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^he RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March 3, 1917. 
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PUBLISHER’S DESK 
“As to The Rural New-Yorker, we 
are not worried at all over what they 
say about us. for it is simply a case of 
the disgruntled business department try¬ 
ing to get even for our not placing ad¬ 
vertising with them. It has proven any¬ 
thing but what they intended it to prove, 
for we have more business from New' 
York State since that article appeared 
in The Rural New-Yorker than we 
have ever had before, so we care ab¬ 
solutely nothing about what they say, in 
view of the fact that there is absoluteiy 
no foundation for any such stories as 
they saw fit to print. 
“The Progress Paint Company, 
“Cleveland, Ohio.” 
The above is portion of a letter writ¬ 
ten to one of our subscribers as a result 
of calling the firm's attention to the 
items which had been published in The 
R. N.-Y., exposing the fake methods of 
the above paint company in selling their 
products. The scheme employed by the 
Progress Paint Co. is to write prospec¬ 
tive customers that they have a half-bar¬ 
rel of paint in storage at or near the 
farmer’s station, and on this account of¬ 
fer the paint at what is supposed to 
be a reduced price. If the fa ’iner takes 
the “bait,” the goods are shipped from 
the factory, thus proving the letter a 
deception and a fraud. It is rarely that 
we expose any fake scheme that the per¬ 
petrator of it does net claim that The 
Rural New-Yorker’s attitude is be¬ 
cause the firm refused to favor us with 
their advertising. This seems to be the 
only resort of fakers when a searchlight 
is turned upon their schemes—like the 
ostrich that sticks his head in the sand. 
If this paint was fair value for the price 
asked for it, our contention is that the 
Progress Paint Co. would not need to 
resort to deceptions to induce the farm¬ 
ing public to ’buy it. 
An attempt on the part of tne Ra 
Salle Extension University, Chicago, to 
collect from Eugene E. Freeman of this 
city $73, for text books and other study 
material incidental to a correspondence 
course, failed in Municipal Court, 
w’‘he.n a non-suit was granted after 
plaintiff’s case was presented. 
The plaintiff charged that a certain 
course of instruction was sold to the de¬ 
fendant for $78, and on receipt of $5, 
representing the first payment, the de¬ 
fendant was furnished with books. The 
plaintiff further contended that the de¬ 
fendant was bound by contract to pay 
for the books and instruction because 
he accepted them at his home. De¬ 
fendant claimed the contract furnished 
by the company specified that in case 
the course and books proved to be un¬ 
satisfactory, they could be returned and 
no further' charge made. This was what 
Freeman did. It was a course in ac¬ 
counting, hut Freeman maintained that 
it was not based upon modern prac¬ 
tices. The motion for non-suit was 
granted.—Post-Standard, Syracuse. N. Y. 
The above newspaper clipping il¬ 
lustrates the tendency of these corres¬ 
pondence schools to bluff people into pay¬ 
ing for these courses, regardless of the 
terms of or conditions under which the 
contract w'as signed. The desire of coun¬ 
try people to benefit themselves by home 
study makes them ready prey for these 
venders of so-called correspondence 
school courses. As a rule a text book 
can be bought for a dollar or two which 
will serve the same purpose and give the 
student equally good information; $50, 
$75 or even $100 is asked for many of 
these courses and a lawsuit or a threat 
of lawsuit is relied upon to make the 
victim pay up after the contract has 
b('eu signed. 
I have just received a catalog of the 
Illinois Seed and Nursery Co, Makanda, 
111., with some fabulously low prices in 
it. Will you tell me whether they are 
a reliable company and whether their 
seed and stock is to be depended upon? 
Mass.achusetts. i’. t. ii. 
Illinois Seed & Nursery Co. is one of 
the many names assumed by Rradley 
Pros, during the checkei-ed career of 
these gentlemen. If there are any more 
undesirable citizens in the seed and nur¬ 
sery ti-ade than Bradley Bros, we do not 
know them. 
I have a catalog from the Ilarlo- 
warden Greenhouses, 81 Front Street, 
Greenport, New York, offering some 
bargains in bulbs, plants, etc. Are they 
reliable? I fail to find their adverti.se- 
ment in The R. N.-Y. g. r. k. 
Maine. 
