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THE RURAL INI E W -VOKKliK 
P UBLISHER’S DESK 
F oil .soiling swampy scrub covered lots 
in Jersey to poor folks who longed for 
their own homes in the country, James 
Bottenus, head of the James Realty Com¬ 
pany, was sentenced to-day to three years 
in the Federal penitentiary by Judge 
Neterer in the United States District 
Court. IJis chief agent, Mrs. Rose Stack, 
will expiate her part in the swindle 
operated through the mails by serving 
90 days on Blackwell’s Island. The 
judge was moved to leniency in her case 
because she had a daughter dependent 
on her for support. According to Assis¬ 
tant United States Attorney Sarfatt.v, 
Bottenus cleared at least $40,000 out of 
the sale of the lots at the foot of the 
Watcliung Mountains, “convenient to a 
trolley line, within easy walking distance 
of Somerville,” and having streets, 
sewers and other advantages, if the ad¬ 
vertisement written by Bottenus were to 
be accepted as a fact. The convicted man 
used an absurdly simple puzzle scheme to 
get people to invest in bis property, giv¬ 
ing lots away to all those who solved the 
puzzle, and then persuading them that 
because of a change in the building laws 
it would be necessary for them to buy an 
additional lot.—Evening Sun. 
This swindler used the same old 
scheme that lias been exposed in these 
columns so many times. These crooks 
understand human nature, and appeal to 
one of the strongest instincts of right 
thinking people to own their own home. 
New Jersey is becoming infested with 
these sharks, just as Long Island has 
long been overrun with them. The con¬ 
viction and sending to jail of these im¬ 
posters never secures the return of the 
money to the poor people who have been 
swindled and thus lose all hope of secur¬ 
ing a home which they rightly covet, for 
many years to come. The publicity given 
these cases serves as a warning, saves 
many from becoming victims of similar 
swindlers—the lure of easy money is too 
strong to induce men of this stripe to 
give up the “profession” because a few 
of their number get jail sentences. The 
lesson is plain and clear—don’t buy lots 
or land at a distance without first mak¬ 
ing a thorough personal investigation of 
the property. 
Will you let me know about this 
proposition, or publish same in your 
paper? Keep up your good work. E. c. 
New Jersey. 
This subscriber encloses a printed 
letter of C'oey Motor C’o., Chicago, of¬ 
fering shares at f>0 cents each. The 
letter states there are nearly a thou¬ 
sand shareholders and claims the com¬ 
pany to be the “fastest growing auto¬ 
mobile company in the world.” No mention 
is made of the capitalization of the com¬ 
pany or its assets and liabilities—such 
information as this is rarely given in 
promotion schemes’ literature. Neither 
has any statement of the organization of 
the concern or its financial condition 
been made to the commercial houses 
whose business it is to give information 
to the business and investing public. We 
have never seen a car made by this com¬ 
pany at any of the automobile exhibits, 
nor heard of anyone driving a car by 
this name. There is nothing in the litera¬ 
ture before us definitely stating that the 
company ever made an automobile any¬ 
how. In short the proposition appeals to 
us purely as a promotion or investment 
scheme rather than a legitimate manu¬ 
facturing enterprise. 
The advertising of the concern was 
refused by The R. N.-Y. some six months 
ago because of its deceptive and mis¬ 
leading character, before we knew of this 
stock-selling scheme. The knowledge of 
this confirms our previous judgment, that 
the concern is not worthy of the endorse¬ 
ment of The R. N.-Y. 
I have seen in The It. N.-Y. about the 
financial affairs of New York egg dealers. 
I have been shipping to H. C. Tilly. Rye, 
N. Y’., and he did all right till October. 
I have received two checks and his bank 
protested them; I wrote to Mr. Tilly, 
and he said he would make it all right, 
but I wrote him since and I did not hear 
from him. The checks were signed Ne¬ 
vada B. Tilly. Would you find out 
whether he is still in the business. The 
checks are from the Mutual Trust Co., 
Port Chester. N. Y., amounting to $39.99, 
including protest fees. 
We have taken this claim up with Mr. 
