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THE RURAI> NEW-YORKER 
June 5, 1913. 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
Received the check for $18.75 for the 
apilles, shipped some time ago. I thank 
you for the trouble. S. C. 
New York. 
This complaint was sent to the De¬ 
partment of Foods and Markets, and the 
adjustment was effected through them. 
The Department is in a position to do a 
service in some cases that no individual 
or firm could effect. No concern is 
obliged to give us definite information; 
but the Department has the authority to 
make an investigation and to subpoena 
books and get at all the facts. When a 
concern gets up against such a possibility 
it is not usually difficult to effect an ad¬ 
justment of a complaint. 
What do you think of this? Some peo¬ 
ple are bigger “suckers” than the suck¬ 
lings. it. b. C. 
New York. 
The above accompanies circular of the 
National TIog Co., General Offices. Pitts¬ 
burgh, Pa., with New York office at 1 
West 54th Street. As our readers will 
remember, this circular is going to make 
all investors rich by the hog route, and 
the comment of the above subscriber is 
well deserved. 
I sent $1.50 to Fail-view Seed Farms, 
of Syracuse, N. Y.. for plants more than 
a year ago, but have been unable to get 
the plants or refund of the money. Will 
you see if you can get the refund due me? 
New Jersey. F. I. 
After several letters written to the 
above seed firm we have a letter signed b.v 
“F. B. Mills Co.” advising that instead of 
complying with our request to refund the 
remittance, they have now sent the 
plants, which were ordered more than a 
year ago. It would appear from the cor¬ 
respondence that F. B. Mills Co. own the 
Fail-view Seed Farms. The transaction 
is such a case of unfair dealing that com¬ 
ment is unnecessary. 
When looking for work last January I 
answered an advertisement in the Boston 
Sunday Globe, and later purchased three 
shares of capital stock in the Massachu¬ 
setts Amusement Co., Inc., through 
Charles A. Dooley, Room 527, Colonial 
Theatre Building, Boston, Mass., paying 
$500 for same, and he was to give me a 
position in a theatre, the money being to 
insure an interest in the business, lie 
kept putting me off for various reasons, 
and I waited about two months for the 
position. On April 1st he said he would 
exchange my three shares for a half inter¬ 
est in the Hartford Moving Picture 
School, and would allow me $20 a week 
for my services in the office at Hartford. 
As T was anxious to get to work I made 
the exchange. A man. Mr. Field, was in 
Hartford for a short time, but business 
did not come in and the rent came due. 
He. Mr. Dooley, wrote me that I was lia¬ 
ble for half of the losses, and I wrote 
back that he could deduct my half of the 
expenses already incurred from what he 
already had, and return the balance to 
me. TTe answered that there was no cash 
involved, as the shares of stock were 
really a purchase price for my half in¬ 
terest. 
Have I any legal claim by which T can 
get back all or any part of my money? 
Or, is this simply a carefully-planned 
scheme to raise money from inexperienced 
young men? I do not care to go to court 
to get back my money, but will gladly re¬ 
pay you for your services if you should be 
able to straighten this out for me. 
Massachusettss. o. E. c. 
This scheme is the most alluring of any 
we know to get investment in worthless 
stocks from men who are out of work and 
seeking a position. The offer of a posi¬ 
tion to a man out of work is always 
tempting, but when investment in a stock 
proposition accompanies the offer of posi¬ 
tion, you can rest assured that the offer 
of position is purely “sucker bait.” In 
cases of this kind it is almost impossible 
to prove that the proposition is not made 
in good faith, and we do not see that G. 
FI. C. has any legal grounds whatever on 
which to secure the return of his money 
We hope the time will come when daily 
papers will be forced to eliminate adver¬ 
tisements of this kind from their columns. 
Not any of the literary papers, magazines 
or respectable farm papers would accept 
this sort of advertisements. 
The following is my reply to the pub¬ 
lisher of a farm paper which requested 
the renewal of a subscription : 
‘‘The renewal of my subscription to the 
-must be dependent on 
whether the magazine still permits the 
Temple Pump Co., of Chicago, to adver¬ 
tise in its columns. 
