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THE RUR.AE NEW-YORKER 
July 18, 
P UBLISHER’S DESK 
On June 25, 1013, I shipped Mr. W. 
H. Ruffhead, Irvington, N. J., by Adams 
Express, C. O. D., five cases of eggs 
at 25 cents per dozen, by previous ar¬ 
rangement. On arrival be wired me that 
he would not accept them unless I re¬ 
leased the C. O. D. I released them, 
lie kept writing and wiring for three or 
four days for more shipments, but I sent 
no more. He kept promising to pay in a 
few days, but did not. After threatening 
a complaint to the post office he sent me 
a check for $5 and said if I would not 
notify the post office he would send the 
balance in a few days. I have been un¬ 
able to get any more since. The bal¬ 
ance due me in .$34. Can you collect it 
for me? T. r. 
New York. 
The above complaint came to us in No¬ 
vember last. In May Mr. Ruffhead wrote 
the shipper that he had a $100 note due 
in three months, the maker of which was 
worth $30,000 in real estate over and 
above his debts. If the shipper would 
send him a money order for $66 and a 
receipt in full he would send the note 
by registered letter. Needless to say this 
proposition was declined for the reason 
that if it was offered in good faith, we 
see no reason why he could not borrow 
$34 on it at his bank and meet the obli¬ 
gation. We now have a letter from Mr. 
Ruffhead in which he says he is going to 
file a petition in bankrupey and offers us 
some gratuitous advice in language which 
does not seem to be entirely friendly. 
Some of these good people seem to think 
that when Tiie R. N.-Y. requests a set¬ 
tlement of a subscriber’s account it is in¬ 
terfering with things that are none of its 
business. Mr. Ruffhead is evidently of 
this mind. It is necessary at times to re¬ 
mind these people that every subscriber 
has a personal interest in Tiie R. N.-Y r ., 
and is entitled to the service of the pa¬ 
per in any way that it can serve them. 
In this particular instance the service 
does not materialize to the subscriber in 
dollars and cents, but the experience may 
have a cash value for other subscribers 
who may have an opportunity to ship 
produce to Mr. Ruffhead or to others of 
his kind. 
I am sending you some literature from 
the Lexington Chocolate Company, 12-14 
Lexington Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
From confidential information received 
here I think you will find this company is 
mixed up with the old parties who con¬ 
ducted the Franklin Incorporated Candy 
Manufacturers, New York. They prom¬ 
ised a profit of 60% for investment in 
the stocks of the company. J. B. B. 
Michigan. 
Our reports confirm the information of 
this subscriber to the effect that the pro¬ 
moters of the Franklin Incorporated are 
behind this Lexington Chocolate Com¬ 
pany. Some of the officers of the candy 
company were indicted by the Grand Jury 
in March last for alleged fraudulent use 
of the mails, and are awaiting trial. They 
may have avoided any criminal respon¬ 
sibility in the literature of the Chocolate 
Company, but nobody may expect to make 
60% profit on an investment in any kind 
of hot air. There is no law against ex¬ 
pectations, but the investor who tried to 
borrow money in a bank on this stock as 
collateral would learn the difference be¬ 
tween value in hand and promoter’s ex¬ 
pectations. 
Can you collect $1,500 on a note given 
me by it. II. MeCready of Ridgewood, N. 
J., due May 4, 1913, and remaining un¬ 
paid? Mr. MeCready is an ex-minister, 
lie came into this place three years ago 
to sell stock for the Manhattan Proper¬ 
ties Company, 347 Fifth Avenue, New 
York City, which has since failed. Mr. 
MeCready was personally known to me 
and my family, and we relied upon his 
representations that the investment was 
perfectly safe, paying 6% profit. lie had 
preached in our midst and personally 
guaranteed the investment, saying that 
he was not coming among us to offer in¬ 
vestments that were not reliable. He said 
he was worth $11,000 or $12,000. and 
that lie would be responsible himself for 
my investment. He gave me his personal 
note as an assurance of his promise. 
