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^he RURAL NEW.YORKER 
March 17, 1917 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
In rcsinmsc to requests for a report on 
the work done by I’ublishers Desk for 
101(5 we have compiled the following 
ree(fi'd. 
We have answered 4,410 inquiries for 
ratinRS on individuals and concerns, and 
the advisability of investing in wbat ar« 
for the most part “lilue Sky” jtroposi- 
tions. 
We rec(‘ived 1,250 miscellaneous, jind 
75S transjtortatiou claims, makiuE a total 
" amount of $31,228.80, divided as follows: 
$22,442.23 for the miscellaneous .and 
$8.78(5.0(5 for the exjln'ss and lailro.ad 
claims. We collected during the yrar 
1,102 claims—$1,3,00,5.(54 for 8((2 niiscad- 
laneous, and $4,225.00 for 3!K) transpor¬ 
tation claims. 
The correspondence in <-onnection with 
these claims has involved the writing of 
.38,1.53 letters. 3'bis mean.s jtostage of 
$7(53.0(5 on these letters alone. 
3'he record during the jiast seven years 
of the work stands as follows: 
1010 400 claims collected.$ 0,00,5.45 
1011 530 claims collected. 12,110.0,3 
1012 558 claims collected. 10,02(5..51 
101.3 74.3 claims collected. 10,112.01 
1014 8(K) claims collected, 10,0(55..50 
1015 021 claims collected. 13.021,12 
1010 1.102 claims collected. 18.l:51..54 
7 years 5.15,3 claims collected .$03.03.”,.00 
Would you consider it a safe invest¬ 
ment to buy stwk in Drexel Autoniohih* 
Do. of Chicago, Ill.V I'hey have a sales 
room for stock at 17.50 Broadway. New 
York City. W. w. l). 
New .Jersey. 
This is the same room oecui)ied by the 
Kinerson Motor Co. in i)ronioting stock 
sales during the e.arly Winter. How 
much money the public was indu(*ed to 
part with on the lOmerson scheme befor' 
the exposure.s in the daily jiress and 
other luiblications i>ut the “fat in the 
fire,” would be hard to e.stimate. 3'h3 
Drexel Sales Co. should feel very much 
at home in these (|uarters—the same va- 
riet.v of “dope” will no doubt be handed 
out to a new croij of ju-ospects. We un¬ 
derstand that this company has a small 
plant e.stahlished in (Miicago. 3'he out¬ 
look for a new concern without cajiital in 
an already crowded field is not. to say 
the least, “rosy.” 33ie iirincijad stock in 
trade of the promoters is the big profits 
Ford and others have made in thi* auto¬ 
mobile business—but under entirely dif¬ 
ferent conditions. All such iiropositions 
should be regarded as a gamble—not in¬ 
vestments. 
3'he Atlantic Ilealty Co. put a i»u/./.le 
in the iiayier, and to an.vone who got (he 
puzzle right they would send deed of a 
lot down in Atlantic City, Del. 1 got the 
puzzle right and they have jiicked out a 
lot 25 by 1(X). and they say as soon as I 
send them $7.50 to j)ay for having the 
deed made out and the ])ostage it will 
«-ost in sending it. they will send me a 
full deed of the lot, and as soon as 1 get 
the deed I shall be sole owner of the lot. 
Tf it is all right it is a good chance for 
me, for later on I could sell it for good 
inone.v. T. i). K. 
New York. 
3'his puzzle scheme has beoji explained 
often. Of course, ever.vom> solves the 
puzzle correctly. 3'he lot in (pu'stion has 
little value and $7.50 would probably 
buy an acre of such j)roperty, 3'hese puz¬ 
zles are just a scheme to deceive and lead 
the unwary to believe that they are get¬ 
ting something for nothing. 3'he same 
principle is involved in all the “inissing 
letter” and “i)icture guessing contests’’ 
employed by a c*crtain class of juddications 
to .secure readers. No reader of 3'iik B. 
N.-Y. should be deceived by such methods. 
