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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
January 21, 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
During the month of December we 
collected through this department 35 
accounts for subscribers, amounting to 
$706.80 and received for collection 75 
accounts amounting to $2,721.38. We 
answered 187 inquiries for ratings. From 
April first to January first we collected 
$9,065.45. For the most part this was for 
small items and accounts which had run 
for a long time, and practically aban¬ 
doned. Some of them had been given 
up by lawyers as either uncollectable 
or too uncertain to justify suit. It is 
not so much the amount that we are 
concerned about as the principle that 
these interests and concerns be made to 
understand that they must give the 
farmer such consideration as is justly 
demanded by other business men. This 
is worth the time and energy expended, 
though the amount involved would 
hardly justify it. 
Success Magazine has again changed 
management. The late president. Hig¬ 
gins, who indorsed the Lewis fake 
schemes, and incidentally undertook 
some frenzied financing on his own ac¬ 
count, has retired. It will be remem¬ 
bered that David G. Evans, vice-presi¬ 
dent, and Samuel Merwin were forced 
to retire from the business some months 
back under circumstances that strongly 
pointed to a division over the Lewis con¬ 
nection. These gentlemen have now 
renewed their connection with the maga¬ 
zine, and we predict an early severance 
of the Lewis ties. 
Last week when their agents were work¬ 
ing in this vicinity I let it he known that 
the Franklin Merchandise Company, Chi¬ 
cago. 111., was criticised in The Rural New- 
Yorker, and they skipped up into New York 
State. J. C. p. 
Pennsylvania. 
They made a bad skip if they expect 
to escape their past record by moving 
into New York State. 
We now write to offer you contract guar¬ 
anteeing you at least $80 for first 30 days’ 
work, with chance to make more. 
Chicago, Ill. globe association. 
That is the substance of their tempting 
offer. They have made practically the 
same offer before; but we have yet to 
find anyone who ever got the $80. What 
they really do is to give you the privilege 
of selling fake membership to your 
neighbors. You send them $2 out of 
each membership and keep $1 for your¬ 
self. If you sell 80 and send them $160, 
of course you get $80, and that is all 
there is to it. 
Enclosed you will find a letter from the 
Potomac Refining Co., New York City, that’s 
trving me. You will note the way the 
envelope is addressed “In care Barber Bab¬ 
cock,” this being my address for a short 
period of time four years ago when C. E. 
Ellis swindled me out of $60. Seems as 
though you could get at these people right 
in your own city. w. g. 
New Y'ork. 
This friend enjoyed the not too en¬ 
viable distinction of being on the 
“sucker list.” We know nothing about 
the new concern referred to except what 
we infer from the letter furnished. We 
do not care to inquire. That they are 
using the Ellis “sucker list” is as far as 
we care to inquire. 
I have today received s. refund of $5.85 
on the express charge of $6.65 which you 
so kindly took up for me. I return you 
my hearty thanks and expression of re¬ 
newed appreciation of the very excellent 
work of the “Publisher’s Desk” of your 
very excellent paper. w. c. d. 
Connecticut. 
This claim represented an overcharge 
of nearly nine times the proper charge, 
and yet it took several months for an 
adjustment, and the grower was not able 
at that to secure an adjustment with¬ 
out reference to The R. N.-Y. The 
charge was for expressage on a small 
shipment of nursery stock from Virginia 
to Connecticut. The complainant is a 
man of culture and broad affairs, and 
when he fails of redress the ordinary 
farmer unused to correspondence may 
well feel that his chances of recovery 
are hopeless. 
* ^ 
I wish to thank you for pushing up the 
Currier Publishing Company in regard to 
the dishes I ordered from them. I re¬ 
ceived the dishes November 3 all correct, 
but I certainly give you all the credit for 
getting them. E. c. H. 
Tennessee. 
There are not as many cheap mail 
order publications now as there were 
some years ago, because the Post Office 
Department has restricted their mail 
privileges; but some of them yet survive. 
These publications had a fat harvest 
some years back through the deceptive 
fake and often fraudulent schemes they 
worked on readers. The papers were 
sent principally as free samples; but 
those who patronized the advertisements. 
paid dearly enough for their experience. 
Through the wholesale censorship of the 
Post Office Department the papers of this 
class that survived have necessarily se¬ 
cured a subscription patronage from 
year to year on one kind of a scheme or 
another, and this complaint grew out of a 
premium proposition. Complaints about 
publishers we are most reluctant to take 
up; and do so only when the interest of 
our people seems absolutely to demand it. 
Abram G., Oscar A., and Abram S. Stauf¬ 
fer, prominent residents of Palmyra, Leba¬ 
non County, Pa., were arrested recently 
charged with using the mails to defraud. 
