetime. 
Buy at Factory Prices. Froight Prepaid 
Wo nro largest makers of Iron nnd steel roofing 
nnd will qnot.o prices on stool shingles, plain, gal¬ 
vanized, corrugated or V-Ortmp roofing, imitation 
brick, etc. Give size of your roof, nnd we will tell 
you cost delivered. Catalog No. 5fi sent F1UCK 
Write tor it. Locul representatives wanted. 
THE EDWARDS MANUFACTURING CO. 
816-936 Lock St., CINCINNATI, OHIO 
ROOFING 
Like Laying 
a Carpet. 
Anybody 
can do it. 
At Wholesale 
Prices 
Freight 
Paid 
You’ve got the price, now 
- get the SAMPLE that we 
postpay to you, FREE. 
W E WANT to give you the benefit of our low, fac¬ 
tory whole ale prices on No. 1 (junrnnteod Broca 
Bros. Rooting. Look at these prices, wlileli In¬ 
clude nil I reights paid. Now, If we could show you the 
high quality of “Itreese Bros. Rubber Roofing” -you 
termers—not one of you—would ovor buy any other kind. 
Let us send you generous free samples of this 1, and 
8 -ply roofing so that yon can see the high-grade, long- 
flhre-wool felt, saturated iri hottest asphalt, that forms 
the body of -‘Hreese ISros.” Roofing; and tell you all 
about our water-proof, fire-resisting process that cn- 
uliles us to place almost an unlimited guarantoo on our 
roofing. 
Order direct, from price-list below, or give name and 
get free samples. prlcoH and fullest facts regarding tho 
most durable roofing over made. 
BKITSE BROS. CO., Roofing Dept. 11, Cincinnati, 0. 
Prices (Freight paid on 100 pounds or more to points 
east of west line of Minn., Iowa and Mo., and north of tho 
Bon tli line id Ten n. VVe pay that far if you live beyond): 
35-lb. Roll—108 Squnro Foot —1-ply .$1.35 
45-“ “ “ “ “ 2-“. 1.85 
.... 2.25 
S\ 
Open a ban k 
accountby 
mail in the 
First Mortfjatfe 
Guarantee &c 
Trust Co. of 
Philadelphia 
Your savings will earn 
4)1 compound interest, liy 
our plan $10 per month will 
c.rv. Leslie M. Show Rrow j„ ]() years to $1,473.00. 
A larger or smaller amount proportionately. 
Gov. Leslie M. Shaw, former Secretary of 
the United States Treasury, now president of 
this institution, lias greatly simplified banking 
by mail—eliminated all red tape. No trouble 
to open an account and no trouble to close. 
Simply mail your deposit —-any sum you please, 
the larger the better, but it had better be one 
dollar than nothing. Your bank book will be 
sent by return post. 
You may withdraw any part or all of your 
deposit without notice. 
A G £, compound interest on 
Savings-fund accounts. 
Liberal Interest on Checking accounts. 
Send for our booklet 11 How to Save hv Mail" 
which explains Gov. Shaw’s easy and safe way of 
hankingbvmail. Write fora copy today—free. 
The First Mortgage Guarantee and Trust Company 
Leslie M. Slmw, President 
Dept. A-10 927 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia 
zs£f 
INDRUROID 
ROOFING 
Requires 
Faint. 
no Coating or 
Acid and Alkali Proof. 
Elastic and Pliable Always. 
Strong and Tough. 
Absolutely Waterproof. 
Climatic Changes Do Not 
Affedt It. 
Practically Fire Proof. 
Can Be Used on Steep or 
Flat Surfaces. 
Any Workman Can Put 
It On. 
No Odor. 
Will not Shrink or Crack. 
Light in Weight. 
Does not Taint Water. 
Write for samples, prices 
and circulars. 
H. F. WATSON CO. 
KK1K, PA. 
Chicago, Boston. 
Mention It.N-Y. 
