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THE Kb'KAL NEW-YORKER 
August 7, 1915. 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
The New York Produce Review, pub¬ 
lished by the Urner-Barry Company, con¬ 
tends that there are no manipulations of 
prices of produce in New York. Have 
you any definite evidence that can be used 
in a court of law to refute their conten¬ 
tion? D. J. K. 
New York. 
Yes. Some time back Mr. Urner was 
an officer of the New York Mercantile 
Exchange, and quoted the price fixed by 
the Exchange on butter. For two years 
steady he quoted from one to two cents 
lower than Foy’s Price-Current, which 
was published daily at the time. One of 
Mr. Urner’s fellow members of the Ex¬ 
change finally applied to the court to re¬ 
strain the Exchange from making prices 
on the ground that the quotations were 
fictitious, false and fraudulent. After 
hearing the testimony Judge .Taeocks 
granted the injunction, and stated in his 
decree that he found the quotations to be 
“UNTRUE, WILLFUL. DELIBER¬ 
ATE, INTENTIONAL, SYSTEMATIC 
AND FRAUDULENT.” 
This is all a matter of court record, 
open to anyone. As an officer of the Ex¬ 
change and the publisher of its quota¬ 
tions, Mr. Urner cannot escape the judi¬ 
cial stigma of that court decree. There is 
more, but this will answer for the 
present. 
I noticed in Publisher’s Desk complaint 
about P. K. Kiseeker Co.. 107 Vine 
Street, Philadelphia, Pa. This is evi¬ 
dently the same fellow who fleeced one of 
our customers, the Green Hills Creamery 
Co., out of over $900. covering butter 
shipments. lie wrote offering better 
prices than were paid by other dealers, 
and paid for the first shipment received, 
which was merely a bait for a larger ship¬ 
ment, amounting to over $900, which lie 
never paid for. Suit was brought against 
him. and judgment obtained, but it is said 
to be uncollectable. J. C. P. 
Missouri. 
As usual, when we report the experi¬ 
ence of one subscriber others come for¬ 
ward with testimony showing our warn¬ 
ing was well merited. It is an old trick 
< f commission houses to pay a high price 
and pay promptly on the first shipment. 
The only safe plan for shippers is to look 
up the responsibility and reliability of 
concerns soliciting shipments, before send¬ 
ing produce in either small or large quan¬ 
tities. It is only fair to say, however, 
that Mr. Kiseeker has made an adjust¬ 
ment of the previous complaint. His first 
check to us credited payment at 20 cents 
a pound, whereas he only paid IS cents. 
We insisted on an additional payment, 
and another check was sent bringing the 
amount up to 28 cents a pound, which 
was in accordance with the price paid by 
other houses for the same quality of but¬ 
ter. The transaction is now satisfac¬ 
torily adjusted for this complaint. 
About one year ago I purchased two 
corn harvesters from the Love Mfg. Co., 
Lincoln, Ill., and after giving them a 
fair trial, returned them, as they would 
not do the work claimed for them, ask¬ 
ing them to return purchase price less 
the freight. This they refused to do. 
Then I had my attorney, Mr. Friery, 
write them. Enclosed find their letter in 
reply. l r ou will note by this that the 
machines were burned. Our freight agent 
here has the receipted freight bill signed 
by their drayman for the two machines 
I returned. If there is any possible way 
for you to collect the purchase price, 
namely $39, would be willing to pay all 
necessary expense. a. c. b. 
New York. 
Several similar reports have come to 
us from subscribers regarding these corn 
harvesters. We have taken A. C. B.’s 
complaint up with the Love Mfg. C’o., 
and our reply states that their instruc¬ 
tions to railroad company and their 
teamster are to accept no machines re¬ 
turned other than those shipped out C. 
O. D. It is evident from the company’s 
admission that quite a number of pur¬ 
chasers do send the machines back ask¬ 
ing for refund of their money. The guar¬ 
antee under which the machines are sold 
does not promise a refund of the purchase 
in the event of the machine proving un¬ 
satisfactory or failing to live up to the 
representations made for it. The claim 
is made in the company's catalog that one 
man and a horse can with the “Perfect” 
corn harvester cut from four to six acres 
per day under any reasonable conditions, 
and do it with comparative ease. Sev¬ 
eral of our subscribers dispute this 
claim, while the Love Mfg. Co. point to 
testimonials as justification of their con¬ 
tentions. The Rubai. New-Yorkkb has 
refused the advertising of this company 
and the point we desire to make entirely 
clear is that farmers buying these ma¬ 
chines on the representations of the Love 
Mfg. Co., cannot secure refund of their 
money when they find the machine un¬ 
satisfactory or .will not do the work 
claimed for it under the conditions on the 
purchaser’s farm. 
Please give me your opinion of the en¬ 
closed literature from the Adipo Com¬ 
pany, 72 Madison Avenue, New York. 
I am too fleshy for comfort, but I think 
these people want my money and want 
me to have the experience. We have 
taken your paper for a long time, and the 
information we get from Publisher’s Desk 
is well worth the price of the paper. 
Kindly let me know if this is another 
fake concern. In the meantime I will 
keep my three dollars. c. F. s. 
Maryland. 
The decision is wise. The Adipo Com¬ 
pany gives 10 reasons why their remedy 
should be used. The ninth is that it “can 
be taken with benefit by every person 
whether too fat or not.” And “No mat¬ 
ter what your sickness” Adipo will help 
you. People are becoming familiar with 
the earmarks of these nostrums, and this 
one reason is sufficient to warn them 
to avoid it. Diet and exercise will do 
more than any of these advertised cures. 
