1130 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
December 3, 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
I beg to acknowledge receipt of your 
favor enclosing 43 cents in settlement of 
claim of George W. Wonsckt, Baltimore, 
Md., against Adams Express Company, be¬ 
ing an overcharge on trunks shipped from 
the latter point to Blain, l’a. Blease ac¬ 
cept my thanks for your kindly interest in 
this matter. o. G. z. 
Pennsylvania. 
This is a sample of some complaints. 
Neither ourselves or the shippers would 
follow up these cases for months for 
the amount recovered, but there ought to 
be some check to the license of express 
companies. The regular charges are high 
enough, and extras make the burden 
that much heavier. 
About six months ago I purchased a 
truss from Alfred C. Cooke Rupture Appli¬ 
ance Co., Hartford, Conn., for .$9, satis¬ 
faction guaranteed. After three trials to 
fit me, by the specialist in charge of the 
office I returned the torturous thing and 
demanded my money back, as agreed. I 
have received nothing but promises. They 
still have my money and the goods. I 
would like to have you try your persuasive 
powers and see If you can get them to re¬ 
turn the $9. READER. 
Connecticut. 
Our persuasive powers have not been 
very effective in this case. We have 
not been able to get as much as a reply 
to the six different letters written them 
on the subject. The information is sub¬ 
mitted for the benefit of anyone inter¬ 
ested—including Dr. Cooke. 
Enclosed hill against Carr’s Nursery, 
Yellow Springs, O., for $20 ; is for Kansas 
raspberries. Can you do anything with it? 
I should be glad if you can make them 
come to time, as we have had no success in 
collecting it. w. c. 
Ohio. 
We have been after the Carr Nursery 
Company about this bill for six months, 
and have been unable to get so much as 
a reply from them. The bill was con¬ 
tracted in April, 1908. We find no com¬ 
mercial rating, and the information is 
submitted for the benefit of growers as 
well as for the trade generally. What 
assurance would a grower have that his 
orders would he filled after he had sent 
a remittance for it to a house that sim¬ 
ply ignores an undisputed bill of this 
kind? 
I have just received to-day $5.12 from 
the Adams Express Company in payment 
of claim for berries which were billed to 
A. Ingraham, Liberty, but which the ex¬ 
press company sent to Montieello, and 
which were refused by Mr. Ingraham when 
they finally reached him. I wish to thank 
you very much for your interest in the 
matter, as I am quite sure I could not 
have made a settlement without your aid. 
I also know that you will not accept any 
compensation for your services, and am 
sending you two 10 -weeks trial subscrip¬ 
tions, and will send you more later. 
New York. j. m. 
That is all the compensation we want 
or can accept for any service of this 
kind. The R. N.-Y. is able to effect 
such adjustments only because of the 
support given it by its subscribers, and 
it is evident that the more subscribers 
the greater its power in such matters. 
Irregularities in the management of the 
L’Enion St. Jean Baptiste d’Amerique of 
Woonsocket, R. I., which were found to 
exist in a joint examination by the New 
York and Massachusetts Insurance Depart¬ 
ments of this fraternal beneficiary society, 
have led' to the facts being laid before the 
Attorney General of Rhode Island. This 
society was incorporated in Rhode Island 
as a literary society in 1900, and was ad¬ 
mitted to do business in Massachusetts in 
1901 and in Now York in 190G. It lias 
now 305 councils, approximately 25,000 
members; and $9,131,000 insurance'in force. 
The report of the examiners concludes that, 
while the society is perfectly solvent, 
there has been negligence and misconduct 
on the part of some of its executive offi¬ 
cers, and that a portion of its estate and 
effects lias been wasted or lost. Mention 
is also made of a systematic falsification 
of records during the past two years; of 
the issue of policy contracts not permitted 
by the laws of New York and Massachu¬ 
setts; of disproportionately large invest¬ 
ments in realty and of unauthorized loans 
on promissory notes without collateral— 
these investments alone representing nearly 
two-tliirds of the total assets of "the so¬ 
ciety. 
The above is submitted for the infor¬ 
mation of those who may he interested 
in this particular case, and as a warning 
for those who are allured to propositions 
and concerns of which they know noth¬ 
ing. 
I am sending you two advertisements 
and a letter from the Continental Commer¬ 
cial Co., of St. Louis, Mo. They strike me 
as quite out of the ordinary. Tell me what 
you think of them. There must be a trick 
somewhere, but I do not see where it is. 
