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December 21, 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
An interesting 1 transaction apart from 
the fact that it was the third resale of a 
plot in the Pennsylvania Station zone, but 
also that it will mark another entrance 
into that locality of an old-established 
downtown printing and publishing concern, 
was announced yesterday in the sale of the 
former Chelsea Methodist Church property 
at 327 to 335 West 30th Street to John J. 
Dillon, publisher of the Rural New Yorker, 
now at 409 Pearl Street. The property 
was sold by Harris and Maurice Mandel- 
baum to the Rural New-Yorker interests, 
the consideration in this latest deal being 
about $100,000. The deal was negotiated 
by the F. R. Wood-II. L. Dolson Company. 
The sellers first acquired the property, 
which has a frontage of 89 feet by 98.9 
deep, last May, and took title in October. 
The new owners are planning to take im¬ 
mediate possession, remodeling the church 
and parish house for present needs, but in 
the near future a well-equipped building 
will be erected on the site.—New York 
Times. 
Friends of The R. N. Y. will be inter¬ 
ested in th« above from the N. Y. 
“Times” of Nov. 30th. Five years ago 
we got our own first press. Since then 
the circulation of The R. X.-Y. has 
nearly doubled. Now for the first time 
it is to have its own home. In many 
ways this will be a unique publishing 
office. In New Yofk City such build¬ 
ings for the publishing business are 12 
stories high or more, with light only 
front and back. The R. N.-Y. building 
will be three stories high, with perma¬ 
nent light all around it. No one can 
shut us out on any side. The building 
is now undergoing alterations, and we 
hope to be comfortably settled in it by 
April. It is within one block of the 
new Pennsylvania Depot, and new post 
office. One of the instructions to the 
architect is to have a latch string in the 
front door for our friends; and we will 
provide a comfortable seat and a cheer¬ 
ful welcome within for all who come. 
I shipped Organized Producers’ Company, 
150-152 Chamber street, New York City, 
eggs during the past Spring amounting to 
$37.19, for which I have not received set¬ 
tlement. Can you collect it for me? 
New York. h. k. 
The proprietor of the Organized Pro¬ 
ducers’ Co. was Mr. F. L. Benedict. We 
have repeatedly refused the advertise¬ 
ment of this concern because we were 
unable to find that Mr. Benedict had 
any financial responsibility that would 
warrant farmers shipping produce to 
him. Our investigation revealed that 
the Organized Producers’ Co. met with 
financial difficulties and the prospects for 
realizing on this subscriber's shipment 
of eggs are very slim. Shippers of eggs 
or other produce will do well to make it 
a rule to look up the standing of every 
house to which they intend shipping a 
dollar's worth of anything. 
On January 10. 1911, I shipped to T. J. 
Hoover, a commission merchant at 135 
Produce avenue, Philadelphia, Pa., a car 
containing 679 bushels of potatoes. I re¬ 
ceived nothing from him but promises up 
to March 22, 1911, when he sent a check 
for $50 and a letter stating he would do 
the fair thing. It seems to me that as 
the market has been fairly good he could 
dispose of them long before this. Can you 
get the balance for me? o. G. Q. 
New York. 
We were not able to get any better 
attention than the subscriber. Mr. 
Hoover makes excuses that business 
was poor in the Winter; Summer 
drought had been severe; was a bad 
year to get produce shipped on com¬ 
mission ; expected a good business last 
Christmas; then expected it in May or 
June. Still, Mr. Hoover makes no ad¬ 
justment and protests he is an honest 
man. His failure to try to adjust the 
matter leads us to doubt the sincerity 
of his protestations. 
St. Paul, Minn.—Information to-day from 
Mr. Whitney to the effect that your issue 
of November 30 contained my name in 
connection with the International Corporate 
Farms Co. Copy of this issue just received 
in which I note on page 1214 reference to 
my being connected with above company. I 
demand that you immediately give me in¬ 
formation as to who connected me in any 
way, shape or manner with the Interna¬ 
tional Corporate Farms Co. I liaye never 
had any connection in any way, shape or 
manner, neither do I know anything of 
the company or its project. Your imme¬ 
diate reply is demanded. 
Nov. 19, 1912. S. C. Castner. 
Our reference to this farm stock pro¬ 
motion scheme has produced more hys¬ 
terics than anything that has appeared 
in Publisher’s Desk in many a day. 
