PUBLISHER’S DESK 
We have a claim from Mr. W. K. Hey- 
sbam, Elkland, Pa., against Mr. Herbert 
Myrick, Springfield, Mass., for a balance 
of about $1.51 on a so-called building 
certificate issued by Mr. Myrick five 
years ago, promising to pay 10 per cent 
interest. Mr. Myrick now claims that 
the investor in his certificates must die 
to entitle him to the 10 per cent. The 
certificates seemed to read two ways. But 
the promise of 10 per cent is definite and 
we demand a settlement for Mr. Iley- 
sham on that basis. 
I have been flattering myself that I 
was not on a sucker list. I am leaving 
you to judge from the enclosure from the 
National Co-operative Association, Wool- 
worth Building, New York. Is it ad¬ 
visable to take two or three shares? Cer¬ 
tainly there are some strong names at 
the head of it and the object is one near 
my heart. It is one of your hobbies, too. 
1 understand, of course, there is always 
a chance of failure, but honest adminis¬ 
tration should succeed. Don’t spare your 
wrath on me if I seem foolish. A good 
kick from the right source is refreshing 
to the memo'ry and seldom breaks the 
skin. W. J. D. 
New Jersey. 
The principles of co-operation are in 
more danger from its alleged friends than 
from its avowed enemies. This National 
Co-operative proposition is a scheme to 
organize a company for no less than 
$50,000,000. The money is to be raised 
on stock sold to the public and to pay 
seven per cent dividend with an alleged 
profit all figured out equal to 25 per cent 
on the stock. Another feature is that 
the organizers and promoters are to have 
a bonus of stock for expenses and serv¬ 
ices in effecting the organization. An 
extravagant and unauthorized assurance 
is given for the saving in the handling of 
food products. The purposes are stated 
to be the reduction of the high cost of 
living by the distribution of food prod¬ 
ucts between the producer and the con¬ 
sumer. 
Those familiar with co-operation will 
realize at once that these conditions are 
inconsistent with co-operative principles. 
There is nothing co-operative but the 
name and it is just about as close to a 
stock jobbing proposition as one is able 
to get without steelyards. We do not 
know to whom our correspondent refers 
as strong men at the head of it. W hen 
the scheme was first announced some two 
or three weeks ago, the names of some 
prominent New York men were given as 
identified with the scheme. They 
promptly repudiated the responsibility 
and stated that the names were used 
without their authorization. The pro¬ 
moter of this scheme may be entirely sin¬ 
cere in his ptirpose. We know nothing 
to the contrary, but if he is sincere in his 
protestations he certainly knows nothing 
about co-operative principles. In our 
judgment the scheme is doomed to failure 
and we would advise those who wish to 
reduce the cost of living and who are 
anxious to promote co-operate enterprises, 
to withhold their name from any scheme 
that has stock manipulation features in 
it and promises of excessive dividends. 
Producers and consumers may unite in 
co-operative enterprises on their own 
initiative with some hope of success, but 
buying stock in a promotion scheme un¬ 
der the name of co-operation is sure to 
prove a disappointment and loss. 
Federal warrants were served last 
week on Charles S. Clark, K. Leo 
Minges. John S. Read and Thomas F. 
Adkin, of Rochester, N. Y., the govern¬ 
ment alleging they advertised and used 
the mails to promote medical schemes 
which it charges are frauds. Bail was fixed 
at $5,000 in each case. The companies 
indicted and upon which the warrants 
were issued are the Okola Laboratories, 
which handle a treatment for the eyes; 
the New York Institute of Science, 
Teacher of the Science of Suggestion 
and the Cartilage Company, dealers in 
an apparatus for increasing the height. 
Eleven men connected with the three 
companies were indicted by the May 
grand jury. Three reside in New York 
City. They are Dr. John L. Carish, E. 
Vjrgil Neal, also known as X. La Mont 
Sage, and William E. Scott. 
This Thomas F. Adkin is an old of¬ 
fender. He has a Federal record already. 
He is the “prominent business man of Ro¬ 
chester, N. Y.” that E. G. Lewis quoted 
before the Congressional committee to 
corroborate his complaint against the 
Post Office Department. If Federal in¬ 
spectors did not merit the abuse of Ad¬ 
kin and Lewis and their kind, we would 
begin to think something was wrong with 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
July 5, 
the inspectors. But no one need be sur¬ 
prised or deceived by the defense of one 
faker by another. They have a com¬ 
munity of interests, and their loyalty to 
each other is inspired by a desire on the 
part of each to bleed the public and to 
keep out of jail. 
In shipping baby chicks it appears that 
the express companies are careless in 
handling them. Chicks in their care one 
day arrive in bad condition. Sometimes 
in one side of the box all chicks are dead. 
One shipment of 50 was nearly all dead, 
while in other cases chicks go a two or 
three days’ journey and arrive in fine 
shape. Is there any way to correct this 
trouble or get any redress from the ex¬ 
press companies? Any light you can 
give on this subject will be much ap¬ 
preciated. w. G. 
New York. 
