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January 6, 1917. 
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PUBLISHER’S DESK 
I took ii course from a correspondence 
school. “Accountancy and Rusine.ss Ad¬ 
ministration.” Now I find I do not have 
time to study, and I have written to them 
stating my cause for wishing to discon¬ 
tinue the cour.se, and that it would be 
money thrown away. I have also offered 
to i)ay them anything that is reasonable 
for text books. I have already sent them 
.$10. and they have sent me four text 
books, but they will not listen to anything 
I may say, and they are demanding the 
I)ay for th"' full course. Do I have to pay 
for the full course as they demand? I am 
a munition worker, and I do not feel able 
to lose .$511 on something I will not use. 
What can I do? This school is the Amer¬ 
ican School of ('orrespondence of ('hicago. 
They say they have purchased these text 
books and are holding them, and they will 
be siuit regardless of what I say, and that 
I am forced to pay according to the con¬ 
tract. I think such firms, no matter how 
reliable they are, a nuisance to the public 
when they force the common people in 
just such cases as this one. They have 
their plans all ready to spring on anyone 
who is not aware of what is being done. 
New .Jersey. R. n- 
The above letter is a sample of many 
cases reported to us where people have 
signed for correspondence courses and 
then for one rea.son or another desire to 
discontinue and be relieved from the con¬ 
tract. It is the universal practice of cor¬ 
respondence schools to hold the student 
strictly to the terms of the contract and 
compel him to pay the full amount speci- 
f.ed whether he is in position to continue 
the course or not. We have fre(ipently 
called attention to this feature of the cor¬ 
respondence school courses, and we want 
our people to understand that when they 
s'-gn for a correspondence school course 
they will be obliged to make settlement 
for the full amount specified in the agree¬ 
ment. i)rovided the student has any prop¬ 
erty or financial responsibility. The cor¬ 
respondence schools are perhaps within 
their legal rights in foi'cing*- settlement, 
and we trust that none of our people will 
sign contracts with any of these house's in 
the future under any misapprehension. 
Those who will take our advice will sign 
no contracts with correspondence school 
houses at all. 
I noticed several articles in The R. 
N.-Y. of persons who were disappointed 
by the Peerless Co., of Cincinnati. O., on 
their so-called kerosene iron. A couple 
of months ago we sent $4 for one of them. 
Just the day.after we saw an article in 
The R. N.Y. warning the readers to have 
nothing to do with them, but, of course, 
it was then too late. Our experience has 
been the same as that of others, i. e., that 
it is no earthly good, as it almost suffo¬ 
cates one. I am writing you to know if 
you could do anything for us in the way of 
getting back our money. Would be very 
grateful if you could. E. R. G. 
Virginia. 
The evidence multiplies that the self¬ 
heating irons sold by the Peerless Co. do 
not give satisfaction and they are not as 
represented by the Peerless Co. It is our 
desire that the experience of those who 
have purchased this iron shall come to 
the attention of all who may be consider¬ 
ing such a purchase. 
For more than 30 years I have shipped 
the greater part of my products, butter, 
eggs and poultry, directly to family con¬ 
sumers, using the express companies as 
carriers. For many years the express 
service was prompt to deliver, and I ex¬ 
perienced very little loss from breakage. 
Of late, especially during the past year, 
I received continual complaints of delays 
and breakage of eggs. I have lost many 
of my best customers, because they be¬ 
came unwilling to endure the annoyance 
and loss further. If you can give this 
matter such publicity that better service 
can be secured, through better laws or 
otherwise, you Avill be giving the pro¬ 
ducers and consumers very valuable as¬ 
sistance. j. T. M. 
New York. 
Many of our readers come to us with 
the same statement, that during the past 
year egg breakage has been more severe 
than in the five years previous. Many 
shippers lose their customers simply be¬ 
cause they cannot stand these small 
loses. This record is along the same line 
as the report published last Summer from 
a Maryland subscriber who was practi¬ 
cally put out of business by the con¬ 
tinued loss. The service of the express 
companies does not improve along this 
line. The only thing to do is to file 
claims for the losses. Consignees can 
assist by making notation on the delivery 
receipt of the damage, or immediately ad- 
7She RURAL NEW-YORKER 
vising the express company by ’phone and 
giving them an opportunity to verify the 
loss. 
R. P. Ellis. Tenafly, N. ,T., and .3210 
Broadway. New York, still owes shippers 
for eggs sent him. Our people will not 
want to send goo<ls to a party with such 
a record. 
I received a gentle reminder of my 
subscription expiring with the last issue 
of this month. But my subscription has 
never expired since a friend of mine sent 
me a 10c. trial subscription about .seven 
years ago, nor do I expect it to expire, as 
I watch it like I do my bank account, as 
it seems to me they are working together 
one helping the other. I am inclosing 
three dollars, part of that last had bill 
you collected for me. and you can count 
me with the earnest watchers that are 
watching you uppercut those crooks. I 
have been waiting to send this, as I ex¬ 
pected to have another claim for you to 
collect, but when I told the parties my 
next move w’as to put it in j-our hands, 
they settled at once. When the sub- 
.scribers to farm pai)ers fully realize the 
strength your paper has in that line you 
will have to double the space on the 
Publi.sher's Desk. D. 8. II. 
New Jersey. 
We are ready to increase the space 
given to Publisher’s Desk whenever we 
doing so Ave can increase its efficiency to 
our subscribers and the farming public 
generally. Whatever influence or power 
The K. N.-Y. may have is always at the 
command of our readers in any just or 
righteous cause. 
In regard to the matter of the James¬ 
town Commission Co., .Jamestown, N. Y., 
Avill say that we sued them in justice 
court and beat them. They appealed from 
it and Ave beat them again, then they set¬ 
tled it, so you can see hoAV just the claim 
Avas. As The R. N.-Y. is Avell read I 
Avould like as many people as possible 
AV’arned. We thank you for the interest 
you have taken in this matter, j. c. T, 
NeAV York. 
This refers to a claim of $9.90 cover¬ 
ing a cherry shipment to the Jamestown 
Commission Company in 1914. We were 
unable to make any impression on these 
people and the subscriber brought suit, 
Avith the above result. We think our 
other readers are entitled to the history. 
If it is necessary to bring suit in order to 
get payment for a just claim, it is Aviser 
to scud to houses that have more consid¬ 
eration for a shipper’s inghts. 
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