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THE R.UR.A-I> NEW-YORKER 
July 22, 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
Students of the famous Dawley case 
will remember that the affair was 
likened to a train of cars with a cow 
on the track. The R. N.-Y. was to be 
the cow. It seems that the train was 
there all right, and so was the cow, but 
it turned out to be the other cow. Cat¬ 
tle crooks will now have to look for a 
new champion. 
On April 29 I sent one case eggs (30 
dozen) to W. W. Wright, the Clearfield But¬ 
ter and Egg Co., Brooklyn, and I have not 
heard a word from him although I have 
written him twice. Can you help me to 
collect? It is a small sum, but I need it 
as much as he does. mbs. l. si. h. 
New York. 
We followed this account up, but the 
commission house failed to respond, 
and we were later advised that their 
telephone had been discontinued. It will 
be impossible to realize anything on the 
account. We have had previous similar 
experience with this house, and from 
their lack of rating we can only advise 
our people to avoid* business dealings 
with them. They offered to make re¬ 
turns above the market price, which is 
the usual bait held out by irresponsible 
houses. 
I answered an advertisement for a drink 
cure and received the circulars 1 send you. 
1 would certainly like to know whether this 
is a fake or not. Had it not been for the 
good work you have been doing I should 
certainly have invested .$5 before asking 
your advice. Your Publisher's Desk is the 
first thing I look at when your paper is 
received. You may send me at once 50 of 
your 10 cent envelopes and I will use them 
In my correspondence. d. s. h. 
Pennsylvania. 
The circulars referred to a tobacco 
and drink cure, and while we have no 
record of any analysis of the product, 
we feel safe in saying that the majority 
of these so-called cures contain cocaine 
or morphine in some form. From re¬ 
ports we have had the cure is a hundred 
times worse than the disease. We can 
only urge our people to have nothing to 
do with these advertised nostrums. 
I received a letter from you with a check 
inclosed for two dollars. I did not expect 
they would return a cent. Thanks for your 
kindness and please let me know my indebt¬ 
edness to you. I received the nice book 
entitled "The Business Hen,” for which I 
thank you. I am interested in poultry. I 
have 70 laying hens and 52 good size Spring 
chickens. I enjoy reading your good paper. 
1 can learn from each paper very much. 
New Y'ork. mbs. f. a. s. 
This was a case of over-charge by an 
express company. The amount was 
trivial and the time we spent in mak¬ 
ing the collection was worth many times 
the amount involved; but express rates 
are exorbitant to start with and as a 
matter of principle we will insist on 
what is right whether the amount be 
large or small. As we have many times 
explained, we will accept no compensa¬ 
tion for any service we may do a sub¬ 
scriber in matters of this kind. 
The following letter is taken from the 
Lewis National Weekly: 
Blue Rapids, Kas., June 17, 1911. 
John II. Williams, Controller, Lewis Prop¬ 
erties. 
Dear Mr. Williams: To-day received 
three copies of enclosed by courtesy of our 
post office department. 
Mr, Williams, I have about $4,500 in¬ 
vested in University City notes ($2,400) 
debentures, ($2,000) and over. 
1 wish you to answer this one question : 
were these companies insolvent and worth¬ 
less as stated by Burton? You have had 
an investigation, tell me the truth. 
If the investment is lost now through 
maliciousness, it will not matter half so 
much (although it is my all), as it would 
to be so basely misled by Mr. Lewis. 
I cannot believe him so treacherous and 
if these are lies. I will fight to the last 
ditch, money or no money. 
With best wishes. cabbie v. sheldon. 
You would expect such an inquiry to 
receive a frank, definite reply. Mr. Will¬ 
iams replies in a three-column article, 
but does not answer the inquiry. He 
admits that he has been in charge since 
February first, and that he went there 
to make investigation; but says in ef¬ 
fect that he is unable to answer the 
question. Mr. Williams’ answer to the 
question is a virtual admission that every 
charge made by Senator Burton is true. 
On May 24, 1909. I gave my note for 
$29.69 to the Security Life Insurance Co. 
of Chicago. 111. The agent said they guar¬ 
anteed $1,400 at the end of 20 years, and 
if the policy was not as they recommended 
I would not have to pay for it. When it 
came they guaranteed only $011. I haven’t 
lifted the policy and they still hold the 
note. My father and uncle were present 
and heard the agreement. Would 1 stand 
any chance of getting the note back? 
Pennsylvania. J. R. h. 
