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lihe RURAL NEW-YORKER 
April 14, 1917, 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
A. Ridwoll, president of the Inter- 
nationnl Antoinol)ilo LpiiKUo, In<-.. and 
tli(‘ International Automobile lifiafino 
'J’iro (’o., JtnfTalo, reacdicd the end of liis 
tether on INIareli 22, when he entered a 
plea of K'lilty for himself ami his two 
cori»oi-ations, in the h'ederal Court of 
Mufl'alo. under an indietment <‘harKinK 
iisiiifj the mails to furtlnu- a scheme to 
d<-fraud. 
I’idwcdl was fined $2,000 and (>ach 
corporation .$1,000, by .Fudse 'I’lioni.-is. 
According to the Iialancs^ sheet of tin' 
tir<‘ <‘orporation, stock amount iiij' to 
S25 had b(‘en sold in th.at fake con¬ 
cern. up to February 1, — bulletin 
of the National ^'i{(ilitnce Committi'c of 
.Associated Advertising Clubs of the 
World. 
We mo.st heartily congratulate the 
National Vigilance Committee of the As¬ 
sociated Advertisiip' Clults of the World 
on their efforts which bi’ouf'ht this arch, 
faker to justice. The fine imjiosed seems 
very nn'aj're as compared with the 
amount of money which Ttidwell secured 
from his victims through his fake 
schemes. 'I'lie action, how(‘ver, puts an 
end to the fi-audulent scheme for tlie 
time being, but it has been our experi¬ 
ence that jiromotm-.s like Rid well who 
have once gottim the taste of easy money 
are not likely to turn their eimrgies in 
legitimate channels. It will be well to 
hav<‘ an eye out foi’ him in the future. 
Two men called on me last Summer, ad¬ 
mired the fine farm, and fine buildings, 
nicely jiainted ; ami wanted to know if I 
would like to have our buildings lighted 
with .scarcely any cost to me. 'I'hey said : 
‘■'riie .Tenne Co. have heavy cajiital and 
have a ncAv i)lan of advcrtl-sing that is 
bettor and cheaper than newspaper adver¬ 
tising. We are under contract feu- five 
y<‘ai’S for several counties. The company 
instructs us to jiut a demonstiation jilant 
in various localities, perhai)S eight or 10 
miles apart. AVhen these are installed we 
are to work the territory thoroughly every 
few inontlis and let the peojile of the com¬ 
munity come and see for themselves just 
what the plant will do. Their generator 
is placed in the ground outside of the 
buildings where it is perfectly safe; is 
guaranteed to give jierfect satisfaction in 
any climate for 15 years, or they will 
make good. Purchaser is to imv for the 
installing, about $50. The sale of the 
plants is to pa.v for the demonstration 
])lant. We get no <*ommission on demon¬ 
stration plants until jmid for, which is 
done by the sale <tf plants.” 
We hit. The plant was being installed 
when Andrew Ihdger, .‘>18 8o. Hamilton 
street, Watertown, N. Y., business mana¬ 
ger of the Ea.stern district, ap])eared. Tie 
was very assuring and said they were 
far more anxious about the success of 
this plant than we could jms-sibly be. Tn 
about 20 days tliey would be around, take 
some photos of the jdace and get a recom¬ 
mendation from us if we found it all that 
they claimed for the system. AVhen it 
started all right they demanded a note 
for the amount of the jdant and fixtures 
fully assuring us that everything would 
be done ns agreed. T found one other 
party who has a plant and met with tlnj 
same kind of a dt'al. . Do you know any¬ 
thing about this company? E. T. 
New York. 
