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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
August 13, 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
During the month of July this depart¬ 
ment received 67 accounts for collection 
for subscribers of the paper, amounting 
to $1,270.60. We collected of these and 
accounts previously received $1,207.12. 
These accounts, of course, are of a class 
that could not be collected direct, and 
most of them probably could not be col¬ 
lected through the courts. It required 
publicity and public opinion to force set¬ 
tlement, and of course the fear of loss 
of other business. Besides this we an¬ 
swered 149 inquiries for ratings, and this 
ought to save many times the amount of 
the collections. We are especially 
pleased to note the tendency of our peo¬ 
ple to look up reference and ratings be¬ 
fore sending goods or money. Of 
course our advertisers are already 
looked up, and the appearance of the 
advertisement is in itself not only a sat¬ 
isfactory rating, but our guarantee for 
them. 
You did me a good turn when I sent you 
after the Egg Producers Co. of Brooklyn, 
N. Y., and as you would accept no pay for 
your trouble, I feel indebted to you in some 
way. If I can be of any assistance to you, 
“command and I shall obey” if possible. 
New York. j. g. b. 
Yes; we like that kind of sentiment. 
We would be less than human if we did 
not. It is worth a good deal more than 
any time or effort devoted to the Egg 
Producers’ Company. 
A man claiming to be agent of the Co¬ 
lumbia Magazine, 1 Madison Avenue, New 
York City, is canvassing this section for 
the sale of stock, called the founder’s 
shares. Can you tell me anything about 
them? l. a. J. 
Massachusetts. 
A proposition of this kind is of 
course a pure speculation. It ought to 
be rather comfortable for publishers 
who want to make a venture in the 
magazine field to have other people put 
up the cash for the experiment. But 
such ventures are no place for the sav¬ 
ings of the farm, nor for any other sav¬ 
ings for that matter. 
Received to-day the check for the case 
of eggs shipped to H. Oberscheimer October 
14, 1908, and which the express company 
failed to deliver. We feel you have worked 
hard to get it for us, and we are grateful 
for it. If you will write us your charges 
we will gladly pay you for the part you 
have taken; would rather you would have 
it all than have it remain as it was. 
New York. c. L. c. 
This claim was for $11.30. It was 
sent in October, 1909, just a year after 
shipment. The shipper put in claim 
first, but failed to get a settlement. The 
repetition of this experience shows that 
the express companies simply tire the 
small shipper out and never intend to 
make any redress for these small claims. 
As I have received many letters from M. 
W. Savage urging me to take stock in the 
Minneapolis, St. Paul, Rochester and Du¬ 
buque Electric Traction Company, I now 
ask you for advice. Will it be safe for me 
to subscribe to that company or not? 
Illinois. A. J. 
This road is at present in course of 
construction. Whether it will be a suc¬ 
cess after it is built or a failure will de¬ 
pend on a great many contingencies, with 
more opportunities for failure than for 
success, if we are to judge by the his¬ 
tory of similar enterprises in the past. 
At present it is a speculation, and our 
uniform advice to farmers is to keep 
out of speculations as a means of plac¬ 
ing their savings. 
Your letter with check for eggs and note 
enclosed received. I was most agreeably 
surprised. I am not going to offer you a 
commission for collecting this bill for me, 
as I think you always refuse that, but I 
am going to use my effort to increase the 
circulation of The R. N.-Y., and I begin 
now by enclosing one dollar for a year’s 
subscription to be sent to our rector. Please 
begin sending on this subscription at the 
expiration of the 10 weeks trial which I 
sent for him some weeks ago. I have 
learned that he and his wife greatly enjoy 
the paper, and are much pleased at the 
prospect of having it for a year longer. 
Connecticut. e. m. c. 
The above extract is from one of the 
most appreciative letters which we have 
ever received for a service of the kind. 
The service was one of the easiest. We 
simply sent the bill and wrote a letter, 
and the check for the eggs came back 
by return mail. We have many minis¬ 
ters on the list as regular subscribers, 
and we take especial pride in their pa¬ 
tronage and favor. We welcome this 
new one to the family circle. 
After reading Publisher’s Desk from week 
to week I believe you can collect the en¬ 
closed bill against D. D. Gregory, Jr., Syra¬ 
cuse, N. Y., for commissions on shipment 
of fruit solicited for them during 1907. I 
worked for these people here during 1906, 
and I was the only agent. Everything 
worked fairly well except they were slow 
pay. If you read April 11, 1907, letter you 
will note that they said : “We shall be glad 
to have you work for us again this year 
under the same terms and conditions which 
you did last year.” a. toung. 
Highland, N. Y. 
We are sorry to disappoint Mr. 
