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'^he RURAL NEW-YORKER 
February 10, 1917. 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
Froflerirk 1‘hilips, manager of the Mc- 
Alester Ileal Estate Exchange car which 
has been at 'I'rack .I at the Union Sta¬ 
tion for a week, was arn'sted by De¬ 
tective Sergeant David Hill and Detec¬ 
tive John F. Meehan yesterday afternoon, 
chargetl with causing misleading adver¬ 
tisements to be placed in the daily papers 
of the city. I'hilips, whose comimny is 
here to intere.st persons in buying Okla¬ 
homa lands. w!is convicted after a trial 
in I'ity ('ourt and was given a suspended 
senteiue. 
The advertisement upon which Philips 
was convicted consisted of a cut. over 
which was the title in big black lettei’s, 
“United States Government’' and under 
the cut was another heading in heavy 
type. “Oklahoma Land Advertising Car.’’ 
Assi.stant Corporation Counsel Nich¬ 
olas G. I’owers argued that no one could 
read the advertisement without believing 
that the car was actually sent out by the 
United States Government, when as a 
matter of fact, as Philips admitted, the 
government had nothing whatever to do 
with the car, ns it was operated by a 
real estate company for its own profit. 
.Judge I.ewis, as the enteriuise seemed 
legitimate enough with the exception of 
the mi.sleading adverti.sement, gave 
Philips a suspendtKl sentence. Pbilip.s 
thanked the court and invited everyone 
down to the car.—Utica (N. Y.) Daily 
I’aper. 
In .Inly .1, lOLo. i.ssue we gave the 
experience of a subscriber who had been 
inveigled into this scheme. In April 20, 
101 (), issue we printed the report of Dkla- 
homa authorities in regard to the proposi¬ 
tion. Our advice to the subscribers at 
that time was fully warranted, as the 
subsequent developments show. 
Can you learn anything of the business 
standing of the Ctdorado Tire and 
Ijeather t'o., of Denver? They offer to 
half-sole automobile tire.s, making them 
give double service. It is done by a 
leather protector with steel rivets. They 
claim it lias been done for some time in 
Europe, and is meeting with great suc- 
ce.ss in the western part of our own cotin- 
try. I should like to give the thing a 
trial, could I be assure! that their guar¬ 
antee could be taken at its face value. 
Massachusetts. c. E. S. 
We believe the Colorado Tire and 
Leather Co. is financially res|>onsible, but 
we have had quite a number of complaints 
from subscribers who purchased these 
shoes or “half-soles" and did not find 
them .satisfactory. AVhen the.se shoes fail 
to live up to the guarantee the manufac¬ 
turers will make good the guarantee only 
by offering you an adjustment on a new 
set. From our own experience with 
automobiles, we are confident that the. 
best economy in operating an automobile 
is to buy the highest cla.ss of tire that 
can be found in the market, use it until 
it is worn out, and then turn it in for 
junk and get another. In buying the 
standard makes of tires there is rarely 
any difficulty in getting a fair adjust¬ 
ment if the tires do not give the service 
promised. 
Could you tell me whether Canadian 
Cereal Co. or sometimes known as Inter¬ 
state Service Co., of Lackawanna. N. Y., 
is reliable? x\lso is the Silo and Imple¬ 
ment Factory of the same town, also relia¬ 
ble? Both setuu to use the same order 
blanks, and letter heads are nearly the 
same, and they must be connected in some 
way. I have an offer to act as their rep¬ 
resentative. and as I am not sure as to 
the reliability do not know whether or not 
to accept. M. R. w. 
Connecticut. 
J. W. Womlruff, of American Farm Co. 
fame, has been operating in recent years 
from Lackawanna, N. Y., using various 
assumed names to cover up his well- 
earned reputation. The public is there¬ 
fore justified in being suspicious of any 
and all propositions emanating from 
Lackawanna. N. Y., the purpose of which 
may be to secure agents or otherwise sell 
farm seeds and silos. These are Wood¬ 
ruff’s specialties. Ilis operations and 
methods closely resemble those of J. A. 
Everitt. recently convicted of fraud, and 
F. B. Mills, under indictment for fraud¬ 
ulent use of the mails. Fifteen years ago 
Woodruff brought suit for libel against 
The II. N.-Y. because of having expo.sed 
his nefarious schemes and swindles. Soon 
afterward the Attorney-General of Ohio 
brought an action which denied Wood¬ 
ruff the right to do business in that State. 