This is a difficult subject. If careless¬ 
ness on the part of the company can be 
proven, it can be held for damages; but 
the carelessness may be on the part of the 
shipper, or the chicks may be weak when 
shipped. Care should be taken to have 
them properly crated, and the buyer 
would do well to have them shipped C. 
O. D. and delivery guaranteed. The 
shipper can handle a case against the 
express company better than the receiver. 
I am enclosing express receipt show¬ 
ing I shipped five crates of beans to New 
York and when they arrived shipment 
was short one crate as you will see from 
notation on receipt. The four delivered 
sold for $8 per crate. I would like to 
get my money from the express company. 
The express company agent here is new 
at the job and does not understand col¬ 
lecting a claim so I am sending it to you. 
Can you do anything for me or give me 
any advice as to what to do. J. M. K. 
Florida. 
Shipment was made December 19, 
1912. Settlement May 24, 1913, by the 
Adams Express Company, the represen¬ 
tative here of the Southern Express 
Company. 
The points of a lawsuit tried last 
month in the Supreme Court at Monti- 
eello, N. Y., will interest and instruct 
farmers in the matter of contracts and 
representations in the purchase and sale 
of farms. Mrs. Frances Wagner, form¬ 
erly of I’eetzburg, N. J., entered into a 
contract with Henry Woolstein to ex¬ 
change her residence in Peetzburg for the 
Peter Lawson farm near Mongaup Val¬ 
ley in Sullivan County. Mrs. Wagner 
sued, alleging misrepresentation. She 
and her husband testified that Woolstein 
made gross and deliberate misrepresenta¬ 
tions as to the fertility and produc¬ 
tive properties of the farm, and that they 
consented to the exchange relying on 
these representations. They testified 
that the farm was not what Woolstein 
represented it to be. Woolstein, as a de¬ 
fense, testified that he took the Wagners 
to the farm, that they expressed satisfac¬ 
tion with it, and that the deal was made 
after their personal inspection of the 
farm. The contention of Woolstein was 
that the deal was made on the judgment 
of the Wagners and not as a result of 
his representations. 
The court framed the following ques¬ 
tions of fact for the jury to answer on 
the evidence: 
1. Did Woolstein, with intent to de¬ 
ceive the plaintiff, falsely represent to 
her that he had been offered $3,800 for 
the farm. 
2. Did the plaintiff in making the ex¬ 
change rely solely on the foregoing rep¬ 
resentations of Woolstein. 
The answers of the jury in both cases 
was “yes.” The jury further found that 
the actual value of the farm was $1,000 
and the actual value of the Peetzburg 
property was $3,500, leaving a judgment 
in favor of Mrs. Wagner for $2,500. In 
this case the Wagners proved fraudulent 
representations to the satisfaction of the 
jury. They also satisfied the jury that 
they relied solely on these false repre¬ 
sentations when they made the deal. On 
these two points they got the judgment; 
and it only remained to fix damages by 
setting a value on each property. Any 
crook who makes false representations 
as to the value of property is sure to 
catch some victims. Unscrupulous opera¬ 
tors often get away with it because the 
victim is ignorant of the law or afraid 
of legal expense. It sometimes happens 
that the victim is so hopelessly robbed 
that he has neither the heart nor the 
means to seek redress in a lawsuit. Such 
conditions encourage and embolden the 
crooked operator. If it were possible to 
get every fraudulent transaction into 
court justice would be done in so many 
cases the crooks would find the game un¬ 
profitable and fraudulent representations 
would be less frequent. 
On December 10, 1912, I shipped to 
Archdeacon & Company 21 dozen eggs, 
which were so badly handled by the 
Adams Express Company that seven 
dozen were broken, and were signed for 
that way. The balance were returned 
for at 50 cents per dozen. I made a 
claim on the express agent for the seven 
dozen at 50 cents per dozen, total $3.50, 
on December 12, but have been unable 
to get a settlement. Will you kindly 
help me out? W. H. P. 
New Jersey. 
We followed this up and got settle¬ 
ment on April 29. We were only able 
to do this because the notation of dam¬ 
age was made on the receipt by the com¬ 
mission house at the time the receipt 
was given for the delivery. J. J- D. 
Blind Ducklings. 
Can you tell me what is the matter 
with my young ducks? A white film or 
screen forms on their eyes, they go blind 
and die. I have tried washing with 
peroxide and water, but it does no good. 
They seem healthy in every other way. 
New York. B. H. m. 
This trouble is frequently caused by 
lack of facilities for bathing the head and 
thus keeping the eyes and nostrils clean. 
Young ducks do not need water for swim¬ 
ming, but their drinking fountains should 
be of such size and shape as to permit 
them to immerse their whole heads as 
frequently as they desire. A homemade 
device for this purpose consists of a 10 
or 12-quart pail, around the upper edge 
of which slots are cut of sufficient size 
to admit the ducks’ heads, but small 
enough to exclude their bodies; this pail 
is then inverted and set into a pan of 
water where it acts as a guard to keep 
the youngsters out of the pan while per¬ 
mitting them to insert their heads 
through the slots into the water. 
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