E. T.’s experience is a fair statement 
of the methods of the agents of the Night- 
Commander Taghting Co. of .Tackson, 
Afich., by which farmers have been in¬ 
duced to .sign orders for acetylene lighting 
jdants. The .Tenne Acetylene Ca.s Afa- 
chine Co. of Indianapolis referred to in 
this case, explain that they unwittingly 
took on some of the old Night-Commander 
agents and discharged them as soon as 
they discovered the crooked work said 
agents wei-e doing. 'The contract which 
imrchasc-rs sign in buying a .Tenne acet}*- 
lene plant contains the following clause 
(jirinted in smaller tyjie than the body of 
the contract) ; 
TTixm its accejitance by the parties 
hereto this order shall become a contract 
between them, it being understood that it 
covers all of tlie agreements bidween them 
and cannot be added to or modified, cx- 
cejit by agreement in writing. 
This relieves the comiiany from any 
.legal responsibility for any iiromises or 
agreements made by the agent.s, and in 
discussing the matter by correspondence 
the jiresident of the .Tenne Acetyhme C.m 
Machine Co. writes as follows: 
AA’e (piitc agree with you that it is 
wrong for the sale.smen to promi.se any¬ 
thing to secure the order that he does not 
mean to do or that his compan.v does not 
permit. AA'e do not, however, agree with 
you that we should assume any obliga¬ 
tions whatsoever as a result of the jiros- 
pective purchaser’s oversight or neglect, 
or on account of the salesmen’s statements 
that we have no means of knowing any¬ 
thing about. AA'e have been and will con¬ 
tinue jiromjitl.v to discharge any salesman 
who makes verbal side agreements to the 
prosjtcct, that he fails to comply with. 
This makes the ca.se clear that the 
jiromises of “commission on other ma¬ 
chines sold in the neighborhood” can only 
be considered in the light of “.sucker bait” 
to make the sale. AVe want farmers and 
especially readers of The K. N.-A'. to un¬ 
derstand that no matter what the agents 
of this house tell you, the only thing you 
can count on is the agreement and .sjieci- 
fications made in the contract. AA’hen the 
agent begins to talk about wanting to .sell 
you one as an “advertising jdant” the 
“commission on other plants paying for 
yours.” and other familiar guff, it is time 
to bid the agent good-b.ve. It is 
unfortunate that so ellicient a lighting 
system should be so besot h.v un- 
scrujmlous agents, and some manufactur- 
m-s so shortsight<“d as not to make good 
(heir accreilited agent’s repnesentations 
when the agent has exceedeil his au¬ 
thority. 
Have .von been able to get any satis¬ 
faction tor anything else) out of L. Ka- 
vanow, Fast l.’tSth St.. New A'ork. 
for a claim which w(‘ had against him of 
$20.-10 for (‘ggs. whicdi you have on file in 
.vour claiins division? c. u. 
New A'ork. 
L. Kavanow cannot be found at l.”.8|h 
street, although a diligent .search has been 
made for him. Alail sent him at that ad- 
dre.ss is evidently delivered, as it is not re¬ 
turned, but the account remains unad¬ 
justed. It is just another case of tru.st- 
ing a party who has no financial rating. 
T’he fii'st shipments wi're sent f'. O, 1).. 
but 111)011 Air. Kavanow’s pia mise to pay 
inside of a week, the eggs were smit with¬ 
out this jirotection and after three ship¬ 
ments no imyment was made. 
AA'e wrote Fee T’odd. jiroprietor of a 
Soutiiern intelligence office in Kichmond, 
A'a., concerning a general .servant, and he 
answered proinjitl.v. caying if we sent him 
$17 to juiy transi)ortation fee.s, etc., he 
would send us a good servant. AA’e at 
once sent a check for the $17, and have 
never had the girl sent to us. AA'e wrote 
to him concerning-the matter and wanted 
the girl or refund of the n.oney. He 
offered to return jjait of it. but I thought 
he should return the full amount—which 
he refused to do. T<Khl has made no re¬ 
fund, and as all this happened in 1!)12. I 
think he will do nothing in regard to the 
matter now. although the (juestion has 
been agitated ever since. I have no idea 
he will make an.v refund at all. AV. 
