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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
October 14, 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
Do you know whether or not the Doyle 
Consolidated Mines Co., of Montezuma 
County, Colorado, is on the square? Would 
you advise one to take stock with them ? 
New York. G. A. S. 
We certainly would not advise anyone 
to take stock in mining ventures. If 
you take our advice, you will invest your 
savings in property that you know 
something about. If you want to give 
it away, select some worthy object at 
home. Don’t send it away for paper 
certificates under the impression that 
you are making an investment. 
I write to inquire the financial standing 
of the Dairy Products Company of New 
York, having branches in Bainbridge, Afton 
and other places. Their checks are due on 
the 20th of each month. Last month the 
checks were late. This month they tele¬ 
phoned checks would not be out until the 
22d. Are they deserving of extended credit 
and further patronage? a. h. k. 
New York. 
We have found no rating for this con¬ 
cern in the references open to us. When 
they ask produce from you on credit, it 
is their duty to furnish you satisfactory- 
evidence of their standing and ability 
to pay, or put up a bond as security for 
your money. Producers have lost mil¬ 
lions in the last 25 years through credit 
to concerns which had no financial 
standing. 
I received your letter with check en¬ 
closed which you collected on the protested 
check of E. lioch & Co., New York. I was 
very much surprised to receive it, and 
thank you for your effort, and would gladly 
pay for the trouble. I will do all 1 can to 
get subscribers for your paper or assist you 
in any way. v. N. c. 
New York. 
We had many inquiries about this 
firm, and were unable to discover any 
financial responsibility for them. We 
mentioned this fact some weeks ago, 
and subsequent reports from subscrib¬ 
ers have not been encouraging. The 
firm has moved to Brooklyn, and after 
repeated letter writing they agreed to 
settle the $5.05 protested check by 
weekly payments, which we accepted. 
The record is not one that would en¬ 
courage our people to make shipments 
to them if they are still soliciting them. 
I sent Lee Todd, Richmond, Va., $17.60, 
and he was to send me a colored girl to 
work for me. Now they pay no attention 
to my letters. Can you help me out on 
this?' mrs. o. s. 
Vermont. 
We reported a similar transaction 
last year, and we would suggest that 
our subscribers make a note of Lee 
Todd. It was reported to our attorney 
that the girl had been sent, but she did 
not follow directions and another would 
be sent promptly. The second girl was 
never sent, and we could get no re¬ 
sponse from Mr. Todd. Our attorney 
suggested bringing suit, but this would 
be too expensive for a matter of the 
kind. In New York City the License 
Bureau keeps a pretty strict watch over 
these companies, but in Virginia the 
Commissioner of Revenues, who issues 
the licenses, has no authority over the 
persons taking them out. 
In February, 1910, I went to New York 
and was on my way to Fiss, Doerr & Car- 
roll’s place of business on 24th street to 
purchase a horse, when I was approached 
by a man who handed me a card of the 
Nassau Sales Stable, and said they had 
about 60 horses around the corner, 157 
East 25th Street. I met there M. G. Sulli¬ 
van, who represented himself to be the 
salesman of the Nassau Sales and Exchange 
Stable. I bought two horses paying $15 
in cash and a check for $35. Sullivan 
agreeing to ship the horses to Pawling, and 
when they arrived there I was to pay $200 
more for them. Instead of the horses go¬ 
ing to Pawling a representative of Sulli¬ 
van’s came there and said that Sullivan 
would like me to come to New York and 
get the horses myself and bring down a 
certified check for the balance. I went to 
New York with this representative of Sul¬ 
livan’s and was induced by Sullivan to turn 
over the $200 certified check, but when I 
sought to get the horses I was literally 
thrown out of the place and my life threat¬ 
ened. I put the matter in the hands of 
some attorneys, who communicated with 
the District Attorney’s office in the city. 
Detectives got on the trail of Sullivan with¬ 
out producing any results. When I gave 
Sullivan the check he wanted to get the 
bill of sale that he had given me the day 
before, and was very anxious to get it, but 
I refused to deliver it. I would like to 
get the money back and to punish Sullivan 
for fraud, and if you need me I will come 
on your summons by telegraph. G. w. u. 