Ohio. READER. 
The proposition is to buy $1,000 worth 
of stock in a company and pay for it in 
a 10-year note bearing six per cent inter¬ 
est and payable monthly. The agree¬ 
ment is that the face of the note is to be 
paid only from the dividends of the com¬ 
pany. If you sign the note, you must 
pay interest from the start, and if the 
company has banking facilities it can 
have the note discounted on your credit. 
After you have paid interest on it for 
10 years, it may be in the hands of a 
third party. Suppose no dividends were 
earned or paid, and you are sued for 
the amount of the note, you would then 
have the privilege of paying the note or 
defending a lawsuit. Banker Morse, who 
is#now serving a sentence in the Federal 
prison at Atlanta, Ga., had some notes 
issued on some of his schemes with the 
understanding that they were not to be 
discounted or ever paid, but they were 
discounted, and if we remember cor¬ 
rectly, payment was enforced. Make 
yourself easy on one point. No one is 
hunting you up for the privilege of mak¬ 
ing you a present of one thousand dol¬ 
lars. When it appears so, look out that 
the present is not made by you. It is 
suggestive that this is a St. Louis propo¬ 
sition. 
We shipped five-barrels of potatoes via 
L. I. R. R. Express to Summit avenue and 
Montgomery street, Jersey City. The 
charges were $1.35 per barrel, $6.75 for tak¬ 
ing live barrels of potatoes about 35 miles. 
Long Island. n. s. s. 
This is one of the experiences that 
cause expensive living in the city; and 
that speaks eloquently for a parcels post 
and regulation of express charges by 
government authority. 
I enclose a copy of a circular with which 
this section is at present being flooded, and 
which relates to a “divining rod’’ known 
as the “Spanish Needle No. 3.” I did not 
invest, as my Christmas presents are pretty 
well paid for, and anyhow I did not like 
the idea of my garden being all dug up 
mining gold, silver, copper, etc. I shall try 
to content myself with the common or gar¬ 
den variety of Spanish needles upon which 
a person may get stung more cheaply. 
Pardon my attempt to be facetious, but a 
woman cannot indulge in the language a 
man would when presented with such fakes. 
Ohio. M. v. h. 
This is a circular of an instrument to 
locate gold, silver and other precious 
metals. You are to pay $12 down, and 
the $38 balance when you have located 
a treasure. It seems incredible that any¬ 
one should get caught with such a propo¬ 
sition, and yet these schemes pay for 
printing and postage and good clothes. 
Occasionally they get a free striped suit, 
and free hoard, but we like the sugges¬ 
tion of this correspondent to stick to the 
surface of the garden. 
Some time ago I sent to Ignatz Pykszyn- 
ski Labor Agency, -u >2 East Fifth street, 
New York, for a man, inclosing money or¬ 
der for $7.70, for carfare and office fee. 
lie wrote me that he could not get me a 
man for the wages I offered. I wrote him 
stating the highest wages 1 was willing to 
pay and told him if he could not get a 
man for that to return the money order at 
once. Since then I have heard nothing 
whatever from him. Can you help me to 
get that money back? d. k. e. 
New York. 
\Ve have not been able to make this 
collection in a six months’ effort. Com¬ 
plaints of this kind should he sent to the 
Post Office Inspectors, Washington, D. C. 
If a concern is soliciting remittance by 
mail from you and giving nothing of 
value in return for it, it is probably do¬ 
ing the same with others, and several 
such complaints would cause the authori¬ 
ties to take action. The inspectors are 
now doing good work in this direction, 
and with intelligent cooperation of the 
people many concerns which have pre¬ 
viously played their game with impunity 
may now be driven out of their illicit 
enterprises. 
Can you tell me anything of the pros¬ 
pects of the reorganization of the National 
Co-operative Society of Chicago? They are 
sending out letters to the old members of¬ 
fering them a chance to exchange their 
shares for others, by paying more money. 
I can find no statement as to what is to he 
done with the old shareholders if they do 
not send more money. e. s. b. 
Connecticut. 
