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THIS RURAL NEW-YORKER 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
E. H. Miller & Co., 310 Washington 
Street, New York, is another commission 
house in trouble. They have failed owing 
some $12,000. 
Jacob Herman, butter and egg dealer, 
Greenwich Street, New York, is in finan¬ 
cial difficulties. There are many credit¬ 
ors and no assets of consequence have so 
far developed. 
A fraud order was issued by the Post¬ 
master General on September 23, 1915, 
against E. T. DeGraff and the DeGraff 
Poultry Farm, Amsterdam, N. Y., direct¬ 
ing the postmaster of that place not to 
deliver mail so addressed, nor to pay pos¬ 
tal money orders drawn to the order of 
Mr. DeGraff or his poultry farm. 
We have frequently referred to the 
business methods of Mr. DeGraff in this 
column and this action of the Post Office 
Department will undoubtedly be the 
means of saving many poultrymen from 
the annoyance and losses which our sub¬ 
scribers have been complaining about. 
What can you tell me about the Rush 
Motor College, Inc., Rush Building, 
North Clark Street and Chicago Avenue, 
Chicago, III.? I wrote them in answer to 
their advertisment and they want me to 
send $15 for their course in automobile 
engineering, and then when I have com¬ 
pleted it, say they will give me the 
agency for the Rush car; they are also 
to send me a car free at the end of the 
course, providing I give them good se¬ 
curity. When I have sold live cars for 
them this one they send is to be my own. 
Pennsylvania. it. E. B. 
From the literature this appears to us 
as an alluring scheme to sell instructions 
for operating an automobile. The price 
first charged is $30. but in this case they 
have come down to $15. A good text 
book on the subject, giving practically 
the same reformation, can be had for 
$1.50. After taking the course they prom¬ 
ise to appoint you an agent for the Rush 
automobile. If you can sell automobiles, 
you can make better connections with 
some of the standard manufacturers. Wo 
question the good faith of the offer be¬ 
cause taking a correspondence course, 
without other experience or training, 
would not make anyone competent to 
take an agency, or even operate an auto¬ 
mobile. AVe have never heard of the 
Rush motor car and cannot find any 
standing for the so-called college. 
Thanks for the letter of the 6tli you 
sent me in regard to the Wheatley 
Heights Estates. Your advice is good 
and direct to the point. You may send 
me 10 of your trial subscription en¬ 
velopes and I will try to place them 
where you will get some return. You 
need not bother about any premiums or 
cash returns to me, as I am not doing it 
for this purpose, but simply to support 
a paper that tries to protect its sub¬ 
scribers. C. B. M. 
New York. 
We have many requests about one land 
scheme and another, and aim to give the 
inquirer in every case accurate informa¬ 
tion regarding the property. If farmers 
could personally inspect these properties 
they would realize that blue sky, waste 
land and frequently land covered with 
water are capitalized in an effort to part 
him from his money. Promoters can tell 
just as big stories through agents or on 
paper about worthless land as they can 
if the land really has some value. It is 
usually the worthless sort that no one 
knowing anything about its value will 
buy which is offered to people at a dis¬ 
tance. 
I enclose form letter sent to me and 
my answer mailed to promoters of this 
mining scheme. You may publish the 
same if you desire. c. 
The enclosed circular gives what pur¬ 
ports to be a detailed statement outlining 
the prospects of the Litchfield Mining 
& Milling Co., Elmira, N. Y. The prop¬ 
erty on which the supposed mine is lo¬ 
cated is Telluride, Col. Apparently the 
circular is a special appeal to post¬ 
masters. It is quite the style of get-rich- 
quick promoters nowadays to take the 
public into their confidence. In this cir¬ 
cular we find the following choice bits of 
confidence dope: “The best way to get 
a chance is to take a chance.” “Sure 
things are poor things.” “The making 
of profit almost always means the taking 
of risks,” etc. The best case the pro¬ 
moters make out for the proposition to 
put good money in the scheme would be a 
pretty gamble and we doubt if postmas¬ 
ters are quite so gullible as to put their 
savings into any such enterprise. 
On January 12, 1915, I sent an order 
to White, Van Claim A Co., 11.'! Cham¬ 
bers street, for four iron pot mangers at 
$1.50 each, and currycomb and brush, 
making total $0.29. I have written to 
them repeatedly concerning this order, 
and called on them personally when in 
the city in April, and at that time they 
said they would write the factory and 
look it up. That is the last I have heard 
from them, although I have written to 
them several times since, requesting them 
to return the money. I enclose check 
showing that they collected the amount, 
('an you collect this for us? Anything 
you can do will be much appreciated. 
New York. f. l. y. 
AA'e have a similar complaint to above 
from another subscriber who sent $9.82 
for merchandise on April 30th last, 
which he did not receive, and like F. L. 
Y., has been unable to get any response 
to his letters. AVe have also written the 
firm with regard to the two complaints, 
and our letters have been ignored also. 
The present firm of White, Ahin Glahn & 
Co. is a reorganization of the previous 
concern, which sold what was supposed 
to be preferred stock and guaranteed 7 
per cent, dividends. Soon afterwards 
the concern went into the hands of the 
receiver, and those who were induced to 
invest their money on the gilded prom¬ 
ises lost all. The above reports indicate 
that management of the present concern 
is not such as would warrant farmers 
entrusting the house with orders or cash 
remittances. 