Mr. I. M. Raynor is the proprietor of 
the Ilarlowarden Gardens and his ad¬ 
vertising would uot be acceptable for 
The R. N.-Y. We have had considerable 
complaint in regard to his methods, and 
have on file a complaint from a sub¬ 
scriber who shipped carnations to him 
valued at $1.36.00, for which he has not 
yet received payment. We hold a judg¬ 
ment against him for this account, but 
have not been able to make collection. 
With this record the concern cannot be 
considered reliable. 
I sent to Weil Bros.. Ft. Wayne, 
Ind., for a price list of hides, and their 
prices were from 24c to 27c per lb. I 
sent a nice cui’ed hide that weighed 14 
lbs. net. Now when I got the returns 
they sent me a check for $2.20 and only 
gave me 20c per lb. and made it only 
13 lbs. net. I don’t think it is made out 
right on the back. c. P. 
Pennsylvania. 
In the above transaction Weil Bros, 
seem to have lived up to their previous 
reputation for sendiug out price lists 
making high quotations, and then set¬ 
tling for shipments for any amount they 
chose to pay. 
On Nov. 8th of last year, a man 
■calling himself an agent for the Premium 
Coupon Co.. Woolworth Bldg., New 
York, came here collecting coupons of 
all kinds. I gave him 800 coupons for 
which I was to receive my premium on 
l5ov. 18; bave not seen him or the 
premium since. In December I wrote 
to the company, also wrote on the en¬ 
velope “After five days return” to my 
address, but got no reply, and the let¬ 
ter did not come back either. Will 
you tell me if it is a fake? Q. s. B. 
New Jersey. 
Our letters to the Premium Coupon 
Company are returned with the nota¬ 
tion that the concern cannot be found 
They evidently collected these coupons, 
disposed of them and decamped with the 
proceeds. 
Among the papers enclosed you will 
find a clipping from the “Philadelphia 
Record” of an advertisement that at¬ 
tracted my attention the other day. I 
answered the advertisement in order 
that 1 might see the literature they were 
putting out, as the whole plan looked 
to me like a fake. I am, of course, not 
iuterested in the proposition as out¬ 
lined, but I am sending you the literature 
they have sent me, thinking you may care 
to make use of it iu throwing out a warn¬ 
ing to your subscribers against going into 
the scheme. g. e. a. 
Pennsylvania. 
The advertisement and literature en¬ 
closed pertains to the Artesian Hog 
Breeding Association. .504 National Fife 
Bldg., Chicago, Ill. This hog ranch is to 
be located in Texas, and the promoters 
propose feeding the pigs on Burbank s 
.spineless cactus; $50 pays for one par¬ 
ticipating membership iii the association, 
ami if you are to believe the advertise¬ 
ment and literature your fortune is 
made! ! This advertising seems to be 
going the rounds of the daily papers at 
present. City people are evidently con¬ 
sidered the best prospects. No practical 
breeder or farmer would consider the 
scheme seriously—it is practically a du- 
lilicate of the National Hog Co., Pitts¬ 
burg. scheme, which has been referred to 
in this department repeatedly. 
I shipped 15 barrels of cranberries to 
.Tacob Lippmann. 258 Washington Street. 
New York, on the 20th day of October, 
and have had no returns as yet. Have 
written him twice and have had no an¬ 
swer. Can you assist me? L. A. 
New York. 
We have been unable to get any 
definite information in regard to this 
account. We are advi.sod by Maurice 
I.ippmann at the same address, who 
is the son of .Tacob Liiipmaiiu, that 
hi.s father is out of town and the claim 
will have to stand until his return. He 
has been out of town since last Decem¬ 
ber and no one secmis to know when he 
will return. It is said that the son sold 
out to the father, hut still nets as his 
father’s salesman. This is too compli¬ 
cated an arrangement and we believe our 
people will do better to make shipments 
to houses who feel a little more respon¬ 
sibility to their shippers. 
A COUNTRY hotel proprietor, glancing 
out of a rear window, saw his new wait¬ 
er chasing a chicken about the yard. 
“What have you in that howl?” de¬ 
manded the hotel man, referring to a 
utensil he was hugging. “Mnshrooims,” 
re.spondcd the new waiter. “There’s .a 
gentleman that wants chicken smothered 
with mushrooms, and I’m trying to 
smother him, sir!”—Melbourne Austral¬ 
asian. 
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