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1 SEND' you some enclosures which I 
think cover a fraud. I hope you will 
save some persons from being hum¬ 
bugged and losing their money, g. m. m. 
Vermont. 
The enclosures cover a proposition from 
Fred E. Dobe, chief draftsman, Engineer’s 
Equipment Company, Chicago, Ill., to 
teach drafting and designing by mail. It 
also includes an offer to “Make money 
for yourself while learning at home.” 
This can he realized by rendering some 
service, which is not specified, but which 
will yield commissions of $40 to $50 per 
week. Tuition by correspondence has 
many drawbacks, and when connected 
with a proposition like this one, your 
energies will be better expended in an¬ 
other direction. 
I wish to ask you as to the responsi¬ 
bility of James Wilcox, 921 Sixth Ave¬ 
nue. New York City. lie is advertis¬ 
ing in the American Agriculturist, stat¬ 
ing he is a dealer in select fancy eggs 
and poultry. G. A. s. 
New York. 
The record of Mr. Wilcox in the office 
for five or six years past is that he has 
continuously solicited egg shipments from 
farmers and neglects or refuses to pay 
for them. We have some complaints on 
fib 1 that remain unadjusted. We have 
cautioned our readers before, but it will 
bear repetition at this time. 
Before parting with our hard-earned 
money, will you advise if it is safe and 
wise to send for this ear treatment? The 
trial was recommended by a minister 
who was here for one Sabbath, and 
thought there might possibly be some 
good come of the treatment. J. m. a. 
New York. 
We never heard of a patent medicine 
or quack doctor that was not highly 
recommended by trusting people—even 
bread pills and sweetened water have 
cured all sorts of diseases if testimonials 
are to be taken seriously. Dr. Coutant’s 
literature bears all the earmarks of a 
quack, and our advice to anyone having 
ear trouble is to consult a good physician 
or an ear specialist if one is within rea¬ 
sonable distance. 
Last Spring I purchased a gasoline 
engine from the Dunn Motor Works of 
Ogdensburg, N. Y. The price of the en¬ 
gine was $00, and I sent them $20 and 
the balance. $40. when they sent me 
word that the engine was ready to ship. 
After sending the $40 I waited several 
weeks, and as the engine did not come I 
wrote them and found that they had not 
shipped the engine, but that they would 
do so. After six weeks the engine came. 
On uncrating the engine and removing 
the stoppers from the spark plug holes, 
I found 1 was unable to turn the engine 
over, as the pistons stuck in the cylin¬ 
ders. Finally after three days’ work I 
got the bearings and pistons so I could 
turn the engine over, but found that the 
compression is so bad that the engine 
will not start. The piston leaks very bad¬ 
ly. I have written the Dunn Motor 
Works several times, and they reply that 
my trouble is due to inexperience with 
engines. I have owned and run 12 en¬ 
gines on autos, tractors and pumps. I 
have called in three experts, and they 
have not been able to start the engine by 
cranking, and all say it is the poorest 
thing in the line of an engine that they 
ever saw. E. M. P. 
Ohio. 
AVe took this complaint up with the 
Dunn Motor AVorks of Ogdensburg, N. 
Y„ asking them to take the engine, which 
is apparently defective, off the hands of 
the subscriber and refund the purchase 
price. They have entirely ignored our re¬ 
peated requests for consideration. Farm¬ 
ers who are in the market for gasoline 
engines will not be likely to invite a re¬ 
petition of the experience of the Ohio 
subscriber. 
I wish to tell the readers of your paper 
of a fake scheme which is entirely new 
in this locality. A man who represented 
himself to be Mr. Clark, residing on 
Brown street, Barberton, Ohio, ap¬ 
proached quite a number of people, stat¬ 
ing he had brought from Sears, Roebuck 
& Co., a carload of poultry food, which 
he was selling at reduced prices, as he 
had just one small lot left. He sold a 
hard-working poor woman $13 worth, 
saying he would deliver it the following 
Tuesday. He claimed he had to pay cash 
for the car lot and must have the money, 
which she handed over to him, and that 
is the last she has heard from him. 
