798 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
October 10, 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
We have the following notes signed by the pro¬ 
duce commission firm, Stevens & Simpson & Co., 
262 Washington Street, New York, for collection : 
$47.81, dated April 25, 1907, and due In 90 days. 
$25.25 dated July 1. 1907, and due July 30, 1907. 
$25.25, dated July 1, 1907, and due July 16, 1907. 
The notes were issued to Allen B. Wells, 
Saratoga Springs, N. Y., for produce shipped and 
sold on commission. 
Could you advise me whether an invest¬ 
ment in the following stocks will be safe: 
the British-American Copper Mines and 
Smelter Company, incorporated under the 
laws of Arizona, capital .$5,000,000, shares 
.$1 each. I have been told I could get 100 
shares on a discount, to wit, for $25, al¬ 
though they would represent $100 worth on 
paper. Can you advise me? G. D. 
New York. 
Yes; we can advise everyone to leave 
such tempting bait alone. Suppose 
some one capitalized a hole in the 
ground on your farm for $5,000,000, how 
much would you pay for the paper 
stock? It seems necessary to keep re¬ 
peating the caution to leave such allure¬ 
ments alone. 
C. M. Norlhrup, 50 to 60 Livingston 
ave., Albany, N. Y., representing him¬ 
self as a jobber in poultry, makes some 
business history that fanners may waiff 
to read. On May 19 last a Connecticut 
breeder sent him eight Bantam cocks 
at an agreed price of $4. The bill was 
not paid; and after numerous demands, 
the account was placed for collection. 
It has finally been paid; but when the 
collection fees were paid the Connecti¬ 
cut breeder got the balance of $1.50 
which is his net return for the eight 
birds. Just post Mr. Northrup’s ad¬ 
dress where you can find it any time 
you want to make business for collect¬ 
ing agencies. 
Knowing your ability for looking up the 
people who are anxious to give nothing 
for something, I beg to enclose circulars 
of the Oxford Linen Mills, on which kindly 
give report. I cannot see why the moneyed 
men do not get hold of such a good thing 
and keep it themselves, and not let in 
everybody all over the country, m. j. s. 
Massachusetts. 
This good friend has overlooked what 
has been said on several previous oc¬ 
casions about this venture, which is be¬ 
ing promoted by the Sterling Debenture 
corporation of New York. We under¬ 
stand that the promoters are interested 
in the business. You may put it down 
as a safe rule that the good and safe 
things are kept for the people who con¬ 
trol them. We find nothing in the Ox¬ 
ford Linen Mills to justify an invest¬ 
ment in its stocks by farmers. Experi¬ 
enced investors need no warning. 
A Cuba fruit company .with agents in 
Boston, Mass., is trying to sell stock to 
farmers at 50 per cent of the face value. 
On paper they figure out big profits in 
growing oranges in Cuba and shipping 
them to the United States, but we have 
seen nothing that would justify a 
farmer in putting his money into the 
stock. We advise them to keep out 
of it. It is a constant wonder to us 
that promoters who see such big profits 
in such schemes do not put their own 
money into it. As a matter of fact, 
they would not do it if they had the 
money. Usually they do not have it. 
They have never made a success of any 
business venture on their own account, 
but are anxious to undertake new ones 
if some one else puts up the cash for 
the experiment. As a rule the money 
paid by one stockholder is used up in 
trying to get others in, and no business 
is ever developed or attempted. If you 
want to provide fine offices, good 
clothes and first-class hotel bills for 
sleek and plausible gentlemen go ahead 
and get bit on their schemes, but you 
will get a better dividend if you spend 
the money on a vacation for yourself 
and wife. 
I see inquiry of G. W. S. of New Jersey 
regarding bonds of Wheeling Roofing and 
Cornice Co., of Steelton, W. Va., which is 
two miles from here. This company owned 
5 % acres of land, valued for taxation at 
$4,770, including buildings. No manufac- 
ing of any consequence was ever done. A 
mortgage securing gold bonds to amount 
of $ 100,000 was executed on this property, 
and the chief business was selling bonds 
instead of manufacturing. It is not known 
how many of these bonds were sold; it is 
certain, however, that the money realized 
from sale of the bonds was not applied in 
operating or equipping the property. About 
one year ago a suit was brought by creditors 
and others, and a decree of sale will be 
bad in the near future, and it is doubtful 
whether the property will bring the assessed 
value. If G. W. S. was induced to buy the 
bonds by false representations he can arrest 
the party for obtaining money under false 
pretense," and by this means may get his 
money or a part'of it back by a compromise 
settlement. J. P. b. 
Virginia. 
