860 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
August 19, 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
I understand that you are trying to ad¬ 
just the claims against the E. G. Lewis 
properties. I am one or liis dupes. I sent 
my claims to the Reorganization Commit¬ 
tee, and I enclose you a receipt of the 
People’s Savings Trust Company for them. 
This is all that I had to show for the sav¬ 
ings from 20 years of hard work. Please 
do what you can with them. I paid cash 
for seven per cent, notes, but 1 agreed to 
exchange these for bank stock. 1 sent 
them the notes, but the stock was never 
issued. I got only Interim Receipts. 
Pennsylvania. victim. 
This is a sample of the letters that 
we are receiving now with the receipts 
for claims sent to the so-called Reor¬ 
ganization Committee. These receipts 
are all now available, and Mr. Hall is 
in a position to demand a return of 
the securities and present them in 
proper shape to the receiver for a share 
of the proceeds of the property, and 
all receipts of this kind ought to be 
turned in now and the original papers 
put in the hands of the receiver. If 
sent to us these will be presented with¬ 
out any expense whatever for our ser¬ 
vice. We arc glad to help out anyone 
who has been so unfortunate as to 
have parted with his savings on the 
Lewis claims. 
You will find enclosed a note signed by 
Wayne W. Rond, of Versailles, Ind. This 
was for a buggy I sold him. lie paid $13, 
but the balance I have never been able to 
get settlement for. You see by the note 
title was to remain in my name until paid 
for. lie traded the buggy off and has now 
moved away and fails to pay. lie is now in 
the Revenue Office in Indianapolis. 
Indiana. J. w. E. 
This party is now claiming that he 
was a minor when he gave the note and 
refuses to pay it. The note is now out¬ 
lawed and no claim can be made against 
him by law. Legally such an account 
cannot be enforced against a minor; but 
who would feel any pride in the boy 
who made such a record ? 
On March 20, 1911, I ordered from West- 
field Poultry Yards, Camden, N. J., 200 
White Wyandotte baby chicks, paying $30, 
and with the written understanding that 
the birds were to be delivered to me on or 
before April 10 in good condition and all 
living. I did not receive these birds until 
April 13, and then only 105, out of which 
number I found 72 dead birds. The birds 
were shipped in an old wooden box and 
packed so tight they could not stand up. 
Westfield Poultry Yards have refunded me 
for the birds they did not send, but I have 
been unable to get even an answer from 
them regarding the birds that came dead. 
I claim that in the first place they did not 
live up to the contract as they did not de¬ 
liver on the day specified. Second, they did 
not ship me day-old birds, but birds 
of several ages, some looking as old 
as six or seven days. Third, they have not 
refunded for, or replaced the birds that were 
found dead. The amount is small, hut it 
is pretty hard to have to pay such big 
prices for birds and then be done out of 
over half of them. c. A. g. 
New Jersey. 
We have been unable to get any 
reply from this firm and leave the whole 
transaction to the judgment of our sub¬ 
scribers. There is great risk in ship¬ 
ping baby chicks, but when a concern 
guarantees delivery and charges in pro¬ 
portion they are responsible for birds 
lost in transit, and should make them 
good. To fail to do so is to fail in an 
essential part of the contract. 
What can you tell me about the stock of 
the New National Post as an investment? 
It was organized by part of the staff of the 
Success Magazine, with several others. I 
understand it is now to he consolidated 
with the Success, under the name of Na¬ 
tional Post and Success Magazine. The 
company was first capitalized at $400,000. 
New Jersey. o. j. p. 
The authorized capital stock of Suc¬ 
cess was $1,000,000, and later $400,000 
of five per cent. 10-year convertible gold 
debenture bonds were authorized. Of 
'course this meant notes. It was prom¬ 
ised that $100,000 of the notes would be 
issued only for acquiring new property. 
When they were being sold it was rep¬ 
resented that the money was not needed 
but to raise a sinking fund so that if 
any holder wanted to sell the bonds 
would be taken up, and to provide for 
redeeming the notes when due. As a 
matter of fact the money went into the 
sink hole with the rest, and six months 
later they failed with an acknowledged 
indebtedness of $700,000, and default 
was made on the interest on the bonds. 