TELL ME 
YOUR 
SILOS 
ROOF TROUBLES 
Let me tell you, FREE, how to cure your 
roof troubles for keeps. ROOF-FIX cures 
roof troubles in your felt, grave!, shingle, steel, 
tin or iron roofs. The longest-ilved roof-dress¬ 
ing made—for sound roofs. Get my new froo 
book about roofs and roofing. Write to 
ANDERSON, “The Roof-Fix Man” 
Dept. ^5 Elyria, Ohio 
pm I IC Dll DC— From imported stock. Females 
UULLIL iUiO cheap. Nelson Bros., Grove City, Pa. 
E _Prices Now 
I BY Slashed on 
XCELLSTEEL AND IRON 
ROOFING OR SIDING 
Get your name Jn quick so we can give 
you all the lx*ncfit of cut prices on Iron 
and stool roofing and siding. Can't last 
long. Get book and froo samples. 
SEND NO MONEY 
so you take no risk. You see what you 
buy before paying. Pay nothing unless 
fully satisfied. Lowest prices ever offered 
i roofing and roofing supplies sold straight to you from 
Factory at real Factory Prices. Don’t buy till you y.c t cut 
prices and FREE Roofers* Guide—Write for Hook today. 
^TJi^inHoc^iictfjrioi^Co^Dopt^^^^Cloveland^J 
MONTKO 88 M ET A b SUING bfig 
durable roofing made. On market 21) year* 
I Inexpensive. Fireproof. Ornamental. t'ata- 
logue. fllontroM M. H. (!»., (uiihImi, M. 4. 
SeldomSee 
a big knoo like this, bnb your homo 
may havo a bunch or brulno on his 
Auklo, Hock, Stiflo, Kneo or Throat. 
ABSORBING 
■will clean thorn off without Inying the 
horse up. No blister, no hair g«no, 
$2.00 p< r bottlo.dellv’d. Book 8 L) free. 
A BSOlt BIN K, J It., for mankind, $L 
Itomoves Painful Swellings, Enlarged Glands, 
Goitre, Wens. Bruises, Varicose Veins, Varicos¬ 
ities, Old Soros. Allays Pain. Book froo. 
W. F. YOUNG, P. D. F., 88 Temple St., Springfield, Mass. 
B Y 
MAIL 
HARNESS 
You can buy custom-made, oak tanned harness 
direct from our factory, at wholesale prices. Save 
the dealers' profits. All our harness guaranteed. 
Money track If not satisfactory. Write for Illus¬ 
trated Catalogue ‘‘F’ and pricelist. Every farmer 
should have this booklet. 
Till-. KINO HARNESS CO., <1 I.nke SI., Onego, Tlogn Co., N. V. 
PUAQPflAI —$1-00 per Mil , OOcents in 5 lihl. lots 
U nAnuUnLlhe C. B. Charcoal Co.,Briiluewater,Mass. 
ET MORE EGGS 
Larger, more fertile, vigorous chicks, lieav. 
icr fowls, larger profits by feeding cut bone. 
MANM1C LATEST MODEL 
HIHIlIl BONE CUTTER 
cuts fast, easy, fine; never clogs, todays free 
trial. No money in advance. Cat'lg free. 
F. W. Mann Co., Box If. Mlllord, Moan. 
S.S. Hamburgs and S. Seabright 
Chas. Stkwakt Davison, 00 Wall St., N. Y. City 
S. C. W. LEGHORNS 
250 acres of fertile land devoted to the production 
of an unequalled strain of this greatest egg breed. 
K.ggs, young and old stock, at reduced summer 
prices. Send for circular. 
Jilt. 1‘lciisant Farm, Box Y, Havre de Grace, Md. 
SUNNY SLOPE FARM 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 
“WHICH CANNOT BE SURPASSED" 
We offer a limited number only 
YEARLING 11 HNS 11)0!) <’<>< KKKFI.H 
This season's breeding liens ami a very few magnif¬ 
icent cocks. Our strain has a record, in tlocks of 
1,000 layers of 144 eggs in first 10 laying mouths 
Prices on application. Reference: First Nat. Bank 
SUNNY SLOPE FARM. BOUND BROOK, NEW JERSEY 
P oiiIL i*ymoii Semi 10c. for our 1909 UuImIok, chock full of iturful 
lufonmtlloii. OettcrlliBfl nml illtiMtrntvit Hf» vurlHlen. Youenu't 
afford lo l)« without It. Kant Donegal Poultry Yiii 'Ih,M ui lotln,Pit 
VAN ALSTYNE’S R. I. REDS— Our past season’s breeding 
stock and March and April hatched cockerel . 