We took this up with the company 
but they claimed they had made a thor¬ 
ough investigation and assure us there 
was no misrepresentation practiced, but 
they do not state why the agent said 
$1400 would be guaranteed at the end 
of 20 years and then delivered a policy 
guaranteeing only $611. They rather 
resented our interest in the matter, but 
as the note had been discounted by the 
agent and his commission deducted, the 
company did not feel they could be at a 
loss. Our subscriber reports others in 
his neighborhood refused to accept their 
policies when they noted the discrep¬ 
ancies. We were unable to help him, 
but we publish this brief summary of 
the case to emphasize the wisdom of al¬ 
ways reading carefully any paper or 
contract you sign with a stranger or 
anyone else for that matter. 
On February 5, 1910, in response to my 
inquiry, I received a letter from L. L. May 
A Co., St. Paul, Minn., quoting $2 per 
bushel for Minnesota No. 13 seed corn, and 
.saying that "We will guarantee to you our 
seed corn to show our high germination 
test, and will also guarantee it to be true 
to name.” On March 4 I sent them remit¬ 
tance of $9.50 for five bushels. The corn 
was planted by myself and 'fight neighbors. 
This coin was planted on May 10, was yet 
in the milk when it was cut in anticipation 
of frost on September 14, 127 days after 
planting. Minnesota No. 13 seed secured 
from other sources and planted side by 
side with this one the same date, got ripe, 
while this did not. One neighbor planted 
Some of this seed in the same row at the 
same time with seed of his own, which ma¬ 
tured properly, while this did not mature 
at all. All of the nine farmers had prac¬ 
tically the same experience with the L. L. 
May & Co. seed, with the exception of one 
grower, whose corn failed to germinate be¬ 
cause of other conditions. Our soil is rich, 
strong, clay loam, and not the sandy soil 
found in some parts of Minnesota. Our 
land was originally heavy hardwood forests. 
Most of the farmers who used this seed are 
still struggling with stumps and brush and 
debt, and the loss of a crop of corn is a 
serious matter with them. In all this seed 
planted about 28(4 acres, and estimated to 
yield at 50 bushels per acre, and the whole¬ 
sale price of corn at 50 cents per bushel, 
the loss to the planters would be at least 
$700. I have complained to L. L. May & 
Co., but get no reply; my last letter was 
registered, and as I have heard nothing 
from them I conclude they do not intend 
to make any reply. C. s. R. 
Pine City, Minn. 
We presented the above complaint to 
Messrs. L. L. May & Co., and they re¬ 
plied that according to their records 
they furnished the exact corn ordered, 
but admit the possibility of an error in 
making shipment. They explained, how¬ 
ever, that conditions prevailing in the 
Northwest during the season were pecu¬ 
liar; that the season came on hot and 
then turned excessively cold, and then 
on top of this they experienced a severe 
drought; that they shipped the same 
season thousands of bushels of corn 
from which there was no complaint. 
They attributed the failure of the corn 
to g „w to carelessness on the part oi 
growers, and to possible want of culti¬ 
vation, and as an adjustment offered to 
duplicate the order next year free of 
charge. The offer to duplicate did not 
appeal to C. S. R., as after the ex¬ 
perience of the previous year he would 
not consent to risk another year’s fail¬ 
ure, and in further proof of his conten¬ 
tion quoted the authority of two corn 
experts (one of whom had furnished 
seed for May & Co.), both of whom 
confirmed the growers’ contention that 
the seed furnished by May & Co. was 
not the Minnesota No. 13, and further 
that the seed furnished was actually of 
two r three different varieties, neither 
of them being Minnesota No. 13. In 
further evidence of his contention he as¬ 
serted that he was only 65 miles from 
St. Paul, and he invited the company to 
send an expert to investigate the justice 
of his claim, which was not done. 
The above statement covers the case 
as fairly as we are able to express it 
from the records. What is the farmer 
or a number of farmers to do in such 
a case? This is an established, finan¬ 
cially responsible house. The farmer 
took the precaution to get a definite 
guarantee for the germination and qual¬ 
ity of the seed aside from any dis¬ 
claimer that might appear in the cata¬ 
logue. He got the guarantee in posi¬ 
tive, definite terms over a signature of 
the firm. As it stands this guarantee is 
a delusion and a snare. If he wants any 
redress he is obliged to go into the court 
and spend as much time and money and 
worry as the original loss amounts to, 
and run his chance of any redress even 
then. The seedsmen no doubt have their 
own difficulties. It is not an easy mat¬ 
ter for them to guarantee that an em¬ 
ployee will never make an error, and 
the nature of the seed trade makes it 
practically impossible for them always 
to guarantee the result of a crop from 
their seed; but here is a case where the 
growers relied implicitly on the positive 
assurance and guarantee of the seeds¬ 
man. The loss resulting is a whole 
year’s crop, which to them is quite as 
important as a large fraction of a seeds¬ 
man’s trade for a season. The seeds¬ 
man who gives such positive guarantees 
ought to assume some responsibility for 
his failure to do his part in filling the 
order. j. j. d. 
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