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SFHEJ RURAb NEW-YORKER 
Juno 24, 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
It is no wonder the shrewd brainy men 
who control our trusts, and through 
them control us, do not take seriously 
the government’s attempts to control 
them. We first make special laws to 
create trusts. They could not be created 
without such laws. Then we pass laws 
to regulate and restrict them on the the¬ 
ory that they are a danger. It is like 
creating an insect pest for the privilege 
of fighting it. Annul the laws that per¬ 
mit one corporation to hold the stock 
of another corporation, and there could 
be no trusts. 
The agent at Orlskany Falls telephoned 
me yesterday that the money for my case 
of eggs was at his office. Many thanks 
for what you have done about the matter. 
New York. d. g. m. 
This shipment was worth $15 and it 
was paid in full. Companies want to 
evade payment by asserting claim was 
not entered within 30 or 60 days from 
date of shipment as their• contracts or 
receipts state must be done. The fact 
is the shipper usually puts the claim in 
promptly enough, but the company pays 
no attention to complaints from the ship¬ 
per. 
On November 21, 1010, I shipped Kenton 
& Co., Pittsburg, one barrel of dressed 
chickens, which they claim never reached 
them. I have put in my claim to Adams 
Express Company, but they have not made 
any settlement yet. The bill for this 
shipment was $18.05. 
We entered this claim January 18, 
1911, with Adams Express Company, and 
settlement was made on February 17. 
There was no way they could evade re¬ 
sponsibility, as the shipment was lost in 
transit, but their failure to reply to in¬ 
quiries made by a small shipper shows 
the usual avoiding attitude of express 
companies. 
I received a check for $27.87. It is all 
satisfactory. I am glad there is one paper 
published that wants to see a farmer stay 
on top of the earth. I thank you very 
much for your trouble and if there is any 
expense send your bill. If it had not 
been for you I would never have got any¬ 
thing from them. A. o. s. 
Connecticut. 
This is a shipment of 99 barrels of 
cabbages sent to a Springfield house on 
commission. It was handled by the New 
York, New Haven & Hartford line and 
had 55 miles to£go. They failed to no¬ 
tify consignee and the car stood in the 
yard three days, with the result that the 
cabbage was frozen and had to be trim¬ 
med until about two-thirds was left in 
each barrel. The cabbage was worth a 
dollar a barrel, therefore shipper lost 33 
cents on each barrel, and we put in claim 
for $35, as he received $64 from con¬ 
signee. Deducting commission and 
freight charges a balance of $27.87. Set¬ 
tlement March 29, 1911. The railroad 
company in this case recognized its re¬ 
sponsibility and adjusted without quib¬ 
ble. 
In April, 1909, I bought a horse from 
H. F. Allard, Watertown, N. Y., with a 
written guarantee that the horse was per¬ 
fectly sound except one eye, which had 
been' hurt and which is now all right. 
The horse was a little lame when pur¬ 
chased, which he said was nothing, only 
that she was a little footsore from driving 
in the mud without shoes. She proved 
quite lame and remained so in spite of all 
we could do. Allard said to doctor her 
and he would make it right, and I con¬ 
tinued to use her with the understanding 
that she was to be his horse if she did 
not get over her lameness. She is still 
lame, and we have lost the use of her en¬ 
tirely. He refuses to do anything about it. 
See what you can do about it. a. f. k. 
New York. 
We can’t do anything about such a 
claim. No one else can. But we want 
our people to get out of the way of 
thinking that there is any protection in 
a guarantee, written or verbal, when the 
party making the guarantee is not re¬ 
sponsible. It is an easy matter for ir¬ 
responsible horse dealers or fakers gen¬ 
erally to give you a guarantee, but it is 
quite another thing to make them live 
up to it. Be suspicious of men and 
concerns who give you strong guaran¬ 
tees, and when you make a horse deal 
depend more on your own eye than 
on the promises of the dealer. Then if 
you find you are stuck, don’t let the 
thought find expression. There is not 
one time in a hundred that you can get 
any redress. 
I am interested in a patent. Many 
farmers tell me they can make and use 
any article they can on their own farm 
if they do not offer it for sale. Would that 
be infringing on the patent or not? 
Michigan. _ G. M. 
Certainly they would be infringing on 
the patent. No one has any legal right 
to reproduce a patented article for his 
o\vn use any more than for sale for 
the use of others. The only trouble 
would be the difficulty of the patentee 
to protect himself in the case where the 
article is made for the private use of 
the person who infringes the patent. 
To stop him making it, you would have 
to ask a court to issue an injunction 
and prove damages. This would be a 
difficult thing for you to do; but it 
would confer no right on him. If he 
were selling them you could easily prove 
damage, and the court would grant an 
injunction. It is sometimes hard to 
prove damage for trespass; but that fact 
gives a man no right to trespass on the 
property of another. 
I am sending you some “dope” from the 
Spar Products Co., Baltimore, Md., that I 
got taken in on for a few shares of stock, 
which I am sending you, and what letters 
I have from the company. They will ex¬ 
plain themselves, I do not want to get any 
more money into it. If you «an get 
any money out of this for me all right 
but. if not do the best you can. 
Maryland. a. J. F. 
Last year when this concern was 
claiming to be paying eight per cent on 
its preferred stock, and promising 100 
per cent later on on its common stock, 
we advised our friends to leave it alone. 
