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THIi RURAt NEW-YORKER 
October 28, 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
There is one purpose and one only of 
this department—the protection of the 
patrons of this paper and their neigh¬ 
bors and friends. When that result is 
best accomplished by giving the name 
and address of concerns who oppress or 
deal unfairly with the people, then the 
names and addresses are given. If a 
faker be persistent in his schemes, it 
may be necessary to go into his record, 
and one cannot always use soft words 
in describing the trickery of a rogue. 
But our purpose or mission is not to 
punish the offender, but to protect those 
in danger of their allurements. One 
may have to knock down a tough to 
protect a fellow citizen. The knock¬ 
down is merely a necessary incident to 
the assistance to a neighbor. Just so 
the publicity of rogues is an incident in 
the protection of the public. 
Joseph D. Shultz, of Ridgeberry, 
Orange County, New York, was on trial 
last week in the Federal court in New 
York City charged with the shipment 
of immature and decomposed veal for 
consumption. The particular shipment 
on which he had been indicted was 
shipped in the name of his wife, but it 
appeared that he had previously paid 
fines in settlement of two complaints for 
the same oeffnse in the State courts, and 
it was held that the shipment was made 
by him using his wife’s name. After the 
jury brought in a verdict of guilty 
Judge Hough, of the Federal court, re¬ 
manded' him pending inquiry as to his 
record. The record convinced the court 
that he was an old offender, and the 
sentence was a fine of $250 and six 
months in jail. 
Last week I saw an advertisement^ of 
horses for sale at No. 83 9th avenue, New 
York City. I did not like the horses hut 
a Mr. Busbee whom I met there promised 
to take me where I could get a horse to 
suit me. He took me to the so-called Cable 
Express Co. stable at 154 East 27th street, 
where I met a Mr. Sullivan. I bought a 
horse for $125, and paid $25 in cash. He 
promised to deliver the horse on Staten 
Island the next day and receive the bal¬ 
ance. That night I read in The R. N.-Y’. 
what you said of another’s man experience 
with this same Sullivan. I waited, but 
my horse did not come. I complained at 
police headquartei-s and a detective went 
with me to the place. I identified the_ 
man in charge; and after some parley' 
they refunded my $25. A. f. w. 
New York. 
This is practically a repetition of 
former experiences. These “gyps” are 
so cunning it is difficult to get legal 
leverage on them. You cannot indict 
a man for accepting $25 in part pay¬ 
ment of a horse, nor for failure to de¬ 
liver him. But when legal processes 
fail, informed people have a means of 
defeating such tricksters—by leaving 
them alone. 
I have just received a statement and 
check for $7.83 for the six barrels of 
apples which I sent you for collection 
from the western house. You certainly 
can bring these commission men to time 
when they try to act crooked with the 
shippers of produce. Many thanks for your 
kindness and “may you live long and pros¬ 
per.” w. a. y. 
Illinois. 
These apples were sent in August, and 
shipper could get no reply to his letter. 
A telegram brought a postal reply that 
the apples were more or less rotten. 
Subsequent letters brought no reply, and 
the matter was referred to us. To 
our inquiry as to the cause of the de¬ 
lay in adjustment, reply was made that 
there had been an oversight, as they 
were busy when shipment came in, but 
had sold promptly. They deny having 
received letters from the shipper, but 
were adjusting the account now. The 
shipper suffered a $5 loss in the trans¬ 
action. This house has a good rating, 
but the delay and failure to reply to the 
shipper and subsequent shortage in set¬ 
tlement, makes the whole transaction 
look like some of the sharp practices 
resorted to by the unreliable commis¬ 
sion houses. We withhold names this 
time, but a second offence would justify 
more detail. 
Dr. William Taylor, head of the Univer¬ 
sal Medical Institute, at No. 30 West 29th 
street, was sentenced to one year in the 
penitentiary on Blackwell’s Island yester¬ 
day, after he pleaded guilty, before Judge 
Hough, in the United States Circuit Court, 
to using the mails in a scheme to de¬ 
fraud. 
Dr. Taylor is the fifth man sent to prison 
this year for defrauding persons through 
the use of the mails by representations to 
cure almost any sickness.—Daily Paper. 
We have previously referred to this 
concern and had the privilege of advis¬ 
ing our people to leave it alone before 
the Post Office authorities were able to 
get the definite evidence to convict its 
head. No greater service could be 
done the people by the Federal authori¬ 
ties than the conviction of this class of 
rogues who make a business of exploit¬ 
ing the misfortunes of the poor. 
Last week the Columbian-Sterling 
Publishing Company was placed in the 
hands of Gordon A. Murray as receiver 
on petition of creditors. This is the 
company that took over the Columbian 
and Hampton Magazines, and combined 
them in one publication. The receiver 
was authorized to continue the business 
for 20 days, and so as to get out the No¬ 
vember number of the magazine. A 
Federal Grand Jury has been investigat¬ 
ing allegations of fraud in the sale of 
stock of the company to the readers of 
the magazine, and indictments are ex¬ 
pected soon. It is said that more than 
$280,000 of the money received for 
stock has disappeared. Two of the men 
who were active in the sale of the stock 
are also missing. The petition asking 
for a receiver alleged that Frank Orff, 
the president and general manager, and 
his associates paid dividends that had 
not been earned. 
We have no record of any publisher 
ever offering stock or bonds of his 
business to the subscribers of his pub¬ 
lications when the publications were on 
a profit-paying basis. They have re¬ 
sorted to this means of raising money 
only when the hazards were too great 
to interest experienced investors, and 
the final result has been a series of 
failures. From memory we can name 
nearly a dozen conspicuous failures of 
recent years. We first had the Richard¬ 
son publications in Boston that got 
away with some millions; the Cushman 
publications, financed on this basis by 
Myrick in Springfield, failed shortly 
after they moved to the West. His 
Good Housekeeping investors are now 
complaining that the magazine was sold 
without their knowledge or consent, and 
they are having difficulty in getting their 
money. The Circle Company has gone 
out of existence, and the Success Com¬ 
pany defaulted on its $400,000 worth of 
bonds, and the magazine is now out of 
their reach in the control of another 
company. Stock of Pearson's sold at 
par, and can now be bought for two 
cents on the dollar. Vick’s Magazine 
and Agricultural Epitomist did away 
with savings of the farm, and Currier, 
of Chicago, is now paying alimony to 
his former wife out of the earnings of 
money sent him by respectable and 
prudent families. E. G. Lewis admits 
under oath that the $3,500,000 worth of 
stock of his publishing company, largely 
held by country people, is wiped out, 
and that the company owes $1,500,000 
of debts besides. Such is part of the 
record of promoting publishers, with 
universal loss to the people who part 
with their savings to them. We find 
not a single instance of anything but 
disappointment and loss to the investor. 
We think the record justifies our ad¬ 
vice, often repeated, to let venturesome 
promoters finance their own publishing 
hazards. J- J- D - 
When you write advertisers mention The 
R. N.-Y. and you'll get a quick reply and a 
“square deal.” See guarantee editorial page. 
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