1034 
THE RURAIs NEW-YORKER 
September 13, 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
One year ago last April we listed 
our farm for sale with Wood & Parker 
not knowing they were in with the Strout 
Company until we received a letter from 
Strouts saying they had put our place on 
their list. The agent came here and said 
he heard we wanted to sell. I asked 
him what commission they had. He said 
they did not sell that way; they got the 
lowest price the owner would take and 
they sold for what more they could get 
and paid the owner his price. I asked 
him if that debarred us from selling it if 
we found a buyer. He said “No.” We 
could sell any minute or withdraw it 
from their selling if we wanted to any 
time by paying them $25. That would 
pay them for advertising and what they 
did. We concluded to take it out of their 
hands and sent the $25 to them. After 
that we sold or bargained to sell. The 
deal is not finished yet, but Wood & 
Parker heard we had sold and returned 
the money. They never brought the man 
here to look at our place and he says he 
never knew it was for sale until some 
one else told him. He got that man to 
come and look over the house and get 
our price. Then he came to see it and 
said he would take it on our terms. 
New York. j. w. 
The Strout agent would probably ad¬ 
mit all this farmer says. Certainly the 
farmer can sell his farm when he pleases, 
but the joker is that after he signs the 
contract he is bound by its provisions 
to pay the Strout Company a commis¬ 
sion, if the farm is ever afterwards sold 
to anyone the Strout Company can claim 
on any pretext as a customer. The farm¬ 
er can, of course, withdraw the property 
and pay a fee; but that does not relieve 
him from paying a commission to the 
Strout Company if the farm Is sold to an 
alleged Strout customer. Of course a 
contract signed under the circumstances 
related by this farmer is not binding; 
but when you once sign the contract you 
have the option of paying the Strout de¬ 
mands or of defending yourself in a 
court of law; and many farmers will pay 
an unjust claim rather than defend a 
suit. The Strout contract has been 
drawn by skilled attorneys in the light 
of Strout’s experience of many years. It 
is as binding on the farmer as language 
can make it. If you knowingly sign even 
so improvident a contract as this is, the 
law will probably compel you to pay; but 
if deception and fraud can be shown 
whereby the farmer, relying on the rep¬ 
resentations of the agent, signed ttie con¬ 
tract without knowing its provisions, 
then we do not think the contract could 
be enforced in the courts. But of course 
the fraud would have to be proven. These 
farmers are, however, corroborated in the 
printed instructions of the Strout Com¬ 
pany to their agents in which agents are 
directed to represent the contracts as 
“listing blanks,” and how to allure the 
farmer to sign the instrument. The 
farmer under contract may be in 
doubt whether to pay or fight; but to 
the farmer free from entanglements there 
is the one prudent course—don’t. 
When the convention of the National 
Jewelers’ Association opened at Chicago 
a campaign against fake advertising was 
inaugurated by the Executive Committee. 
The problem was outlined by A. W. An¬ 
derson, of Neenah. Wis., who said that 
one way to solve it lay in State legisla¬ 
tion, but that ultimately there must be a 
Federal law. “There are many farm pa¬ 
pers which depend vei'y largely for in¬ 
come on fraudulent advertising,” said 
Mr. Anderson, “and thus the farmer is 
the greatest sufferer. Minnesota, Wis¬ 
consin, Ohio, Indiana, and New York 
have taken the lead in combating the 
evil.”—Chicago Dispatch. 
We regret to admit that the indict¬ 
ment of many farm papers is abundantly 
justified. There are not as many of them 
as there once were, but there are alto¬ 
gether too many yet. It is a healthful 
sign to have the Jewelei-s’ Association in¬ 
terested in the suppression of fake ad¬ 
vertising in their line. It is a proper 
and legitimate work for them, too. The 
consumer, of course, suffers; but every 
piece of fraudulent jewelry sold injures 
in some measure every man in the honest 
jeweli-y business. 
Supreme Court Justice Whitaker 
granted the application yesterday of At¬ 
torney General Carmody for permission 
to bring proceedings in the State courts 
to annul the charter of the Monaton 
Realty Investing Corporation and have 
a receiver appointed to take charge of its 
assets. In moving papers asking for 
permission to bring the suit the Attorney 
General says that the company was in¬ 
corporated on March 29, 1907, and that 
it had made agreements to accept depos¬ 
its, paying interest of six per cent and 
sharing the profits of the business with 
the depositors. This, Mr. Carmody said, 
coul/l be done only under a charter is¬ 
sued under the banking law, and on the 
ground that the business was in violation 
of this law he is seeking to dissolve the 
company.—Daily I’aper. 