“I am a member of The Rural New- 
Yorker's Anti-Fake Club, and have had 
sufficient personal experience with regard 
to the Temple Company. My correspon¬ 
dence last year with your Chicago office 
concerning said company will, I presume, 
convince you that I cannot continue sub¬ 
scribing for your paper, if the Temple 
Co. shall be permitted space in it for its 
advertising. If, on the other hand, you 
advise me that the company shall be ex¬ 
cluded from your advertising columns. I 
shall be glad to renew my subscription.” 
Florida. H. p. 
This is certainly a well-merited rebuke. 
The experience of farmers with the Tem¬ 
ple Pump Company has often been re¬ 
corded in these columns, and every pub¬ 
lisher must be familiar with them. But 
we are not discouraged. If farmers take 
this stand and refuse to receive papers 
that offend, it will not be long before de¬ 
ceptive advertising will disappear from 
the farm papers. 
T enclose a statement of an account 
against A. Seckendorf of 1009 Bath Ave¬ 
nue. Bath Beach. Long Island. N. Y. Mr. 
Seckendorf promised absolutely to settle 
for eggs which I shipped him‘on the 1st 
and 15th of each month. During Febru¬ 
ary I shipped him $87.50 worth of eggs, 
and _ha ve received one remittance of 
$22.50. Mr. Seckendorf has no fault to 
find with my treatment, and it is simply 
a case of misplaced judgment in extend¬ 
ing him credit. I went to his place some 
six weeks ago, and he appears irresponsi¬ 
ble and no good, and it is simply a ques¬ 
tion whether a letter from you in my be¬ 
half will prey upon his conscience and 
produce the desired results. w. nr. 
New Jersey. 
We have something like a dozen similar 
complaints covering the past year. In 
response to our letters Mr. Seckendorf 
writes long letters asserting he is honest 
but financially embarrassed, and that he 
has every intention to pay for the goods. 
In the meantime, however, he continues 
soliciting shipments of eggs and neglect¬ 
ing to pay for them. We have referred 
to his methods before, but as he is still 
active we want to urge readers to pass by 
his requests for shipments. 
I shipped plants valued at $7.88 to 
Arthur Lee. Riverhead, Long Island, and 
although I have written him a number of 
times he will not answer or send amount 
of bill. Gan you do anything? E. b. 
Pennsylvania. 
June, 1914, I sold to one Arthur Lee, 
Riverhead, Long Island, N. Y., 500 ger¬ 
aniums for $50. and I cannot get my pay 
for them. I write to ask if it comes 
within the class of bills you collect for 
your subscribers. If so T would like to 
ask your help. g. p. g. 
New Hampshire. 
We have had similar complaints 
against Mr. Lee and have been unable to 
make the collection. It is utterly impos¬ 
sible to get one cent from him. Our at¬ 
torney reports that Mr. Lee is well known 
all over, and no one should sell him any¬ 
thing without receiving cash in advance, 
as the records show he is not in good 
standing, and can only get goods from a 
distance. TTe has no assets, and has been 
through bankruptcy twice, so that there 
is no way to realize on the accounts. The 
attorney states with emphasis that Mr. 
Lee makes a business of getting credit 
wherever he can, and has no intention of 
paying. Make a record of this and send 
your shipments elsewhere. 
I enclose a prospectus of the Uncle 
Sam Oil Company, Kansas City, Kansas, 
with oil fields in Oklahoma, and would 
like to have information in regard to it, 
which may also be of benefit to other sub¬ 
scribers. This appeared in the New York 
World. G. It. s. 
New York. 
Inquiries regarding this company have 
reached us for the last five or six years, 
and we referred to it some time ago. One 
subscriber wrote he had sent $510 to H. 
H. Tucker, who seemed to be the man¬ 
ager and leading spirit of the Uncle Sam 
Oil Company. The stock ranged from as 
high as 10 cents a share to 2% cents a 
share. It is listed in “Shattered Hopes” 
at iy$ cent a share. The present litera¬ 
ture urges an investment because of an 
imminent advance in stock, but our peo¬ 
ple will do well to keep their money 
nearer home. Those engaged in the oil 
business in Oklahoma recognize that they 
run a risk of realizing nothing but loss on 
their holdings, but it is their own money 
they are risking—not other people’s 
money. 
“Do you know where the little boys go 
who don’t put their Sunday school money 
in the plate?” “Yes’m—to the movies.” 
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