Now it is in the hands of a receiver, 
and the deluded stockholders are asked 
to send more money to save what they 
have already lost. It is the old story. If 
you recall the “dope” sent out by them 
a year ago, you will not place any too 
much confidence in the new representa¬ 
tion. In a recent case a Federal judge 
was reported as saying that he could 
not feel much sympathy for the people 
who were duped by advertisements and 
other promises of 1000 per cent profit. 
1 f rightly reported we think the court 
did not fully understand all the circum¬ 
stances. If the investments were made 
on the strength of such promises alone, 
we would share the judge’s sentiments. 
But these rogues work in other ways to 
win the confidence of the people, and 
then the extravagance or unreasonable¬ 
ness of the promises is overlooked by 
inexperienced people. Always be sus¬ 
picious of big promises; it is the pro¬ 
moter’s bait for suckers! This com¬ 
pany being insolvent, it is, of course, 
impossible for us or anyone else to get 
anything for a stockholder. 
In 1907 the Steel Trust had a com¬ 
petitor in the Tennessee Coal & Iron 
Company. One banking house in New 
York held large blocks of stock in the 
latter concern; and borrowed money on 
it by distributing the securities through 
several other city banks. When the con¬ 
ditions that year threatened a panic, 
the other banks began to press for their 
money; and the underwriting bank was 
in danger of failure. It was argued this 
would create a greater panic than we 
had, and to avert it financial giants got 
their heads together, and the Tennessee 
Coal & Iron Co. was forced to sell out 
to the Trust. This was all rehearsed in 
the hearing at Washington last week. 
It was told to demonstrate the virtue 
and public spirit of Mr. Morgan and 
other captains of finance. It seemed not 
to have occurred to anyone that the 
damage could have been averted by hav¬ 
ing the banks withdraw their demand 
for loans secured by the Tennessee Coal 
& Iron Co. stocks. These banks were 
and are admittedly under Mr. Morgan’s 
control. Hence it was that Mr. Morgan 
created the danger which he averted; 
and earned the plaudits of the public 
as well as a few millions of profit. 
The Federal Government did a good 
job on the five weeks’ trial of the 
Wireless promoters. They were found 
guilty, all five of them. Wilson, the 
president of the company, got five years 
at Atlanta and Parker and Butler, the 
fiscal agent and attorney respectively, 
each got two years at the same place. 
Two lesser lights got off with a year 
each in a local penitentiary. One of 
the others who pleaded guilty got off 
without a prison term as he aided the 
cause of justice. The cost of the trial 
was also charged up to Wilson, who 
made millions out of the stock swindling 
game. The cost of the trial was $50,000, 
so the criminals go to jail at their own 
expense. It was a good piece of work. 
The only regret is that the rogues could 
not have been apprehended before they 
took so much money from the people. 
The effect of the trial, however, ought 
to put people on their guard against sim¬ 
ilar swindles. There was a time when 
we found it hard to convince some of 
our own people that this Wireless stock 
was worthless. There are some who yet 
feel inclined to look with favor on other 
watered stock propositions, but I want 
people who look to this column for in¬ 
formation to know the difference be¬ 
tween an investment and a swindle. 
When Wilson gets out of prison, he 
ought to start a newspaper and send a 
million dollar claim to Congress for 
assassination of his business !! jr. j. d. 
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^ w DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL 
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Farmers and Poultrymen. 
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MAPLE GLEN POULTRY FARM, Millerton, N. Y. 
LAKEHILL FARM 
W. H. THACHK11. 
Single and Rose Comb W. Leghorns, W. P. Rocks 
and Imp. Pekin Ducks. Cockerels and Ducks of 
both sexes for sale In any quantity from $2 up. 
Chicks, $15 per TOO. Ducklings, $25 per 100. Write 
for special prices in large lots. Orders booked for 
early delivery of hatching eggs and day old chicks 
and ducklings. Safe delivery and satisfaction 
guaranteed. CARL W. LLOYD, Mgr,, 
Hillside, Westchester County, N. Y. 
t 
OAKWOOD FARM Celebrated 
RHODE ISLAND REDS and 
WHITE LEGHORNS 
Full grown birds.$2.00 each 
Chicks. .16 each * 
Eight week old pullets. 1.00 each ■ 
Eggs. 2.50 per setting 
Address OAKWOOD FARM, Tallinans, Rockland Co.,N.Y. 
jj. 
SINGLE COMB WHITE LEGHORNS 
Baby Chicks, prompt shipment, $9 per 100. Hatch¬ 
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SUNNY HILL FAKM, l'leinington, N. J. 
S. C, White Leghorn BABY CHICKS 
Chicks that make good. High class utility stock. 
Prompt delivery. $10 per 100. Circular. Van Crest 
Poultry Farm, Salt Point. Dutchess Co., N. Y. 
PRIZE WINNING STRAINS I &Th. w,™: 
dottes, Rhode Island Reds, both combs, Single 
Comb White and Brown Leghorns, eggs $1.60, 15; 
$7.00, 100. Light and Dark Brahmas, $2.00, 15. Cat¬ 
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C P. W HITE leghorns, Barred Plymouth Bocks, 
w« Ui II Mammoth White Pekin Ducks, Stock, 
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DAVIS S. C. REDS 
BABY CHIX 
$12.50 PER lOO BALANCE OF SEASON 
Full count and safe delivery guaranteed. 
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Hiinn Lake Poultry Farm MicksSw SrS 
WhiteWyandotte Chicks, $12 per 100. Eggs,$5per 100. 
W RIGHT’S WHITE WYANDOTTE WINNERS 
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(’. White Leghorns in any quantity. Safe arrival 
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High-class breeders and young stock for show, 
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5000 
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