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The Rural New-Yorker 
THE BUSINESS FARMER'S PAPER 
A National Weekly Journal for Country and Suburban IIomc 8 
Established tsso 
a nxv rcoKAiy NKW-VORKER 
February 24, 
Published weekly by the Rural Publishing Company, 409 Pearl St., New York 
Herbert W. Colongwood, President and Editor 
Wm iwta?^ J * ? ILK)N * Treasurer and General Manager* 
Wu. F. Dillon, Secretary. _ Mrs. E. T. Kovlf" Associate Editor. 
SUBSCRIPTION: ONE DOLLAR A YEAR 
To foreign countries in the Universal Postal Union S 2 (M eo „ a i to Ss m ™ 
*>* marks, or 10* francs. Remit in money order?eip r ess ’ ° T 
order, personal check or bank draft. P 
Entered at New York Post Office as Second Class Matter. 
Advertising rates 60 cents per agate line-7 words. Discount for time orders. 
References required for advertisers unknown to us : and 
cash must accompany transient orders. 
“A SQUARE DEAL” 
We believe that every advertisement in this paper is backed bv a resnon 
F ‘ b ' e Pfraon. But to make doubly sure we will make good any loss to naid" 
!? y tr !’T nt? an y deliberate swindler advertising iiJour 
columns, and any such swindler will be publicly exposed. We protect suh- 
, *: 0g UCS ^" t we do not Koarantee toadjust trifling differences 
1 *2?* ®j"4 h °nesL reKpo ? Klb , le advertisers. Neither will we be 
responsible for the debts of honest bankrupts sanctioned by the courts 
Notice of the complaint must be sent to us within one month of the time of 
the transaction, and you must have mentioned Tee Rural New-Yorker 
when writing the advertiser. 
of freight must be considered. Why should not the “/ knew all about that three years ago t» 
ladroads running through Connecticut do as much to That is what a reader says about the recent i 
encourage "me Shipments as the Illinois raiiroads? on parcels post in GermX W hasa'll 
IS \\hat the Connecticut farmers want to find been public property for years—more shame to 
out, and c 2 ot them wrote the following letter to oublic men We ar « * ,, • t0 0ur 
the president of the N. Y„ N. H. & H. Railroad: and thousands of country ^eorf'e do imfyefrlT''’ 
JzJtizrz ss r ha ; p r ls post wo “ ld ' do for °" th ' <*£ 
railroads arc coming to realize more and more a vital , .’ me express companies fully understand what 
interest in the greater production of the products of the thlS post Wl11 do to them. Thus they will move every 
smi, and in various ways seeking to promote the same. P ower they can invoke to prevent anv measure +W 
“• «™-« cpr tain c„p,, has real blood in it. It ought not tHe n'essary to 
partly to be returned to the soil, will quickly more than 
double the product per acre. My object in this letter is 
to appeal to you, and the directors of vour company for 
ft rcduced flight rate on this one article of lime at‘least. 
The present freight rate for a carload of lime from Lee, 
Mass., via New Haven, a possible distance of 90 miles, is 
$1.40 per ton, and .$1.80 per ton in five-ton lots. This , . - J OU u 3u«ip 
figures up for a carload, a freight bill of over $35. Please ° r careful consideration,” but make them understand 
v s know lf an .vthing can be done in way of reduction tliat wa/zf parcels post, no more no less 
for this particular article. You might say to me, that * ' 
you were spending a great many millions of dollars on 
your system of roads, but this much-needed increased pro- 
duction from the land would help to get a good many 
millions back. J 
argue any longer, but long experience has taught us 
to lj f patient and persistent, and so we stay right by 
the job. There are some members of Congress who 
will not get off the express wagon until you blow them 
off with dynamite. Do not take any of their soft soap 
eai^al St ° re 5 the GraD Se furnishes 
lion Rv *i t<>re ? . WG hirC agenl t0 run on commis- 
• ®L a ! WayS iaVlng Cash t0 pay for goods and no 
J™ pay ’ wa 080 ^11 cheaper than the other 
traders. Last year we traded over $56,000 worth We 
Now this matter is worth more than “careful con.. ™ ,« r we rraaea over $56 ooo worth w 
si deration.” The New England freight rates on fer- have sold a certain brand of rubbers for quite a number 
tihzers are close to extortionate and ought to be scaled +, years j tho year 4910 we bought over $1,000 worth of 
down. Many of the railroads say they are in favor of , ye ? r they refused to sell us any unless we 
improving agriculiuva, condi^s „/ 
trains, etc. Lime cannot make speeches or draw, us goods just because we would not sell for a higher price’ 
crowds, but it rlnpo olio*.* +., 11 ,:__i _ .... . Maine. 6 p 
E. N. K. 
If this company declined to sell to the Grange for 
the reason here given we think it is a plain violation 
of the Sherman law. This has been decided by the 
TEN WEEKS FOR 10 CENTS. 
In order to introduce The R. N.-Y. to progressive, 
intelligent farmers who do not now take it, we send it 
10 weeks for 10 cents for strictly introductory pur¬ 
poses. We depend on our old friends to make this 
known to neighbors and friends. 
