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Xjhe RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March 10, 191? 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
I am piiclosing a $10 Myrirk building 
certififatp which I hold, as you will note, 
from lOOS. I never r('c-<'iv(‘d any interest, 
except Kuhscrii)tioii to Farm and Home, 
and now desire to withdraw princii)al and 
any interest due, and hereby turn the 
matter f)ver to you for collection. _ I 
would like to make that $750,000 suit a 
little more interesting. J. K s. 
Pennsylvania. 
Thi.s certificate was bought at the time 
of the con.struction of the much-adver¬ 
tised Myrick building. If, however. J. K, 
S. supposed that this building cci-tificate 
formed any lien on the building itself as 
security, be will be interested to know 
that the Phelps Publishing Company does 
not now own the building. It has l>een 
sold to a holding trust company for the 
purpose of iiK reusing the mortgage on it. 
On the back of the certificate we find the 
following provisions as the last of .seven 
great benefits that .1. K. S. was to receive 
for the use of his money: 
“FINANCIAL RIGHTS—As a Co-oper¬ 
ator, owner shall be entitled, so long as 
this certificate is outstanding, to receive 
by mail free of cost, private information 
in reply to occasional inquiries about in¬ 
vestments, crop prospects, or market 
prices, where and when to buy or sell, 
etc. Owner shall also be entitled to i)ar- 
ticipate upon favorable terms in any 
fuinre financial operations of Phelps 
Publishing Company that it thinks will 
be to owner’s advantage.” 
Holders of stock issued by this finan¬ 
cial expert are now advertising the certi^ 
ficates in Springfield, Mas?.. ])apers, and 
are willing to take 50% on the dollar. 
They i)aid 20% above face value for 
them. Query, how much was the seventh 
bt'nefit worth to the investor? 
We have made a demand on ]Mr. ^lyrick 
for the return of this $10, with the in¬ 
terest, and we expect to get it. If a build¬ 
ing certificate without a building is .not a 
fake, what is a building certificate, and 
what is a fake? 
Allow me to add a few words to your 
remarks in “Ihiblisher’s Desk” of Jan. 27, 
regarding the London Veterinary Corres¬ 
pondence Mchool, of London, Ontario, 
Canada. A neighbor here was persuaded 
by much oorrespondence to send $45 to 
this ‘‘school” for their course of study. 
He received (several sheets of typew’ritten 
(printed) instructions and other matter; 
also a book on veterinary science priced 
at $4, worth as a book not over half 
that. In fact, a standard veterinary 
book would be of more value to anyone, 
and it would not have the “correspond¬ 
ence” attached thereto. The correspond¬ 
ence was guff, pure and simple. In due 
time the would-be D, V. S. took his ex¬ 
amination—answered (piestions sent by 
mail—and later I'eceived his diploma, 
which latter was, of cour.se, rejected by 
the State Examiners. Chagrin and dis¬ 
appointment awaited him unbeknown, 
and the $45 was over the “line”—in Can¬ 
ada. Moral. Keep your money at home, 
or go with it to a good college, where 
knowledge and credentials are obtained. 
I heartily agree with you in the posi¬ 
tion 3 'ou take regarding correspondence 
courses in general. The so-called schools 
offering such courses studiously play to 
the vanity of the individuals reading 
their advertisements or literature; and' In 
the face of this literature the individ¬ 
uals themselves ill consider their own 
natural gifts or ability to do this or 
that, the while entertaining the idea that 
they can be foremen, managers, etc., etc. 
What a world of work would be done if 
all men were foremen, or sat in a revolv¬ 
ing chair at a roll-top desk! The writer 
would not, how'ever, lead one to the con¬ 
clusion that he discourages advancement 
or high position; the rathe-, that ad¬ 
vancement usually looms ahead of him, 
who, by demonstrating ability, applica¬ 
tion and efficiency, deserves the promo¬ 
tion. J. o. P. 
Washington. 
The above letter reveals the experience 
of a young man ambitious to become a 
veterinarian by the correspondence 
course route. The letter also contains a 
lot of good sound logic on correspond¬ 
ence courses in general. 
Could you collect the enclosed account 
for me from Timothy Hayes, 2687 Am¬ 
sterdam avenue. New York? This man is 
a grocer, and I have shipped him egg.s 
for some time past. He has always paid 
until the last shipment. I have written 
him several times, but he does not pay 
any attention. F. E. P. 
New York. 
This is the method employed by some 
firms and individuals; they pay for a few 
cases of eggs, or shipments of produce, 
just enough to stimulate confidence, and 
after getting two or three without mak¬ 
ing payments, they disappear and the 
farmer has lost his money. 
