1018 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
October 29, 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
On May 28, 1909, we contracted with 
the Cleveland Institute of Medicine and 
Surgery for a cure for my wife wlio suf¬ 
fers from epilepsy. I enclose a paper .which 
the doctor wrote, but it was verbally 
agr< ed that if they failed to effect a per¬ 
manent cure within one year they would 
refund .every cept we paid. We paid $15 
as a first, payment. Sometime in Septem¬ 
ber, before the second payment was due, 
we filled out a blank like the reverse of 
this sheet and mailed it for a supply of 
medicine as usua). They failed to send 
the medicine, thereby breaking the contract. 
I wrote them since, but failed to get a 
reply. By the contract (verbal) they 
should refund my $15. Can you get it for 
us? a. J. B. 
Virginia. 
No, we cannot collect , an account of 
this kind, though we made the effort 
just to do what we could. It is a fake 
on the face of it, and the only chance 
of getting a dollar back from a faker is 
his . presumption that the returns will 
keep us still and give them an oppor¬ 
tunity to get more from other people 
who will keep still about it. No one 
but a quack would make such a con¬ 
tract or promise, and he knew when he 
made it that he could . not make good, 
it is, we know, a great temptation to 
patronize any promise of relief for the 
sick; but these quacks only take ad¬ 
vantage of your misfortune. Leave 
them alone and rely on your trusted 
local physician. He may not cure your 
ills, but he will do more than these 
charlatans do for you. 
Enclosed I hand you copy of two in¬ 
voices peaches shipped to Mr. J. II. Gal¬ 
lagher, Ogdensburg, N. Y., last season on 
commission, amounting to 39 crates. I 
have heard nothing from this party since 
I sent the goods, although I have written 
him several times. I enclose herewith the 
only letter I ever received from him, ask¬ 
ing that I make him shipments, to which I 
replied that I would, and did, to my sor¬ 
row. Will you take this party in hand and 
sec if you can get anything out of him? 
Of course, as they were shipped on con¬ 
signment, we will have to take his word 
as to what he received for the peaches, 
but they certainly were nice peaches and 
put up in good shape. I sold about 1000 
bushels last year, and he is the only party 
I did not find to be a white man. I have 
given him up. s. r. v. D. 
New York. 
This complaint reached us last April, 
and we have been unable to collect the 
account or to get any reply whatever 
from Mr. Gallagher. His rating would 
not justify the shipment of goods on 
either consignment or on account. Cash 
transactions are recommended. Mr. 
Gallagher is in something of an agri- j 
cultural section, and some of his farmer 
friends maj r be enough interested in him 
to suggest the wisdom of settling ac¬ 
counts of this kind. The New York 
State Agricultural Association has a 
committee now to look after such com¬ 
plaints on behalf of members and pro¬ 
ducers generally and it is hoped that 
the State itself, through the Commis¬ 
sioner of Agriculture, who appreciates 
the importance of the work will take a 
hand iii such cases. It is little short of 
an outrage that men of the Gallagher 
type be permitted to solicit consign¬ 
ments, receive the goods, and put the 
proceeds into their pockets, while the 
producer and shipper whistles in vain 
for his returns. Little good it does a 
man to double his production while the 
rogues get away with the goods after 
paying the freight charges. Let us li¬ 
cense commission merchants in New 
York State, and compel them to put up 
a bond for good behavior. 
The brokerage firm of B. II. Scheftels & 
Co., of No. 44 Broad street. New York City, 
of which Jacob Simon Herzig, a former 
convict who now calls himself George 
Graham Itice, has been the chief scheming 
spirit in the promotion of Ely Central. 
.Tumbo Extension, Kawhide Coalition and 
several other securities of doubtful value, 
was put out of business, temporarily at 
least, yesterday. The main office in this 
city aiid the six branches in as many dif¬ 
ferent cities were visited by agents of the 
Bureau of Investigation of the Depart¬ 
ment of Justice and 13 men connected with 
the concern were put under arrest on the 
charge of using the United States mails 
with intent to defraud investors. 
The above is from a local report. It 
is claimed that this concern had received 
money from 12,000 people in amounts 
ranging from $200 to $20,000 each. 
About 200 typewriters were kept busy, 
one-half days, the other half nights, 
sending out letters to investors. An 
alleged financial paper was controlled by 
them, and copies of it mailed to invest¬ 
ors to prove the value of the securities 
they were selling. All this with the 
regular newspaper advertising ran to 
$3,000 a day, but it is estimated that they 
were receiving as high as $20,000 a day. 
