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Oi® RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Marcli ni. 1917. 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
I have endorseil the Myrick ?10 liuild- 
iiif; ('ertificate, as noted, and hereby au¬ 
thorize you to collect the same if possi¬ 
ble. ‘ .T. K. s. 
rennsylvania. 
We made draft on Mr. Myrick through 
his Springfield bank, for the amount of 
the certificate, the interest, compound in¬ 
terest, and profit-sharing bonus. This has 
been paid, and we have sent check for the 
amount to our subscriber. 
I note in I’ublisher’s Desk of the last 
issue, that F. W. Wells is proprietor of 
W<‘lls Nurseries, Pomona Nurseries and 
Sheerin’s Wholesale Nurseries of Dans- 
ville. N. Y., and that he has refins^al to 
settle for trees untrue, to name. I also 
note that you cairy the advertising of 
'riioinas E. Sheerin, nurseryman, of 
I lansville, N. Y. This house I wrote to, 
and have their catalogue and was making 
up an order to send them, but am now 
wcuidering if this is the house y<ui ref(‘r 
to. I • 
Massachusetts. 
M'e wish to correct any unfavorable ini- 
]»ression which the item above refei’nsl to 
may have given our subscribers regard¬ 
ing Mr. Thomas E. Hheerin, nurseryman 
of Dausville, New York. Mr. Thomas E. 
Sheerin is in no way connected with 
Sheerin’s Wholesale Nurseries of the 
same plac-e. His record in this office is 
first-class, and wo are sorry that the item 
in question has caused any One to ques¬ 
tion Mr. Thofi. E. Sheerin’s standing. 
I am sending a chain letter that was 
sent me bv a friend, and not having any 
faith in this kind of letters decided to 
send it to you. 
Maine. 
The abov(> letter refers to the chain 
h'tter scheme of the National Mail Or¬ 
der Brokers’ Exchange, 520 Globe P.ldg., 
Minneapolis, Minn. We exposed this 
chain letter scheme last Fall, and at that 
time the Postoffice Department had is¬ 
sued fraud orders against the promoter 
of it. We then a.ssumed that the scheme 
was dead, but almost every mail brings 
us letters about it. Take the proverbial 
cat “with nine livi'S,” it seems that once 
one of these chain letters gets started it 
is impossible to kill it off. The only 
jiroper receptacle for such schemes when 
they are received is the fire. 
I have been a reader of Thk R. N.-Y. 
f(.r over four years now, and I have come 
to “swear by” the paper. You are doing 
more good for the farmer and his inter¬ 
ests than any other publication I know 
of, though some of them now seem to be 
following in your footsteps. ’ The _ first 
page I look at is the one containing 
“I’ublisher’s Desk,” for I do like to see 
the way you expose the frauds and 
swindlers. Having been stung a couple 
of times myself probably accounts for my 
interest in that department. But as 
editor of the “Publisher’s De.sk” I am, 
like all the rest, writing to ask a favor 
of you. Will you kindly give me your 
frank idea of the following: 
Some few days ago I noticed in Tiik 
11. N.-Y. the advertLsement of Mankato 
Incubator Co., Mankato, Minn., and sent 
to them for their catalog, as I intend 
buying a small machine this Spring. The 
catalog soon came and their incubator 
seems to be well made for the price they 
ask, judging from the catalog only. But 
today I received from F. H. Miller, 
president of the company, a letter which 
I am enclosing. There seems to be too 
much secrecy about the matter for mo, 
but as you probably know more about 
their dealings than T do. I come to you 
for advice. Do you think they are will¬ 
ing “to let me in on the ground floor’j 
or have they picked me for one of 2o 
suckera to whom they expect to .sell a 
no-good incubator? I don’t wish to be 
prejudiced against them on my own 
judgment, but it has the earmarks of a 
skin game. ii- K- 9- 
^'ermont. 
In the printed letter forwarded by H. 