The Stauffers are charged with selling in¬ 
struments to locate hidden wealth, one 
of the articles being the “Spanish needle.” 
They were sold at from $10 to $15 each, 
and'about 1,500 are alleged to have been 
sold in the last year. Charges of sending 
illegal literature through the mails also 
have been made. The first two men are 
said to have been doing business under 
the names of Prospectors and Miners’ 
Agency, Ilall & Co., Electric Motor Com¬ 
pany, Diamond Pug Company, Gem Novel¬ 
ty Company, Franklin Drug Company, 
Smith Remedy Company, and Stauffer & 
Co. Abram S. Stauffer is said to have 
been interested also in the Miners’ Supply 
Company. All were held in $5,000 bail 
for court. Their reputations were of the 
highest business standing.—Daily Paper. 
Readers will remember that we cau¬ 
tioned them some time back against the 
“Spanish needle” humbug. The postal 
inspectors are certainly doing some good 
work. 
The Alabama Electric Service Co., 
Fort Payne, Ala., is in trouble, the pro¬ 
moter, one E. C. Drew, having been 
placed under arrest by Federal authori-. 
ties for misuse of the mails. 
Louis Conrad, W. M. Bingham and Con¬ 
rad Lotz, of the Correspondence Institute 
of America, were arrested to-day charged 
with devising and maintaining a scheme 
to defraud by the teaching of an art 
course through the mails. The complain¬ 
ants are Donald McKensi, of Newport, Pa.; 
E. .T. Trojan and W. A. Kucheimer, both 
of Chicago. Postal Inspector A. C. Earn- 
shaw, of Philadelphia, conducted the in¬ 
vestigation which led to the issuance of 
the warrants. The school has done a thriv¬ 
ing business teaching cartooning by mail.— 
Daily News. 
Our people have heard of this con¬ 
cern before. They threatened libel suit 
on The R. N.-Y. because of its explana¬ 
tion of the scheme. The plan was to in¬ 
duce people to send a sample drawing 
or sketch. Then the student was flat¬ 
tered and each one led to believe that 
he or she was a born genius. The 
tuition remittance followed. 
Your welcome favor to hand, and many 
thanks for the $12 check from the rail¬ 
road company. In appreciation of same 
will enclose renewal for myself, and a list 
of trial subscribers. Will try to get more 
as 1 have the time; rest assured 1 will do 
all I can for your paper, and keep the 
good work going that you are doing for 
vour subscribers to-day. I thank you again 
for your kindness, aud wish you a merry 
Christmas aud a happy New Year. j. s. G. 
Florida. 
The history of the above case will il¬ 
lustrate the hopeless prospect of a ship¬ 
per in efforts to recover for lost goods. 
In this case a Florida shipper sent M 
crates of cucumbers to a Philadelphia 
commission merchant in April, 1908, by 
Southern Express Company. The Phila¬ 
delphia house claimed the shipment had 
not reached them and the express com¬ 
pany claimed it was delivered. The vol¬ 
ume of correspondence is the size of a 
good book. After nearly three years 
we have succeeded in getting the money 
on the claim. Few farmers would per¬ 
sist in a correspondence so long, and it 
is doubtful if any other class of ship¬ 
pers would persist for nearly three 
years. No one would or could afford 
to give the time and energy to it for the 
amount involved; but there is some sat¬ 
isfaction in knowing that these express 
companies do occasionally come to time. 
Enclosed find $5, $4 to extend my sub¬ 
scription and $1 for 10 ten-week trial sub¬ 
scriptions. I have just received a check 
for $152.71 for that gasoline engine that I 
returned that was guaranteed, and failed 
to make good. Ilad it not been for your 
continual “butting in” I would be short 
the check at present, and long on an engine 
that did not give satisfaction. You seem 
to have a disagreeable way of pounding 
people who don’t do as they agree to do. 
Hoping that your pen may be wielded for 
many years to come, with the force it has 
been' in the past, and thanking you for the 
trouble I have put you to, I remain, 
Montana. w. w. c. 
This Montana farmer understands 
what gives The R. N.-Y. the power to 
demand successfully that a guarantee 
given to a farmer be made good; and 
that the guarantee means satisfaction to 
the farmer on the farm, and not satis¬ 
faction to the manufacturer in the shop. 
He knows that the power comes from 
the number of farmers who are ready 
to back up the paper in its demands. 
The farmer who helps increase the Rural 
family is really building up a power to 
help himself. j. j. d. 
guide to lighter 
catalogue is a 
The Pianet Jr 1911 illustrated 
^ complete guide to lighter farm work, better 
|\ crops, and more money. Every farmer and 
gardener should possess it as soon as the 
mail can bring it. What’s the sense 
of drudging when you don’t have to? 