The Ely Central stock it is alleged was 
picked up by the concern at about three 
cents a share, par value $10. After the 
company had become defunct, this stock 
was boomed up to more than $1 a share. 
Nat Goodwin, the actor, was associated 
with Rice in the Rawhide Coalition 
scheme, and small actors and chorus 
girls, it is said, invested heavily in the j 
stock. It is a hopeful sign that the gov- j 
ernment"is getting after these stock- 
seiling rogues. But the government 
cannot be expected to do it all. The 
people must use horse sense th'emselves. 
Usually the money is gone before the 
government can get evidence that will 
justify it in action. The women who 
are now sending their money to St. 
Louis for debentures, may well read ex¬ 
periences of tliis kind the second time 
over. Those who may be able to stand 
the loss themselves should consider the 
hardship they bring on others less able 
to lose, through their example and in¬ 
fluence. This brokerage concern got 
people’s money by offering bigger profits 
than legitimate business will pay. Big 
promise in one form or another is the 
bait always used by financial crooks. 
We notice In your weekly paper the suc¬ 
cess you are having with collecting ac¬ 
counts for your subscribers, and we are 
taking advantage of this feature to try to 
interest you in a claim we have against 
Robert N. Fleagle & Co. of Baltimore, Md- 
We enclose the account, amounting to 
$65.41. We will be glad to pay any costs 
or expense to you, and will try to return 
your kind interest In our behalf. s. c. 
Pennsylvania. 
The owner of this concern has left 
for parts unknown. He came into con¬ 
tact with the United States authorities 
on account of illegal acts in handling 
oleomargarine. The Government officials 
have been unable to locate Fleagle, and 
a receiver has been appointed, so that 
whatever assets there are left will, after 
paying the expenses, be divided among 
the creditors, but the chances are that 
there will not be enough realized to 
satisfy all claims in full, and we doubt 
if there will be anything left for credi¬ 
tors. J. J. d. 
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FEELING FINE ! JUST HAD SOME OF 
BLATGHFORD’S GENUINE OLD 
ENGLISH TONIC AND REGULATOR 
No Mill Feed used in its manufacture. 
The pure unadulterated tonic, condiment and condi¬ 
tioner. 
Sold all over the world. The King of all Tonics. 
If your dealer doesn’t keep it, order direct. 
5 lb. pkg. ... $ .75, Express Paid 
10 lb. hag . . . 1.25, Express Paid 
100 lh. bag . . . 6.00, l-’.O.B. Waukegan 
BLATCHFORD'S CALF MEAL FACTORY, Waukegan, III. 
Established at Leicester, England, in 1800 
SAVE HALF Your 
Paint Bills 
By using INGERSOLL PAINT—proved 
best by 66 years’ use. It will please you. 
Only Paint endorsed by the “Grange.” 
Made in all colors,—for all purposes. 
DELIVERED FREE. 
From the Mill Direct to You at Factory Prices. 
INGERSOLL PAINT BOOK —FREE 
Tells all about Paint and Painting for Durability. 
How to avoid trouble and expense caused by paints 
fading, chalking and peeling. Valuable information 
free to you. with Sample Color Cards. Write me. DO 
LX NOW. I can save you money. 
0. W. Ingersoll, 246 Plymouth St., Brooklyn, N.Y. 
HARVEY BOLSTER SPRINGS 
No Barn is Complete Without a 
PORTER LITTER CARRIER 
Greatest capacity, 
easiest to operate and 
strongest of litter car¬ 
riers. Carrier wheels 
are roller bearing and 
are swivelled in such 
a manner as to round 
a curve witli perfect 
ease. Runs on our 
celebrated “Colum¬ 
bian” track, which 
can be bent to any 
curve and will sus¬ 
tain any reasonable 
weight. The hop¬ 
per is held auto- 
. . , . matically at any 
height and can lie tripped at will of operator. Send 
for descriptive catalog of carriers, liny tools, etc. 
J. E. PORTER CO., OTTAWA, ILL. 
P0I I IF PI I PQ-Prom imported stock. Females 
ULLLIL rUrOeheap. Nelson Bros., Grove City, Pa. 
5000 FERRETS FOR SALK. Write for price 
list, it's free. DE KLEINE RROS. 
Jamestown. Michigan. Box 42. 
FFRRFK~ Here ^ am dealing in ruff on 
I LnnLIO rats—the ferret. Enclose stamp for 
prices. CALVIN JEWELL, SPENCER, OHIO. 