When due the note went to protest. After 
he got me to invest the $1,500 he came 
back and told me that the stock was ad¬ 
vancing in price and that he would let 
me have 50 shares at the old price if I 
would take it at once, so again I believed 
him and paid $500. For this lie gave me 
no note. When he was here he hired me 
to take him around, and he now claims 
that I helped him get people to go into 
the scheme. He is now trying to get 
some of the old dupes to invest in the 
Land and Credit Corporation, 24 Liberty 
Street, New York. He claims great 
things for this, just as he did for the 
Manhattan Properties Company. I am 
a poor man and need the money, c. R. 
New York. 
After repeated demands on Mr. Mc- 
Cready for settlement of of this account 
he came to us with arguments to show 
that he was not responsible for this sub¬ 
scriber’s money or loss. For once we are 
afraid we were not polite to our caller. 
He probably was not impressed with our 
sense of hospitality. We fully expressed, 
in view of Mr. McCready’s explanations 
to us, things to him personally that we 
do not wish to print. The Manhattan 
Properties Company lias failed and the 
investment is a complete loss. The sub¬ 
scriber has yet the privilege of suing on 
the note, but Mr. MeCready would prob¬ 
ably set up the defense that the note was 
mere accommodation given without re¬ 
ceiving consideration, and is, therefore, 
void and it is quite probable the court 
would take this view of it. At best if 
a judgment were secured, with the attend¬ 
ant expenses, the judgment would only be 
valuable if the collections could he made 
from Mr. MeCready, and on his represen¬ 
tations, collection of the judgment would 
be extremely doubtful. In our own minds, 
under circumstances of this kind, we 
hold Mr. MeCready morally blameable 
for the losses to his parishioners, but if 
any of them repeat the experience we 
would be inclined to feel that they mer¬ 
ited the result of their second experience. 
George F. Cole, Boston, Mass., whole¬ 
sale and commission dealer in fruits, vege¬ 
tables, poultry and eggs, was sentenced to 
a year and a day at Greenfield jail by 
Judge Morton in the United States Dis¬ 
trict Court for using the mails in a 
scheme to defraud creditors. This is the 
second time he has been in court on a 
charge of this kind.—Press Dispatch. 
In view of Mr. Cole’s record, we think 
he got off with a very light sentence. 
Most commission men who swindle farm¬ 
ers out of their produce have a way of 
escaping the penalty they deserve. Rut 
a jail sentence does not cure rascals of 
this sort and we predict that as soon as 
free, Mr. Cole will use the same old bait 
in perhaps a little different form to entice 
shipments from farmers. New England 
farmers will do well to be on the look¬ 
out for his literature about a year from 
now. 
Several days ago I received a package 
with three neckties from the Crane-Wat¬ 
son Mfg. Co., Equitable Bldg., Boston, 
Mass. It had no card or anything on it, 
hut the address of the company. It hap¬ 
pened to be near my birthday, either by 
strange coincidence, or by their plan, and 
I supposed some one sent them to me. 
Now, I have a letter from them which I 
am enclosing. The ties would be dear at 
three for 50 cents. I am going to ignore 
their letters and keep the ties, which I 
shall not use. What can they do? I 
think it is an imposition and it seems to 
me as if they should be stopped. If I 
return the ties I am out postage as well 
as trouble. I thank you for your advice 
if you can give it to me, although out of 
your line. R. w. 
Massachusetts. 
This is the method employed by ven¬ 
dors of cheap razors for some time back, 
but it is new to us where neckties are 
concerned. R. W. is under no obligation, 
moral or otherwise, to either return the 
neckties or pay for them. In fact he 
owes it to the public to do neither, as the 
only way to stop this sort of imposition is 
to make it unprofitable to the schemers. 
Just so long as these people can send out 
cheap goods in this way and bulldoze 
those to whom they send the goods to 
pay them it will continue. Make such 
methods unprofitable and then it will 
stop. J. J. D. 
Catarrh. 
