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THE RURAb NEW-YORKER 
January 16, 1915. 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
Please enter the following as mem¬ 
bers of the Anti-Fake Club. The R. N.- 
Y. has taken up a good cause—one that 
will be a blessing to our country. We 
wish to lend our hearty support. 
Oregon. c. \v. P. 
They are coming in from all parts of 
the United States. This subscriber sends 
the names of his entire family. If this 
spirit prevailed, and the principles of the 
club were carried out, the effect would 
be felt by dishonest advertisers. This 
organization can certainly accomplish a 
great deal in eliminating the unfair meth¬ 
ods of advertisers, and recognizing the 
fake schemes that are constantly being 
sent out. Our charter list of 100 mem¬ 
bers is complete. We have room for 
more. 
On April 29, 1914, I subscribed 
through an agent of the Frizell Circulat¬ 
ing Company, Philadelphia, Pa., for three 
papers, none of which I have received. 
I have written them but have received 
no answer. Will you kindly see what 
you can do for me? Warn all others. 
Connecticut. J. K. F. 
We could not help this subscriber. The 
company was said to have moved from 
Philadelphia to New York but we could 
not locate them. There are any number 
of these subscription agents going about 
the country. They have no authority to 
solicit subscriptions, and money paid to 
them is a complete loss. We can only 
advise caution in paying money to these 
agents. 
Under “Publisher’s Desk,” in your is¬ 
sue of Dec. 12, 1914, I note a statement 
by you to the effect that if two dozen 
large national advertisers like Mr. W. II. 
Ingersoll would follow his example in re¬ 
fusing to place advertising in publica¬ 
tions carrying advertising such as that 
of the Arnold Watch Co., fake advertis¬ 
ing would disappear from large publica¬ 
tions in three months. I do not question 
but that this is true, but would it not 
prove disastrous in the long run ? I 
have never hoard of the Arnold Watch 
Co., and hold no brief for them. They 
may be a snide firm, as you imply. May 
they not also be merely a small firm 
struggling under tremendous competition 
to place a legitimate article on the mar¬ 
ket? Granting that it is inferior, does 
that give Mr. Ingersoll the right to use 
his tremendous powers to crush them? 
If publishers are to allow themselves 
to be dictated to in this manner, why 
cannot Mr. Ingersoll kill off his competi¬ 
tors one at a time and saddle us with a 
new watch trust? If he is really sincere 
this time, and thinks to prevent cheap 
watches from falling into disrepute by 
the advertising of a fake pure and sim¬ 
ple, is he not going to note how efficient¬ 
ly his plan worked and apply it to throt¬ 
tling legitimate competition? I think 
The R. N.-l r . the finest publication in 
its spirit of fair play that I know, and 
I hate to see it on the wrong side in 
even one question. Better suffer a little 
from occasional fakes than be forever 
overwhelmed by relentless trusts. 
Connecticut. F. B. L. 
This proposition implies that we must 
submit to one evil lest a greater wrong 
result from the means used to suppress 
it. While the argument is plausible, I 
do not think the philosophy sound. The 
danger is only theoretical. The advertiser 
will be sustained in his protest against 
a fake competitor because his protest 
meets the approval of the public, and the 
publisher cannot hope to make a success¬ 
ful appeal to his readers. But let the 
advertiser make an unwarranted demand. 
Let him demand that a competitor be ex¬ 
cluded simply because he is small or for 
any other trivial reason—and the pub¬ 
lisher may take the case to the court of 
public opinion. It would in fact be his 
duty to do so, No advertiser would haz¬ 
ard the reputation of trying to throttle a 
legitimate competitor in any such way. 
We see no encouragement for trusts in 
the suppression of fakes. 
In 1911 my wife owned some property 
at Quakertown, Pa. She gave it to the 
Richland Real Estate Co. to sell. The 
listing blank contained a withdrawal 
clause. So far as I know the Richland 
Real Estate Co. never showed the place 
to anyone, or made any effort to sell it. 
In the meantime she gave the place to 
another real estate agency who sold it, 
and paid this agent the commission. 