New York. 
This was a typical New York horse 
swindle. In the stable they kept a good- 
looking pair of horses actually worth 
about $600, and these were shown the 
farmer and sold to him, but of course, 
they never expected to deliver them. 
It was a year and a half after the 
transaction that the above complaint 
was made to us, and we sent it to Fiss, 
Doerr & Carroll, the large horse com¬ 
pany on East 24th street, and the com¬ 
plaint was sent by them to their at¬ 
torney, J. C. Thompson, of 63 Wall 
Street, New York. He hired detec¬ 
tives at the expense of the company 
and located Sullivan. He then sent for 
the farmer, who came to New York 
but was unable to identify Sullivan 
among three other men. 
Later another victim by the name of 
Peterson sent a complaint to Mr. 
Thoi ipson, and the writing on his bill 
of sale was found to be in the same 
hand as the bill of sale given our sub¬ 
scriber. The two victims were then 
called to New York and they went to 
the Sullivan stables and identified him. 
He’ was arrested. Before he was taken 
to the Police Court, however, he talked 
with our complainant, and settled his 
claim in full with interest which 
amounted to $272. 
It will be remembered that some 
time back we had a report ■ of a swindle 
practiced by this same Sullivan under 
the name of the Cable Express Com¬ 
pany, located in an alley on 27th street, 
near Third avenue, under which he has 
recently been operating in this city. 
These operators are known in the local 
horse circles as “gyps,” and the buyer 
who gets into their hands is pretty 
sure to pay pretty dearly for his ex¬ 
perience. Sullivan is known by his 
confederates as Jasper Sullivan. 
I received a catalogue from the Central 
Mercantile Co., Chicago, Ill., and sent 
them an order amounting to $17.02. A 
little later they wrote stating they had re¬ 
ceived $1.93 and! denying the balance.! I 
wrote the postmaster at . Chicago, who 
Issued a statement showing they had re¬ 
ceived the money on April 16. .1 wrote ask¬ 
ing them to either ship the „ goods or're¬ 
fund the money,' and then" received price 
list and order blank asking, me. to change 
my order; so I wrote them I did,, not care 
to 'make anv change but wanted my money 
refunded. They then claimed they had 
shipped the goods, but as I had not re¬ 
ceived them I asked them to send on the 
bill of lading. After some time the goods 
reached me, but did not correspond with 
my order, as many of the articles were 
omitted. I have refused the. .shipment un¬ 
til I know whether I can get mv order 
filled as originally sent. I'do not wish , the 
goods at this late date, as I have seen ml 
supplies elsewhere, and want , my money re¬ 
funded. I understand the goods are being 
held in storage, but I do not want them 
and will not pay storage charges and ad¬ 
ditional freight oh a second shipment. I 
am sorry to bother you arid will not get 
caught, i‘n such a trap again. One lesson 
is enough'. H. w. s. 
New 'York. 
All the attention the Central Mercan¬ 
tile Company gave the matter. was' to 
send new order blanks with request to 
check up the box of goods in storage 
and advise what articles were missing. 
This was repeated when we took the 
matter up. The matter had dragged 
along, until the shipment could not be 
located, and the, company showed no 
disposition to make the matter right. 
We kept after them and demanding set¬ 
tlement, but now our letters, are re¬ 
turned with the advice that the concern 
is out of business. All of these experi¬ 
ences confirm our advice, so often re¬ 
peated: Do not send goods or money 
to a concern offering unusual prices, or 
big bargains, until you have secured a 
satisfactory rating for the house.. Be 
suspicious of houses that offer too much. 
George Currier, the Chicago mail or¬ 
der publisher, is ordered by the . court 
to' pay his former wife $5,000 annually. 
This was the result of the divorce pro¬ 
ceeding instituted by Airs. Currier. The 
holders of stock in Mr. Currier’s com¬ 
pany are yet looking for the. promised 
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