QQ°/o f t * ie World’s 
CreameriesUse 
De Laval 
Cream Separators 
Ten years ago there were a dozen different makes of creamery or 
factory separators in use. Today over 98 per cent of the world’s 
creameries use DE LAVAL separators exclusively. 
It means a difference of several thousand dollars a year whether 
a DE LAVAL or some other make of separator is used in a creamery. 
Exactly the same difference exists, on a smaller scale, in the use of 
FARM separators. But the farm user doesn’t know it. Ninetimesout 
of ten he can’t tell when he is wasting $50. or $100. a year in quantity 
and quality of product through the use of an inferior separator. 
There can he no better recommendation for the DE LAVAL than 
the fact that the men who make the separation of milka business 
use the DE LAV 4 L to the practical exclusion of all other separators. 
The De Laval Separator Co. 
166-167 Broadway 42 E. Madison Streel Drumm & Saoramenfo Sta. 
NEW YORK CHICAGO SAN FRANCISCO 
178-177 William Street 
MONTREAL 
More Than 
14 A 16 Prlncoaa Street 
WINNIPEC 
1016 Western Avenue 
SEATTLE 
1,250,000 De Lavals In Daily Use 
KELLY duplex “Wl's " 0 
Only mill made with a double set of 
grinders or burrs. Have a grinding 
surface of just double that of any 
other mill of equal size, therefore. 
Do Twice as Much 
Work. 
Grind ear corn, shelled 
corn, oats, rye, wheat, 
barley, kaffir corn, cot¬ 
ton seed, corn in 
shucks, sheaf oats, or 
any kind of grain, coarse, me¬ 
dium or fine. Require 25# less 
power than any other mill. 
Especially adapted for gasolino 
engines. Write for new catalog. 
Duplex Mill & Mfg.Co., Bax 229Springfield, Ohio 
New Scientific No. 20 Mill 
Heavy steel lege and steel 
hopper. Most efficient 
a n a strongest small 
power mill ever built. 
Will grind cob corn, 
shelled corn, oats and 
all other small grains to 
any desired grado, from 
hominy feed to meal. 
Fully Guaranteed 
Equipped with flywheel, 
cold rolled steel shaft, 
end thrust ball bearing 
and 8-inch high carbon 
grinding plates. 
Two sets of plates fur¬ 
nished with each mill. 
Adapteifor use in any locality. We stand back of 
every claim we make for it. Write for descriptive catalog. 
THE FOOS MFG. CO., Box 229 Springfield, Ohio 
VICTOR POWER MILLS 
Successfully grind ear corn, shelled 
corn, oats, rye, barley and any kind 
of small grains. Grind your own 
feed for your stock during odd hours 
and get all the food value from 
, the grain. A Victor will soon pay 
for itself. Will not’chokeor clog. 
Simple and durable in construc¬ 
tion and easy to operate. 
Most Perfect Mill Built 
.Write for Catalog. All styles and 
sizes. Sweep, Geared and Power 
We build the best Safety Steel Saw 
Machine made. All fully guaranteed. Write to-day. 
VICTOR FEED MILL CO., Box 129 Springfield, Ohio 
THOROUGHBRED 
S. C. W. LEGHORNS — 
Yearlings - suitable for breed- 
ers,$l. each. F. B. DILT8, Elemington,N. .J. 
5,000 S. C. WHITE LEGHORN 
Yearling hens, pullets and cockerels. Bred for eggs- 
American Poultry Plant, Collins, Ohio. 
R. C. RHODE ISLAND REDS and INDIAN 
Dll Mil CD nilPVC lor show, breeding and utility. 
II U IM N L.It UUlmO All stock sold on approval. 
SINCLAIR SMITH, Box 153, Southold, Suffolk Co., New York 
Free Poultry Catalogue 
EAST DONEGAL POULTRY YARuS MARIETTA PA. 
SINGLE COMB WHITE LEGHORN 
YEARLNG HENS also EARLY PULLETS 
Bred to lay stock. J. L. Eiaiott, Elemington, N. J. 
T HE FARMER’S FOWL— Rose Comb Reds, best winter 
layers on earth. Eggs, $1.00 per 15. Catalogue 
free. THOS. WILDER, Route 1, Richland, N. Y. 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 
A number of very choice April hatched Cockerels 
for breeding. Prices right for quality. 
WHITE & KICK, Yorktown, New York. 
EMPIRE STATE S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS. 
Winners at N. Y. State Fair; heavy layers; May 
hatched cockeiels and pullets $1.00 each. Catalog 
free. C. H. ZIMMER, Weedsport. N. Y. 