A MARE about 17 years old, teeth all 
worn out, has had a cough for some 
time and lately it is worse. It is 
a snorting convulsive cough ; runs a lit¬ 
tle thin watery fluid at nose. She has 
two lumps, hard and smooth on the inside 
of her lips, lumps are about three-quarter 
inch in diameter. The discharge in late 
Winter was more yellowish. She eats 
whole oats but does not grind her food 
very well; skin rather rough, partly due 
to poor grooming. She stood a good deal 
all Winter in barn and was only used 
for short drives this Spring; runs in 
sheltered pasture with light grain when 
not being driven. She seems alert; ma¬ 
nure sometimes almost washy and comes 
out in a heap. Opinion is desired as to 
glanders. j. n. 
Employ a graduate veterinarian to 
make an examination for glanders, and 
if he does not find it present he can give 
the teeth proper professional attention. 
In glanders ulcers will be found upon 
the lining membrane of the partition be¬ 
tween the nostrils, and grapelike tumors 
under the jaws. a. s. a. 
Kicking Heifer. 
I HAVE a valuable heifer that kicks 
badly when she is milked. I have 
tried strapping her legs, and used 
every other method that I could think of. 
She does not seem to improve, but on the 
contrary grows worse. Can you tell us 
of any method or device that will help 
to overcome the trouble? u. c. n. 
Such a heifer should be sold to the 
butcher, as she seems to be incorrigable. 
We know of no other plan than giving 
a relished feed at milking time, and if 
necessary putting a wide strap around 
the legs, just above the hocks. You 
might also try the effects of a strap or 
rope tied around the belly, in front of 
the udder and a board put under that, 
lengthwise of the body. a. s. a. 
Shrink in Milk. 
I HAVE a good Holstein cow in good 
condition. About ten days before I 
turned her on grass she commenced 
to shrink in milk flow, and in one week’s 
time did not give more than one quart. 
She did not gain when turned on good 
feed. She freshened February 5, is five 
years old and has been good until now; 
eats well and shows no symptoms of dis¬ 
ease. u. B . 
New York. 
Shrink in milk commonly is due to 
garget, or to indigestion, but may be as¬ 
sociated with any disease or ailment. 
Without an examination we. could not 
confidently assign the cause in this case, 
but on general principles it would be well 
to have the cow tested with tuberculin. 
If she proves to be free from tuberculosis 
all milk secretion should be dried off, or 
the cow if fat should be sold to the butch¬ 
er. Medicinal treatment would not be 
likely to help. a. s. a. 
Goat With Bloody Milk. 
A BOUT three weeks ago I purchased a 
Toggenberg doe. Her kids were 
then six weeks old and just weaned. 
Her milk seemed good for a few days 
and then we noticed a settling of blood 
in the bottom of the pitcher. We stopped 
using the milk, but milked her night and 
morning. The flow of milk has decreased 
and the amount of blood in it has in¬ 
creased so that now it is pink in the pail. 
We give her good pasture, plenty ot 
water, and oats twice a day. She seems 
contented and happy. Can you tell the 
cause of her condition and the cure for 
it? R. d. j. 
New Jersey. 
Foment the udder with warm water 
three times a day and each night rub in 
a mixture of one part each of fluid ex¬ 
tracts of belladonna leaves and poke root 
and six parts of warm melted lard or 
sweet oil. _ a. s. a. 
Tumors. 
W ILL you tell me how to treat two 
tumors on shoulder of horse aris¬ 
ing from neglected collar-galls. 
Cold water doused on them frequently 
seems to be helping some. The horse is 
being used right along without any no¬ 
ticeable trouble. The swellings (not 
large) are quite firm, and exude now no 
matter. w. c. 
It is best in such cases to cut out the 
tumors and then treat as common wounds 
until healed. If you cannot have this 
done at present, paint the tumors twice 
daily with a mixture of one ounce of tinc¬ 
ture of iodine and three ounces of extract 
of witch hazel. a. s. a. 
Claims won’t 
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You can easily figure any cutter’s 
capacity. It depends upon the size of 
the throat and the number of revolu¬ 
tions per minute —if machine is other¬ 
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The Blizzard is easy running. Your farm 
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Almost runs Itself. Write for 
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