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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
February 12, 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
Last September I sent the Globe Hosiery 
Mills of Kernersville, N. C.. $1 for hosiery 
as per their advertisement in a city paper, 
but I cannot get the goods or the dollar 
back. Can you help me? J. a. r. 
Maine. 
This seems to be another concern that 
thinks more of a dollar than of a repu¬ 
tation. They pay no attention to in¬ 
quiries about this order and remittance. 
A short time ago I received from my son 
in Montana a box of candy, weighing 7% 
pounds, and the charges were $3. This 
same lot. put up in two packages and sent 
by mail, would have been about $1.20. 
Isn't tnis another argument in favor of a 
package post? These overcharges are so fre¬ 
quent here that the people are not surprised, 
but rather are expecting them all the time. 
Virginia. m. o. e. 
We took the case up with Adams 
Express Co., and have received the fol¬ 
lowing from the subscriber: 
It is with much pleasure that I write to 
tell you that the express company made 
haste to refund 80 cents, and they stated 
that $2.20 was the proper charge on that 
package of 7% pounds. I shall use all my 
influence to interest my neighbors in The 
I t. N.-Y., as I am convinced it ranks away 
above all other periodicals of its kind. 
Virginia. M. o. e. 
It seems that the regular rate was 
about 30 cents per pound, but for good 
measure they tacked on 80 cents extra. 
The whole country suffers from the 
exactions of the express companies, but 
the South seems to suffer more than any 
other section. 
In the Spring of 1908, I sent W. \Y. 
Thomas. Anna, Ill., $9.62 for an order of 
strawberry plants. He said it was too late 
to ship, and wanted to hold the order until 
the next year. I have repeatedly asked him 
to return my money, but cannot get it. Can 
you help me? a. s. m. 
Canada. 
We do not seem to be able to help 
much. Mr. Thomas does not reply to 
our requests for the remittance. He ap¬ 
parently thinks $9.62 worth more to him 
than a reputation for doing reputable 
business. Some of his neighbors ought 
to take him in hand and make him 
realize that his conduct in this case is 
a discredit to the town in which he lives. 
A Methodist minister from the Far 
West closes a letter to us as follows: 
I admire your work of exposing shams 
and humbugs. Keep at it. I believe your 
work is as necessary as mine. I wish you 
Godspeed in your good cause. 
This is indeed a compliment, no mat¬ 
ter how much undeserved, and coming 
from such a source we appreciate it. 
The works have this in common: Both 
are for the good of the people as those 
who labor see their duty and their privi¬ 
lege. Both are necessary. But work 
for man’s material benefit, while neces¬ 
sary, can never attain the importance 
of work for his spiritual and moral 
life. Yet there is this in common too— 
both are a fight against evil. 
About a year ago I saw an article in The 
R. X.-Y. denouncing the Globe Association 
.of Chicago. I did not believe it. and entered 
their employ. I want to say now, I believe 
them the greatest swindlers out of jail. 
They have utterly failed to keep a single 
promise to me in good faith. Their goods 
are trash. D. c. b. 
Massachusetts. 
There is more in the above confession 
than many of our readers would think. 
The biggest frauds we ever exposed had 
the most defenders. Many people have 
pet fakes, and it is not strange that they 
turn on us, and refuse to believe. But 
of all the mean fakes this Globe Associa¬ 
tion is the most persistent. They first 
fake you by getting an advance remit¬ 
tance, and then simply commission you 
to fake your neighbors and send them 
the proceeds. 
On the 20th inst.. the Wells-Fargb Ex¬ 
press Company at Monsey paid my claim 
for $1.50 in settlement of the complaint 
sent you. 
New York. c. k. 
This complaint came in last June. 
We have been after that $1.50 ever since. 
This was a box of dressed poultry 
shipped a distance of 32 miles. It was 
at the express office in the city in the 
early morning of June 23. The con¬ 
signee called on the telephone about it 
several times during the hot day, but it 
was not offered for delivery until 6 -.30 
P. M.. when it was refused as spoiled. 
The shipper was not notified until the 
24th, and the express company refused 
any redress. They first wrote us that 
they though the service was better than 
most of their Harlem business, and held 
themselves blameless as the shipper did 
not ice the box. We, however, informed 
them that we held them responsible be¬ 
cause they knew the goods were perish¬ 
able and carried them around on their 
wagon a whole hot day, in opposition to 
repeated requests for delivery. We con¬ 
sidered the evidence conclusive of their 
responsibility and unless they paid it we 
would take an assignment of the claim, ; 
and bring suit in our own name in the 
city courts to recover. We admitted 
that the amount in this case was not 
large enough to warrant suit, but the 
principle was big enough, and we pre¬ 
ferred to have a court decision on it. 