■‘If we were half as crooked as the 
parties in w'hom you have placed so iniich 
<‘onfidenco. we would say that the State 
prison was none too gf)od for us, but so 
long ns they can i>ull the wool over the 
l)eoi»le’s eyes to the extent they are at 
present, all well and g(K)d. A day of 
reckoning is coming and it is not far dis- 
t:mt.” 
3'he above seems to be the estimate of 
3'he UruAi. Nkw-Yokkek by Mr. F. W. 
Wells of Dansville, N. Y. Mr. AYells is 
pi’oprietor of Sheerin’s Wholesale Nur¬ 
series, Wells’ Whole.sale Nurseries, and 
Pomona Nurseries, all of Dansville. N. Y. 
Fvidently we have earned the displeasure 
of Mr. Wells becau.se of our efl'orts to in¬ 
duce him to settle with a fruit grower for 
trees purchased of him which proved un¬ 
true to name. We are glad to know, and 
fruit growers will bo interested in Mr. 
Wells’ estimate of 3' he It. N.-Y. 
^ly son saved Mr. I-. $l.(i(Ki by showing 
him a recent issue of 3’nK K. N.-Y. He 
was just about ready to invest in Ford 
3'ractor Co. stock iirojtositiou. J. A. P. 
3'his refers to the Ford 3'ractor Co. of 
Minneapolis, Minn. AVe are reliably in¬ 
formed that the original organization is 
in the hands of Ji receiver, and that a 
new company of the same name has been 
oiganized for .$10,(KK>,(KK). b.v the onginal 
Itroinoter, AY. Ball Fwing, under the laws 
of Delaware. Large spac<‘ was used dur¬ 
ing the AA’inter in the portion of the daily 
ju'css (hat had no scruples about accept¬ 
ing such advertising. How much money 
the promoters received we have no means 
of ascertaining; but it would requiii- no 
small amount to pay the advertising bills 
and other jiromoting I'xiienses. 
The local j»ai»er containing a big .nd- 
vertiseinent of the AIcAh-ster Beal Estate 
Exchange and the current numher of 
3’he B. N.-A'. arrived on the same day. 
When the car of these real estate sharks 
pulled into our town this morning. 1 was 
there. I sjient a half hour showing the 
article in_ The It. N.-AL to the bankers 
and prominent business men of the town. 
In <uie of the banks I met one of their 
runners distributing advertising cards 
and told the bank officials right before 
him they w(‘re sharks, and not to let him 
l)ut the advertising matter in the window\ 
I iiroduced the cojiy of 3'he B. N.-A'. and 
he backed out of the door taking his de¬ 
ceptive advi'rtistanents with him. I don’t 
believe they will get much money out of 
this town. H. It. T. 
liong Island, N. T. 
3'his is what we call effective vigil¬ 
ance work on the part of the subscriber. 
“H. B. T.” is elected to a seat in the 
front I’OW’ of the Anti-Fake (’lub. AVe 
hope that wht'rever tin* AIcAlester Beal 
Estate Exchange jidvertising car reaches 
a town there will be some member of The 
B. N.-A'. family to duplicate “H. R. T.V’ 
good work. 
1 would like to place in .voiir hands for 
collection the enclosed bill. Mr. Simon¬ 
son. the Tampa £3tock Food agent, Bock- 
ville Cetiter, N. Y„ borrowed $10 from 
me on the .3d of .Tanuary. with the un¬ 
derstanding that he should return it the 
next week when he was going through 
this section. I supposed he wms hone.st, 
ns he had been going through here (piite 
a wliile. 3'w'O w’ceks pas.sed and not hav¬ 
ing the money returned, nor hearing from 
him, I wrote him in care of this Tampa 
Food Co., Rockville Center, N. Y., and 
received no reply. I then wrote the Stock 
Food Co. and asked them if this man was 
still in their employ, or if they csiuld 
give me any information concerning him : 
rec('ived no reply from them either. T 
would like to have you see if you could 
<-ollect the money for me. c. K. w. 
Long Island, N. A'. 
