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THE RURAL NEW-VORKER 
October 22, 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
Another land company is in trouble. 
This time it is the Interstate Land and 
Building Co-operative Association. 201 
Broadway, New York City. The marshal 
took possession last week for non-payment 
of rent. The officers of the company could 
not be found, hut it was thought they had 
gone to Europe. According to their attor¬ 
ney, the company had outstanding about 
$10,000 worth of bonds, certified by the 
Standard Trust Company of No. 25 Broad 
street and fully secured by first mortgages 
and cash. Then there are from $40,000 to 
$50,000 worth of bonds secured by assign¬ 
ments of mortgages, the holders of which 
are reasonably sure to get most of their 
money. But there are also out debenture 
bonds to an amount which can only be as¬ 
certained through an examination of the 
books, but which may reach as high as 
$100,000. These latter are unsecured. If 
the money received from the sale of these 
bonds lias been actually invested in build¬ 
ings and real estate, as promised, the fail¬ 
ure should not be a bad one. But this 
cannot be determined until the creditors 
get together. Later a receiver was ap¬ 
pointed and a bank account of eight cents 
found. The books have disappeared. In 
their circular they claim paid-up capital 
of $400,000, and cautioned people against 
worthless mining stocks and fakes gener¬ 
ally. 
The above is the substance of reports 
in daily papers. The company gave as 
reference C. F. Rideal, managing editor 
of Bankers’ and Investors’ Magazine; 
The promoters also showed a letter from 
an officer of a bank to show that it had 
a satisfactory account, and it is asserted 
that they brought introductions of the 
highest order. An underwriters’ asso¬ 
ciation and an orphans’ court of New 
Jersey had subscribed $25,000 and $11,- 
000 respectively for the mortgage bonds, 
and on this account Mr. Rideal is al- 
things for the confusion of anyone, nor 
for the sake of saying “I told you so,” 
but that you may be more discriminating 
in the future, and less likely to bite on 
baited hooks. 
Writing to a publisher who said he 
had visited St. Louis to investigate E. 
G. Lewis, a western farmer said: 
Lewis’ dupes do not live in St. Louis. 
You began at the wrong end. You should 
have gone to the country people whom 
Lewis has defrauded. 
That is the most conclusive answer 
that could possibly be made. It applies 
to crooks everywhere. Remember it and 
you will be surprised to find how many 
cases it fits. “The Lewis dupes do not 
live in St. Louis” is destined to become a 
classic. 
I worked for the Globe Association of 
Chicago for 30 days. I took several mem¬ 
berships at $2.50 each, but sent only one 
$2.50 to them. The others received goods 
which were not at all satisfactory, but 
really worthless,and I returned their money. 
I would like to get my $12.50 back. 1 en¬ 
close a sample of their worthless member¬ 
ship. which agents are expected to sell for 
$2.50. I would not like you to print my 
full name, because, as you say, I was hired 
to fake my neighbors, but of course I did 
not know it at the time. new keadek. 
New Jersey. 
We have not been able to get this 
man’s money for him. They claim they 
sent him memberships for all they owe 
him. We suppose they did, but they 
might as well have sent him drafts on a 
sand bank. Our regular readers are 
pretty well on guard against this con¬ 
cern, but new subscribers keep coming 
in with the same old stories we have 
been repeating for three years or more. 
leged to have said he did not suspect 
the standing of the company. This is, of 
course, baby talk, and comes with poor 
grace from the editor of a financial 
magazine. If the mortgage bonds are 
properly executed and form a lien on 
real estate on a fair valuation, they are 
good; but the debentures are simply 
notes of the company, and no one knows 
how maify have been issued and sold. 
It is said that R. L. Coburn, an agent of 
the concern at Morristown, Pa., had sent 
them $0,900 on behalf of his personal 
friends. It is a custom of the real estate 
companies to say that their debentures 
are real estate bonds. They are nothing 
of the kind. Any of the companies may 
sell every foot of real estate they control, 
and become entirely landless without af¬ 
fecting the debentures. The references 
are significant. They all furnish such 
references. The American Real Estate 
Co., which has about $10,000,000 of de¬ 
benture notes outstanding, complains that 
The R. N.-Y. has advised its people to 
leave them alone, and quoted similar 
references. E. G. Lewis is equally in¬ 
dignant, and actually convinced many 
women that he had been misused by the 
Government when it issued fraud orders 
to stop his plundering of country people. 
C. E. Ellis is now under indictment for 
similar practices, and Kahn, of Chicago, 
is working the old Cash Buyers’ Union 
all over again. 
