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P UBLISHER’S DESK 
I AM sending you my renewal. I wish I 
were able to renew for the rest of my 
life at one time. I am saving every 
copy to refer to, and I find them one of the 
greatest helps. The advertisements are 
worth money to me, because I always got 
honest dealing and quick action. I would 
not think of answering an advertisement 
in any other paper. I could keep on say¬ 
ing good things of you, but will not take 
your time. I hope that of all the good 
things that happen you will have an 
extra lot dropped at your door. j. x. L. 
Indiana. 
It is rather a severe indictment of the 
agricultural press that any farmer feels 
himself limited to one paper for the safe 
patronage of its advertisers. This corre¬ 
spondent gives us no intimation of the 
extent of his acquaintance with the press 
generally; and for this reason it may be 
said that he would feel an equal confi¬ 
dence in at least some other publications 
if he knew them equally well. We hope 
the time is not far distant when this may 
be truthfully ^aid ; but we have some ac¬ 
quaintance with the press, and some 
knowledge of the character of advertising, 
good, bad and medium, that is found in 
the publications of general circulation; 
and we are frank to say strictly speak¬ 
ing this cori’espondent is on safe ground. 
There is scarcely an issue of a farm pa¬ 
per or other publication of general circu¬ 
lation coming to our desk that does not 
carry one or more advertisements that we 
have rejected and refused. Many of them 
we have publicly criticised. Farmers who 
patronize these advertisements in other 
papers are constantly appealing to us for 
redress because the publishers who carry 
the objectionable advertisements neglect 
or refuse to protect the complainants. 
The strange part of it is that while we 
reject the advertising we are often able 
to get adjustments for the patron, after 
lie has been turned down both by the ad¬ 
vertiser and the publisher who carried 
the advertising. So while the indictment 
is a little severe, the publishers are them¬ 
selves responsible for it. It is not enough 
to x - eject advertisements that are, as 
one farmer puts it, as “crooked as a rail 
fence.” If they wish to enjoy the full 
confidence of the reader, they must re¬ 
ject everything that suggests an en¬ 
croachment on a square deal. 
Enclosed is correspondence to add to 
your collection of experiences. G. E. M. 
New York. 
The correspondence referred to extends 
from June 6, 1912, to March 27, 1913, 
between this subscriber and the Wiscon¬ 
sin Fur, Wool & Tanning Co. of Eau 
Claire, Wis., over a shipment of 38 
fleeces of wool weighing 197 pounds, 
which according to the quotations at the 
time the shipper valued at 27 cents per 
pound, or $53.19. On July 24 and Sept. 
13 the Wisconsin Fur, Wool & Tanning 
Co. reported to the shipper that the wool 
had not been received, whereupon the 
shipper made claim against the Delaware 
& Hudson Railroad Co. for the value of 
the shipment. The correspondence with 
the railroad company continued until 
Nov. 15, when the railroad company re¬ 
ported that the shipment in question had 
been delivered on July 2S. The con¬ 
signee contends that the shipment was 
delivered without the name of the ship¬ 
per, and yet questions whether the wool 
came from our subscriber or not, but 
makes returns for 177 pounds at 15 cents 
per pound, which after deducting the 
freight charges, nets the shipper $23.88. 
This amount the shipper contends is 
about one-half what he might have re¬ 
ceived for the wool at home, bad he not 
relied upon the representations of the 
Wisconsin concern, which induced him to 
send the shipment to them. We fear the 
subscriber will have to charge his loss 
up to experience. He sends us the record 
of the transaction for the benefit of other 
subscribers in the hope that they may 
be saved from a similar loss. 
What do you think of the inclosed 
bunch of get-rich-quick schemes, especial¬ 
ly the two gold mine ones? l. d. m. 
New Hampshire. 
The collection of literature referred to 
above includes that of Wm. G. Krane Inv. 
Co., Inc. of Denver, Colo., promoting the 
stock of the Crown Prince Consolidated 
Mines Co.; Cyrus W. Barnholt of Den¬ 
ver, Colo., who seems to be promoting an 
unnamed mining scheme; literature of a 
rheumatism cure, and a mail order 
THE RURAb NEW-YORKER 
August S, 
proposition. The subscriber pretty ac¬ 
curately describes the collection himself 
when he calls them “get-rich-quick” 
schemes. Another subscriber accurately 
expressed our estimate of these mining 
propositions in this department sometime 
ago when saying that the only difference 
between them and pouring money into a 
rat hole is that it might be possible to 
dig up the rat hole and in that way get 
the money back, while there is no possi¬ 
ble chance of ever seeing it again when 
the money is turned over to one of these 
promoters and schemers. 
Here are four interesting, hut most 
unsatisfactory records: 
M. Rappaport, 2347 Nicholas St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. Check was sent in set¬ 
tlement but when it was returned for 
minor correction nothing further was 
heard from it. Mr. Rappaport conducts 
a butter and egg route and is out all day 
but he pays no attention to requests for 
settlement. 
