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THE RURAL* NEW-YORKER 
November 20, 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
On September 1. 1908, I shipped a bill 
of honey to Hodgson & Johnson, Washing¬ 
ton, Pa. The amount of bill was $05. I 
have been unable to get a reply to my let¬ 
ters since. I am told that they are now 
located at McKeesport, Pa. If you will 
look them up I will repay you. h. w. b. 
Virginia. 
These people have no established ra¬ 
ting. They do not reply to demands for 
settlement. We have now placed the ac¬ 
count for collection. 
September 22 I shipped Seneca Produce 
Co., 172 Chambers street. New York, three 
barrels of Wealthy apples and one barrel 
of Gravensteins, and have never heard 
from them. 1 can get no answer to my 
letters. Will you kindly look into it for 
me? b. t. 
This concern simply had desk room 
at the address given. Their last rent 
check went to protest, and they have 
disappeared; we are unable to locate 
them. They will probably turn up soon 
under a new name, and work the old 
game all over again. 
Last September 1 sent $10 for one sweet 
potato scoop digger to 10. 15. Decker, Swedes- 
boro, N. J., and have never been able to 
get it or the money returned. Can you 
get one or the other for me? w. H. H. 
Iowa. 
We do not seem to be able to get one 
or the other. Mr. Decker pays no more 
attention to our letters than he does to 
the customer’s letters. Some of his 
neighbors ought to stir him up to a sense 
of his obligations. Any man who re¬ 
ceives money for an article and neglects 
to send the goods or return the monqy, 
is a subject for neighborly chastisement. 
I received your money order and wish 
to thank you many times. Whatever cost 
it may be, I want to make it right. I 
certainly appreciate it very much, as 1 
was in no circumstance to lose it. a. c. 
New York. 
More than three years ago this man 
sent $16 to a Chicago house for a land 
roller. He has been trying ever since to 
get either the roller or the money le- 
turned. The house is not an advertiser 
with us, but is entirely responsible. It 
claimed that the roller had been shipped, 
and for one reason or another the farm¬ 
er was not able to get a settlement. He 
was not a subscriber of The R. N.-Y., 
but a farmer’s cause is our cause, and 
we were glad to 'be able to get his 
money for him. There is no charge for 
the service, but of course, we take up 
such matters generally for no one but 
regular subscribers. 
I have received the check for $9 from 
the nursery company 1 wrote you about. 
I am sure I should not have got my money 
but for your help. I will send you some 
subscriptions soon for the paper that stands 
by its subscribers and exposes frauds. 
Oregon. w. f. h. 
Last March this man. sent a nursery 
firm $54.70 for an order. The freight 
was to be prepaid, but it was not, and 
he paid $9.18 freight. They said it was 
an oversight, and would pay it; but 
never did. We wrote them in August 
about it, and have been after them 
ever since. We finally told -them plainly 
that, unless it was sent in 10 days, we 
would publish a history of the case. 
Then it came. Publicity is a sharp 
weapon, however, and it is cruel when 
not fully justified. For this reason the 
name of the nursery is not given; but 
another experience of the kind would 
justify publication of the full name and 
address. 
A story of deliberate falsificalion of a 
concern capitalized at $1,000,000. of the 
making of bogus entries and profit reports 
on a product that never was manufactured, 
was told at Newark, N .T.. recently be¬ 
fore Ileferoe in Bankruptcy Edwin G. 
Adams. The affairs of the Kornit Manu¬ 
facturing Company, of Belleville, were un¬ 
der investigation. 
The sensational testimony was furnished 
by William Benner, of New York, a former 
bookkeeper of the company. The latter 
was formed to produce a substance similar 
to celluloid from the hoofs of animals and 
other raw material. It controlled several 
patents, received large sums in stock con¬ 
tributions, showed profits from the sale of 
kornit. but never, according to Witness 
Benner, manufactured any of the article. 
The directorate of the company consisted 
of Charles E. Ellis, president: Edwin R. 
Graves, vice-president, and owner of the 
patents, and St. John Alexander. Benner 
testified that he found the minute book 
of the company not written up. that delib¬ 
erate deception was practiced by means 
of false and misleading statements in pam¬ 
phlets and other publications, as to the 
success and immense profits from the mak¬ 
ing of kornit. and that the company had 
paid Graves $449,000 in stock and notes 
for $90,000 for his patent rights Several 
important books were missing, the witness 
said. So were the officers and directors. 
The above is from the New York 
Daily World of October 29. It will be 
of interest to several subscribers who 
bought the stock, and were asked last 
year to send more money as an assess¬ 
ment to keep it going. Those who took 
our advice kept their money. The story 
is simply a repetition of many others. 