Write today, ana let this free book 
help you select the labor-saving 
implements you need. 
S L Allen & Co 
Box H07* Phila Pa 
No. 11 | Planet Jr 
, Double-Wheel Hoe, 
.has an important 
I No. 4 | 
Planet Jr 
Combined 
Hill and 
Drill Seeder, 
Wheel-Hoe. 
Cultivator, and 
Plow is a real ne¬ 
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garden. Can be ad¬ 
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sow all garden seeds, hoe, 
cultivate, weed, and plow. 
Unequaled for lightnegs, 
strength and beauty. 
an 
provement for 1911— a steel. 
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Adapted to many 
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Pays for itself 
in a sin¬ 
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A HARNESS 
THAT OUTL IVES THE 
HORSE 
Our catalogue accurately illustrates over 
75 Styles of harness for all purposes. Prices 
are wholesale—saves $10 to $15 on every harness. 
Only best oak-tanned leather is used. Every harness 
guaranteed for five years Catalogue F f ree - 
King Harness Co., 6 Lake St., Owego, Tioga Co., N. Y 
HOG RAISERS 
[ Cook hog feed, heat water for scalding at killing 
time, render lard and cook scrapple with a 
Farmers’ Favorite’ I 
Feed Cooker and Boiler| 
Handy for any number of uses r 
—such as cooking all kinds of 
poultry and stock feed, sugar 
making, canning, sterilizing 
milk cans and preparing spray¬ 
ing mixtures. Costs little, wears 
long. Write for special sale list. 
LEWIS MFG. CO. 
Box C, Cortland, N. Y. I 
Paint Without Oil 
Remarkable Discovery That Cuts 
Down the Cost of Paint Seventy- 
Five Per Cent. 
WHITE LEGHORNS 
AND 
A Tree Trial Package Is Mailed to Every¬ 
one Who Writes. 
A. L. Rice, a prominent manufacturer of 
Adams, N. Y., has discovered a process of 
making a new kind of paint without the use 
of oil. He calls It Powdrpalnt. It comes in the 
form of a dry powder ami all that Is required is 
cold water to make a paint weather proof, fire 
proof and as durable as oil paint. It adheres to 
any surface, wood, stone or brick, spreads and 
looks like oil paint and costs about one-fourth as 
much. 
Write to Mr. A. L. Rice, Manuf’r., 408 North 
St., Adams, N. Y., and he will send you a free 
trial package, also color card and full informa¬ 
tion showing you how you can save a good many 
dollars. Write to-day. 
AGENTS 100% PROFIT 
Most perfect and valuable Com¬ 
bination of tools ever invented. Sells 
at sight to Farmers, Plumbers, 
Machinists. Automobile Owners, in stores and the home. 
Made of Drop Forged high grade carbon steel. One agent in 
Essex County. N. Y., after a G days’ canvass ordered 100 tools. 
His profit $100.00. Big snap for agents. Sample free to workers. 
T. THOMAS MFG. CO., 2865 Wayne St., Daytoa, Ohio 
FANCY PIGEONS 
Unusual opportunity for Country Gentle¬ 
men and Farmers. Having a large surplus 
of very choice birds from prize winning 
strains, we will sell the following at $2 each: 
Black Tumblers, Blue Magpies, 
Almond Tumblers, Black Magpies, 
Bald Head Tumblers, Red Magpies, 
Blue Bearded Tum'rs, Black Dragoons, 
Almond Bearded Tum’rs, Blue Dragoons, 
Archangels, Black Fantails. 
. . . ADDRESS . . . 
FOXLAIR LOFTS, North Creek, N.Y. 
Richard A. Hudnut, Owner 
tuc PEI ERRATEn Hungarian and English 
I tic UCLCDtlrtlCU PARTRIDGES AND PHEASANTS 
Wild turkeys, quails, rabbits, deer, etc., for stock¬ 
ing purposes. Fancy pheasants, peafowl, cranes, 
swans, storks, ornamental geese and ducks, foxes, 
squirrels, ferrets, and all kinds of birds and ani¬ 
mals. WENZ & MACKENSEN. Dept. 10, Pheas- 
antry aud Game Park, Yardley, Pa. 
We will have some 
promising April 
batched Single Comb 
White Leghorn Cock- 
P EKIN DUCKS ei-els at $2.00 and $3.00 
CIVIH U U U IV O each . gr;lnd early 
hatched Barred Hock Cockerels sired by 10 pound 
cocks for $3.00 and $5.00 each. Remember our 
strain of Imperial Pekin Ducks, Madison Square 
Garden Blue Ribbon Winners, is second to none. 