Fergus Ferguson, 14 Kosciusko Street, 
Brooklyn, N. Y., neglected to remit for 
egg shipments. He has now removed and 
left no address. 
F. A. Slater & Co.. 22 Clinton St., 
Newark, N. J., acknowledge receipt of a 
case of eggs but failed to pay for same. 
The report is now that they have disap¬ 
peared and left no trace. 
Wm. M. Manee, 5912 Utrecht Ave„ 
Brooklyn, N. Y„ solicited and received 
egg shipments, and paid for same up to 
a certain time. Two cases of eggs sent 
in Ma", 1913, and delivery proved by the 
express company, are still unpaid for and 
Mr. Manee fails to respond to requests 
for settlement. 
We suggest that these records be kept 
for future reference. The usual thing is 
for men of this kind to change their ad¬ 
dress, and often their names and solicit 
shipments. Sometimes they solicit ship¬ 
ments under the old name and address 
from an entirely different section of the 
country. They never give up the game. 
The case of the defunct Kornit Manu¬ 
facturing Company that has been on the 
calendars of the criminal and civil courts 
for several years, ended yesterday when 
the Referee in Bankruptcy, Edwin G. 
Adams, filed a memorandum in Newark 
fixing the sum of $3,500 to be divided 
among the creditors while $6,000 was al¬ 
lowed to the lawyers in the case. 
Through fraudulent representations the 
promoters of the Kornit concern obtained 
thousands of dollars from investors. As 
officers of the concern Charles E. Ellis 
and Erwin R. Graves were convicted in 
the Federal Courts and were sentenced to 
the Federal Prison at Atlanta. 
The above from a local paper closes the 
record of the Kornit fraud. Ellis and 
Graves published several cheap mail or¬ 
der papers, among which were the Metro¬ 
politan and Rural Home, an alleged farm 
paper. This paper was originally published 
to advertise Warner’s patent medicines 
in Rochester, N. Y. Later it fell into 
Ellis’ hands. lie claimed a half million 
or more subscribers for it. It did not 
cost the subscriber much directly to get 
the paper, but he afterwards paid rather 
liberally through the patronage of fake 
advertisements and the Ellis promotion 
schemes. At one time the business 
seemed most prosperous. Ellis had an i 
elegant country home in one of the fash- ! 
ionable suburbs of New York, and had 
one of the largest and best stables in the 
place. He also made large investments 
in New York City property. Stock in 
the Kornit company was sold to the 
readers of the Ellis papers. To establish 
the confidence of the public, contributions 
on agricultural subjects were purchased 
and published over the names of some 
of the best known teachers and writers 
on farm subjects. These writers were 
simply used to secure" an element of re¬ 
spectability for .the paper, and to win- the 
confidence of farmers for the Ellis 
schemes. Money poured in fast. Then 
came the announcement of a fire, and a 
request for more mone y and an assess¬ 
ment from those who first contributed. 
Following this came an indictment and 
trial. It was testified on trial that no 
record was kept of the money that came 
in. All went into the same till. Ellis 
and Graves got a little time at the At¬ 
lanta Federal prison; and of all the hun¬ 
dreds of thousands of money contributed, 
the creditors now get back $3,500. Farm¬ 
ers ought to realize that they have a re- ! 
sponsibility in such matters not only to ! 
avoid the encouragement of such enter¬ 
prises themselves, but to protect their 
less informed neighbors against them. 
Teachers in agricultural colleges and 
agricultural writers should also avoid 
turning the influence of their names over 
to help the promotion of such schemes. 
They have all had rather frequent re¬ 
minders of the result of such influences. 
So long as publishers following the Ellis 
and Graves methods are able to secure a 
half million subscribers to their fake 
publications while publishers of legiti¬ 
mate papers must be content to struggle 
along with a few thousand readers, we 
shall have publishers to imitate the Ellis 
and Graves methods. 
Sweeny. 
I have a young horse that was sween- 
ied last Winter working in the plow; 
have tried to cure it but so far have not 
been able to bring back the muscles to 
normal condition. I put in a seton and 
followed it with a blister but the result 
is not satisfactory. Can you tell me of 
a good remedy for a case like this? 
California. h. a. s. 
It requires a long time to restore the 
wasted muscles in such cases, and severe 
treatment rarely succeeds. It is much 
better practice to stimulate flow of blood 
to the parts by rubbing them thoroughly 
several times a day, and at the same time 
pulling the skin away from the bone. 
Many use corncob, instead of the hand, for 
the rubbings, as this gives more friction. 
In addition to the rubbing use a lin¬ 
iment composed of one part each of tur¬ 
pentine and aqua ammonia and six parts 
of raw linseed oil. Rub this in each 
night until the skin starts to get sore; 
then stop using liniment until the skin 
recovers. It is a mistake to blister 
severely with the liniment. If possible 
keep the horse at light daily labor in a 
heavy breast collar. If you cannot work 
him make him take lots of exercise every 
day. It may take a year for the muscles 
to grow in again. a. s. a. 
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