Young’s expectations, but we have not 
been able to collect this account of $19.09. 
We have written Messrs. Gregory several 
times about it, but get no reply whatever. 
Any firm anywhere that neglects a sma'l 
account and refuses explanation of any 
kind places itself under the suspicion of 
taking advantage of its distant creditor. 
This is especially true where the claim 
is too small to enter suit in the Supreme 
Court, and the creditor has no redress 
except go to the debtor’s court for suit. 
Columbia Investment and Real Estate 
Company, Times Building, New York City. 
Six per cent gold bonds. 
In plain language these people ask you 
to loan them money on notes, which 
they call gold bonds, to run for three 
years or longer. They propose to buy 
land outside of New York City; and 
give a mortgage on it to a bank or in¬ 
vestor. The balance of the purchase 
monej and any improvements on it are 
to be paid for by money borrowed from 
you on these notes. If the investment 
turns o l well, you may get back your 
money. If the investment fails, or if 
the management is dishonest, you lose. 
In any event you furnish cash without 
security for men whom you never saw 
to gamble with. 
Valley Realty Company, Tnc., Harrison¬ 
burg, Va., also offices in Washington, D. C.; 
G. C. Spitzer, manager. 
Advice comes to us that this company 
makes a specialty of trading city prop¬ 
erty for farms. In one case the city 
house was in course of construction 
when the trade was effected, and the 
farmer understood that the house was 
to be finished. The agent so represented, 
it is alleged, but nothing was said in the 
contract about finishing the house, and 
after signing the contract work on the 
house was discontinued. We have, our¬ 
selves, had many opportunities to give 
away a farm in these deals for city 
property, but we never had a fair offer. 
The rule is that city traders will allow 
you for the farm only the amount they 
can raise on it on bond and mortgage. 
Following is a condensed newspaper 
report of another St. Louis affair: 
After a week's search, Judge Matthew 
G. Reynolds and G. Lucey Ci'awford, receiv¬ 
ers of the Continental Assurance Company 
and the International Fire Assurance Com¬ 
pany, of both of which Congressman Harry 
M. Coudrey was President, have found 
$1,469.65 actual cash. 
From 1897 to 1899 Mr. Coudrey was a 
member of the Municipal Assembly of St. 
Louis, where he won the commendation of 
the public for his vigorous opposition to all 
hoodie measures. He was almost alone in 
his fight, however, and declined re-election 
when his term expired. 
“I am getting many letters from stock¬ 
holders,” said Mr. Crawford July 7. “It 
seems that some do not know yet that the 
companies are in receivership. Most of the 
stockholders live in the backwoods, their 
letters are written on scraps of druggists’ 
and grocers bills and are dated from some 
rustic crossroads. They ask with pathetic 
anxiety about the condition of the com¬ 
panies and beg me to see that they get 
back dollar for dollar.” 
•“How much will they get?’ Mr. Crawford 
was asked. 
For answer he raised his hands in a ges¬ 
ture of hopelessness. 
It would seem from this report that 
Coudrey had been taking lessons of his 
neighbor E. G. Lewis, but the essential 
features of all fakers are the same. 
Some means are employed to get into 
the confidence of the people, then a big 
company is formed, the stock or bonds 
or notes or certificates are sold to coun¬ 
try people On big promises of profits. 
The money is dissipated or appropriated 
by one or two individuals in the game, 
and when the courts get after them the 
money is gone. The promoters usually 
escape punishment, and often like Lewis 
and Kahn of Chicago work the same 
old game all over again. 
I-Iavc just read C. F.’s letter, page 750, 
regarding building lots in Eastport, Suffolk i 
County, N. Y. I would like to warn read- 1 
ers of “Publisher’s Desk” against buying | 
lots on “Euclid Boulevard,” “Avenue G,” 
“Highland Park,” etc., Third Ward, City of 
Rome, N. Y. These high-sounding names 
are given to a tract of land known here as 
“Sand Plains”; they lie about four miles 
from the corporation tax district, and are 
for the most part practically worthless. 
New Y’ork. h. g. p. 
It seems to us that our people ought 
to be pretty well advised on land 
schemes; but we have new people com¬ 
ing every day who know little of the 
tricks in these schemes. j. j. d. 
Cement Block Silo. —Last Summer we 
built a 16x37 foot silo of concrete blocks 
which were made on the farm with farm 
labor in a block machine made for that 
purnose. This silo was filled and the silage 
used. We did not find any spoiled around 
the outside, and although we had a very 
severe Winter, the freezing was very slight. 
The structure is an ornament to the farm, 
cannot blow down and will not need re¬ 
pairs. CLOVERDALE FARM. 
New York. 
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