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THE RURAIi NEW-YORKER 
December 27 , 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
Happy New Year! May honest men 
prosper and rogues go to work during 
1914! 
As we write during the third week of 
December, subscription renewals are run¬ 
ning nicely ahead of last year; but dur¬ 
ing the first two weeks of the month the 
record was behind last season. If the 
present gain keeps up we shall have a 
substantial increase for the whole month. 
As usual we are especially anxious for 
a good record for the day after New 
Year’s. Those of the December expira¬ 
tions who have not already renewed, will 
add to our satisfaction, hope and pride 
by sending the renewal to reach us on 
January 2, 1914. To keep up our plans 
for 1914 we must have a substantial in¬ 
crease this year. We have anticipated 
it in our plans, and from every indica¬ 
tion, so far, we are going to have it. 
Our business here is to make this paper 
and its organization a real service to 
you. It is not only our business, it is 
our life, and our pride. Come right along 
with your questions or other requests that 
will serve you. We want you to know 
how we feel about it, and we want you 
to know that we appreciate your co¬ 
operation, friendship and interest. 
Geo. E. Stone, an insurance man, was 
placed under arrest in connection with 
the operations of the Standard Home 
Company of Birmingham, Alabama, whose 
officers were indicted recently by the Fed¬ 
eral Grand Jury at Birmingham, Ala. 
He is charged with being a dangerous 
and suspicious character. The chief of 
police, F. W. Cranshaw, stated that he 
expected to prove that Stone swindled 
several people in and around Mobile 
while acting as the representative of the 
Standard Home Company. The arrest 
grew out of a complaint by Mrs. Holmes, 
who complained that the swindle had been 
practiced on her. Friends of Stone are 
making attempts to secure bond, but so 
far their efforts met with failure.—Ex¬ 
change. 
The above was sent us by a local sub¬ 
scriber from his local paper. We are not 
surprised at the action of the Federal 
grand jury. We have previously called 
attention to the representations made by 
agents of the Standard Home Company 
to induce poor people to sign contracts 
and pay in money on deposits under the 
assurance that they would get a mort¬ 
gage on their home after they had paid 
in installments for six months. The liter¬ 
ature of the company led people to the 
same conclusion but the mortgages were 
not available when wanted, and the in¬ 
stallments had to be continued or the 
amount paid in would be lost. The com¬ 
pany refused any return or adjustment 
of the money paid in. The company tried 
hard to impress us with their assurance 
of good faith, but while one of our sub¬ 
scribers was suffering a loss through 
transactions with him we could not ac¬ 
cept their altruistic assurances at full 
value. 
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Just a few lines to inform you that I 
have received a check for full amount from 
E. E. Berean & Co. for the two ship¬ 
ments of pears sent in February, 1912. 
Thank you for your kindness and the 
service you have rendered me in collect¬ 
ing it, as I had given it up as a bad 
job. s. F. D. 
New York. 
On October 6 I received my check for 
the case of eggs sent to E. E. Berean & 
Co. on July 25, 1910—.$7.29. I cannot 
praise you and The It. N.-Y. too much 
for taking it in your hands and collect¬ 
ing it. It had been so long I thought 
he had crossed the Atlantic Ocean, but 
finding he is in business yet I do not 
think I shall ever ship him any more, and 
my neighbors also. He showed the white 
feather in Seneca County, as the people 
got wise, and I have talked to lots of 
people here. j. K. 
New York. 
I have received my pay from E. E. 
Berean & Co., 317 Washington Street, 
New York, for six bags of carrots sent 
them Sept. 6 , 1910. I know it is to 
your credit and the new commission law, 
so I will thank you, and will do all I 
can for The R. N.-Y. s. a. w. 
New York. 
It seems safe to conclude that we can 
credit these collections to the new com¬ 
mission law. Certain it is that we were 
unable heretofore to make the collections. 
When application was made by Mr. Ber¬ 
ean for a license to do a produce coin- 
mission business, we placed the informa¬ 
tion at our disposal before the Commis¬ 
sioner; and the long-standing accounts 
were promptly settled. We had several 
other complaints against this firm and 
one other has been paid. It is very 
satisfactory to get these remittances as 
far as these complaints go, but it yet 
leaves the question open as to whether 
the record made by Mr. Berean does not 
disqualify him for a license under the 
new law. 
The fruit tree fakers are in this lo¬ 
cality selling peach trees claimed to be 
grafted or budded on Japan roots. They 
sold one of my neighbors 200 trees for 
$50. I saw this same scheme shown up 
in The R. N.-Y. a few weeks ago. This 
same neighbor took The R. N.-Y. for 
some time, but let it run out. What he 
paid extra for those trees -would have paid 
for The R. N.-Y - . for the remainder of his 
life. h. a. 
