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STHE RURAb NEW-YORKER 
December 10, 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
E. G. Lewis, of St. Louis, Mo., seems 
to be having his day in court all right, 
aside from the numerous libel suits he 
has instituted against other publishers. 
L. R. Barker, Versailles, Ill., recently 
got judgment against his publishing 
company for $1,000; and this judgment 
was recently confirmed by the Court of 
Appeals. The Mercantile National 
Bank. New York City, recently brought 
suit against him for $2,500 protested 
note; and a local real estate company 
has sued him to recover $5,491.60 taxes 
on a bond executed by Lewis for $25,000, 
which it is claimed, has been breached 
and no protection afforded. It begins to 
look bad for our $20,000, but we are 
doing what we can to recover for our 
people. The attorneys give us some 
encouragement. 
The Home Friend Publishing Com¬ 
pany, of Kansas City, Mo., is in bank¬ 
ruptcy proceedings. The circumstance 
would seem to justify the repetition of 
the following inquiry and reply from 
our issue of April 16 last. 
The Home Friend Publishing Company 
of Kansas City, Mo., is offering $250,000 
of their preferred stock at public sale. Do 
you advise the purchase of this stock? 
Could you give me any information as the 
financial standing, etc., of this concern? 
Washington, D. C. subscribed 
Our latest report credits them with 
tangible assets of about $44,000, with 
liabilities of about $25,000, leaving an 
apparent balance of $19,000; but it is 
reported as difficult from the statement 
of the company to form a satisfactory 
estimate of its responsibility. In ad¬ 
dition to the tangible assets, they have 
the good will in a paper called The 
Home Friend, and they have recently 
bought a cheap paper known as Popu¬ 
lar Fashions from the control of Her¬ 
bert Myrick, Sprinefield, Mass. This 
was the relic of the several mail order 
papers published by the Cushman Com¬ 
pany of Boston. The Postoffice De¬ 
partment classed them as advertising 
circulars and not entitled to second- 
class postal facilities. Several of the 
papers were then discontinued; and the 
circulation of all of them combined in 
this one to meet the rules of the de¬ 
partment. Mr. Myrick controlled it for 
a time, and offered so-called debenture 
bonds (notes of the company) for sale 
to its readers and others. But it does 
not seem to have been a success. In 
newspaper * circles the loss was re¬ 
ported as very heavy. We have no 
information as to the disposition of the 
debenture bonds, or notes, issued under 
Air. Myrick’s scheme and control. We 
can only repeat that we have already 
said, viz.: that we know no publishing 
company offering stocks or bonds or 
nctes or certificates of any kind to sub¬ 
scribers that we would consider a good 
or a wise investment. Several of those 
which did so have failed within the 
last year or two, and the investors lost 
everything they put into them. We 
challenge any publisher offering such 
investments to show a tabulated state¬ 
ment of assets and liabilities, which is 
the only basis on which value can be 
estimated. Any experienced investor 
would demand this statement. 
I send you accounts of balances duo on 
three crates of fowls shipped to Louis 
Rosenstein, 101 Lowell street. Boston, Mass., 
by my nephew and myself. The gross 
weights as returned by Rosenstein foot up 
171 pounds, those of the agent 279 pounds, 
a difference of 108 pounds. Mr. Rosen¬ 
stein did not make returns until two weeks 
after delivering the fowls. Upon receiving 
returns we wrote him enclosing copy of 
statement of agent, also bills for balance 
due. and requested him to remit. He wrote 
that he could not find any error on his 
part. We wrote again, and again asked 
him to remit. To this he has made no 
reply. It is clearly not an honest return. 
Thank you in advance for whatever you 
may do or try to do in this matter. 
Massachusetts. w. o. allex. 
According to the statements furnish¬ 
ed, Henry F. Allen shipped, September 
25, via express, 94 pounds gross. The 
returns were for 56 pounds gross. Oc¬ 
tober 3, shipped $8 pounds gross; the 
returns were for 55 pounds gross. 