Please remember it when tempted by 
similar propositions. Yet Mr. Ellis, the 
promoter of this company, is the pub¬ 
lisher of an alleged farm paper with a 
claimed half million subscribers. The 
poor old farm! 
A Staten Island subscriber writes us 
that our quotation from the Financial 
World about Grant Terrace was unfair 
to that property. He assumes to know 
little about Ostrander, but says Grant 
Terrace is all right. The correction was 
sent us and is published in the interest 
of a good class of citizens in that vicin¬ 
ity. Do not take it from this that Os¬ 
trander is to be trusted. The reporter 
in his zeal to show up Ostrander may 
have done an injustice to the good peo¬ 
ple of that part of Staten Island; but no 
exaggeration could cover the extent of 
Ostrander’s fake schemes. 
Six years ago I bought from E. G 
Lewis. St. T/ouis. Mo., president of liie TJ. 
S. Fibre Stopper Co., 10 shares of stock; 
soon after that I had a letter from him 
that the stock was going up to $2 a 
share, but he said in a short lime I could 
increase my holdings at the first price. $1 
a share, so I then bought an additional 12 
shares, so in all I sent him $22. He then 
claimed that be thought the stock would 
be worth $100 a share inside a year, and 
that they would pay from 200 to 300 per 
cent dividend. I never have seen a cent 
from it yet, and 1 do not think I will. I 
have written to him once every year since 
to find out how the business was going on. 
and always received the same reply, that 
the first of the next year they would pay 
a dividend. Now. the other day I wrote to 
Mr Lewis personally and asked him if he 
would be so kind as to redeem the shares 
I bought from him, because I was a poor 
man and needed the money for better use. 
I enclose the reply I received from him. 
Gentlemen. I would now like to ask if 
you could do anything for me and make 
Mr. Lewis redeem the said stock? I have 
seen in your paper that you have helped 
some others to get their money back from 
him. and I would gladly pay you well for 
the trouble if you could do something. I 
think Mr. Lewis is a man who has too 
many irons in the fire at once to make it 
pay any dividends on the poor man’s money. 
But be does sell his stock just the same. 
Connecticut. v. m. 
We did induce Mr. Lewis to return 
the money to two farmers under similar 
circumstances, but these were for small 
amounts and the first complaints. When 
other claims came in, some of them for 
quite large amounts, Mr. Lewis reverted 
to his old policy of settling claims of 
this kind with promises. In his reply to 
us requesting a return of this money, 
he writes us as follows: 
I have taken the matter up directly 
with V. M., and in connection with similar 
matters beg to state that we feel perfectly 
competent and able to take up such mat¬ 
ters directly of our own volition. 
Mr. Lewis does not seem to have ex¬ 
ercised his abilitv to take up these ques¬ 
tions to the satisfaction of the people 
whose money he has had for the past 
six years. This man of small means has 
written him once a year, and always got 
a good promise, but never any cash. No 
wonder Mr. Lewis prefers to take it up 
with his victims direct. They have been 
kept quiet with promises for six years. 
We venture the prediction that his letter 
to V. M. made bigger promises, if pos¬ 
sible, than before, but no cash. We have 
told Mr. Lewis frankly'- that promises 
would go no longer with us. He has 
had this man’s money for six years, 
without interest, or security or any re¬ 
turns whatever, except Mr. Lewis’s 
promises, all of which have been broken 
and unkept. Mr. Lewis is now promo¬ 
ting even bigger schemes; and we fail 
to find anything given in return except 
bigger promises, in our judgment which 
it would be. impossible for him to make 
good even if he wished to do so. But 
we say frankly that we have little faith 
in the intentions of any man who or¬ 
ganized a million dollar company" bn a 
few untried patents and then sells the 
stock under assurances of fabulous prof¬ 
its to poor people of the farm ancl coun¬ 
try village. Let Mr. Lewis make good 
these broken promises of the past be¬ 
fore asking us to place faith or confi¬ 
dence in his new schemes. 
I received your favor Saturday with the 
inclosed $3, which you so miraculously re¬ 
covered. from Geo. W. Beemar. I never ex¬ 
pected it, and when I wrote you concerning 
the matter it was more to put a check on 
him than any idea of getting mine back. 
I appreciate the favor very much. Any 
farmer that belongs to your great family 
who does any business outside of his own 
locality certainly has a great and able 
friend in “Publisher’s Deck.” Again thank¬ 
ing you most sincerely. d. w. f. 
New Jersey. 