The scheme of the Grand Piano Com¬ 
pany to obtain customers by givhig a 
purchase check for $125 or .'S102.50 to 
everyone who answered it.s- so-called 
“Great War Puzzle,” was declared a mis¬ 
use of the mails by the verdict of a jury 
in the United States Court yesterday, 
convicting John W. Sprinkle, Owen C. 
Moore and William II. Stever of using the 
mails to promote a fraud by the use of 
the checks.—Baltimore Sun. 
This puzzle scheme is similar to the 
one employed by Lord & Co., New Haven, 
Conn., referred to in Publisher’s Desk. 
January 20. IVe trust the P. O. inspec¬ 
tors will turn their attention to the New 
Haven schemei-s next. 
1 
It is reported that the National Broker¬ 
age Co. of Minneapolis has cropped <ip 
in Kansas City with a new chain letter 
proposition. To avoid liability, it is 
stated, their pre.seiit letter eliminates the 
reipiest for a dime for the silk petticoat, 
but it is safe to assume they are not in 
business unthout i)rofit to themselves, and 
the “fraud” will appear later on. The 
previous record is sufficient warning for 
our people. It was never learned that 
the company owned even one silk petti¬ 
coat. 
I thank you very much for your in¬ 
formation and interest you ai*e taking in 
the matter of my investment with the 
National Hog Co. of Pittsburgh. If I 
find the company is a fraud I will be the 
first to rise against them as I was among 
the easiest tn be deluded by the scheme. 
Now Y'ork City. j. w. 
Here is a case of a city man who, know¬ 
ing nothing about live stock or other farm 
matters, contracted and paid ,$50 e.ach for 
three brood sows of the National Hog 
Co. When the scheme was first launched 
we predicted the victims Avould be city- 
men as no farmer would be fooled by it. 
Before investing “,I. W." wrote to the 
publisher of a swine paper, an agricultural 
paper, a Pittsburgh bank. Pennsylvania 
State College, Investment Service Depart¬ 
ment of a New York evening paper, and the 
Post Office Department for advice on this 
concern. It is not. of course, within the 
province of the post office oflicials to give 
information about any concern. The 
rejdies from the other sources are uni- 
forml.v courteous but not one of them 
offers one word of definite warning 
against parting with his money on this 
scheme. As for getting any information 
to servo him as a guide. AV.” might 
just as well have Avritten to the man in 
the moon. One of our subscribers living 
in the vicinity of the National Hog Co. 
ranch reports on it as follows: 
I was out to see the ranch to-day. but 
they will not let nnyone in to see the 
buildings. I could see about one hun¬ 
dred hogs from the road, and they are a 
tough looking bunch. All sizes and ages 
running together, and some of them .so 
awful poor that they can hardly walk. 
They claim to have one thousand acres of 
land, but what I saw is so stony that you 
can hardly see any ground, no pasture at 
all. This is cut-over land, and could be 
bought for one dollar per acre. The man 
in charge now does not i)retend to be a 
practical hog man. He told me they have 
six hundred hogs, and that he does all the 
work. Everybody that I talked to about 
the hog ranch think that it is the big¬ 
gest joke pulled off in New York City for 
a long time. None of the practical men 
that I talked to think it is any good. 
On August 31. 1010. Win. Miller, a 
cattle and poultry dealer of South Nor¬ 
walk. Conn., came to my farm and bar- 
gain«‘d for one calf and six pigs for which 
he was to pay me $36. He took the calf 
away with him. paying me $10, and was 
to come for the six pigs the following week. 
He came for the pigs and took them away, 
but did not pay me the $26 remaining. I 
inclose you bis card and note of tran.sac- 
tion, stating $20 due me. W. Miller is 
his signature. The inclosed card is Mil¬ 
ler’s address, and all that I have to show 
that the deal ever took place. Can you 
collect the hill for me? I have telephoned 
this man to come and see me; also sent 
him a bill, and he pays no attention to 
me. Now please see what you can do for 
me. s. P. F. 
New York. 
We wrote Mr. Miller three times before 
receiving reply from him. He then claims 
that he paid the subscriber the balance of 
$J20 at the time he tiwk away the pigs. 
To proA'e his contentions Mr. Miller refers 
us to a real estate man who was present 
at the time. The testimony of the real 
estate man is in effect that he was with 
S. P. F. all the time and saw no money 
paid by Mr. Aliller on that day. He fur¬ 
ther states it could not have been paid 
without his seeing it. The circumstances 
in the case will warrant other farmers 
having dealings with Mr. Miller to be 
careful not to let him get away with any 
stock until paid for. We still hold the 
due bill issued by Mr. Miller, and we 
shall try to collect it by legal process. 
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