Now the Richland Real Estate Agency is 
demanding a withdrawal fee of $50. Are 
they entitled to this fee? J. M. K. 
Pennsylvania. 
It appears that the wife of this sub¬ 
scriber knew that the contract contained 
the withdrawal clause at the time of 
signing the listing blank, but it was with 
the understanding that the agent could 
sell the place within a year. The agree¬ 
ment should be referred to as a contract 
as it is, and not a mere listing. After 
three years had elapsed and the property 
was sold through the efforts of another 
agency we feel that this real estate com¬ 
pany had no more right to $50 or any 
other amount on account of this con¬ 
tract, but in view of the circumstances 
the amount could probably be collected, 
or at least the cost of a suit incurred, if 
suit were brought. On this account the 
subscriber compromised and settled the 
case for $25. We have often shown how 
unwise it is for farmers to sign con¬ 
tracts with withdrawal fee clauses. 
These contracts are a very good thing for 
the real estate agents. If they can list 
a sufficient number of properties on con¬ 
tracts of this kind, they are assured of 
a steady income without making any ef¬ 
fort to sell the farm themselves. 
I shipped A. C. Snedecor, Brooklyn, 
N. Y., one case of eggs on September 
30th last. I received a letter from him 
saying he would pay so much for them. 
I have not received any pay yet. I have 
written him two or three times and do 
not get any reply. Can you help me? 
New York. E. 8. b. 
I am sending a letter that I received 
from A. G. Snedecor on December first, 
lie has not sent check yet. What does 
he intend to do? E. s. B. 
The letter is as follows: 
Nov. 30, 1914. 
“Mr. E. S. B., 
Dear Sir:—Pardon me for being so 
long winded. Will soon send check. 
Business is awful quiet but will pick up 
just as soon as shipments commence to 
come along again. I want you with us 
this season. 
Cordially, 
A. G. SNEDECOR, JR. 
We have other complaints from sub¬ 
scribers against this same Snedecor. We 
have repeatedly received promises to pay. 
In one case claim was made that the ac¬ 
count was against the old firm. To our 
last letter inquiring why settlement was 
being delayed we received the following 
reply. 
It is a wise man who knows enough 
to mind his own business and protect 
his own interests; it don’t pay to be a 
busybody; trouble often follows. 
A. C. SNEDECOR, 
237 Fifth Ave., Bklvn, N. Y. 
Mr. Snedecor evidently belongs to that 
class of New York produce men who be¬ 
lieve in the privilege of receiving farm 
products without the annoyance or re¬ 
sponsibility of paying for them. He 
seems to think also that it is perfectly 
proper for a farm paper to encourage the 
production of food; but very reprehen¬ 
sible for a farm paper to help the pro¬ 
ducer get his money for the goods pro¬ 
duced. The R. N.-Y. is not disturbed in 
the least by bis impudence, but it thinks 
farmers are entitled to know bis easy 
contempt for his own acknowledged obli¬ 
gations. If the eggs had been consigned 
on commission, we would proceed against 
him on behalf of the shipper; but as he 
simply agreed to buy the eggs and pay for 
them, he could only be prosecuted in the 
civil courts, and then the question of his 
responsibility would be an important fac¬ 
tor. 
According to the agents I have just 
missed the opportunity of a lifetime be¬ 
cause I didn't buy enough of their corn 
to plant next year. They called the corn 
“Gold” and “Silver,” claiming great 
yields and early maturity for both, but 
saying the Gold was a little better than 
Silver. They claim it grows longer and 
matures earlier than any other used 
around here. The agents have sold quite 
a lot of corn, also seed oats called “Mam¬ 
moth Yield.” The oats sell for about 
double the standard price of seed oats. Is 
this corn a fake, or have I missed a 
chance of a lifetime? I hope I haven’t 
been stung by not buying. E. P. w. 
New York. 
The above is a fair sample of the kind 
of “guff” these seed and nursery agents 
hand out. Extravagant claims are the 
bait used to get a farmer’s signature to 
an order for seeds and plants which in¬ 
variably prove inferior to varieties sold by 
reliable houses at from one-third to one- 
half the price. E. P. W. missed only 
on opportunity of swallowing a lump of 
sucker bait. J. J. D. 