The help to this department for farm¬ 
ers is and will be just as strong as 
they themselves make it. We are like 
the reinsman directing the team or the 
helmsman steering the ship. The farm¬ 
er furnishes the power, and when that 
power weakens the directing force is of 
no account. We would be just like the 
coachman with a balky horse, or a helms¬ 
man without fire under the boilers, or 
steam in the engines. You make the 
power through your own subscriptions 
and those of your friends whom you 
influence, and also by your active part in 
backing up every just claim made on 
behalf of any farmer individually or all 
farmers collectively. Do these things. 
Give The R. N.-Y. this power; and we 
will see that the energy will be directed 
in channels to make it useful and help¬ 
ful to you. j. j, d. 
TIME, MONEY and LABOR SAVED 
BY USING THE 
Great Western Automatic Carrier 
KEEP THE BOYS ON THE FARM 
By Making the Work a Pleasure 
O NE hour saved each day In cleaning 
your barns means 365 hours in the 
year, or little over a Month. Just think 
of it. You no doubt are paying a hired man 
Thirty or Forty Dollars a month. His wages 
for iu« fime saved will pay for an outfit in one 
year. Pretty good investment. Isn’t it? 
Save the liquid manure by keeping it with 
the roughage. This is mighty important, be¬ 
cause liquid manure is worth three times as 
much as solid manure, pound for pound. 
The loss in handling barnyard manure in 
the old way is greater than the value of the 
corn crop of the whole United States. Think 
of it. 
With a Great Western Carrier in your barn 
you will prevent this leakage, and therefore 
save more than the price of the outfit the first 
year. Pretty good investment, isn’t it? 
This Is not all you will save. You will save 
lumber and paint in repairing your barn 
where the manure is being piled against it 
and has ruined the paint and rotted the lum¬ 
ber. You will save wading through your 
barnyard in m'anure and Slush up to your 
knees in the spring of the year. Isn’t this 
worth the price of the outfit to you? 
The Bail is one piece of Wrought Iron 
Tubing. 
The Car locks at both ends. 
Trip Weights are inside. Nothing to catch 
straw and trash and prevent car from dump¬ 
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Adjustable for either high or low celling. 
Made Roller Bearing throughout. Runs 
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Frame made hinged. Will run around 
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SMITH MANUFACTURING 
158-164 E. Harrison Street, 
COMPANY 
Chicago, Illinois 
SUCCESSFUL EGG FARMING 
200 Eggs 
a Year 
Per Hen 
HOW TO GET THEM 
T HE seven th edition of the book ‘ ‘200 Eggs a Year 
Per Hen,” is now ready. Revised, enlarged, and 
in part re written; 06 pages. Contains among oth¬ 
er things the m ethod of feeding by which Jlr S. 1). Fox 
of Wolfboro, N. H., won the prizo of $100 in gold off¬ 
ered by the man ufacturers of a well-known condition 
powder for best egg record during the winter months. 
Simple as a.b.c,—and yet we guarantee it to start hens 
to laying earlier and to induce them to lay more eggs 
than any other method under the sun. The book also 
contains a recipe for egg food and tonic used by Mr. 
Fox, which brought him in one winter day 68 eggs 
from 72 liens; and for five days in succession from the 
same flock 64 eggs a day. Mr. E. F. Chamberlain, of 
Wolfboro, N. H., says: “By followingthe methods out¬ 
lined in your book I obtained 1,11)0 eggs from 91 R. I. 
Reds in the month of January, 1902.” From 14 pullets 
picked at random out of a farmer’s flock the author 
got 2,999 eggs in one year—an average of over 214 eggs 
apiece. It lias been my ambition in writing “200 Eggs 
a Year Per Hen” to make it the standard book on egg 
production and profits in poultry. Tellsail there is to 
know, and tells it in a plain, common-sense way. 
Price 50 cents; or with a year's subscription to 
AMERICAN POULTRY ADVOCATE, both 
for 75 cents; two-years' subscription and book 
for $1.00, or given free as a premium for two 
yearly subscriptions a 150 cents each. 
Our paper is handsomely illustrated , 44 to 84 pages, 50 
cents per year. 3 months’ trial, 10 cents. Sample 
free. CATALOGUE of poultry books free. 
AMERICAN POULTRY ADVOCATE, 
652 Hogan Block, Syracuse, N. Y. 
W. P. ROCKS Bred for Beauty and Utility. 
Stock and Eggs in season. Also Bred to Lay S. C. R. I 
Reds. M. L. RICE, Ashburnliam, Mass. 
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Over 70 sizes and styles, for drilling either deep or 
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WILLIAMS BROS., Ithaca. N. Y. 
