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THE RURAE NBW - YORKER 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
Why don’t you start a special adver¬ 
tising section for farmers with farm 
products for sale? There are some of 
us who would be willing to buy nut meats 
and things like that by parcel post; or 
nuts, popcorn, apples and things of a 
like nature by freight. If a man on 
the farm tries he could divide some of 
the profits that he now fails to receive. 
New York. A. E. P. 
This is a good suggestion. We have 
thought of it many times, especially, 
since we have had parcel post privileges. 
We see no reason why there should not 
be a large trade between R. N.-Y. readers. 
They are .widely distributed ; and the needs 
of one in many cases are the surplus of 
others. The privilege of this department 
must be limited to our own subscribers, 
to farm products and to consumers. It 
can not be held open to dealers or spec¬ 
ulators. The rate and conditions will be 
found at head of the Department on op¬ 
posite page. 
Now if you have something to sell or to 
buy make your case known. We expect 
this to be a popular feature. 
When writing with reference to a com¬ 
plaint that has been entered with us, 
subscribers are requested to mention the 
name of the firm complained about in 
each letter. This is often necessary in 
locating the papers in our files. 
The Board of Health and Government 
inspectors exercise a strict censorship 
over shipments of dressed meats and 
poultry and New York houses will not 
touch anything that is the least bit “off.” 
We have had some trouble from this in¬ 
spection work, and it is important that 
the carcass be properly cooled, and the 
animal heat removed before packing and 
shipping. 
What is your opinion of the enclosed 
oil and gas lease of Griswold Brothers? 
A large number of farmers here have 
granted such leases. No drilling has been 
done yet, hut would there be any chance 
of the farmers being swindled if active 
drilling operations should be commenced? 
Bouekville, N. Y. L. w. G. 
We could not encourage the signing of 
such a lease. A farmer may not lose any 
money he now has through it; but it ties 
his hand, and may be the source of annoy¬ 
ance and loss to him later without any 
very good prospect of any profit to him 
at any time. If nothing more it com¬ 
promises the title of his property, and 
in case of filing a mortgage or trans¬ 
ferring title it would probably be the 
source of embarrassment and loss to him. 
In any event such important papers should 
not be signed without the advice of a 
local attorney. If it is not important 
enough to pay the attorney’s fee, then 
it is not important enough to consider at 
all. 
I shipped on September 24 about $50 
worth of poultry to the Orange Butter 
& Egg Market of Newark, N. J., F. 
Ehrenkranz, proprietor. Receipt of the 
shipment has never been acknowledged, 
although I have written twice and re¬ 
ceived no reply to my letters. Can you 
collect the account for me? K. E. tv. 
New York. 
We have claims from other subscribers 
against the Orange Butter and Egg Mar¬ 
ket, which, up to the present time, we 
have been unable to collect. Under the 
circumstances it would be the part of 
wisdom for shippers to insist upon cash in 
advance before parting with their poul¬ 
try or other produce. 
I had a talk with your representative 
at the New York State Fair in regard to 
Mr. Delmer Crandall of West New Brigh¬ 
ton, Staten Island, N. Y., in regard to 
his getting me to make him a trial ship¬ 
ment of butter, which I did on May 26, 
1913, and on his receiving it, he wrote 
back at once the butter was satisfactory 
and to ship more as soon as possible. I 
replied I would not ship any more until I 
received payment for what I had shipped, 
to which he never replied. The shipment 
was 60 pounds, price to be the highest 
quotation, which was 28 1 / £ cents. I am 
enclosing you his first letter. Please in¬ 
vestigate this man. G. M. w. 
New York. 
We have complaints from three other 
subscribers who have shipped produce to 
the above named Delmer Crandall and 
have been unable to get settlement. We 
have written Mr. Crandall in behalf of 
each of the three subscribers and have 
been unable to get the money. Mr. 
Crandall’s letterheads bear no street ad¬ 
dress, and we fail to find him listed in 
the commercial agency book to which we 
have access, or in the telephone directory. 