It is high time something tvas done 
to curb the schemes of these realty com¬ 
panies. We had a complaint some time 
back from a man who paid over consid- 
reable money to this concern on one of 
their contracts. He was unable to con¬ 
tinue the payments, and had absolutely 
no hold on the company for the amount 
put in. He lost it all. If Mr. Carmody 
succeeds in putting this and other con¬ 
cerns like it out of business, he will 
merit the approval of a good many de¬ 
luded investor's. The longer they con¬ 
tinue to pay into such schemes the more 
they lose. 
I went to New Yoi'k last Winter and 
bought an Overland automobile from the 
Times Square Automobile Company, 55th 
Street and Broadway, agreeing to pay 
$600 for it. I explained to the salesman 
that I had never ran an automobile, and 
knew nothing about them. The salesman 
represented the car I bought to be a 1912 
model, and having been run not to ex¬ 
ceed 6,000 miles. He assured me that 
it would all be put in first-class running 
condition. I sent check for $100 to hold 
the car until the last of March; later 
sent them check for $100, and when I 
went to get the car I paid $50 in cash 
and another check for $50 and signed notes 
for the $300 balance. When the car was 
delivered the salesman informed me that 
it was in A1 condition and I took his 
word for it. The Times Square Automo¬ 
bile Company furnished a driver to ac¬ 
company me, taking the car home. The 
car bi-oke down befoi’e we got home. The 
machine turns out to be a 1910 model 
instead of 1912 as represented to me, 
and those familiar with automobiles who 
have examined it pronounced the ma¬ 
chine as being in no condition for service 
until it is thoroughly overhauled. When 
I found how badly I had been deceived, 
I complained to the Times Square Auto¬ 
mobile Company about it, and they re¬ 
quested me to ship the car back and they 
would.see what was wx-ong with it and 
make good. I did so, this scheme and 
others being to get the car back in their 
possession. I was somewhat delayed in 
getting to New York to see the firm 
again, being unable to get away from my 
business. After a short time I received 
notice that the car was going to be sold 
on June 19, 1913, but the notice did not 
reach me until the same date of the al¬ 
leged sale, and I was, of course, unable 
to get to New York in time to protect 
my interests in any way. When I did get 
to New Yoi'k, the Times Square Auto¬ 
mobile Company advised me that the car 
had been sold and I could get uo satis¬ 
faction. I stopped payment on the last 
check for $50. I am out $250 cold cash 
on the transaction besides all the trouble 
and expense and annoyance the deal has 
been to me. r. e. bennett. 
The above is the plain, unvarnished 
tale of the experience of an Orange 
County subsci'iber in purchasing a sec¬ 
ond-hand automobile in this city. The 
statement of the subscriber hardly needs 
comment. We are printing the expei'i- 
ence of this subscriber in the hope that 
it may save others from a like experi¬ 
ence of annoyance and loss of hard-eaimed 
money. If you are a mechanic, you 
might buy second-hand automobiles safe¬ 
ly. You might buy one from a responsi¬ 
ble house; but otherwise take our advice 
and leave them alone. Falling into the 
hands of a “horse gyp” is innocent 
amusement compared with an experi¬ 
ence with irresponsible jockeys in the 
second-hand automobile business. 
In March, 1912, I was foolish enough 
to joint a furniture club called the 
Standard Furniture Distributing Com¬ 
pany, Chicago, Ill. I was led to think 
I would win a piece of fui'niture valued 
at $17.50 when I had paid in a small 
amount. We moved before I won, but 
I kept on paying until the full amount 
was paid in. I asked the agent for a 
catalogue and he told me to send to 
Chicago for one, which I did, and re- 
ceived it after writing a couple of times. 
They told me to select my furniture and 
send order together with my contract 
and they would fill it. I did not send my 
contract, as it belonged to me, and they 
wrote they would send my selection when 
I sent the contract with remainder due 
on same. I have the contract and re¬ 
ceipt in full for $17.50. Do you think 
I can get anything from them? I or¬ 
dered a bookcase which they offei'ed as a 
special, but they claim they are out of 
them, so I asked for my money. 
Ohio. f. ii. o. 
We failed to get any l’eply to our de¬ 
mands in this case. Little could be ex¬ 
pected from such a case. At best the 
piece of furniture, if received, would be 
dear at the price. A scheme is a scheme; 
and the person who puts up the cash al¬ 
ways pays dearly for the experience. 
J. J. D. 
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