I am not a subscriber to your paper, 
but two other members of the family are, 
and I take a keen interest in your Pub¬ 
lisher’s Desk column. A year or two 
ago I saw in your paper where some one 
wrote to you, as to the standing of the 
Neil, Marrow. Ladd book concern doing 
business on Fulton St.. Brooklyn, and 
your advice was that it was a good thing 
to let alone. For the benefit of others I 
would like to give you a little personal 
experience with them and to show what 
their stock is worth. My father, now 
deceased, had $50 worth of their securi¬ 
ties. lie left it to his daughter: that was 
five years ago, and they paid a dividend 
once in that time. Last October I hap¬ 
pened to be in that part of the city, and 
went in and inquired about the matter, 
but could get no satisfaction. I’m satis¬ 
fied the. $50 is lost, but hope these few 
lines will keep some one else from los¬ 
ing their money. I don’t know how long 
ago it was that I saw the article in vour 
paper in regard to them, but it fitted 
them perfectly. I am in the building 
business myself and some of the articles 
I have read in Publisher's Desk col¬ 
umn. about some of the real estate con¬ 
cerns here on the Island fill the bill ex¬ 
actly. If there is anything I can do to 
boost a paper like yours I shall do it 
willingly. I was satisfied in the begin¬ 
ning that the money would be lost and 
events seem to bear it out. How my 
father ever got in touch with them I have 
no idea. I hope this will prevent some 
one else from getting stung. f. h. y. 
New York. 
There is nothing to add to this. The 
experience speaks for itself. It is dupli¬ 
cated in many letters reaching us each 
day, where investment in one scheme or 
another has led to the same identical re¬ 
sult—ultimate loss of the entire invest¬ 
ment. An occasional dividend is paid, 
but when no more stock is sold the divi¬ 
dends cease, as they are rarely earned, 
having been paid out of the receipts mere¬ 
ly to induce the purchase of more stock. 
If you are doubtful about purchasing 
stock, or investing in a company, ask 
your nearest banker what he would pay 
you if you held it. This will save you 
money and anxious thought. 
I am a subscriber to your valuable pa¬ 
per. and as you see by my letter heading, 
a lawyer. I enclose a letter just received 
by a client of mine, to be used by you in 
preventing other people from * being 
swindled. My client has never had any 
correspondence with Robert E. Kemerer, 
and never heard of him until their letter 
came. Hence the first sentence of the 
letter must be untrue, and intended to de¬ 
ceive and invite correspondence leading 
up to a sale of what doubtless is worth¬ 
less stock. w. G. si. 
Connecticut. 
The letter from Robert E. Kemerer of 
Toronto, Canada, states that he bought 
200 shares of West Dome for this party, 
but not hearing from him cancelled the 
order. He goes ou to say what a chance 
has been lost, as it is one of the big pro¬ 
ducers in Porcupine. There are many 
Porcupine mines, good, bad and indiffer¬ 
ent. Porcupine Imperial ranks at 13 
cents in “Shattered Hopes.” and this is 
considered high. The method of intro¬ 
duction is enough to indicate that it is a 
deception and a fraud, and as our lawyer 
friend asserts, is simply a means used to 
sell a worthless stock. 
Sweet Clover and Poultry. 
I have always liked the smell of Sweet 
clover, and when I read that it was good 
fodder I was rejoiced to find near at hand 
a patch growing wild. I gave an abund¬ 
ance to my poultry, as they seemed to en¬ 
joy it. Soon my runs gave one the im¬ 
pression of a perfumery counter in a de¬ 
partment store. I thought I had a bon¬ 
anza. but alas ! a customer asked : “What 
about your eggs? They are so sweet we 
can’t oat them.” Analysis proved them 
to have a superabundance of sugar. The 
Sweet clover has been banished! Has 
anyone had a similar experience? 
Nutley, N. J. E. L. m. 
Sweet Clover for Bee Pasture. 
Seeing a discussion in Tiie R. N.-Y. re¬ 
lating to Sweet clover, let me give my 
opinion of this plant. Having lived in 
close proximity to it for years, and ob¬ 
served its growth and habits, I advise 
your readers not to invest much time or 
expense in its cultivation. Here in this 
locality it grows spontaneously along the 
roadsides and other waste places, espe¬ 
cially along creek beds. It seems to 
thrive under hard conditions, even on 
rocky barren places, where other vege¬ 
tation could not exist. It has a coarse, 
branching stalk, frequently reaching a 
height of four or five feet, and when 
young and tender may furnish some aid 
to stock when pinched for other herbage. 
It has an acrid, bitter taste, and the stalks 
and branches are too coarse and woody 
to be of any particular feeding value. Its 
chief, and about its only merit, is as a 
forage plant for bees, remaining in blos¬ 
som for quite a lengthy period, and fur¬ 
nishing abundance of honey, of a very 
clear, transparent color, with a marked 
Sweet clover flavor, which might lie ob¬ 
jectionable. In this section, at least, it is 
not considered of any value as a culti¬ 
vated crop, and though resembling Alfal¬ 
fa in many respects, holds no comparison 
with the latter as to feeding value. 
Oak Hill, N. Y. o. w. 
Oun Friend of Family (after the 
usual preliminary examination as to 
Bobbie’s age) : “And now, my bright lit¬ 
tle fellow, how many dollars have you 
got in that bank of yours?” Little Bob¬ 
bie : “Five, goin’ on six.”—Puck. 
“Thompson has made a discovery.” 
“Indeed?” “Yes. He says that he has 
discovered that the more buttons there 
are on a woman’s coat the greater the 
probability that it really fastens with 
hooks and eyes.”—ruck. 
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