Herbert C. Tilly, and he promises to 
make good the cheques within a few 
weeks. Some years ago Mr. Tilly was 
located at Port Chester, N. Y'., and soli¬ 
cited egg shipments from poultrymen from 
that point He defaulted on payment to 
several of our subscribers—amounts ag¬ 
gregating something like $300. and he has 
made no effort to make good on these 
claims in the meantime. While Mr. 
Tilly’s intentions may be of the best, his 
record is not one that would warrant 
farmers in shipping any goods, or produce 
of any kind, on credit. 
A farmer from Sullivan County, New 
York State, sends this record as his con¬ 
tribution to the needs of the Land Rank. 
He first gave a mortgage for $1,000 on 
his farm, and gave a bonus of $250 to 
get the money, making the mortgage 
$1250. The contract was for two years. 
Later he borrowed $500 more and gave 
a second mortgage for $750, paying a 
$250 bonus on this also. This left him 
with a $2,000 debt and when he got this 
renewed he gave a further bonus of $500; 
and he is now threatened with foreclos¬ 
ure. If farming can stand that kind of 
financing, it is all right. We know no 
other business that could survive it. 
By the way the National Government, 
after proposing several unwise measures, 
has turned in the latest proposal to a 
measure patterned after the Land Bank 
of the State of New York. The local 
unit is the basis of true cooperative cre¬ 
dit and the sooner farmers begin to or¬ 
ganize these units, the sooner they will 
profit by the system. 
In October, 1914, I sent $23.90 to the 
Cash Bargain House, Baltimore. Md., for 
auto tires, in accordance with their price 
list. I have written several times and 
they have promised to make shipment at 
once but have failed to send them up to 
this time. If you can get them to re¬ 
turn my money or ship the tires it will 
be much appreciated. F. n. r. 
Virginia. 
We were unable to adjust this com¬ 
plaint for our subscriber. The Cash Bar¬ 
gain House promised to send the tires at 
definite dates, and asserted they were 
responsible and had been in business 
many years. We sent the information 
to the Post Office Department, as this 
was a plain violation of the postal laws. 
Advice now comes to us that the pro¬ 
prietor, Frank Ilemmeter, has been sen¬ 
tenced to serve four months in jail for 
using the mails to defraud. Prompt act¬ 
ion of this kind by the Post Office Depart¬ 
ment in similar cases, will possibly serve 
as a detriment for tricksters who are sol¬ 
iciting your orders and failing to fill 
them. 
T write you for information and help. 
Wo got a knitting machine through the 
Helping Hand Stores, Chicago. Ill., and 
they charged us about double what the 
factory price is. The machine itself is 
all right. They promised to sell all the 
hosiery we could knit, and remit to us. 
The first shipment was not quite right 
and they sent them back with a sample 
sock to go by. If these people are real 
frauds we would like to know it. Perhaps 
they sent the socks back to get us to do 
some more work. The letter received I 
think is just to get us to think they are 
all right and get some more work out of us. 
Ohio. j. d. ii. 
The experience of this woman confirms 
our suspicion from the start that the 
Helping Hand Stores hold out the in¬ 
ducement to market the products of the 
knitting machine in order to sell the ma¬ 
chine at an exorbitant price. It is the 
same old fake “work at home” scheme 
in a new dress. Some other excuse will 
no doubt be found for not selling the next 
lot of stockings sent and so on indefinite¬ 
ly. When this subscriber protested to the 
Helping Hand Stores she received a let¬ 
ter in reply threatening to prosecute her 
for sending defamatory matter through 
the mails. This effort to intimidate the 
customer is worthy only of a “work at 
home” schemer, whose hand helps to re¬ 
lieve poor people of money they can ill 
afford to lose. 
Four Excellent Farm Books. 
Productive Poultry Husbandry, by 
Harry R. Lewis ......$2.00 
Productive Swine Husbandry, bv G. 
E. Day. 1.50 
Productive Horse Husbandry, by C. 
W. Gay . 1.50 
Productive Orcharding, by Fred C. 
Sears ... 1.50 
The above books, written by practical 
experts, will make a valuable addition to 
the farm library. For sale by Tiie Rural 
New-Yorker. 
March 13, 1915. 
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