O. Allen shipped, October 3, via express, 
97 pounds gross; the returns were for 60 
pounds gross. The express charges de¬ 
ducted by Air. Rosenstein are the regu¬ 
lar express charges for the weights as 
billed by the shippers from the weights 
of their own scales. Here is a difference 
of 108 pounds, and as there is no dis¬ 
pute about the tare, the- loss of the 
shippers is 108 pounds net. The total 
remittance for the three shipments was 
$15.41; and the balance claimed to be 
yet due by the shippers is $11.36. Now, 
listen to the following from another 
shipper: 
Last month I was induced by a neighbor¬ 
ing townsman to ship a crate of fowls to 
Louis Rosenstein, 101 Lowell street, Bos¬ 
ton, Mass. This coop of fowls consisted 
of 20 large R. I. Red hens which weighed 
at American Express office 160 pounds 
gross weight, as their receipt shows. My 
son saw them weighed, and I know from 
the many times I have shipped this coop 
there could not have been any mistake in 
their weight. The express rates from here 
to Boston are 75 cents per 100 pounds, 
making $1.20 for 160 pounds, which was 
the amount Mr. Rosenstein deducted for 
that purpose. When I received my re¬ 
turns imagine my surprise to get a check 
for $8.06. Knowing there was a mistake, 
I wrote him about it, and have written 
him several times, but he insists he only 
received 104 pounds gross. Allowing 43 
for crate there would be 117 pounds of 
fowls, and he agreed to pay 16 and 17 
cents for all fowls received at that date. 
This is my claim : 
117 lbs. of fowl at 16c.$18.72 
Less ex. $1.20, ret. 15c. 1.35 
Received check for 
$17.37 
. 8.06 
_ $9.31 
A. N. I*. 
Balance due . 
New Hampshire. 
Here is another: 
On November 1, 1910, I shipped four 
crates of live fowls to Louis Rosenstein. 
101 Lowell street, Boston, Mass. As you 
see by the bill of sales, he returned for 
three crates without any itemized detail. 
The gross weights of the shipments were 
90. 87, 68, 108; total, 353 pounds. The 
tare was 27, 25, 20 and 23, total 95 pounds. 
The total of the first three items is 245 
pounds. The tare 72 pounds. He returns 
for three crates gross 248 pounds and 72 
pounds tare, so that it is evident he has not 
returned for the 108 pounds gross or 88 
pounds net at all. I have written him 
full explanations several times, but can get 
no satisfaction. 
We have since received a partial ad¬ 
justment of the last .complaint with 
check for $8.81, Air. Rosenstein stating 
that the returns was an error. He did 
not seem able to discover the error from 
the repeated complaints of the shipper. 
He yet deducted for one alleged dead 
fowl, and several pounds besides. We 
give the experience of these three ship¬ 
pers as made by the records, and leave 
other shippers to form their own con¬ 
clusions. 
When you write advertisers mention The 
R. N.-Y. and you’ll get a quick reply and 
“a square deal.” See guarantee page 12. 
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DUPLEX MILL & MFG. CO., Box389 Springfield. Ohio 
We solicit inquiries from those in need of new 
blood or foundation stock. Spring orders for Eggs 
and Chicks now being booked. Splendid Cockerels 
cheap during December. MT. PLEASANT FARM, 
Box Y, Havre de Grace, Maryland. 
RICHLAND FARMS, Frederick, Md. 
S. C. W HITE LEGHORNS 
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BREEDERS FOR SALE 
Cfinn BROWN and White Leghorn Hens; Giant Bronze 
uUUU and White Holland Turkeys. Bred for heavy 
winter layers. Numbers to suit. Prices reasonable. 
THE AMERICAN POULTRY IT,ANT, Collins, Ohio. 
0INGLE COMB WHITE LEGHORNS—Quality 
o Kind, Famous Lakewood Strain, Young and old 
stock for sale: Hatching eggs for early delivery, 
i SUNNY HILL FARM, Flemington. New Jersey. 
Yours of October 5 In regard to the 
Stolze Electrophone Company received. I 
sent you last Monday a patter they sent me 
(a last call for settlement before they bring - j ~ “ ~ ’—~--- 
?Si'. ): Tb“s 5 fSS v ?o. 1 ij b ('r^ New Scientific No. 20 .Mill IB. C. Rhode Island Reds and Indian Runner 
them since I wrote you last. c. p. o. 
New Hampshire. ^ 
The last call before bringing suit is a j 
familiar bluff. This electrophone was 
purchased under an agreement to pay 
$35, $10 down and $5 monthly payments. 
