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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
April 27, 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
During the month of March we re¬ 
ceived 69 accounts for collection which 
the creditors were not able to collect 
themselves, and 224 inquiries for rat¬ 
ings. We collected 62 claims amount¬ 
ing in the total to $2,397.03. Of these 
13 were express and railroad claims 
amounting to $385.16. The collections 
were rather above the average. The ob¬ 
ject in doing this work must be more 
the correction of abuses than the indi¬ 
vidual benefits. We want it also to 
emphasize the necessity of business 
methods and care in shipments and 
business transactions. Any of us get 
caught napping at times, but the indi¬ 
vidual lessons are probably worth the 
cost, if we profit by them. It is al¬ 
ways important to know something 
about the standing of the house to which 
goods are shipped on assignment or 
credit. 
Some time back we stated in answer 
to several inquiries that we had previ¬ 
ously run advertising of the William 
Galloway Company machinery, Water¬ 
loo, Iowa, and while we had no com¬ 
plaints of the products,- the advertis¬ 
ing was not in the paper at the time 
because we did not want our people to 
get the impression, even indirectly, that 
we would recommend investments in 
the stock of the company, which was 
then being sold to farmers. Mr. Gal¬ 
loway has now assured us that his busi¬ 
ness has been satisfactorily financed, 
and that stocks are no longer being 
offered or sold except as stock already 
issued may change hands from time to 
time. The R. N.-Y. must first of all 
be fair to everyone, and in view of 
what has been said, it is only fair to 
this company to make this statement 
of the condition as it now exists. We 
never had any complaint of the^ goods, 
and the investment feature is now 
eliminated. 
August 23 we received the following 
letter: 
Last September (1910) I shipped 39 
crates and two baskets of fine peaches to 
E. E. Berean & Co., New York, and have 
been unable to collect for them. I shall 
be greatly obliged if you will help me in 
the matter. They are worth $47.78. 
New York. G. s. 
November 10, 1911, received a check 
for $13 on account with a promise to 
pay more the last of the month. 
December 7, 1911, he again apologizes 
for not remitting, 
January 20, 1912, “business is at a 
standstill but will pay as soon as it 
starts up.” Later promised to have 
check here by February 1st. This is 
the last we have been able to get out 
of him. In the meantime, we have the 
following letter: 
I would like to have you see what can 
be done toward collecting the amount due 
me for two shipments of Bell pears sent to 
E. E. Berean & Co. I can get no reply 
and no check for the shipment, although 
he acknowledged receipt in July. 1910. He 
is now sending tags to my neighbors so¬ 
liciting shipments, but takes good care to 
send none to me. Can you help me? 
New York. s. F. d. 
Old subscribers will hardly find them¬ 
selves in this difficulty. We have re¬ 
ported other cases of the same kind. 
We can do no more. If a man sells 
your goods on commission and refuses 
to return for them you can enter a com¬ 
plaint and have him arrested. We have 
every charity for a man who meets mis¬ 
fortune and is unable to pay his obliga¬ 
tions ; but we have no charity or pati¬ 
ence for a man who solicits credit and 
consignments after he has become in¬ 
volved and pleads inability to pay just 
obligations. 
Do you know anything about the Min¬ 
eral Lands Co., Buffalo, N. Y. ? They are 
making mining leases in northern New 
Y'ork and are operating an experimental 
plant at Lowville, N. Y., and claim they 
are getting allotropic gold there. They 
tell me that they have leases with many 
farmers at Lowville, but the form of the 
lease does not appeal to me. and I have so 
far refused to accept it. I inclose you a 
copy of the lease and wish you would tell 
me what you think of it. F. h. 
New York. 
Few if any farmers are capable of 
negotiating a lease of this kind. I cer¬ 
tainly would not undertake it in my 
own case. If I thought the lease a 
good business proposition I would then 
employ an attorney to see that my inter¬ 
ests were protected under the contract. 
This lease was evidently prepared by 
the company and naturally is all to the 
advantage of the company. The farmer 
would have no protection whatsoever. 
Under the lease the mining company 
may go on the farm and dig and tear up 
about where it pleases. A peculiar 
provision of the lease is that the com¬ 
pany may sublet the lease to whom 
they please on the payment of back 
dues. They can neglect it all for years, 
and yet by the payment of a trifling 
rental transfer their privileges to others. 
The obligations of the farmer are fixed 
and definite. The obligations of the 
company are indefinite and uncertain. 
The company can do about as it pleases: 
and the farmer cannot compel it to do 
anything. But the worst feature of 
all is that the lease becomes a lien on 
the property. It will probably become 
a county record. You cannot give a 
clear title if you wish to sell it; and 
if you want to borrow money on mort¬ 
gage you will find objections to the 
title, and would probably have trouble 
to get a satisfactory loan. If this com¬ 
pany is so sure of finding gold, let 
them locate it, and the farmer can then 
negotiate a lease for the particular* 
piece of land required for the experi¬ 
ment or operation, through competent 
attorneys, but it is not the part of 
wisdom to tie up the whole farm for 
their benefit. Don’t sell the birthright 
for a mess of pottage. 