Further investigation followed and the 
settlement resulted. 
C. B. F. Barra, who lives at 261 Lafayette 
street. New York city, sent his sister and 
brother here to board for the Summer. Just 
as they were about to go home, lie sent 
me a cheek for $45 drawn on the State 
Bank of New York. He is an attorney at 
350 Broadway. The check was protested 
with $1.20 charges. I wish you would col¬ 
lect it for me : I am an old man and a hard 
worker and need the returns for our hard 
labor. F. L. 
New York. 
Attorney Barra is one of the most un¬ 
satisfactory creditors we have yet had I 
to deal with. We followed him up | 
until we got tired. Then we gave it to 
cur attorney for collection, and he is 
unable to collect without suit. But 
Mr. Barra has not heard the last of 
this case yet. He may know enough 
law to protect himself technically in 
handing out worthless checks to country 
people, but he cannot do so and escape 
the contempt of decent people. Such 
trickery is small business for a licensed 
officer of the court, and we propose to 
call it to the attention of every judge in 
the city of New York, where he prac¬ 
tices law. 
I have never seen anything as good In 
all respects as the ‘•Publisher's Desk," in 
your paper, and would like to have a word 
In confirmation of the statement of II. 11. 
S. on page 998, in regard to the St. Cloud 
land. The sugar cane land was broken and 
ditched some time before that for the 
rice farm upon which I worked 20 or 25 
years ago. This land is of muck and clay 
formation, and was covered by water from 
two inches to two feet deep. Ditches were 
dug about 50 feet apart, and the soil from 
these ditches was spread out between the 
same. After the soil had been allowed to 
dry out all it would, the company at¬ 
tempted to plow it with mules wearing a 
broad mud shoe. This proved a failure, 
and the only degree of success was attained 
through the use of small oxen. Plows had 
to be abandoned and rolling coulters were 
used. In short, the land in question is 
marshy and the home of malaria and bull¬ 
frogs, bordered by what is termed in Flor¬ 
ida as "scrub,” being a glistening white 
coarse sand on which grows runted pine, 
and all attempts to raise anything on it 
have failed. Florida has a fine reputation 
for health and long life, but one’s dream : 
will never be realized if they expect to 
find them on St. Cloud property and hun¬ 
dreds of other tracts no more desirable. 
Key West. Fla. f. h. m. 
We thought we had already exhausted 
this St. Cloud land scheme; but we 
could not overlook this, coming as it 
does from one familiar with the situa¬ 
tion. Again let us say, Florida, like 
other States, has Its advantages and its 
good and worthless lands. If you buy 
there, make sure from personal inspec¬ 
tion that you do not get the swamps. 
The Newton Balance Valve Co.. Newton, 
Iowa, sold me one of their Barngrover 
double parted balance valves, warranted to 
increase the power of my engine 20 to 30 
per cent. The valve was no good. We sent 
it back, and they sent another, which is no 
better. Neither of them worked as well as 
the old one we took out. I wrote the com¬ 
pany and refused to accept it. but can now 
get no reply to my letters. What can I do 
in the matter? W. a. p. 
New York. 
When we received the above com¬ 
plaint, we looked over the letters and 
advertising circulars and looked up the 
financial rating of the company, and ad¬ 
vised the farmer to write again. We 
could not believe that an apparently re¬ 
sponsible house could refuse redress in 
such a case. Later we wrote them sev¬ 
eral times ourselves and got no reply. 
This is their guarantee: 
We guarantee you complete satisfaction, 
or every cent of cash will be returned you. 
It's a case of everything to gain and noth¬ 
ing to lose. 
This seems to be a case where the 
company gains $82.50, the price of the 
valve, and the farmer loses that amount. 
The meanest concerns we have to con¬ 
tend with are houses with financial 
ratings, and fairly good credit, which 
make strong guarantee of their goods, 
and then fail to live up to the promises. 
This is a typical case of this kind, and 
we hope farmers who operate engines 
will take the trouble to tell the Newton 
Balance Valve Co. that their perform¬ 
ances do not balance with their prom¬ 
ises. No man is safe from an imposition 
of this kind, and such treatment of a 
customer ought to be made unpopular. 
The National Mail Order Co., 226 Wooster 
street, New York. 
We have a complaint from one woman 
who sent them $10 for a cloak, and could 
not get it. We have another complaint 
from another woman who sent them a 
remittance for handkerchiefs, on an 
order which was never filled. We are 
simply tired of asking them for ex¬ 
planations which they usually neglect to 
make. j. j. n. 
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