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THE KUKAt, NEW-YORKER 
November 23, 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
In time of trouble we turn to our friends. 
Last May I lost a case of eggs in transit 
and have been trying ever since to collect, 
but without success. I am sending you 
United States Express receipt, claim and 
correspondence to see what you can do with 
it, as the express agent does not answer 
my letters. I dislike to trouble you, but I 
do not know of any other way to get it. 
_ Pennsylvania. i. L. L. 
The claim was settled about a month 
after it was sent to us. Evidently the 
express company hoped to tire the ship¬ 
per out and thus avoid settling the claim. 
The R. N.-Y. will not be defeated on a 
just claim by such tactics. The amount 
involved was small, but it is the same 
pleasure to see justice done in small 
transactions as though a large amount 
were at stake. 
On October 9 I received from the United 
States Express Company a refund of $2.50 
for overcharge. Thanks to you, as the 
agent did not seem to be able to get the 
bill settled. He had three months at it, 
and you only required 30 days. b. w. ii. 
New York. 
This was for an overcharge on some 
egg cases. They were sent prepaid, and 
B. W. R. was obliged to pay additional 
charges before he could lift the cases. 
He was advised by the agent to pay the 
charges and refund would be made 
promptly. Four months is not prompt. 
We hope the new system of colored 
labels for prepaid shipments will do away 
with this overcharge error, which so 
frequently occurs. 
Do you know anything about the com¬ 
pany of which I enclose a letterhead? The 
agent that is selling stock makes some very 
great predictions of what the company is 
going to do and the large dividends it will 
pay. I have no money to invest, and if I 
did hav£, good land notes paying 8 per 
cent., would be good enough for me; but I 
want to know to protect a neighbor, if 
possible, who is about to invest in their 
stock. TEXAS SUBSCRIBER. 
The letter head enclosed was one of 
the Columbian National Fire Insurance 
Company, Detroit, Mich. Predictions of 
large dividends are about as tangible a 
commodity as we have ever found a 
stock-peddling concern or their agents 
to offer. They expect people to part 
with their hard-earned savings on the 
strength of their “predictions,” and the 
pity of it is that so many people do. We 
see from the subscriber’s letter that he 
is in no danger of being fooled on this 
proposition himself, but he will be doing 
his neighbors a service if he can per¬ 
suade them to his way of thinking. 
Though a minister, and not a farmer, I 
have been an interested subscriber to your 
paper for several years, and value it highly. 
I received the enclosed in this morning’s 
mail, and thought it might interest you. 
The copy of “Grateful Reports’’ is in my 
waste basket. j. H. a. 
New York. 
4 
The above letter from a New York 
State clergyman is accompanied by a 
strong appeal from Dr. H. Sanche & 
Co., Inc., of New York, to induce him 
to use his influence with his parishion¬ 
ers to have them buy the “greatest health 
invention of the age”—Oxydonor. The 
good minister is tempted by the promise 
of a share of the spoils in the way of 
a 10 per cent, commission on the sales 
made to persons whose names may be 
supplied by him. For ourselves, we 
think the Oxydonor people have mis¬ 
judged the character and gullibility of 
the Christian ministry. This particular 
minister, at any rate, made what we 
consider a proper disposition of the 
“Grateful Reports.” 
On October 22, 1910, W. P. Rupert 
& Son, of Seneca, New York, sent us a 
note dated June 10, 1910, for the amount 
of $19.80, which was given them in pay¬ 
ment of nursery stock by Mr. F. L. 
Hancock, of Port Trevorton, Pa. In his 
letter ordering these goods Mr. Han¬ 
cock made it appear that he had the en¬ 
dorsement of The R. N.-Y. as a means 
of obtaining credit. Relying upon such 
representations the credit was given, but 
when the note fell due Mr. Hancock 
neglected or refused to make settle¬ 
ment, and has not done so since. In 
the meantime he has set up the claim 
that the trees were not true to name 
and were diseased, etc. To find fault 
with the goods when the time of settle¬ 
ment came due, we have found to be the 
custom of a great many people who 
wish to avoid their obligations, and 
from the complaints which Mr. Han¬ 
cock makes against several reliable nur¬ 
sery houses, we cannot but conclude 
that his complaint is inspired by the de¬ 
sire to avoid payment. It is seldom 
that we have a case where we feel that 
the subscriber is endeavoring to take 
any advantage of an advertiser or any 
other business house. We are giving 
our readers the history of this case to 
emphasize the fact that we will not up¬ 
hold the wrong contention of a sub¬ 
scriber any sooner than we would an 
advertiser, and furthermore, we wish to 
give other advertisers the benefit of the 
experience of this reliable nursery house. 