We can tell you that the old Cash 
Buyers’ Union cost the country people 
East and West about $4,000,000, which 
they paid for stock. No business of any 
account was ever done. The concern 
went broke. The company was closed 
out, and the promoter was arrested and 
tried for fraud, but the judge thought 
sufficient evidence was not presented to 
prove that he was more of a crook than 
a dreamer, so lie was not convicted, but 
we have never learned what became of 
the $4,000,000. The only thing that was 
left of the old company was the names 
and addresses of the old victims who 
lost their money beyond recovery. The 
same old promoters later conceived the 
idea of working these dupes all over 
again. A new co-operative society was 
formed; and the old victims were told 
that new stock would he issued for their 
old stock, provided they would send 
more cash for a given number of new 
shares. For example, if you held one 
$10 share of the old stock, and sent $10 
for a share in the new company, you 
would get two new shares. It is a 
clever bait, because it gives the appear¬ 
ance that you are to get something for 
the old worthless stock. Don’t fool 
yourself. The old stock is absolutely 
worthless. The money you paid for it is 
gone forever. These people and no one 
else will give you anything of value for 
it, and there is nothing to show that the 
new stock is worth any more than the 
old. Is not one experience with such a 
fake enough ? j. j. d. 
Whether or not you start 
with one 
Sooner or Later 
you will buy a 
DE LAVAL 
The more you come to know about cream 
separators the better you jvill understand the 
overwhelming superiority of the De Laval. 
THE DE LAVAL SEPARATOR CO. 
165-167 BROADWAY, 
NEW YORK. 
42 E. MADISON ST. 
CHICAGO. 
Our many 
Rural New-Yorker 
friends will be surprised to 
know that we are about to cel- | 
ebrate our 75th Anniversary. 
IRON ACE 
like the mighty oak we have grown 
from a small “acorn,” adding a “ring” of 
customers each year until today our line of 
Farm and 
Garden Tools 
are used in larpe numbers throughout the entire 
world. To commemorate this wonderful event 
we have built a 64 page catalogue, profusely 
illustrated, which fully describes the molt 
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No matter how small your garden or how 
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M’l-’G CO., Box 102-A, 
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NEWTON’S HEAVE 
COUCH, DISTEMPER Ol B DC 
AND INDIGESTION l/Utvt g 
The Standard Veterinary Remedy. 
540 years sale. Send for 
Makes the horse sound, stay sound 
DEATH TO HEAVES 
The first or second $1.00 can cures. The third can 
is guaranteed to cure or money refunded. 
$1.00 per can at dealers, or express prepaid. 
THE NEWTON REMEDY CO., Toledo. OhiD 
Let Me Pay the 
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1 This is just a little 
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See my Split Hickory Auto-Seat, color- 
illustrated in book. Prices will 
astonish you. All sold on SO 
Days’ Road Test—2-Year Guar¬ 
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now. 
H. C. Phelps, Pres. 
The Ohio Carriage Mfg. Co. 
Sta. 290, Columbus, Ohio 
LAMENESS from a Bone Spavin, Ring 
Bone, Splint, Curb, Side Bone or simi¬ 
lar trouble can be stopped with 
ABS 
Full directions in pamphlet with each 
bottle. $2.00 a bottle at dealers or delivered. 
Horse Book 9 D free. 
AilSORllINli, Jit., for mankind, $1 
a bottle, removes Painful Swellings, En¬ 
larged Glands. Goitre. Wens, Bruises, Vari- 
i Veins, Varicosities, Old Sores, Allays Pain. 
. VOUNG, P. D. F., 88 Temple St., Springfield, Mass. 
WRITE YOUR NAME 
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and get this big book on Poultry 
Raising, free, post-paid. It tolls 
how successful poultrymen feed, 
breed, rear, hatch and house. 
Full of valuable hint9 and helps 
you’ll bo pleased to know, 
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[Practical Poultry Raising Experiences 
1 Secrets of 
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for Poultry Houses,—liow 
to malio a first-class brood¬ 
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PrairioStato Incubators. 
Prairie State incubator Co. 
406 Main St.. Homer City, Pa. 
GRIT 
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Makes bone and 
Increases Keg- 
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Ask your dealer, or send us $1.00 for two 
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EDGE HILL SILICA ROCK CO., 
Box J. New Brunswick, N. J. 
When you write advertisers mention Thh 
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“a square deal." see guarantee page 10. 
^ IS 
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture Bulle- 
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He reports that tests show an incubator must have cer¬ 
tain features to do proper work. The Sure Hatch is 
the only incubator on the market having every one 
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Insure against disappointment by getting the Sure 
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greatest percentage of fertile eggs. Sells for less 
than any other dependable incubator because it goes 
direct from the factory to you. 