3'liis is the second <M,mp1aint we have 
received from Long Island subseribei-s 
who have loaned money to this agent of 
tlu' 3'ainpa Stock Food Co. of Rockville 
Center, N. A'. Our letters in their be¬ 
half have also been ignored. 3'he exi)e- 
rience of tlu'se sub.seribers sugge.sts the 
advisability of all farmers giving the 
agents of this concern a wide berth and 
having nothing to do with them. Any 
firm that is indifferent to acts of their 
agents in transactions of this kind is not 
worthy of the confidence of the piddic in 
any respect. 
I answered an adverti.sement of W. 
AA’. Mace, ('ortland, N. A'., in November 
la.st. .After some correspondence Mr. 
Mace telegraphed. “Better come and 
look the proposition over.” I replied, 
“AA'’ill come Monday if you will pay one- 
half travelling expenses.” Mr. Mace re¬ 
plied, “AA’ill expect you Monday; will 
pay half expenses.” I went to Cortland 
as agreed, but concluded not to accept 
the place. Now Mr. Mace refuses to 
stand one-half my railroad fare, amount¬ 
ing to $10.(57, as agreed. Can you col¬ 
lect it? .T. e. d. 
Rhode Island. 
In correspondence with us Mr. Alace 
contends that .T. E. D. represented in his 
letter that he was read.v to accept the 
position, and since he did not do so he 
(Mr. Mace) should not be expected to 
pay the railroad fare. If a definite agree¬ 
ment were reached by mail there would 
be no occasion for the trip, subsequent 
to taking up the work. AA’e have many 
complaints of this kind. It seems to be 
the rule, that employers find some loop¬ 
hole for refusing to live up to the agree¬ 
ment when the applicant for any reason 
refuses to accept the position offered. 
for the RED BALL 
Listening to the Auctioneer 
When you stand in the cold 
'wet mud of the spring thaivs, 
you can appreciate real com¬ 
fort in rubber footwear. 
Take care of your feet It is very important that 
you should. Let your rubber and woolen footwear be 
BALIBBAND" 
Why do nine million people Avear “Ball-Band”? Because 
those who buy it never regret their purchase. They get more 
days wear at the lowest cost per days wear. 
Ask your dealer for a pair of “Ball-Band” Lightweight 
Rubbers. They are of the highest quality and come in sizes 
for men, women and children. 
If your dealer doesn’t sell “ Ball-Band,” let us know. 
Our free booklet, “More Days Wear,” will be sent you on 
request. It shows the right kind of rubber footwear for 
different kinds of work, also for hunting and fishing. 
Mishawaka Woolen Manufacturing Company, 333 Water Street, Mishawaka, Indiana 
’"The Haute That Pays Millione for Quality” 
It is Mogul 8*16 
I N order to remove the last shadow of doubt 
about the ability of Mogul 8-16 to operate 
successfully on kerosene, we now put into our 
warranty a guarantee that Mogul 8-16 will do 
good, serviceable work at all loads, operating on 
connmon coal oil. 
'That is our answer to critics and doubters — a signed 
guarantee to purchasers of Mogul 8-16. A'ou can now buy a 
tractor built to operate on kerosene, that does operate success¬ 
fully on kerosene, and that is guaranteed to do good, service¬ 
able work on your farm, using kerosene for fuel. 
Now it is up to you. Buy a guaranteed Mogul kerosene 
tractor and you get a machine that will do your work for about 
half the fuel cost of a gasoline tractor of the same power, and 
that will work faithfully for yx)u through the rush seasons 
when you need reserve power. 
Will you please send us your name and address, so that we 
can tell you in full detail why we can guarantee the kerosene 
burning feature of Mogul tractors, Mogul 10-20 and Mogul 
12-25— the larger Moguls—are also kerosene tractors. 
International Harvester Company of America 
(Incorporated) 
© CHICAGO V U S 
Champion Deerlng McCormick Milwaukee Osborne Plano I §/ 
Mogul 8-16 
$725 Cash 
f.o.b. Chicago 
There IS a Kerosene Tractor 
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When you u'rite advertisers mention The R. N.-Y. and you’ll get a 
quick reply and a ’’square deal.” See guarantee editorial page. 
