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THE R U reA. L NEW-VOKKEK 
November 13, 1915. 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
I have 100 shares of the stock of the 
Phoenix Leasing & Milling Co. of Crip¬ 
ple Creek, Col. Could you tell me 
whether this is of any value or not? 
Pennsylvania. G. F. T. 
Our information is that this was a 
Colorado corporation, and for a time op¬ 
erated the “Homestead Mill.” The con¬ 
cern is reported to have discontinued busi¬ 
ness in 1908. The home office was located 
in Chicago, but report is that the com¬ 
pany has been dead more than two years. 
The stock has no value, and probably 
never did. 
Some time back an alleged agent, H. 
Balkin, called soliciting subscriptions to 
various publications through the Pub¬ 
lishers’ Circulation Exchange, 452 Mar- 
bridge Bldg., 1328 Broadway, N. Y. We 
paid him 75 cents for certain magazines, 
but none has been received, and though 
we have written the Exchange we can get 
no reply. The amount is not large, but 
I hate to be buncoed, and wonder if you 
can give me information about this or 
other concerns of the kind. C. w. M. 
Connecticut. 
It is hard to get information about 
these agencies or exchanges. At times 
the agencies are all right, but slick trick¬ 
sters go around claiming to represent 
them, and the money paid to them 13 
never turned in. At other times the 
agency exists for a time, making no at¬ 
tempt to fill orders received, and finally 
disappears. In this case, the Circulation 
Exchange has removed and left no trace, 
so that this money is lost. 
I am enclosing you a letter received 
from the old country. Tf you have gotten 
similar ones from others you will know 
best what to do with them, and as I am 
sure you have a personal interest in the 
welfare of this girl, I should be only too 
glad of some advice and divide the melon 
with you, if it wouldn’t land us all in 
jail. If this is one of the ordinary bag¬ 
gage schemes, you may be able to do 
something handsome for the others, and 
let Farmer Green still sit on the liayseedy 
fence. J. M. 
Pennsylvania. 
The enclosure referred to is the old 
Spanish prisoner letter, which has been 
going the rounds a good many years, and 
has been exposed in The R. N.-Y. from 
time to time. This Spanish prisoner ap¬ 
parently has not been very active for a 
year or two, as we have not received any 
of his letters during that time. The 
handwriting, the paper used and all, 
however, are the same as we have been 
familiar with for years back. We are 
referring to the old fake again lest any 
new member of The R. N.-Y. family 
should waste any sympathy on this al¬ 
leged Spanish prisoner and his helpless 
daughter. 
I am sending you a certificate of stock 
in the Bay State Drug and Chemical 
Company, and ask if you consider it of 
any value, and if you can trace it up. I 
have tried several times to locate them 
but failed. I have never heard from 
them since I received the stock certifi¬ 
cate and tooth powder. This is over 16 
years now. Shouldn’t there be a small 
dividend in that time if it is any good? 
About a year ago I took this to a drug¬ 
gist friend of mine and lie advised me to 
keep it, saying it would not cost any¬ 
thing to keep it, and some day it might 
be some good. E. B. G. 
Maine. 
The Bay State Drug & Chemical Com¬ 
pany is unknown to Boston authorities. 
A company by this name was organized 
in 1S98 under the laws of West Virginia 
and reincorporated in 1899 under the 
laws of Maine, with capital stock of 
$500,000. George L. Richards and Geo. 
Bernard of the Bernard-Richards Com¬ 
pany, were the officers. They discon¬ 
tinued the business in 1900. In 1902 it 
was revived by employees of the Bernard- 
Richards Company, who were the offi¬ 
cers, but they in turn discontinued the 
business in 1905. In 1911 a certificate 
bearing this trade style was filed, but the 
concern remained at 224 Tremont street 
only about a month. Since then there 
seems to be no record of them. The con¬ 
nection of George Livingston Richards 
with this company is enough. He pro¬ 
moted the Richards Publishing Company 
and the Automatic Addressing Machine 
Company, and when they failed and in¬ 
vestigation was getting close to him, he 
left the country. We next heard of him 
from England with a new proposition to 
his old victims. The stockholders of the 
Bay State Drug and Chemical Company 
will probably reap the same dividend that 
previous investors did—experience. And 
while it will do no harm for the subscrib¬ 
ers to hold the certificate it is just as 
well to be reconciled to the inevitable loss 
of the investment. 
“January Jones” is again in the lime¬ 
light at Goldfield, Nevada. He is offer¬ 
ing to send a paper, “Western Miner,” 
without expense. It is claimed that min¬ 
ing experts are the editors, but this is 
doubted, and the object is to get some 
good money from the credulous. It will 
be recalled that “January” Jones was 
promoting through the January Jones 
Leasing & Mining Co., the Ballarat Gold 
Mining Co., and the Cornishman Lease. 
The company went to pieces, and charges 
of fraud were made against the manage¬ 
ment. His propositions are good ones to 
leave alone. 
I have been informed that you could aid 
me in a matter of securing payment from 
a firm with whom I have had dealings. I 
sent J. W. Campbell & Son, of 19 Fulton 
Fish Market, New York, a fine lot of 
smelts valued at $24.75, for which I have 
failed to receive payment. Could you aid 
me in any way? M. K. w. 
Maine. 
We can get no adjustment from Messrs. 
Campbell & Son, and are advised that 
they owe others and it is impossible to 
collect anything on the claims. We re¬ 
port these failures to make collections, as 
we want our people to realize the abso¬ 
lute necessity of investigation and secur¬ 
ing satisfactory references before mak¬ 
ing shipments. We will gladly look up 
the standing of houses for you. 