Pennsylvania. 
There is little to add to the above in¬ 
formation, nor to the philosophy devel¬ 
oped from it. Sometimes it gets a little 
discouraging, when an honest service 
is turned down, and the faker with ro¬ 
mantic stories is invited to the best and 
highest seat. But we have never reached 
the point where we could say, “It served 
him right.” We know too well the diffi¬ 
culty in discriminating between the real 
service and the false pretenses. The 
faker always has natural personal gifts. 
He is embarrassed by no limitations of 
fact. He calls on his imagination for 
any statement that will serve his pur¬ 
pose for the time being, and it takes a 
level head, some experience, and a good 
stiff backbone to resist his allurements. 
If the money that might be saved from 
rogues of various degrees went into the 
subscription records of Tiie R. N.-Y. we 
would find it difficult to print the papers 
needed to fill the subscriptions. 
I note your reference to the Linwood 
Haines, Ltd., of America, Camden, N. J. 
This week a slick-tongued old gentleman 
appeared at my home representing this 
same company, and gave me the litera¬ 
ture I am sending you. He was very 
anxious to sell me stock of this concern, 
both common and preferred. He also 
told how all stockholders by buying, 
all their groceries, machinery, etc., 
from the firm would get 5% off; the 
stock was to pay 7%. He showed me 
a long list of names of prominent farm¬ 
ers and others, many of whom were 
women. They had taken two to four 
shares at $10 each. I then asked how 
these people came to buy this stock so 
readily. He assured me it was all owing 
to the fact that the man who was taking 
him around was so well-known for his 
shrewdness as a money-maker that all 
who learned that this man had taken 
several shares and was bringing the can¬ 
vasser to their door was all they wanted 
to know and immediately bought stock. 
I bought no stock, yet this man has been 
coming for many weeks and expects to 
be many more in this and adjoining 
counties. B. 
New Jersey. 
The literature that we have seen from- 
this company gives no hint of their as¬ 
sets. A stockholder may get 5% off 
given prices, and yet pay more than the 
goods would cost in other places. No 
man can say that such stock will or will 
not pay 7 per cent. Similar concerns or¬ 
ganized in the past have not been suc¬ 
cessful ; we are constantly receiving com¬ 
plaints that respectable local men and 
banks lend the use of their names and 
influence to promoters in the sale of 
stocks, bonds or other things. The in¬ 
vestments in such cases later prove to 
be unwise and unfortunate. We have 
known perfectly honest and sincere men 
to be themselves deceived with these 
propositions. Even banks officers are 
sometimes deceived. They would not put 
their own money into the concern, but 
as far as they know they give the promo¬ 
ters the benefit of an indorsement. But 
in not many cases the banks carry de¬ 
posits for the promoters, and the respect¬ 
able local gentlemen are fluttered by 
promises of official positions in the com¬ 
pany, when they do not receive grat¬ 
uities of cash or stock. Every man has 
some influence in his neighborhood, some 
more, others less. Banks and men of 
affairs have especial influence, and 
consequently special responsibilities. 
The benefits to be secured from 
these promoters are at most tran¬ 
sient and insignificant, and it is re¬ 
grettable these men will sacrifice inex¬ 
perienced neighbors for the pittance to 
be gained from promotion schemes. Div¬ 
idends cannot be legally paid unless 
earned. There may be reasons for help¬ 
ing finance a concern without business 
or assets, but we have found no reasons 
to encourage farmers to invest in f stocks 
of this kind. j. j. d. 
Ask the Boy Who Won 
how he raised the Blue Ribbon ear. 
In Boys’ Clubs all over the country the prizes are goingtothe 
boy who uses the right fertilizer. That means enough 
POTASH 
to make a solid, well filled, and perfectly shaped ear. 
Use 200 to 500 pounds Kainit per acre to balance either 
green or stable manure and be sure that the fertilizer you 
use contains 8 to <0 per cent Potash. 
Ask your dealer to carry goods of that grade. If he 
doesn’t we will sell you any amount of Potash, from one 
200 lb. bag up, and you can add it yourself. 
Don’t forget this, for Potash Pays 
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Ask for catalog and prices. 
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gives lasting protection to all your buildings. 
The natural oils of Trinidad Lake asphalt keep life in 
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This makes them proof against rain, sun, wind, heat, cold, alkalis and 
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When you write advertisers mention The R. N.-Y. and you’ll get a quick reply 
and a “square deal.” See guarantee editorial page. 