TH "E RURAL NEW-YORKER 
None of his associates seem to be anx¬ 
ious to be identified with the enterprise 
with Editor Willis of the Northwest 
Farmstead. It is, however, hard to 
understand how they could be ignorant 
of the scheme of their associates, while 
the other farm paper publishers of the 
country saw through the gilt veneer 
right down to the common clay on its 
first appearance. The ignorance of so 
important an event in agricultural affairs 
sho\vs a lack of vigilance on the part 
of the Northwest Farmstead manage¬ 
ment. However, Mr. Castner makes a 
clear and definite denial of any connec¬ 
tion with it over his own name, and 
we gladly accept his word for it and 
exonerate him from any connection with 
the scheme. We stated only that he 
was said to be associated with it. It 
is a healthful sign that men are so 
anxious to repudiate any connection with 
schemes of the kind. 
I have a claim against Mr. M. Smith. His 
address was 250 Division St., New York 
City. Mr. Smith is or was a milk dealer 
and had a shipping station here at Cayuta. 
Last Winter I drew' my milk and two of my 
neighbors’ milk. He promised to pay me 
10 cents per can for hauling and pay four 
cents per quart for milk. He paid the four 
cents per quart for all but one-half of 
January, for which he paid only 3% cents, 
w'hieb, he said, was a mistake, and would 
make it right, but never has paid anything 
for hauling. Last Spring the station 
changed hands. I saw Mr. Smith here at 
Cayuta at the time (March 1), and he said 
he w'ould send me check for same, which 
was $19.20, according to the statement of 
his agent here at Cayuta, as soon as he got 
back home. I don't know if he has ever 
got back or not. I have written him sev¬ 
eral times and can't even get an answer 
from him. If you can, I wish you would 
collect it. as I am not able to lose it, and 
I think he is able, to pay. b. B. 
New York. 
We have complete evidence of the 
justice of this claim. Mr. M. Smith 
still seems to be doing business at the 
address given, but our effort to in¬ 
duce him to settle this claim has re¬ 
sulted only in an offer to pay half the 
amount due. Milk producers will do 
well to beware of dealers of this kind 
who repudiate their written agreements. 
We shall now place the account in an 
attorney’s hands for collection. 
I am eager to express my thanks to you 
for your efforts in my behalf in succeeding 
in collecting my claim of $6.60 against 
Adams Express Company. My complaint 
against the company is not so much for 
breakage or delay as for loss, partial or 
absolute, in transit. The service is, as a 
rule, excellent, but w r e very frequently suf¬ 
fer from theft of the eggs. If these claims 
W'ere promptly paid the matter would not 
be so bad, although it ife exasperating to 
have customers wait for eggs they never 
get. But the company has a way of 
dragging out claims w'hich is not at all 
business like. If you can correct this habit 
my blessings on you and your excellent 
paper. j. p. g. 
Virginia. 
That is the injustice to shippers. Any 
company is liable to make an error in 
shipment; a loss may occur in transit or 
some damage for which they are clearly 
responsible. We contend their records 
should be kept in some way so that 
claims could be adjusted without so 
much delay. Eighteen months to inves¬ 
tigate and adjust a claim where the 
shipment was lost in transit and never 
delivered! 1 
Enclosed are papers and letters concern¬ 
ing my experience with J. W. Murdoch Co., 
Pittsburgh, Pa. During August and Sep¬ 
tember, 1911, I shipped this firm Asters 
valued at $20.83, according to their own 
figures. The firm sent a check for this 
amount, but the check went to protest, on 
which I was obliged to pay protest fees of 
$1.74. Can you collect this account for me? 
Ohio. e. s. 
We presented this claim to the J. W. 
Murdoch Co. on July 24. The firm has 
been making promises to make settle¬ 
ment from month to month since that 
time. On November 2 they finally sent 
us a check for $5 in the subscriber’s 
behalf, but this, like the original check, 
went to protest, and the memorandum 
from the bank showed that the firm 
did not have sufficient funds to meet it. 
The firm has had sufficient time to make 
good this check, but neglects to do so. 
The record of the case is one that 
certainly does not offer much en¬ 
couragement to flower growers to en¬ 
trust this house with their shipments, 
and we are publishing the record of 
the case for the benefit of our other. 
subscribers. i 
When you write advertisers mention The 
R. N.-Y'. and you’ll get a quick reply and a 
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FACTS ABOUT 
THE 
Farm Lands Average Less Than $17 Per Acre. 
Undeveloped tracts sell from $5 up. Beef, pork, dairying, 
poultry, sheep and horses make big profits. Large returns 
from alfalfa, corn, truck, cotton, apples, fruits and nuts. 
Growers command good local and Northern Markets. 
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SOUTHEAST 
The Southern Railway Ge°o b rgl a & s2 h & FioJida d i 
territory offers the finest conditions for farms and homes. 
Plenty of rain, mild winters, enjoyable summers. Promising 
industrial openings everywhere. The Southern Railway has 
nothing to sell; we want Y O U In the Southeast. The 
“Southern Field," state booklets and all facts free. 
M. V. RICHARDS, Land & Industrial Agent, Room 87 Washington, D. C. 