E. B. the pi'csident of the Mankato In¬ 
cubator Co. leads the prospective cus¬ 
tomer to believe that he is writing this 
personal letter to him, making him a 
special offer on a new and improved ma¬ 
chine—and only 24 others will have an 
opportunity to get one of these truly 
wonderful machines this season. This 
same letter, of course, is sent in response 
to all inquiries. The evidence of false 
pretenses is so apparent that we do not 
see how anyone could take the claims 
seriously. Furthermore, we cannot un¬ 
derstand how any business man can be 
so foolish as to expect poultrymen to be¬ 
lieve such twaddle. The Mankato incu¬ 
bator is perhaps just as good as the oth¬ 
er makes selling at the same price; b d 
such attempts to fool the public only 
causes .suspicion and distrust in all ad¬ 
vertising. We discontinued the Mankato 
Incubator Co. advertising promptly up- 
(iii receipt of the above communication 
because of the deception. The firm has \ 
had an f>pi»ortunity to exidain or justify | 
the fake claims, but preft-rs to ignore i 
our letters. ' 
I purchased 25 ))airs from Miije.stic 
Squab Co., Adel, Iowa, on .Tuly 2(1. with 
the understanding that I would purchase 
75 additional pairs if the 25 proved sati.s- 
factory. The 25 pairs were entirely .sat¬ 
isfactory. iind on August 5 I sent them 
further remittance, of ^225 to cover the 
price of the 75 pairs, with imstructions 
to ship on Augu.st 14. Shipment was 
not made unfl Sei)tember I. which was 
Friday, and the birds were, therefore, on ] 
the road over Sunday, and con.s<*quently 
they arrived in bad condition—two binls 
dead and two birds shoid. The last ship- 
jiient was very inferior to the first, and 
the birds were purchased under their “J*((- 
day guarantee” or refund of money. I 
advised them of my desire to return the 
birds and receive refund of my remit¬ 
tance. but they advised me that they 
wouhl refuse to accept the birds if re¬ 
turned. n. c:. X. 
I’ennsylvania. 
The Majestic Squab Co. ignor»d sev- 
er.-il lettens in the subscriber’s behalf, but 
finally advise us in effect that the sub¬ 
scriber’s complaint is none of I'lir: H. 
N. -Y.’s business. Evidently the “!*0-day 
guarantee” of this concern is worth no 
more than the pai>er it is printed on. 
Others contemplating squab business will 
do well to remember the name Majestic 
Squab Co., Adel, Iowa, as a good con¬ 
cern to avoid. 
In October, 1914, I bought an A.n*- 
.shire bull calf from E. F. Rifenbark, East 
Masonville, Delaware Co., N. Y. He 
wrote me a letter when he shipped the 
calf that he would send the registration 
papers as soon as convenient, and he has 
not sent them yet. I have written a 
number of letters but do not get any an¬ 
swer from him. He accepted the check 
for the calf. I bought this calf through 
O. V. Close, Truxton, N. Y., a personal 
fi'ieud of Mr. Rifenbark. He said he 
was a reliable man. I’lease take up the 
matter with him and see what can be 
done. K. 1). 8. 
New York. 
Mr, Rifenbark ignores our letters also. 
Perhaps some of his neighbors will re¬ 
mind him of his obligation in the trans¬ 
action, and induce him to live up to his 
agreements. 
Will you oblige' me by answering this 
question? Can a person who has signed 
for a course in agricultural correspon¬ 
dence ^ compelled to make payments 
when he desires to discontinue the course? 
New Jersey. n. P. m. 
If the party signing the contract with 
the correspondence school is responsible, 
the amount stipulated on the contract can 
be collected. This is true unless it can 
be shown that the contract was secured 
through fraudulent misrepresentations. 
We have found it to be the policy of cor¬ 
respondence course houses to insist that 
all payments be made in accwdance with 
the contracts regardless of any circum- 
.stances which may make it undesirable 
or impossible for the party to continue 
the course after the contract has been 
made. It is largely because of this atti¬ 
tude of the correspondence school houses 
that we have advised our people repeat¬ 
edly to have nothing to do with any of 
them. 
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expense forteams and powder. 
One man with a K can rip out 
any stump that can be pulled 
with the best inch steel cable. 
Works by leverage—same prin¬ 
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on the lever gives a 4 S-ton pull 
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steel—guaranteed against 
breakage. Endorsed by U. S. 
Government experts. 
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IT4 Stump 
^ Puller 
Write today for special 
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Land Clearing. 
\ Walter J.Fitzpatrick 
Box 76 
182 Fifth Street 
San Francisco 
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