I am in trouble to know whether a debt 
after six years has passed in the State of 
New York can be collected. I have a judg¬ 
ment against a person, but do not know 
whether I can claim anything now. 
New Jersey. e. a. w. 
If you have a judgment filed in the 
county where the creditor lives, you 
can enforce payment on the judgment 
by issuing an execution provided the 
creditor is solvent. In New York an 
open account becomes outlawed in six 
years, but a judgment of record is good 
for 14 years. If the judgment is not 
recorded, get a transcript of it from 
the trial court and have it filed where 
the creditor lives. 
To show the disastrous effect of specu¬ 
lation in promotion stocks, the Financial 
World gives the following tabulation 
from sales made on the curb market: 
Chicago Subway.... 
Cobalt Central. 
Highest. 
$87.75 
Now. 
25 cents 
0.74 
% cent 
Gold Hill. 
4.00 
% cent 
King Edward. 
3.00 
2 cents 
Nevada Utah. 
8.00 
1/16 cent 
Ohio Copper. 
9.12 
$1.50 
Hawhide Coalition.. 
1.75 
y 2 cent 
Trinity Copper. 
United Copper. 
80.00 
$6.00 
80.00 
$1.75 
The first column 
shows 
the highest 
prices paid by investors. The last 
column gives the present prices. The 
exhibit was made not for the moral of 
the past, but as a suggestion and warn¬ 
ing for the present and future as bear¬ 
ing not on these particular enterprises 
but on others of a like nature, and it is 
reproduced here for a similar purpose. 
Two indictments, one containing 10 
counts, against the American Express Com¬ 
pany, and one, containing five counts, 
against tbe Adams Express Company, were 
returned this afternoon when tbe Fed¬ 
eral Grand Jury made its final report to 
Judge John It. Hazel at Buffalo. The in¬ 
dictment against tbe American charges 
that company with overcharging in 10 
specific cases on shipments originating at 
Aliquippa, Pa., and passing through this 
district. The maximum penalty is a fine 
of .$5,000 for each offense. The five counts 
against the Adams Express Company charge 
that a rebate was allowed shippers at 
Arcade, N. Y., in return for bringing their 
goods to the company’s station. Such a 
rebate has been held legal, but it is alleged 
the company failed to publish a tariff 
showing tbe rebate. The penalty upon 
conviction for each offense is a fine of not 
less than .$1,000 nor greater than $20,000. 
—Dispatch. 
These indictments are against the 
companies and not against individuals. 
No one will go to jail, and the compa¬ 
nies will not suffer much from any 
fine imposed, but it is worth something 
to get the idea into their heads that 
there is some limit to their privileges. 
In .Tune, 1911, I bought a horse of 
Nassau Sales Stables, S. Bogul, prop., 157 
East 25th street, New York City, and paid 
$140 cash. The horse was guaranteed 
sound and right every way, and if Im¬ 
proved unsatisfactory after 30 days trial, 
I w r as to have the privilege of returning 
him and getting my money back. He was 
badly windbroken, and 18 or 19 years old. 
He was sold to me for eight years old. I 
returned him within a week. Mr. Bogul 
refused to return my money, but finally 
gave me $20 in cash and a note for $120. 
The note was not paid. I got a judgment, 
but have not been able to collect it. My 
attorney had Mr. Bogul up on supplemen¬ 
tary proceedings and examined him as to 
his property, but was unable to get any¬ 
thing to levy on. h. c. c. 
New York. 
This young man got into the hands 
of one of the “gyps,” and he was done 
to a turn. The “gyp” will give any 
kind of a guarantee you want. What 
he is after is the cash, and settling the 
dispute for a note is the slickest part 
of the game. Left as it was this was 
a question of fraud or misrepresenta¬ 
tion, but when the buyer accept a note 
in settlement, the fraud was eliminated. 
Now it is a civil transaction. The note 
cannot be collected and that is all there 
is to it. It is no crime to default on 
the payment of a note. j. j. i>. 
low-priced i | rrffcC 
high-grade/\U 1 Uo 
Used cars rebuilt and guaranteed by manu-i 
facturersameasnewcars. Best for rural roads. I 
A high-grade high-powered car for very little I 
money. Postal brings full information. 
Stoddard Motor Co., 229 W. 57th St., New York 
Drainage Engineering 
Annual 
crops 
increased 50$. Advice on drainage, soils and crops. 
T. E. MARTIN, 102 Standart St., Syracuse, N. Y. 
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