* 
“Creamery Promoters In Maine." 
Mr. McKeen states the case on page 246. We have ™ "a w •. a"™ T’" 0 * make speecI,es or draw ' 
had several rounds with such genflemem and they , ° f ’ ’’“'.I' d ° eS slle " l . talki " g >"<i more entitled 
have promised to do all sorts of things’to us tor „ec«cu t " any 1>cllt,aan who ever entered Con- 
smoking them out. It all ended in wind. We are glad * 
to point them out again. Maine has no use for them iM1 .. , , „ ' - - 1Ici:5 ueen aeciaea Dy the 
# ' Perhaps you still think the farmers of this country cour ts. A manufacturer cannot lawfully dictate the 
The story of the horse deal on page 252 is we be- T °. f th f' Co "f«s™»- Better get wise s '"i"£ P"'« « f an article sold to a buyer. It is 
lieve, a true one. This farmer got his money back * °"w 1 "V s t Wh e Ch was sent to Congress- a S a >nst the Sherman Anti-trust law if the transaction 
but for every one who can do so 50 are bluffed and "T” ^ m ' L ' La Collette,.of Washington by farmers goes beyond State lines. The first section of the 
robbed. We have been talking for some years about " ^ attCnded thc Kennewlck Farmers’ Institute: Sherman law reads: 
the way poor people are treated by the monev lenders We ar<? ln receipt of your letter saying that you are contrac t> combination in the form of trust or 
and fakers. Now we shall cive some rlpfinitp E< ” ng to spnd us a P acke t of seeds. May we beg of you 01 Consp,racy in restraint of trade or commerce 
specific cases shnwW i Z l , a defimt j e , and < *<> d » nothing of the kind? Do nob burden the United « ra ° n g *e seyerai states, or with foreign nations, is berebv 
P . * Slowing just what is done and how States mail with any such folly. You know this is a graft dcc J arp<3 to be illegal. Every person who shall mak« any 
tney do it. 1 he way the poor are robbed by those who which benefits none but the seed man who grows the eupla contract, °r engage in any such combination or con¬ 
ought to help them is a shameful story in our business vvorthIess socds - You arG not performing your duty in spiracy ; shaU be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on 
u{ ~ ' sending them, but taking part in a fraud too patent to de- ponvactlon thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exeeed- 
ceive anyone any longer. The only duty you have in this J" g . :5 ”> 000 > or by imprisonment not exceeding one year or 
connection is to introduce and support a bill to put an end *“ ” ” 
to this foolish attempt to deceive the farmer. If you do not 
introduce such a bill we will not vote for you again. 
\ou see, Mr. La Lollette wrote some of his back¬ 
ers that: 
W itbin the next few weeks I will send you a packet of 
-- ^rvuchcc. A ills IS a iorm ot assorted vegetable seed. I am sending these because they irurn aoout tn e Florida Everglade lands. We have 
cooperation which works well, for we find our people are yours ’ and not to imply any obligation on your part, been cursed by promoters for tellino- -f-wo 1 
to Know. J ins is harder than the other, but we find entitled to your share. 
what they are thinking about and conclude that what This is the same old petty graft of free seeds 
they ought to know is the fair outcome of that These farmers do not want them and do not wan i 
loug 1 . n ormation and thought! That is what wq any Congressman who accepts or handles them. If - wvuiu euner leave their disease- 
are trying to work out with The R. N.-Y., for infer- Mr. La Lollette wants to “perform a duty” let him wasted bones in the Everglades or leave the country 
mation without thought has no life, while thought put these seeds in the fire! If he does not the seeds broken in health and fortune. The millions they give 
1 tout information has no value. of his. renomination and election will never sprout. up . for their disease holes will go to promoters and 
* Ye wish there were a few farmers’ institutes in the lbeir decoys! Charges have now been made that Sec- 
Our Maryland readers are taking the advice to East that would talk this way. They are too much retai T of Agriculture Wilson has helped along the 
write their representatives at Washington about par- interested in making two blades of grass grow. We Ever ^ade land liars by suppressing information giving 
cels.post. One of them wrote Senator Rayner and believe in making a perfect sod grow on the political ! h ® trde cond ition of the Everglades. We cannot 
received this reply: grave of the crooks who have “run things” so long. 
I have received your letter, but I regret to say that I * 
ought to help them is a shameful story in our business, 
life. 
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T. he plan of making The R. N.-Y. is very simple. 
First, we find what our people want to know. We 
do not try to decide for them, but encourage them to 
make their wants known. They do this and we find 
other readers who are able to give the desired infor¬ 
mation out of their experience. This is a form of 
' ' exceeding one year, 
by both such punishments in the discretion of the court. 
^ ou ought to report this case to the Department 
of Justice at Washington. The facts as stated would 
be strong evidence. 