New A'ork. 
As Fee Todd may be around again this 
year with offers to supply farm ludp 
through his Southern Intelligence Oflice, 
Concrete Road between Bismarck and Alvin, Vermilion County, III., P. C. McArdle, Dan¬ 
ville, Superintending Engineer, Eclipse Construction Company, Winnetka, III., Contractors. 
Could Not Find It 
In His Tax BiU 
In 1914 Vermilion County, Illinoi*, voted bonds to build 166 
miles of permanent roads in the county. Many people thought that 
the taxes in 1916 would be burdensome when the first installment 
of the bond issue taxes was paid. 
The Commercial-News (Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois) 
said on August 17, 1916, “Many tax-payers all over Vermilion 
County did not know that they had paid the tax on the bonded indebt¬ 
edness for the county bond roads, when they paid their taxes to the 
collectors last spring." It required the written assurance of the 
County Clerk to convince many of the tax-payers that they had 
already paid their taxes. 
The average annual cost of this bond issue is 8% cents per acre of farm 
land and less than 90 cents per town lot, for a period of 20 years. 
The farmer’s market is brought to his owm door. He saves more in 
tires and gasoline alone than the amount of his yearly tax; he has all 
the advantages enjoyed by communities where transportation is sure and easy. 
Of the 166 miles, 144 are of concrete. Concrete is the logical material 
for permanent highways; it has the solidity which makes it so generally used 
in important engineering work. 
If you want to learn more about concrete high~ 
ways, write for a free copy of bulletin No. 136. 
Then put the facts before your own road officials. 
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211i/< No. Otii St.. Itifbmoiid, A'a., tlio 
report of our subsorilx'r will enable others 
to judge wliellier it is wi.se to send order 
and money to bim. 'Fho pity is that Kicli- 
inoiid is willing to permit the rejietitiou of 
these cases year after year. AA'e have 
had at least one similar report for the 
last five years. 
T have investc'd in some stock in a 
jiajier cfunpany known as Sugar (Jane Ry- 
Rrodnots (Jo., TMiiladeliiliia. I*a.; am send¬ 
ing you a cojiy of their letter. Could yon 
in an.y way inform me wlielber the <‘om- 
jiaiiy is r«‘li;ibl(>? a. n. 
New A'ork. 
This is a case of investing first and in¬ 
vestigating afterward. From onr rejiorts, 
the principal asset of the Sugar Cane Ry- 
Rrodnots Co. is a jmtent and inwoss 
whereby it is claimed jiaper pulp, aleoliol 
and other b.v-iirodncts can be made from 
sugar cane after the sugar juices h.ave 
been removed. Tlie coini>aiiy lias an au- 
thorizi'd (‘apital of .$5,000,000 and an ac¬ 
tive stock-.sel]ing cainiiaign lias been in¬ 
augurated. AA'e have no iiifonnatioii as to 
tlie feasibility of making jiaper pnli) from 
sugar cane. If it were dinnonstrati'd to 
be a success the paper inannfactnrers 
Avonld be naturally interested in the prop¬ 
osition. That lliey are not is a fair indi¬ 
cation that these oxperieiicod paper mau- 
nfactnrers see nothing in it, and such 
sjiccnlations are certainly to be avoided 
by fanners. 
A 1 , 1 . this talk of liyphenatod citizeii.'.hip 
has evidently liad its effect upon a San 
I'raiicisco youngster. American-born, who 
receiitl.v rebelled fiercely when his Italian 
father whipped him for some misde¬ 
meanor. “Rnt, Tomasso. your father 
has a right to wliip you when you are 
bad.” .some one of tlie family said. Tom- 
asso’s eyes Hashed : “I am a citizen of 
tlie I'nited States,” he declared. “Do 
yon tliink I am going to let any foreigner 
lick me?’’—Philadelphia Public Ledger. 
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