This is the second of these real estate 
companies that have failed during the 
last year, leaving the holders of deben¬ 
tures unprotected. It is simply folly to 
loan money on unprotected notes for 
oilier people to gamble with or speculate 
with, and gold debenture bonds are noth¬ 
ing but unprotected paper notes. Keep 
that in mind. 
Some time ago we had an inquiry from 
a New England subscriber about the in¬ 
vestments offered by Ernest M. Arnold, 
Putnam, Conn. After investigation, we 
could find no basis for credit, and said 
so. Advices now come to us to the effect 
that our advice at that time was abund¬ 
antly justified. 
Can you toll mo anything about the 
Monaton Realty Company, Times Building, 
Now Y’ork? e. a. h. 
Connecticut. 
We can tell you that one poor New 
England farmer was induced to sub¬ 
scribe for one of their debenture bonds 
on installment payments. He paid in 
something about $100 or more, and was ! 
unable to keep up the payments. The 1 
company refused to allow him anything, 
and he lost what he had paid in. We ! 
were unable to get anything out of the 
investment for him. The company is 
borrowing money on notes called deben¬ 
tures, and say they are investing the 
money in New York City real estate. 
Two such companies have failed during 
the past year, and the holders of the de¬ 
bentures or notes were of course unpro¬ 
tected, and they are the people least able 
to stand losses. 
Collins’ Wireless Telegraph Co., New¬ 
ark, N. J., is advertised for sheriff’s 
sale, to satisfy a judgment of $500. Last 
year it was all we could do to keep 
country people from buying the stock. 
The promises of profits were most allur¬ 
ing at that time, but we knew there was 
nothing -behind it.. We do not tell these 
1 have been reading the ‘'Publisher's 
Desk," which I consider alone worth many 
times the price of the paper. I really 
know that you are doing a grand work in 
exposing dishonest people and companies 
to the public. If there were more papers 
published with the same grit that Tiie It. 
N.-Y. has they would be a blessing to the 
people. I enclose a clipping taken from 
one of tile leading daily newspapers of 
Knoxville, Trim., which corroborates your 
statements in regard to the Globe Associa¬ 
tion of Chicago, III. I was at one time 
a member of that Association for five 
years, also had read much of E. G. Lewis’ 
schemes of St. Louis, Mot, and had become 
much interested. But now I'm more in¬ 
terested in reading The 11. N.-Y. to see 
the results of his great promises. Wishing 
The II. N.-Y. great success. w. ir. 
Tennessee 
We want our people to learn the ear¬ 
marks of the grafters and rogues who 
have been picking the pockets of country 
people. That is why we repeat their 
tricks so often. It is easy enough to 
identify them when you once get familiar 
with the tricks. You will usually find a 
plausible plea for cooperation; and al¬ 
ways big promises of profits for you. 
At the end you have experience and they 
have your money. j. j. D. 
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4 
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Every up-to-date man should in¬ 
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I 
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W ^DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL 
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RICHLAND FARMS 
FREDERICK, MARYLAND 
A few hundred Choice Early Hatched 
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S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS. 
WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS, 
S. C. BLACK ORPINGTONS, 
IMPERIAL PEKIN DRAKES in any quantity at 
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A number of very choice April hatched Cockerols 
for breeding. Prices right for quality. 
WHITE & KICK, Yorktown, New York. 
T HE FARMER’S FOWL— Rose Comb Reds, best winter 
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SINGLE COMB WHITE LEGHORN 
YEARLNG HENS also EARLY PULLETS 
Bred to lay stock. J. L. Elliott, L’lemington, N. J. 
Free Poultry Catalogue 
EAST DONEGAL POULTRY YARuS MARIETTA PA. 
TUnRnilftURRPn s. c - w. leghorns — 
I nunUUunPnLU Yearlings suitable for breed- 
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5,000 S. C. WHITE LEGHORN 
Yearling hens, pullets and cockerels. Bredforeggs- 
American Poultry Plant, Collins, Ohio. 
R. C. RHODE ISLAND REDS and INDIAN 
QIIMMCD mini/C lor show, breeding and utility. 
nUNNtrt UUUNO All stock sold on approval. 
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Hone’s “Bred-to-Lay”l» 
Choice breeders of 
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R.C. Rhode Island Reds SHEIS 
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5000 FERRETS FOR SARK. Write for prico 
list, it’s free. DE KI,KINK BROS. 
Jamestown, Michigan. Box 42. 
CCPPPTQ—Here I am again, dealing in ruff on 
rcnncio rats—the ferret. Enclose stamp for 
prices. CALVIN J EWELL, SPENCER, OHIO. 