Can you tell me whether l.ee Todd, 
2()9^ N. Sixth St.. Richmond. Va.. is a 
reliable agency? I had been thinking of 
sending there to get a farm hand, but 
have a friend who sent there for a girl 
and advanced $16 to pay fees and fare to 
Norwich about a month ago, and has 
heard nothing from him since. There are 
some here who came all right, but this 
one does not Come, an.l I dislike sending 
that amount if he is not reliable. J. }5. 
Connecticut. , 
We do not consider anyone reliable who 
solicits jmur trade and neglects to give 
you the value of j'our money. Mr. Todd 
has a record with us for holding remit¬ 
tances .sent him and neglecting to send the 
help requested, and in many ca.ses he 
neglects to return the money. We have 
repoi ts to this effect from subscribers, and 
year after year have referred to the rec¬ 
ord in this column. Our advice is, do 
not send Mr. Lee Todd any money for 
help or anything else. 
Do j'ou know an.vthing of the C. Brown 
Mfg. Co., Cincinnati. Ohio? They have 
sold me a few of their New Standard 
self-heating irons, and I cannot get them 
to work. Whenever I write and tell 
them about them they tell me I should 
study my iron, and I have had the irons 
several months and have tried again and 
again to operate them and have not been 
able to do so yet. F. A. E. 
I’ennsylvania. 
We can get no satisfaction from these 
Cincinnati venders of so-called self-heat¬ 
ing irons. The irons sent out by the 
Peerless Co., of same city, ai’e also a 
delusion and a snare, according to re¬ 
ports received from subscribers. When 
the agents of these concerns come around 
show them the door—if this is not effec¬ 
tive call your husband and have the 
agent forcibly ejected. 
T^pon my inquiry the International 
Metal & Ferrotype Co., 2223 W. 12th 
St.. Chicago, Ill., solicited my order by 
mail and received for a camera and a 
list of photographic supplies $42.20 from 
me. The camera and part of the supplies 
which they sent me proved to be worth¬ 
less as far as making a discernible pic¬ 
ture or getting the service they repre¬ 
sented it to give. They collected C. O. D. 
by express for supplies omitted from the 
order amounting to $5.95. I promptly 
notified them of the fact on Sept. 11, and 
requested a return of this amount if 
they did not send the goods within a 
week, but I can’t get any reply, apology 
or satisfaction from them. I believe that 
I have sufficient evidence to show that 
they committed a deliberate fraud. 
New York. G. F. M. 
We have written this concern half a 
dozen letters without receiving any re¬ 
sponse. We must, therefore, conclude 
that they are willing to let a recoi'd ot 
this kind stand, and in this view of their 
attitude we most certainly advise against 
dealings with them. We cannot find 
that they have any financial standing 
that would warrant dealings with them. 
In the beginning of August some one 
telephoned me, I do not know where from, 
offering to send me some samples of Cali¬ 
fornia fruit by way of a trial, to which I 
agreed, but no prices were mentioned, 
nor quantities. About three or four weeks 
afterward I received one-half box of 
oranges, one-half box of grapefruit, one 
box lemons, one box of Casaba inelom^ 
one box of California grapes (about 15 
pounds). Thei'e were no particulars given 
and no charges to be paid, and we began 
to use some of the melons and oranges, a 
few lemons and grapes; of the latter we 
could only use about five pounds, as the 
rest were decayed. The total value, I 
reckon, of what has been consumed is 
worth about $4. On October 31 I re¬ 
ceived an invoice for $.38 from the Met¬ 
ropolitan Fruit and Produce Co., 809 
Washington St., New York. If you 
could do anything to help me get this 
matter adjusted in an amicable way I 
should be very glad indeed. E. G. 
New York. 
We have had reports from other sub- 
sci’ibers of this peculiar method for dis¬ 
posing of fruit in this novel way at fabu¬ 
lous prices. The method employed by the 
Metropolitan Fruit Co. to secure the con¬ 
sent of this subscriber to send some “sam¬ 
ples” of fruit and then ship so large a 
quantity merits the severest condemna¬ 
tion. Anyone accepting shipments of 
fruit in this way and making use of it of 
course is legally obliged to pay for it, 
but only at a fair and reasonable price. 
The best way to avoid trouble is to be- 
w'are of all fake agents going about the 
country seeking whom they may devour. 
Last year subscribers reported identical 
experiences with another house—^The Em¬ 
pire Fruit and Produce Co., 846 Sixth 
Ave., New York. If this is a new way of 
securing orders, shippers will want to 
keep these records in mind. 
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