Have 1,000 now to select from. Orders booked for 
early delivery of hatching eggs in any quantity or 
day-old chicks and ducklings. AlsoBronze Turkeys 
and their eggs for sale. Incubators 10,000 eggs ca¬ 
pacity. Cyphers agents. Correspondence invited. 
Satisfaction guaranteed. The only large successful 
plant in the vicinity of Now York City. Bonnie 
Brae Poultry Farm, New ltochelle, N. Y. 
RICHLAND FARMS, Frederick, Md. 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 
WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS 
S. C. BLACK ORPINGTONS 
Now is the time to place your order for 
HATCHING EGGS and HAY OLD CHICKS 
Six hundred and sixty-two acres devoted to the three 
breeds. All breeding stock have free range. No orders 
too small or too large. 
BREEDERS FOR SALE 
O WNLANI) FARM’S While and Bull Wyandottes, 
Indian Runner Ducks. Famous “Win and Lay” 
Strains. All stock subject to approval. Price-List. 
0WNLAND FARM. Box 497. South Hammond. New York. 
Mt. Pleasant Farr 
—A Breeding Establish¬ 
ment of 250 acres, de¬ 
voted to developing under ideal conditions the best 
S. C. W. LEGHORNS 
We solicit inquiries from those in need of new 
blood or foundation stock. Spring orders for Eggs 
and Chicks now being booked. Splendid Cockerels 
cheap during December. MT. PLEASANT FARM, 
Box Y, Havre de Grace, Maryland. 
R. C. Rhode Island Reds and Indian Runner 
nII0UQ—Strong, vigorous strains for utility, show 
UUuno alld export. All stock sold on approval 
SINCLAIR SMITH, 602 Filth Street. Brooklyn, New York. 
S. C. Rhode Island Reds at the Horseshoe 
Road Poultry Farm batching and a few Cock¬ 
erels. Write for prices. WM. R. BURKHOLDER. 
Box 152, K. 5, Lancaster, Pa. 
f)f| EGGS $1.00—leading varieties, 52 breeds. Prize Poul- 
/U try. Pigeons, Hares, etc. Booklet free. Large illus¬ 
trated descriptive Catalog 10c. F. G. WILE, Telford, Pa. 
S INGLE COMB WHITE LEGHORNS—Quality 
Kind, Famous Lakewood Strain, Young and old 
stock for sale: Hatching eggs for early delivery. 
SUNNY HILL FARM, Flemington. New Jersey. 
G HAY’S SILVER QUILL White Rocks. White 
Wyandottes, White Holland Turkeys and 
Berkshire Pigs at bargain prices. GROVELAND 
STOCK FARM, Box A, Groveland, New York. 
COLUMBIAN WYANDOTTES— Beauty &utility combined. 
Splendid, vigorous Cockerels and Pens mated. Ad¬ 
dress Ralph Woodward, Box 28, Grafton, Mass. 
R. C. B. MIN0RCAS, Cockerels, S1.25 each. Indian 
Runner Ducks, $6 trio. Geo. Bowdish, Esperance, N.Y. 
rnnn BROWN and White Leghorn Hens; Giant Bronze 
JUUU and White Holland Turkeys. Bred for heavy 
winter lavers. Numbers to suit. Prices reasonable. 
THE AMERICAN POULTRY PLANT, Collins, Ohio 
T HE FARMER’S FOWL— Rose Comb Reds, best winter 
layers on earth. Eggs, $1.00 per 15. Catalogue 
free. THOS. WILDER, Route 1, Richland, N. Y. 
Free Poultry Catalogue 
EAST DONEGAL POULTRY YARDS MARIETTA PA. 
Pure Bred Bronze Turkeys 
From Prize-winning Strains. Stamp. 
MRS. HARRIET CHUMBLEY, Draper, Va. 
L ARGE TOULOUSE GEESE, White Wyandotte Cockerels 
and White P. Hock Hens and Cockerels for sale. 
Prices low for quality. E. Schieber, R. 2, Bucyrus, Ohio, 
Indian Runner Ducks' 
,—Fawn and White, 
i heavy laying strain. 
Eggs. $1.50 per 13; $8.00 per 100. F. J. FULLER, 
Waterport, Orleans County, New York. 
Indian Runner Ducks 7;«”e«-,j 
$5 per trio. W. T. EASTON, R. 5, Delaware, Ohio. 
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., Peekskill, N. Y. 
Greider’s Fine Catalogue 
of pure bred poultry, for 1911, over 200 
pages, 57 colored pictures of fowls, calen- 
darfor each month, illustrations, descrip¬ 
tions, photos, incubators, brooders, and 
all details concerning the business, where 
and how to buy fine poultry, eggs for 
hatching, supplies, etc., at lowest cost. 
Send 15c. B. H. Greioer, Box 58 , Rheems. Pr 