* 
A few weeks ago Van Deman told our folks the 
truth about the Florida Everglade lands. We have 
been cursed by promoters for telling the facts, but 
curses do not stay long to roost here. There have 
been many shameful land booms since this Govern¬ 
ment was organized, but this Everglade business is 
about the worst. The scheme was to sell pieces of 
this scum-covered mud to deluded “home-seekers.” 
These poor things would either leave their disease- 
cannot give my opinion upon a question that has not been 
argued on the floor of the Senate. 1 am not on the com¬ 
mittee that has the matter in charge, and to do as you 
request would be like asking a judge to decide a case be¬ 
fore lie has heard the arguments. isidor rayner. 
The Senator is gaining a little. W e have seen some 
“careful consideration” letters from him in times past. 
He has got away from that at least. He has “heard 
the arguments again and again, and he knows very 
well whether he is for parcels post or against it. Let 
judge this thing fairly until all the evidence is in. We 
have, during past years, often applied to the Depart¬ 
ment for information about Florida lands. The offi¬ 
cials have always been conservative and have de¬ 
nounced land booms. Many newspapers are now 
At least one back-to-the-lander has managed to 
raise a good crop—a mortgage. Wilfred Roberts was __ 
on the stage with a trick dog. He should have stayed shouting about this investStion!^ 1 fe^yrars past 
there, but some human dogs got after him with a they have taken monev for l u P 
trick which the four-footed animal would not stand these saute lands! As for Secretary TOsofh^d 
for. Two sharpers got Roberts to buy a farm in out of use some vears a on tw »\ ' » P d 
Connecticut. With a Brooklyn saloon keeper to help ies connected with Mr & Taft’s n 1 ^ -TT myS , ter ~ 
then they made Roberts think this old farm was a no human being seems able to explain The mos^ 
us suppose it was a question of reciprodty, tariff or £ lod ’^d a„Th ’ ’nT ' t'l ^ ^ ° f a " is ^ James Wilson should ha°e be« 
the money question! Would Mr. Rayner be content farra on a coId s „ ol " S d ay aJdToId hiTZ r^ks Wtm- L remai " ” " ,e ' ,ead ° f Agric “»“ r al 
to pose as a judge (deaf at that) waiting for the areu- 111 ., . . Department. 
ments to be driven into him? Not for an .nstant He t m gran ' tC ° £ " ,ere --- 
would not be judge but advocate fighting for Ae 7 TI Z ""“I l"* ™'° US ‘° r ™ 1 "’ e 
thing his people wanted. The demand for parcels ^4 ^ J ^ f S ' M 
for thc farm. He paid $o,000 in cash, turned over 
$2,500 in good securities and gave a mortgage for 
$7,500. He woke up to find that his 400 acres of rough 
land were barely worth $5,000. Roberts is no farmer, 
but he proceeded to cultivate the court As a 
confessed “easy mark” he brought suit to have the 
BREVITIES. 
Oh yes! There are a few peach buds left. 
Why not organize an Alfalfa club in your town? 
Worry is the mental nitrogen for trouble. IIow it does 
grow! 
Thanks for the peach bud reports. These reports are 
certainly “peaches.” 
As evidence of the cold Winter Cayuga Lake in New 
5 ork is frozen all over. 
post is keen and strong. Why does Senator Rayner 
play judge when he knows what the people want? 
* 
Prof. C. G. Hopkins of Illinois came to Connecticut 
and talked on his great specialty—ground limestone. .. ui &uu t(j naye 
He proved that lime is needed, but there was some mortgage cancelled and his Brooklyn prop^rt^ re- 
discussion as to the kind of lime to use. It turned out turned to him. After hearing the case the judge or- 
to be a question of freight rates largely. In Illinois dered this done on the ground that the sale was in- 
cw duSt ’ prepared h J convict labor, is sold by the duced by fraud and deception. Thus Roberts gets 
State at 60 cents and one dollar per ton. The rail- his property back, the mortgage is wiped out, and he 
roads make a special rate for shipments inside the owns the farm after navino- c*: onn onvt i-, > r 
State. In Connecticut the rate on five-ton lots from He ought to have known Wt ’ u t ‘t • wy r * eeb- That a bi § question on page 244 regarding soiling 
the limeUlnc <ti on „ * , ,, r , * rom Jdc ought to have kn 0 wn better, but it is a good thing crops and the silo. On our eastern farms we are coming 
T , , . f ' per ton to the center of the State, to realize that such frauds will not stand. Yet thou- to 11131 mol ' e and more - Irrigation of a few heavily ma- 
« a ton of air-slaked lime contain 300 or more pounds sands do stand because the victims lack the monev nured acres wUl greatly help out lhe slock fo <> d Problem 
of actual lime than a ton of limestone this high cost and the power to fight it out in court But t0 be done with the from the soiling 
1 C LU ngnr out m court. crop? Shall we cure lt as hay or cu( . into the silo? 
Connecticut asparagus growers have now formed an or¬ 
ganization-starting with 21 members. 
It seems to be settled by our reports that dynamite is 
“great stuff” for making holes in tree planting. We have 
tried to get impartial testimony. 
That is a big question on page 244 regarding soiling 