Then the National Post Company was 
organized and the old concern went 
through the form of selling its only 
assets to themselves as the National 
Post Co. This left the bond holders 
high and dry; but the public was in¬ 
vited to subscribe for the new stock. 
Success Magazine was a going con¬ 
cern, but ate up all the capital put in 
and the proceeds of the bonds besides; 
and yet got to a point where it could 
go no further. How the management 
expects to finance it and establish a 
new paper is more than successful pub¬ 
lishers are able to make out. If the pub¬ 
lishers put their own money into the 
venture, it would not be a proper sub¬ 
ject for public discussion, but when 
they invite inexperienced country peo¬ 
ple to invest in such a hazard it be¬ 
comes the duty of experienced publish¬ 
ers to inform their subscribers of the 
hazard of such a risk. We think the 
people are getting wise to these stock- 
jobbing schemes, and we predict an¬ 
other reorganization in the near future. 
Success had some standing before its 
publisher endorsed the E. G. Lewis 
schemes. It is creditable to the in¬ 
telligence of its one-fnne subscribers 
that it lost prestige and following after 
that experience. 
I sent $6 to the Manufacturers’ Sales 
Information Association ; I was to send on 
names of buyers, and they would send the 
names to manufacturers. I was to have a 
commission for this. 1 have sent them 
names and names, and I have never re¬ 
ceived a cent out of it, and lots of times 
1 know they did not send out any catalogue 
to the names I sent them. I very nearly 
sent them the last cent I had and now it 
looks to me like throwing $6 away. I want 
to know if there is any way to get this 
money back. F. w. 
Kansas. 
The Manufacturers’ Sales Informa¬ 
tion Association claims to save patrons 
money by placing them in direct com¬ 
munication with large factories, mail¬ 
order houses and other clients. Upon 
payment of a fee of $6 for membership 
the applicant is appointed as Informa¬ 
tion Reporter. He is promised a con¬ 
tinuation of the position until he has 
earned $600, and a guarantee given. He 
is also assured that he can make $50 
per month, and all he has to do is to 
send in the names of people desiring 
machines, clothing and in fact almost 
anything they wish. A commission is 
paid on the orders sent in, which is 
supposed to net the $50 per month, be¬ 
cause of the elimination of middlemen’s 
and dealers’ profits. The firms recom¬ 
mended included quack medical con¬ 
cerns and patent remedies. After send¬ 
ing in some 100 names and receiving 
none of the benefits promised and no 
catalogues mailed to his customers, our 
subscriber wished to withdraw and have 
his money returned, and would willing¬ 
ly forfeit his right to any benefits due 
him later. This request was refused, 
and as there was no promise to return 
the money, could not be enforced. It is 
another case of where the representa¬ 
tions have fallen far short of the al¬ 
luring promises made before the money 
was sent. The membership might on 
this basis be continued throughout life 
and no benefits accrue from the in¬ 
vestment. At best it affords you only 
an opportunity to help fake your 
neighbors, and the rewards do not 
seem alluring at that. j. j. d. 
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Si COMPANY 
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Springfield, O. 
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White Leghorns' 
Yearling Hens, Cock 
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165-107 BROADWAY, 29 E. MADISON ST. 
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Farmers and Poultrymen. 
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MAPLE GLEN POULTRY FARM, Millerlon, N. Y. 
FfiR QAI C —BOOR. C.White Leghorns, one year old. 
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SINGLE COMB WHITE LEGHORNS 
Choice lot Yearling Hens, Early Pullets and Cock¬ 
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kind. SUNNY HILL FARM, Fleminoton, N. J 
Will Spll— f°r$2.00for hens and $2.00 to$">.00 
iiiii ©cii for one-year-old cockerels—our 
surplus breedingstock of Partridge Cochins. Haired 
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Rose Comb Reds-Indian Runner Ducks 
High-class breeders and young stock for show, 
utility and export. May return at my expense if not 
satisfactory. Sinclair Smith, Sontholil, Suffolk Co., N. Y. 
5000 
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Agents Cyphers’ Incubators. 
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Young’s Strain TV. L. Cockerels— Order for 
A future delivery, Birds that will win anywhere. 
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