MAKE HENS LAY 
By feeding raw bone. Its egg-producing value Is four 
times that of grain. Eggs more fertile, chicks moro 
vigorous, broilers earlier, fowls heavier 
profits larger. 
MANN’S l mSd!I Bone Gutter 
Cuts all bone with adhering meat and 
rlstle. Never clogs. 10 Days’ Froo Trial, 
o money in advance. 
Send Today for Free Book. 
F. W. Mann Co., Box 15, Milford, Mass 
MacKellar’s Charcoal 
For Poultry is best. Coarse or fine granulated, also 
powdered. Buy direct from largest manufacturers of 
Charcoal Products. Ask for prices and samples. Est.1844. 
R. MacKELLAR’S SONS CO., Peeltskill. N Y. 
CDDCTC-Hero I am again, dealing in r 
ELnllCIO on rats: THE FERRET. Buck 
uff 
lose 
CC DD PTC—Warranted good rat and rabbit 
rCIUItl v hunters. A few choice Fox Terrier 
Pups. Circular and price list free. Address 
SHADY LAWN FERRET FARM, New London, O. 
/nnn FERRETS For Sale. Write for price list and circular; 
fl-UUU it’H free. DkKLKINE BKOS., Box 42, Jamestown .Mich. 
P oultry In on—Send 10c. foronr 1909 Catalog, chock full ofiiaet’d 
Information. Describes and illustrates 3;» varieties. Yon can’t 
afford to lie wilimiit it. East Donegal Poultry Yards,Marietta,I'a 
T oulouse, African and buff geese. Bronze, Buir, 
Narragansett, and White Holland Turkeys. It. I. Red 
Chickens. Willis Wilson, 162 So. 7tli St., Zanesville, 0. 
R. C. Rhode Island Reds, 
tier Ducks. Vigorous, heavy-laying strains. High- 
class birds for breeding, show or export. Sinclair 
Smith, 602 Fifth Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Hone’s “Bred to Lay” Rose La . r f?e, vigorous, rich 
Comb Rhode Island Reds, puiietsbrod from 
best selected layers; also choice yearling hens. 
Satisfaction guaranteed on every order. 
D. R. HONE, CRESCENT HILL FARM, 
Sharon Springs, Box 24, New York. 
WHITE I PCIinRIIQ We still have some 
nniit Ltununno Single Comb White 
p p If I N n II P If Leghorn stock, both 
r L IV III U U U IV d 0 id an d young, to dis¬ 
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hatched cockerels and pullets for $1.00 each to close 
out. Some grand early hatched Barred Rock cock¬ 
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$5.00 each. Can spare a few more White Wyandotte 
yearling hens and cocks. Remember our strain of 
Pekin ducks is second to none, that we have both 
old and young and over 1000 to select from. Prices 
of exhibition stock on application. Correspondence 
invited. Satisfaction guaranteed. The only large 
successful plant in the vicinity of New York City. 
BONNIE BRAE POULTRY FARM, New Rochelle, N. Y. 
EMPIRE STATE S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS, 
Winners at N. Y. State Fair; heavy layers; Cock¬ 
erels and Pullets 5 mos. old, $1 each. Catalog fre.e 
C. H. ZIMMER, Weedsport. N. Y... 
L ight brahmas, barred and white Plymouth rocks, 
fine Trios for sale. Address 
J. A. ROBERTS, Malvern, Pa. 
P URE BRED TURKEYS & POULTRY- Select Stock. Prieo 
Right. Cir. Free. Fairview Farm, Shrewsbury, Pa. 
M AMMOTH BRONZE TURKEYS-Bred 
from our noted I’rize Winning Birds. Address 
ELKTON STOCK FARM, Forest Depot, Va. 
GIANT STRAIN BRONZE TURKEYS 
R. C. RHODE ISLAND REDS and SHROP¬ 
SHIRE SHEEP. Bargain prices to reduce 
stock. H. J. VAN DYKE, Route 6, Gettysburg, Pa. 
VAN ALSTYNE’S R. I. REDS— Our past season’s breeding 
stock and March and April hatched cockerels. 
Edw. Van Alstynk & Son, Kinderhook, N. Y. 
S.C.WHITE LEGHORNS 
A number of choice April hatched cockerels for sale. 
Write for prices to WHITE S RICE, Yorktown, N. f 
W D Rock Cockerels, early hatched from tested 
• ' • heavy layers, $3 to $5 each. Trap nests 
used exclusively. A. S. BRTAN. Mt. Kisco, N. ? 
S O \A I LEGHORNS of exceptional vigor and 
i U i II i quality. 250 acres devoted to the best 
in Leghorns. Send for circular. MT. ITASABAN . 
FARM, Box Y, Havre de Grace, Md. 