The Chinese are not a race given to 
flattery. A gentleman called at a Chi¬ 
nese laundry for his clothes. On receiv¬ 
ing the package he noticed some Chinese 
characters marked upon it. Being cur¬ 
ious, he asked, pointing to the lettering: 
“That is my name, I suppose?” “No. 
’Scliption,” was the Chinaman’s bland 
reply. “’Lil ol’ man, crossed-eyed, no 
teet!’ ”—Everybody’s. 
ALLEGED FRAUD IN COUNTY FAIR 
AWARDS 
N. Y. State Comptroller E. M. Travis 
after investigation by his deputy, Warren 
I. Lee, charges fraud in distribution of 
State money at the Rensselaer County 
Fair, held at Nassau in 1912. According 
to affidavits secured by Mr. Lee, 14 men 
returned as prize winners admit that they 
had no exhibits, but signed the vouchers 
supposing them to be payment for ser¬ 
vices rendered. A. S. Blashford testified 
that he made no such awards as those re¬ 
corded in these 14 vouchers. It is 
charged that the officials of the fair il¬ 
legally paid the expenses of the fair out of 
money appropriated by the State for pre¬ 
miums and covered up the transactions 
by fraudulent vouchers. 
That statements purporting to be re¬ 
ceipts for premiums paid to exhibitors, 
amounted to $3,200, while the amount 
actually distributed for premiums was 
only $2,400. 
That men employed as policemen, tick¬ 
et sellers and other laborers, innocently 
signed these vouchers, for the amounts 
due them for services, the blanks after¬ 
ward being filled with the names of ar¬ 
ticles upon which it was represented that 
the signers had been paid premiums. 
Day laborers appeai’ed as exhibitors of 
choice cattle and other live stock, when 
most of these men had never made an 
exhibit at the fair. In other instances 
no basis for the receipt could be found. 
A relative of one of the officials was award¬ 
ed $138 for premiums on two herds of 
cattle, when it is claimed that he did not 
own any of them. 
Two men accused in these charges are 
Assemblyman Edwin S. Comstock and 
Deputy Sheriff Elmer Lynd of Rensselaer 
County. 
It has long been suspected that there 
were irregularities in some counties with 
regard to the handling of State appro¬ 
priations for county fair premiums, and 
if Comptroller Travis and his deputies 
are able to uncover this crookedness they 
will do the State a decided service. 
Scaly Leg. 
I WOULD like to know how many times 
I have to apply the following for scaly 
legs on my chickens: Lard, crude oil 
and sulphur, mixed equal parts. H. s. w. 
New York. 
The severity of the trouble will deter¬ 
mine the number of applications neces¬ 
sary to get rid of it; ordinarily, two or 
three applications at intervals of several 
days suffices. In very severe cases it is 
sometimes necessary to soak the fowls’ 
legs in warm water to get rid of the hard 
crusts and scales before applying any 
remedy. M. b. d. 
Cure 
with this -t, 
to coax 
the flavor 
out of 
this. 
T HE meats you cure 
this winter represent 
good money. It would be 
a pity to hold back their 
appetizing flavor by using 
coarse, common salt. 
Expert packers, large and 
small, use only Worcester 
Salt because the pure, clean, 
sparkling brine it makes gets 
next to the tender fibres of the 
meat and brings out all the fla¬ 
vor Mother Nature put there. 
WORCESTER 
SALT 
The Salt with the Savor 
The sweetness of Worcester 
Salt also makes it far and 
away the best for fine flavored 
butter. 
For farm and dairy use, 
Worcester Salt is put up in 14 
lb. muslin bags and in 28 and 
56 lb. Irish linen bags. Order 
a bag from your grocer. 
Write for free booklet, 
"Curing Meats on the Farm.” 
“WORCESTER SALT COMPANY 
Largest producers of high grade salt in the world 
NEW' YORK 
SILOS 
Now is the time for special prices on Silos 
in car lots. Ask for prices. 
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North Tonawanda, N. Y. 
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