I am very glad to be able to write you 
that the United States Express Company 
have made good their promise, and I now 
have the amount due me. I want to thank 
you for the effort you have put forth in 
procuring it. Under all the attending cir¬ 
cumstances, with the complications, and 
taking the matter up as you have for us 
through your paper, the trouble this small 
matter has caused you seemed more than 
we had a right to expect. I thank you 
very much. If the good wishes of a 
stranger amount to anything at all you 
certainly have my wishes for your success. 
New York. ' mrs. f. c. j. 
Eggs were lost and broken in a ship¬ 
ment of May 10, 1911. In May, 1912, the 
United States Express Co. advised us 
they had paid the claim. The voucher 
was never received by the shipper. We 
took it up further, and after some two 
months the express company reported 
they had made payment to the party to 
whom the eggs were shipped. We pro¬ 
tested that the shipper entered the claim 
and was entitled to payment. Some 
four months after the complainant re¬ 
ports as above. 
Before Thanksgiving time I shipped one 
lot of dressed turkeys to Geo. Geary & Co., 
of Chester, l’a., and received returns in 
due time. On December 17 I received a 
letter from them ■ wherein they solicited 
more shipments. The next day' I shipped 
them a coop of live turkeys, with instruc¬ 
tions to sell coop and turKcys, and I sup¬ 
pose that they did. but tlicy have never re¬ 
mitted nor answered any of my letters con¬ 
cerning the shipment. I regret very much 
to lose these five turkeys; they belong to 
my wife, as she cared for them.' This com¬ 
pany has treated a number of my neighbors 
iu the same way, but I understand they are 
still in business. Please see what you can 
do with this. a. a. s. 
Virginia. 
After more than six months of effort 
and finally turning the claim over to an 
attorney, a compromised settlement was 
made for less than half the value of the 
turkeys rather than incur the expense 
and annoyance of a lawsuit. Holiday 
time is again near at hand, and if Geo. 
Geary & Co. solicit shipments from 
any of our readers this year this farmer's 
experience may not be entirely in vain. 
I enclose a letter received to-day by my 
wife from Syracuse Portrait Co. The con¬ 
ditions in the letter are very different from 
the understanding which she had with the 
agent who came for her order. On August 
26, a man, representing himself as agent 
for the Syracuse Portrait Co., came and 
interested Mrs. W. in having a photograph 
enlarged, stating that the portrait would 
not cost her anything, as he wanted to in¬ 
troduce the work in this vicinity. She let 
him take a photo of our little girl, with 
that understanding. He then told her that 
the company sold frames at prices ranging 
from 75 cents to $1.98, and she gave him 
her order for a frame, the price of the 
frame to be $1. At his request, she wrote 
her name on a slin of nano- which, she 
thinks, had no printing or writing on ex¬ 
cept something—-she does not know what 
—that the agent jotted down. 
New York. g. m. w. 
Last July a man representing the 
Colonial Art Co., stopped to get photos to 
enlarge. We let him take a proof to en¬ 
large and to pay if it was satisfactory. The 
price was to be $2. He gave us a coupon 
for 50 cents, the remainder, $1.50, to be 
paid when they brought the enlarged pic¬ 
ture. October 1 another man brought a 
sketch of picture and wanted a deposit; 
said he would have to have a frame to 
bring picture in. I was not at home at 
the time, so my wife paid him $1.50, sup¬ 
posing it was on the picture, and he gave 
the enclosed receipt and left at once. Now 
is there any way they can compel us to pay 
for the frame? We didn’t sign any con¬ 
tract or paper of any sort. I expect we 
will have to forfeit what was paid, but 
would like to know if we would have to 
pay any more. e. i. h. 
New \ r ork. 
Agents for alleged art houses going 
about the country taking orders for re¬ 
producing and enlarging photographs, 
etc., seem to be close relatives of the 
“sprouted tree agents,” whose methods 
were shown up in The R. N.-Y. a few 
weeks ago. The letters printed from 
the two readers above illustrate pretty 
well the general plan under which all 
these agents work. There may be honest 
agents in this line of business, taking 
orders on the merits of their work with¬ 
out making any false representations; 
but, if so, we are frank to say we 
have not heard of them. On the other 
hand, we doubt if a single rural com¬ 
munity can be found which does not 
contain a number of victims of these 
smooth-tongued agents. As a rule coun¬ 
try people allow themselves to be im¬ 
posed upon in such cases as this rather 
than be put to any annoyance by the 
threatening attitude of the agents and 
the houses which employ them. But we 
feel that farmers should resist being 
imposed upon in this way on general 
principles. If farmers as a whole would 
take this attitude they would quickly 
make this sort of business unprofitable 
for the agents and their principals, and 
this would put an end to the nefarious 
work. Just so long as farmers allow 
themselves to be imposed upon and thus 
make this sort of business profitable it 
is pretty likely to be continued. 
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