How. Van Alstynic & Son, Kimlerhook, N. Y'. 
—S. C. Rhode Island Iteds 
and Gowoll Burred Kecks 
hutched during 1908. I-'firm raised straight Irred utility 
stock. WILSON FARM POULTRY CO., Morristown, N. .1. 
W. P. ROCKS Bred for Beauty and Utility. 
Stock and Eggs in bo&hoii. AIko Bml to Lay S. (\ 1(. I 
Reds. M. L. KICK, AHliburnhain, Mils#. 
EMPIRE STATE S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS, 
Winners at N. Y. State Fair: heavy layers; Cock¬ 
erels and Pullets 5 nios. old.il each. Catalog fret. 
C. II. XI MAI MR, Weodsport. N. V. 
R. C. Rhode Island Reds, 
nor Ducks, Vigorous, heavy-laying strains. High- 
class birds for breading, show or export. Kinclaik 
I Smith, Southold, Suffolk Co., N.Y'., Box 153. 
rnn Q Al C son pore br eo s. c. white leghorns. 
rUfl OHLl liens, Y'enrlings. They are good 
size and a most excellent laying strain. Address 
G. MON BOB WOOD. Wood vi lie, Jeff. Co., N. Y. 
WHITE LEGHORNS “ STSS A SES 
n p ,/ j f-v it p |/ n lug cli cks and 1000 
PEKIN DUCKS ducklings, wo are 
forced to offer ut a 
sacrifice nearly all of our this season’s breeding 
pens, Consequently you will ho able to get bargain - 
lu Single and Hose Comb White Leghorns, Haired 
and White Plymouth Rocks, While Wyandottes, 
also imperial Pekin Ducks. Our birds have been 
carefully selected and bred for superior egg pro 
Auction and exhibition purposes nnd have given n 
better results this year than ever. Have some 
early hatched cockerels, grand In every respect, 
and nine pound drakes hutched ibis season, bet 
us know what you want ami we will make prices 
right. No order too large. Hlg discount Ir. large 
numbers. Satisfaction guaranteed. Largest plant 
in vicinity of New York City. 
BONNIE BRAE POULTRY FARM, New Rochelle, New York. 
WieS 
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GET OUR FREE BOOK ON SILAGE 
Oldest Firm in the iiusincss 
MAKI k3 or 
GREEN MOUNTAIN SILOS 
CREAMERY PACKAGE MFC. CO., 
FUMA 
iiPB H BA £ *5**11" Prairie Dogs, 
Woodchucks, Gophers, 
and Grain Insects. 
“Thu wheels of the gods 
grind slow hut exceed¬ 
ingly small." .So the weevil, but you can stop tlioir 
with “Ftima Carbon Bisulphide sffi;* 
EDWARD It. TAYJ.Oil, Bonn Yan, N. Y. 
Farmers 
ELLIS 
CHAMPION 
THRESHERS 
Do Your Own Threshing ! 
You can save the cost of a rig 
in a few years besides eBoing the 
work at the most conveni- 
ken t time 
nra equally well suited to threshormen 
and grain grower**donirouM of doing thoji 
own work. Herewith Jh whown Kill* Cham¬ 
pion No. 2 complete with stacker, tailings 
elevator and grain bagger; operated by gfutolin . 
Hteam or tread power. No clogging of straw in them 
thrcHhern. Mum in different hIzoh to meet all needs. 
V/e aluo make-Tread and Sweep Horn-Lower, circular 
and drag sawK, ennilage cutterH, corn Hhellern, etc. Send 
lor catalog giving full information about those maelilneM. 
ELLIS KEVS70ISIE /IGRICULTUR/IL WORKS , 
Pottstown, 