As a subscriber I ask your assistance 
in collecting a claim against the Mer¬ 
chants Produce Company, of Raltimore, 
Md. They give the Munsey Trust Com¬ 
pany as reference. August 3 and 10 we 
sent small shipments of chickens on 
which we received prompt and satisfac¬ 
tory returns. They also wrote our chick¬ 
ens were very nice and they could handle 
more to advantage. August 17 we sent 
seven coops, on which the bill of lading 
weight was 450 pounds. No returns at 
all were received until September 14, al¬ 
though we wrote them three or four times 
requesting settlement of the account 
Just for comparison we submit state¬ 
ment from a Washington house for seven 
coops. The bill of lading weight on these 
was 483 pounds. Deducting 17 pounds 
each for the tare of the coops, leaves 361 
pounds net weight of chickens. Returns 
are made for 346 pounds, which leaves 
18 pounds for shrinkage, which is less 
than three ounces per bird. The ship¬ 
ment left here at the same hour the one 
did to Merchants Produce Co., and ar¬ 
rived in Washington in the morning just 
as the Baltimore shipment did. The 
AA’ashington shipment traveled a hotter 
night. The Merchants Produce Co. re¬ 
turned on the hens a fraction over 
pounds and l 1 /* pounds on the chickens. 
The AA'ashington firm returned 3*4 f° r 
hens and two pounds for chickens. It is 
commission men of this class who help 
along the work of the 35-cent dollar to 
farmers. AA’e hope you can do something 
for us in this matter, or at any rate set 
October 23, 1915. 
wheels to rolling that will prevent them 
from taking advantage of others in the 
same way. a. r. t. 
Virginia. 
To our requests for investigation and 
explanation of the discrepancy in weight, 
and why acknowledgment and returns 
were delayed a month, the company write 
as follows: 
“AA’e paid all that this shipment 
brought and we consider that we got 
them a good price at that time for the 
kind of poultry they shipped us. AA r e do 
not think they have any right to claim 
any difference on this shipment. It is 
true the sale was held up, owing to the 
manager being out of town on urgent 
business. AA’e make prompt returns and 
always get top market prices for any¬ 
thing that is sent to us, and we would 
not advise you to advertise this in your 
paper.” 
All we asked was a thorough investi¬ 
gation and a fair and square adjust¬ 
ment of the case. The shipper verified 
his weight by the express weight at his 
station, and it is unreasonable to be¬ 
lieve there would be so much shrinkage 
over one night. The It. N.-Y’. is only 
influenced by an earnest desire to serve 
the best interests of its subscribers, and 
the public generally, and when a concern 
neglects to offer some good explanation 
of such an evident discrepancy in weight, 
and waits a month to make report of the 
sale, we feel shippers generally are en¬ 
titled to the experience of this shipper. 
Look at the bushing ‘’B’’ in the picture. The pin is keyed into the steering 
knuckle in which this bushing is pressed. There's no turning of the nin in bushing 
“B.” Then why have a bushing at all? To make a tight fit so there’ll be no pound 
from the constant vibration. Not one little point like this is overlooked in 'l i 111 - 
ken-Detroit design. 
* Note the bushings in the cross-rod yoke (C and D). Due to spread of yoke 
the pressure is kept low and when wear comes here it must come on hardened 
pin and bushings that are replaceable at low cost. They, too, are accurate aud 
interchangeable. 
Axles That Never 
Wear Out 
M OVING parts of axles, like moving parts of 
anything, will wear in time. There is no 
exception to this rule, but— 
In the Timken-Detroit Front Axle the moving 
parts—every one of them—are either Timken Roller 
Bearings or hardened and ground steel bushings or 
pins. 
These bearings, bushings and pins wear very 
slowly. Timken Bearings are adjustable to take up 
the slight wear and Timken-Detroit Bushings and 
Pins are easily replaceable when worn sufficiently. 
So the axle may truly be said to never wear out. 
Take the front axle spindle. No wear comes on 
it because nothing moA'es on it. Slight wear does 
come on the cones, cups and rollers of the two 
bearings. These are Timken Tapered Roller 
Bearings that offer greatest resistance to wear and 
are adjustable to offset the effects of wear when it 
comes. 
The same thing is true of the steering knuckle 
pin. At the top, to sustain the great weight, is a 
Timken Bearing. Below, where pressure is less 
but where there is some motion, there’s a hardened 
steel bushing. It is made of good steel, is heat- 
treated, hardened and ground to size so it wears 
very slowly. 
And when it does wear it can be replaced easily, 
quickly and cheaply. Because Timken Bushings 
are accurate to the thousandth part of an inch, they 
are interchangeable. A new one will fit without 
any tinkering. 
Of course Timken-Detroit Axles are strong 
enough,and to spare, for the loads they are designed 
to carry. And for the emergencies of motor-truck 
and pleasure car service. They are standing up 
under thousands of commercial and pleasure cars 
made by the leading builders. 
When every other part of those cars is worn out, 
new pins, new bushings, perhaps a new bearing here 
and there will fit them for another lifetime of service 
under another car. 
A 72-page booklet No. F-34 “The Anatomy of Automobile Axles” tells 
the story of the axle in an interesting, human way. A 32-page booklet 
“The Care and Character of Bearings” gives clear, non-technical infor¬ 
mation of great value to the car owner. These, with the list of “The 
Companies Timken Keeps” will be mailed free on request for the three 
booklets to either Timken Company. Only the booklets will be sent, no 
letters, no salesman. 
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THE TIMKEN ROLLER BEARING COMPANY 
Canton, Ohio 
THE TIMKEN-DETROIT AXLE COMPANY 
Detroit, Michigan 
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