Frederick Adams Russell, 11 Broad¬ 
way, who did business in 1913 at 90 Wall 
street, New York, as McNeil, Adams and 
Company, was arrested in this city 
charged with using the mails to defraud. 
Russell represented that he had private 
sources of information that enabled him 
to tell with certainty the rise and fall of 
stocks, and many people—a large ma¬ 
jority women—entrusted their life sav¬ 
ings to him for investment. Pretended 
profits were paid as long as remittances 
were forthcoming, but when these stopped 
the profits also ceased, and no accounting 
was ever made. It is alleged Russell 
daily issued false and misleading reports 
with intent to defraud. The liabilities 
are $250,000 and he is held in $10,000 
bail. This is another proof that our 
readers will do well to keep their money 
invested at home, where they can have an 
oversight of it, or in a savings bank. The 
interest from these sources will be regu¬ 
lar and there is no risk of losing it. 
Thank you heartily for the check in 
settlement of my express claim. Again 
you have saved me a sum of money which 
I had not been able to recover through 
my own resources, and so far as I know 
The R. N.-Y.’s championship and pro¬ 
tection of its friends make it absolutely 
unique among farm periodicals of any 
other kind. I wish my acknowledgments 
could be more in proportion to the bene¬ 
fits I have received. I have a tenant 
moving in and am subscribing for him for 
the paper. E. P. L. 
Virginia. 
This warm acknowledgment of the 
Publisher’s Desk service is of course 
gratifying to us. We undertake this 
work, and look for no reward except the 
satisfaction which comes to every one 
who performs a good service for another 
that he was unable to accomplish him¬ 
self. This case illustrates what farmers 
can accomplish when any large body of 
them act as a unit. The influence of The 
R. N.-Y. would be no more than that of 
an individual if it had the support of only 
one man ; but the combined force of our 
175,000 readers standing solidly behind 
the paper can move mountains. When 
farmers, through organizations, are able 
to speak as a unit and act in unison, 
many of their most difficult problems will 
be solved. 
Buying Corn in Shock. 
What would corn be worth if I bought 
it right out of the field? That is what 
would a shock be worth, chicken corn? 
New York. C. R. 
This would naturally depend on the 
size of shock and how well eared. As 
usually made many shocks will yield 
about one bushel of ears, and should be 
worth 40 to 50 cents each in the field. 
Angry Diners “Waiter, you are not 
fit to serve a pig!” Waiter: “Ah’m doin’ 
mah best, sah !”—Philadelphia Ledger. 
HARNESS 
tv nmniMG "5P*CK 
Old Dutcli 
Cleanser 
Large 
Sifter Can, 
with Full ( 
Directions, 10c 
RITE FOR 
BROWN FENCE 
BARGAIN BOOK 
, Over 25,000,000 rods Brown l 
Fence already sold to 400,000 
farmers. Factory Prices, 
1 Freight Prepaid. 160 styles. 
13c per rod up. Gates ana 
Steel Posts, too! Write postal. 
THE BROWN FENCE * WIRE CO. 
Dept. 59 • ■ • Cleveland, Ohio 
Quaker City Feed Mills 
Grind corn and cobs, feed, 
table meal and alfalfa. 
On the market 49 years. 
Hand and power. 23 styles. 
$3.80 to $10. FREE TRIAL. 
, Write for catalog and farm 
machinery bargain book. 
THE A. W. STRAUB CO. 
Dept. E-3740 Filbert St., Philadelphia, Pa. 
Dept. T-3709 S. Ashland Ave., Chicago,III. 
meat The Miller to it 
Grind your own feed—Don’t pay out the prof¬ 
its. Get the Peerless Grain Mill and save the 
expense of grinding and hauling. 
PEERLESS GRAIN MILL 
jays for itself. Is easy running, has 
jarge capacity, noiseless and requires 
but little power. Will grind any kind 
of grain lrom coarse to flour fine. 
Grinds vet or green corn, alfalfa, cut 
hay, timothy or clover. 
Machine-cut or cast plates can be used. Ma¬ 
chine-nit plates can be recut when dull. 
Peerless Mill is invaluable on the up-to-date 
farm Ask your dealer about the Peerless Mill 
and Peerless Fodder Shredder. Write for booklet 
“How to Save Money on Corn," Free on request. 
A. M. DELLINGER _ 
International Feed Grinders 
W ITH three useful styles and seven sizes to 
choose from, it is no trouble to find an 
International feed grinder just right for the work on 
your farm. 
Type B is one most farmers use. It is specially designed to 
grind corn on the cob, but can be equipped for grinding small 
grain. A Type B International feed grinder with 6-inch grinding 
plates will supply up to ten bushels an hour of good ground feed. 
Type B comes in three sizes, with 6, 8 and 10-inch plates. 
Type C is for small grain only and is very effective in this 
kind of grinding. It comes in two sizes, with 6 and 8-inch plates. 
The 6-inch size will grind up to 20 bushels an hour. 
Type D is the heavy grinder, designed for grinding corn in 
the husk and Kaffir corn in the head. It is made only in 8 and 
10-inch sizes. 
We recommend and sell Mogul and Titan oil engines—the 
steadiest power known—to operate these grinders. 
Complete information as to the value of ground feed and best 
methods of preparing it are contained in booklets which we send 
free of charge. Write for them. 
International Harvester Company of America 
(Incorporated) 
CHICAGO USA 
Champion Deeiing McCormick Milwaukee Osborne Plano 