If the electrophone was unsatisfactory it 
was to be returned and $5 refunded on 
a 30-days trial. The purchaser wrote 
within the 30 days that it was not satis¬ 
factory, but they induced him to try it 
further and send $10 more. He finally 
gave up the use of it, and refused fur¬ 
ther payment. Now they want to collect 
the $15 balance. Technically he kept it, 
but at their solicitation, beyond the 30 
days, but the experience may serve as a 
guide to others. 
On July 21 we wrote you that I received 
the $5 from Lewis. Now our local bank 
which had cashed the check asked it back 
again, as the check had been returned to 
them unpaid. As I am afraid it will do no 
good to send the check to St. Louis I am 
sending it and the interim receipt to you, 
hoping that you will he more successful in 
collecting the money than I was. Thanking 
you in advance I am yours truly. 
Virginia. G. K. 
We finally got the money on the above 
check; but the process is a slow one: 
The small interest on this $5 note was 
not paid. Our advice is that there has 
not been a time in three years when St. 
Louis attorneys have not had notes and 
interim receipts for collection against 
Lewis. Yet to read his papers during 
these times one would think he was roll¬ 
ing in wealth, and that he was doing you 
a favor to accept your money and prom¬ 
ise you an income for life in return 
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| Increase Stock Profits^ 
Mix cut roots with dry feed—double its 
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SINCLAIR SMITH, 602 Fifth Street, Brooklyn, New York 
R. C. R. I. Red Cockerels and Pullets 
Also Indian Runner Drakes. High Class Stock’ 
Moderate Prices. H. J. VAN DYKE, Gettysburo. Pa. 
THE FARMER'S FOWL— Rose Comb Reds, best winter 
I layers on earth. Eggs, $1.00 per 15. Catalogue 
free. THOS. WILDER, Route 1, Richland. N. Y. 
O ANGE GROWN S. C. 15. & W. Leghorns, 
S. C. R. I. Reds, S. L, & W. Wyandottes, 
Partridge Cochins. B. & W. Rocks. MAPLE 
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THF flFI FRRATFfl Hungarian and English 
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Wild turkeys, quails, rabbits, deer, etc., for stock¬ 
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Cook Feed 
Get largest profits from horses,! 
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Send for special sale list. 
LEWIS MFG. CO., Box C, Cortland, N Y. 
POULTRY SCHOOL. 
Fourteenth Annual Poultry Class of Rhode Island 
State College will convene January 4 to February 
17, 1911. The course includes studies and practice 
in all branches of poultry culture, demonstrations 
and lectures by members of the college faculty and 
others. Write for particulars to 
HOWARD EDWARDS, President, Kingston, R. I. 
Prize Winning Strains. 
r 8tys Dig Yearling Hens, April-May Cockerels, White Wyan¬ 
dottes. Barred ltocks, Rhode Island Reds, Light 
and Dark Brahmas. $1.50 each: White and Brown 
Leghorns, $1.C0. F. M. PRESCOTT. Riverdale,N. J. 
B ARRED ROCKS— Breeding Pen, 7 Pullets and Cock¬ 
erel, $10. Clover Nook Farm, Chambersburg, Pa. 
OSE Comb Black Minorcas, Cockerels and Indian 
Runner Drakes. Geo. Bowdish, Esperance, N.Y. 
the same as babies. 
Babies can’t take care 
of themselves, nor can 
nerves. 
Babies cry for atten¬ 
tion—so do nerves. 
Probably both are half- 
starved for proper 
nourishment. 
Give them 
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AND UP- 
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R. MacKELLAR’S SONS CO., Peekskill, N. Y. 
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Wanted-Pure-Blooded Single Comb State price, age, num- 
White Leghorn Hens and Pullets, nolps; c<£ton,p£ Y ~ 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 
A number of very choice April hatched Cockerels 
tor breeding. Prices right for quality. 
WHITE & KICK, Yoridown, New York. 
INDIAN RUNNER DUCKLINGS— from 200-egg strain—$1 & 
I $2 each. Light Brahmas. C. Gordon, Sprakers, N.Y. 
IMPERIAL PEKIN DRAKES in any quantity at 
and SINGLE COMB WHITE har * aln prices - 
LEGHORN COCKERELS sultry* farm. 
New Rochelle N.Y. 
Turkeys 
Bourbon Reds and Mam¬ 
moth Bronze; sexes not 
_ akin. Also, Toulouse Geese 
and S. C. R. I. Red Cockerels. W. R. CARLE, 
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MAK 
HENS 
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