We give you 30 DA YS FREE 
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freight. ( 
Write today for catalog of Sure 
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Sure Hatch Incubator Co 
Box 44 FREMONT, NEB. 
The Best of All 
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Best, because it’s the only cutter made that 
cuts bone across the grain. And the most 
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this way is easily assimilated by the hens and 
produces the best results. The 
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fs easy to 
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Writjeior ire* catalog 
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Milford, Mans. 
YSTONE FOODS 
are demanded and used by successful 
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TAYLOR BROS., 10 Market Street, CAMDEN, N. J. 
MacKellar’s Charcoal 
For Poultry- is best. Coarse or fine granulated, also 
powdered. Buy direct from largest manufacturers of 
Cluircoal Products. Ask for prices and samples. Est. 1844 
R. MacKELLAR’S SONS CO., Peekskill, N. Y. 
MT. PLEASANT FARM LEGHORNS 
SEASON OF 1911 
We aro 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 do- 
voted to breeding the best S. 0. W. Leghorns. 
MT. PLEASANT FARM, Box Y, Havre de Grace, Md. 
RICHLAND FARMS, Frederick, Md. 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 
W HITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS 
S. C. BLACK ORPINGTONS 
Now is tlie time to place your order for 
HATCHING EGGS aud DAY OLD CHICKS 
Six hundred and sixty-two acres devoted to the three 
breeds. All breeding stock have free range. No orders 
too small or too large. 
BREEDERS FOR SALE 
F 
INK VIGOROUS R. C. R. I. RKI>S—Cocker¬ 
els, range grown, $1.50. Gobi & Sox, Ulster, Pa. 
Fifty Buff Wyandotte Pullets 
FOR SALE at $1.00 each, to reduce stock. 
CHAS. I- MILLER, R. F. D. No. 1, Hudson, N. Y. 
BUFF ROCK PULI.KTS and CO UK ERICI-S, 
vigorous. 
lien hatched large, healthy and 
Address, THE FOUR ACRES, Nutley, N. J. 
R ANGE GROWN S. C. ll. & W. Leghorns, 
S. U. R. I. Reds, S. L, & W. Wyandottes. 
Partridge Cochins, B. & YV. Rocks. M Ai’LK 
COVE FARM, R. 1). 24, Athens, Pa. 
S INGLE COMB WHITE LEGHORNS—Quality 
Kind, Famous Lakewood Strain, Young and old 
stock for sale: Hatching eggs for i arly delivery. 
SUNNY HILL FARM, Fleinington. New Jersey. 
ennn BROWN and White Leghorn Hens; Giant Bronze 
J JUU and White Holland Turkeys. Bred for heavy 
winter layers. Numbers to suit. I‘rices reasonable. 
THE AMERICAN POULTRY PLANT, Collins, Ohio. 
R. C. R. I. Red Cockerels and Pullets 
Also Indian Runner Drakes. High Class Stock* 
Moderate Prices. H. J. VAN DYKE, Gettysburg, Pa. 
R.C. Rhode Island Reds and Indian Runner 
DiiplrQ—Strong, vigorous strains for utility, show 
UUUrto and export. All stock sold on approval 
SINCLAIR SMITH, 602 Fifth Street, Brooklyn, New York 
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. 
Free Poultry Catalogue 
EAST DONEGAL POULTRY YARbS MARIETTA PA. 
W 
HITE HOLLAND TURKEYS-Puro Bred Prizewinners. 
SIRS. E. J. ltlDEli, Itodman, New York. 
IMPERIAL PEKIN DRAKES in any quantity at 
and SINGLE COMB WHITE bar8ain prices * 
LEGHORN COCKERELS poultry* farm. 
New Rochelle N.Y. 
MAK 
HEN 
Lots of eggs by feeding green bone fresh cut, because it is rich in protein and all other 
egg elements. You get twice the eggs—more fertile; vigorous chi cks; earlier broilers; 
heavier fowls; HAUU^C LATEST DAM C OIITTFH cuts all kinds 
bigger profits. IYIrtilfl 9 MODEL KSUHIfc l>BJ I I CII of bone, with 
adhering meat and gristle, easy, fast and fine. Automatic feed; open hopper, never clogs. 
Book free. 1 ^) jays’ Freo Trial. No money in advance. 
P". W. Mann Co., Box 15 IV1 i Ifo r d, Mass. 