We are glad to have the above very 
concise and comprehensive statement of 
the case referred to. This is the his¬ 
tory of practically all concerns of the 
kind, organized by promoters with a 
pretense of doing business, but on other 
people’s money. Their efforts are de¬ 
voted not to the business, but to the sale 
of stocks or bonds, which cost nothing 
but paper and printing, and which have 
no other value. If the party who sold 
the bonds under misrepresentation can 
be located, he could be arrested as sug¬ 
gested; but it is difficult to convict, be¬ 
cause the evidence is usually not com¬ 
plete. We could not, however, indorse 
the suggestion to get part or all the 
money back on a compromise. To do 
so would be to compromise a crime. 
Criminal laws cannot rightly be invoked 
to collect debts. If the promoter commit 
a crime, he should be punished in the 
criminal courts, but when you have the 
evidence to convict him, he should not 
be let off in consideration of the pay¬ 
ment of money. There is a principle 
involved here that few people appreciate. 
In a case like this it seems reasonable 
enough; but it would be a dangerous 
practice to encourage. 
Several years ago I bought some shares in 
the Consolidated (ilnseng Co. from Mr. F. 
B. Mills of Rose Hill. N. Y. First I bought 
15 shares valued at $1 a share, and lie sent 
me a certificate for the 15 shares, and wrote 
such wonderful inducements about his gin¬ 
seng that several months after I bought (10 
more shares valued at $1 a share. So you 
see I had 75 shares and I held the certifi¬ 
cates for same. In February last they 
wrote me to send my certificates to be can¬ 
celled. for they were going to issue new 
certificates, so I sent them, not knowing but 
what they were going to send me the same 
amount of shares. One day last week they 
sent me a certificate for only 15 shares, one- 
fifth of the amount of my shares. Please 
advise me what to do about it. H. L. S. 
Florida. 
The above is from one of our good 
woman friends. The South seems to 
have been a fertile field for promotion 
of this enterprise. We have had sev¬ 
eral letters from that section on the 
same subject. We have asked Mr. Mills 
for an explanation of the failure to re¬ 
turn all the stock certificates, but re¬ 
ceived no reply. As a matter of fact, 
however, we do not think it makes 
much difference whether her certificates 
represent 15 shares or 75 shares of the 
stock—she will realize the same disap¬ 
pointment from the one as from the 
other. 
You can count me a subscriber for 99 
years. e. s. b. 
Vermont. 
We hope this enthusiastic and good 
friend will live to the end of his sub¬ 
scription order, and renew for another 
period, If he does not, the chances are 
that he will leave some one behind him 
who will. When .The R. N.-Y. once 
gets well acquainted in a family, it sel¬ 
dom leaves it. That is why we keep 
asking our old friends to send in names 
of their neighbors and friends for the 
10-week subscriptions. Perhaps one- 
half of our present list have come in 
that way. If you can help, we will be 
glad to send you a batch of the little 
envelopes. Do you want some? How 
many r 
J- J- d. 
Making toe Moult.—P rof. II. M. Cot- 
troll of the Colorado Agricultural College 
tells bow .T. R. Wilson of that State starts 
the hens. “Mr. Wilson turns his hens for 
three weeks in July on alfalfa, feeding them 
in addition dry bran only. Under this treat- 
men they get thin. The first of August he 
starts feeding them a mixed ration of grains 
and meat, giving a light feed in the morn¬ 
ing and all they will eat at noon and at 
night. Under this treatment they finish 
moulting quickly, get new feathers, and 
begin laying the first of September. By 
October first they are in full laying and 
make a profit through the Fall months.” 
This feature is 
one of many 
which account 
for the superiority 
of the 
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If your dealer doesn’tsellStevensarms, we’ll 
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200 Grove Street 
v Chicopee Fails, Mass., U. S. A. 
GUARANTEE BOA/D mti 
EVERY ROLL 
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ROOFING 
The Surety Bond Guarantee back of Congo makes it the 
most attractive roofing proposition on the market. 
We have claimed right along that 3-ply Congo was an 
unexcelled Ready Roofing at the price, and we now back 
it by the National Surety Company’s Guarantee Bond. 
This Bond covers a period of 10 years. 
It is broad, liberal protection to the purchaser. It means we have faith in Congo. 
It protects you absolutely I 
A good many roofings carry guarantees of different characters, but not a single 
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We know Congo is the surest protection against weather, climatic changes, heat 
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Send for a sample and further information to-day. 
SPECIAL NOTICE—If any Congo rolls that you purchase do not contain 
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chased, and we will at once mail you the missing bonds. 
United Roofing & Manufacturing Co. 
Successor to BUCHANAN-FOSTER CO. 
532 West End Trust Building, Philadelphia 
Chicago and San Francisco 
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Don’t judge the price of paint by the 
price per gallon or per pound. It is un¬ 
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The price should be gauged by the 
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Other leads appear gray by comparison. 
This whiteness assures strong, brilliant 
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Carter White Lead is so fine and even 
in grain that it will spread much farther 
than any other white lead, A trial will 
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The first cost of Carter White Lend is 
slightly greater than other white leads, but 
notwithstanding this, it is the most econom¬ 
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A Few Yearling Ileus at #1 apiece, and April 
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