KEAN’S WHITE WYANDOTTES 
are bred for heavy laying, heavy weight and vigor. 
CHOICE COCKERELS for sale at $2.50 each for 
immediate shipment. Write for further descrip¬ 
tions. Address E. FRANKLIN KEAN, STANLEY, N. Y. 
RICHLAND FARMS 
FREDERICK, MARYLAND 
A few hundred Choice Early Hatched 
COCKERELS for sale. 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS. 
WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS. 
S. C. BLACK ORPINGTONS. 
FOR MENDING HARNESS 
shoes, tents, awnings, hydraulic hose, pulley 
belts, carpets, saddles, suit cases, buggy 
tops, dash boards, or for sewing any 
heavy material. 
Stewart’s Automatic Awl 
is the only 
It takes 
a wax thread 
that feeds from 
a spool and will do 
the same work as any 
$250 Harness maker ma¬ 
chinery. It is an indis¬ 
pensable tool for farmers. 
Axcuis wanted. Sent prepaid for $1.2, 
Cheaper grades, $1. Send for descriptive circular. 
perfect 
STEWART-SKINNER CO., 35 Hermon St., Worcester, Mass, 
[increase Stock Profits 
y 
Mix cut roots with dry feed—double Its 
value, keep stock healthy, and they pay a 
bigger profit on less feed. Hoots lncreaso 
relish and digestion. And the 
Banner Root 
1 •«FF/xv is the only ma- 
chinemaking the 
"Non-Choke Curve Cut” feed 
from roots,etc. Self feeding; cutsfast 
and easy; separates dirt from roots. 
Made in 7 styles and sizes. Book Free. 
0. E. Thompson & Som, Yprilanti. Mich. 
HOT STOCK FEED- 
Keep your stock in the best of condition by cook¬ 
ing your stock feed with the unsurpassed 
^Farmers’ Favorite” 
Feed Cooker and Boiler 
Valuable for many uses—such 
as cooking poultry feed, can¬ 
ning fruit, boiling sap, steril¬ 
izing milk cans, rendering lard 
and tallow, cooking scrapplo 
and boiling spraying mixtures. 
Costs little, wears long. Write 
for special price-saving sale list. 
LEWIS MFG.CO., Box C.Cortland,N.Y. 
COOK^YOUR FEED and SAVE 
Half the Cost —with the 
PROFIT FARM BOILER 
With Dumping Caldron. Empties 
its kettle in one minute. The simplest 
and best arrangement for cooking 
food for stock. Also make Dairy and 
Laundry Stoves, Water and 
Steam Jacket Kettles, Hog 
Scalders, Caldrons.etc. J^Send 
for particulars and ask for circular J 
_ D. R. SPERRY & 00., Batavia. Hi. 
MAKE HENS LAY 
By feeding raw bone. Its egg-producing value Is four 
times that of grain. Eggs more fertile, chicks more 
vigorous, broilers earlier, fowls heavier ; 
profits larger. 
MANN’S *iS5&H Bone Cutter 
Cuts all bone with adhering meat and 
gristle. Never clogs. 10 Days* Froo Trial. 
No money In advance. 
Send Today for Free Book. 
F. W. Mann Co., Box is, Milford, MassJ 
MT. PLEASANT FARM LEGHORNS 
SEASON OF 1911 
We are now booking advance orders for 
Hatching Eggs Day-Old Chicks 
On Oct. 15tli we had chicks engaged for Spring 
delivery up to half our capacity. Hatching eggs 
for commercial plants a specialty, 250 acres de¬ 
voted to breeding the best S. 0. W. Leghorns. 
MT. PLEASANT FARM. Box Y. Havre de Grace. Md. 
TUP nCI PRRATPn HUNGARIAN AND ENGLISH 
INC UlLlDiiA I LU PARTRIDGES AND PHEASANTS 
Wild turkeys, quails, rabbits, deer, etc., for stock¬ 
ing purposes. Fancy pheasants, peafowl, cranes, 
swans, storks, ornamental geese and ducks, foxes, 
squirrels, ferrets, and all kinds of birds and ani¬ 
mals. WENZ & MACICENSEN, Dept. 10, Pheas- 
antry and Game Park, Yardley, Pa. 
IMPERIAL PEKIN DRAKES in any quantity at 
and SINGLE COMB WHITE bar8ain prices 
LEGHORN COCKERELS Joult^ farm* 
New Rochelle, N.Y. 