A number of farm papers have refused 
longer to carry the E. A. Strout Farm 
Agency advertising. Others yet publish 
it weekly. Some of the papers that pub¬ 
lish it. are having some lively tilts with 
their subscribers over it. Some farmers 
flatly refuse to accept the paper as long 
as the advertising is running in it. The 
principal defense of the publisher is that 
none of his subscribers complained. In 
such matters every publisher must be his 
own censor. We have no disposition to 
add to the embarrassment he already has 
in the defense of his advertisers. But 
there is one feature of the Strout contract 
that we would call to his attention. In 
the event that the farm is not sold 
through the Strout Agency, the farmer 
is obliged to pay the listing fee sooner 
or later, or his heirs must pay it after 
his death. The Strout concern has local 
agents out all the time securing these 
contracts. For some years they pub¬ 
lished for the information of these local 
agents the aggregate amounts of these 
listing fees secured on contracts during 
the month. As we remember it, these 
totaled from $10,000 to $20,000 per 
month. This means a total of $100,000 
to $200,000 or more annually. If they 
did not sell a farm, they would be en¬ 
titled to this amount of money under the 
contract. If they can collect it all, they 
would have a very good income without 
selling farms at all. Now,, as we see it, 
if the publisher is willing to advise his 
subscribers to pay their share of this 
annual taxation, then he is in a 
position to justify the advertising. If 
he would not advise the payment of this 
annual contribution to -the Strout Agency, 
then he admits that he would not do in 
theory what he actually does do in fact. 
The Jewish Agricultural Society has 
run down a new scheme to fleece “back- 
to-the-landers.” A young Hebrew is at¬ 
tracted by an advertisement proposing a 
partnership in a farm. He calls on the 
advertiser, who represents himself as a 
practical farmer. He is at first indiffer¬ 
ent about the location in which to buy 
the farm, hut during the interview, sud¬ 
denly remembers that he has a friend on 
a farm, and will ask his advice if agree¬ 
able. Of course, this looks favorable. 
This friend replies and recommends a 
place, which is a great bargain, to be 
bought for $3,000. It 5 s agreed that each i 
pay down $1,000, and give a mortgage 
for the other thousand to the owner. The 
young man pays down his $1,000 in cash ; 
the advertiser puts up a check for $1,000 
which is returned and destroyed as soon 
as the deal is closed. The actual value 
of the farm was only $2,000; and the 
young man has only a half interest in the 
equity above the mortgage. He is in¬ 
experienced and alone, and his partner 
proceeds to make life so miserable foi' 
him that he is glad to get out and accept 
anything offered him. Of course, the 
scheme is worked so skillfully that there 
is no legal redress for the victim. 
Enclosed find letter from Charles II. 
Babb & Company of Chicago, Illinois. I 
would like to know what you think of 
their proposition. Please give me all the 
information you can. j. p. K. 
Delaware. 
The letter referred to consists of three 
closely typewritten pages. The first para¬ 
graph reads as follows: 
“250% profit now, 500% profit within 
a year and money back if not satisfied, is 
a combination mighty hard to beat, isn’t 
it? The beauty of it is that it is abso¬ 
lutely so, Mr. C. I have a proposition 
that heats anything that has ever been 
called to my attention, and I have it in 
such a way that I can absolutely guaran¬ 
tee it.” 
I read this far and I read no farther, 
though the balance of the letter and the 
accompanying literature would probably 
require at least a half an hour to read 
and digest. But when a man offers me 
250% profit right down on the invest¬ 
ment, and 500% profit within a year and 
my money back if I am not satisfied, I 
have no further interest in reading any¬ 
thing that he writes, or listening to any¬ 
thing that he says. I know if I had such 
a sure thing I would not give it to him, 
and if he had such a sure thing I do 
not believe that he would give it to me. 
I rather suspect that he wants the sure 
thing and whatever good money I might 
be induced to send him, and that 500% 
profit would be one of the things that 
would be always coming and never real¬ 
ized. j. ,t. n. 
November 15, 
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I F we could show you how well 
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THE JOSEPH & FEISS CO. 
Founded 1846—Oldest American 
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635 St. Clair Avenue, N. W. 
Cleveland, Sixth City 
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“Bill” 
Says: 
“My Calf 
Pays Dad 
A Good 
Profit” 
“Bill’s” calf is Sugarota-fed and Dad gets 
cash for all the milk. Our advice to you is— 
DON'T KILL THE CALF—FEED IT 
One pound makes a gallon of perfect milk sub¬ 
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NORTH-WEST MILLS CO. 
505 W. Third Street, 
Winona, Minn. 
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