Some who bit do not acknowledge that 
they were suckers. I tell all who com¬ 
plain to read The R. N.-Y. and tell all 
smooth strangers that they are fake 
proof. Just one $13 fake like this will 
pay for your paper a good many years. 
It seems that people in the city need 
such a safeguard just as much as those 
in the country. e. w. 
Barberton, O. 
It is too bad this fellow was not ar¬ 
rested before he got out of the neighbor¬ 
hood. lie will probably go somewhere 
else and play the same trick. It is safer 
to have the goods before paying out your 
money. 
Early last Spring I signed a form of 
contract with the Helping Hand Stores, 
Hunter Building, Chicago, Ill., whereby 
I paid $5 cash and agreed to work out 
the balance of $5 before pay was received 
for coloring pictures by their process. 
The pictures came in quantities of four 
and five at first, then seven or eight, and 
last eight to 10. My wife is still learning, 
and up to date painted less than 40 that 
are accepted. I have written them two 
or three times asking when she could 
be classed as regular and expect to earn 
something on commission. Answers are 
long in coming and evasive when re¬ 
ceived. K. M. S. 
Connecticut. 
The Helping Hand Stores ask $10 to 
start you in the art-coloring work, and 
for $25 will sell you a knitting machine. 
You are then to work for them and they 
will pay you a commission on all your 
goods they are able to sell for you. AVe 
have classed it as one of the usual work- 
at-home schemes, and believe the above 
letter speaks for itself. You will do bet¬ 
ter to keep your $10 or $25. 
I am sending you a letter from the 
Gardner Nursery Company, Osage, Iowa. 
AA 7 ould like to have you tell me what 
you think of their proposition. AYould 
it be all right for me to accept it? Do 
you think they are reliable? I should 
like to take advantage if their offer if 
it is good. F. B. s. 
New Jersey. 
The schemes of the Gardner Nursery 
Company have been frequently analyzed 
in the columns of The R. N.-Y. The 
pretense of wanting to establish a branch 
advertising station in your locality is 
just about on a par with the real estate, 
schemes which offer you one lot free if 
you buy another. It is an attempt to 
make you believe that you are getting an 
exceptional bargain, or something for 
nothing. As a matter of fact, you can 
duplicate the list of stock offered by the 
Gardner Nursery Company at $10 on 
their branch advertising station scheme 
for this amount of money or less, from 
the most reliable nursery houses in the 
country. The nursery houses that resort 
to the pretense of establishing an “ad¬ 
vertising station” in order to sell $10 
worth of stock, we do not consider worthy 
of the confidence of fruit growers in any 
respect. Some of our subscribers have 
complained about the quality of the 
stock received on this advertising station 
scheme and as the reputation the 
nursery selling the stock is the only 
guarantee the purchaser has that the 
stock will prove to be as represented, 
the wisdom of ordering only from houses 
of known reliability is apparent. 
j. J. D. 
AVe try to make this department of 
great help to our readers, and there is 
one point where they can help us great¬ 
ly. AATien a claim is sent to us we 
acknowledge it, but we do not continue 
to write the result of each step in the 
investigation, for this would involve too 
much correspondence; but when there is 
anything definite or further information 
required, we write the subscriber. Any 
time you are anxious to know the status 
of a claim, write us and we will gladly 
advise you. On the other hand, if we 
write and ask if you have heard from 
the concern, or if adjustment has been 
made, we shall be glad to have you write 
us promptly. Then there are times when 
a concern reports it has made the adjust¬ 
ment. AVe write the subscriber to as¬ 
certain if it is true, and if we can close 
the file. In a number of cases we fail to 
receive a reply from the subscriber. In 
consequence we carry the claim along; 
sometimes write the concern, and they 
promptly and indignantly state they have 
made the adjustment. AA"e do not like to be 
put in this position, so ask that you write 
us any time you receive advice from the 
firm, and especially advise us when set¬ 
tlement is made. In this way we can 
render you better service, and you are 
helping us out. 
“Hello, Dobson ! Any luck yesterday 
when you were fishing?” “Great! I 
was away when six bill collectors called.” 
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