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RURAL NEW-YORKEP 
June 2, 191T. 
PUBLISHER’S DESK i 
Previous to the holidays, 1915, I made 
sliipment of four crates of citrus fruit 
from Tampa, Fla., by the Southern Ex¬ 
press Eo.. addressed to Captain Adams, 
Xew York City. N. Y. The sliipment 
went by express to Jacksonville and then 
by the Clyde Line to New York. Cap¬ 
tain Adams turned the receipt over to 
the Adams Express Co. in New York 
for delivery and prepaid the express 
charges of $2.80. The Adams Express 
Co. failed to forward the fruit as di¬ 
rected. and I have been unable to get 
any settlement for the fruit either from 
the Southern Express, Clyde Line or 
Adams Exprei5s. r'. T.. a. 
Florida. 
The records in this case seem to show 
that the Clyde Line boat arrived at New 
York on December 20. The fruit was 
held by the Clyde Line on its docks un¬ 
til Jan. 8th. and was then sold to avoid 
a total loss. The Clyde Steamship Co. 
contend that the Adams Express Co. did 
not call for the fruit until .January 14th. 
This would seem to put the responsi¬ 
bility for the value of the fruit 
on the Adams Express Co.. This ex¬ 
press company, however, refuses to 
make settlement on the grounds that they 
did call for the fruit previous to Jan. 
14 and that the Clyde lane was unable 
to locate it. The Adams Express Co. 
pisKluces no records supporting these 
contentions, 'but relies upon the st.-ite- 
ment of an employee who was suiiposed 
to have <-alled at the Clyde lane docks 
for the fruit. The carele.ss and indiffer.uit 
service of the express companies cau.ses 
many thousand dollars of loss in this 
way to shipper.s. If the records and 
contentions of the Clyde Steamship Co. 
.ire correct, the responsibility for this 
loss is clearly upon the Adams Express 
Co., but there eeems to be no way of 
getting redress .short of bringing .suit, 
which would prove more expensive than 
the value of the fruit involvM. The 
number of claims we arc obliged to han¬ 
dle against the Adams Express Co. in- 
ilicate inferior se^-vice, and the present 
jiolicy of the Claim Departinent of th*' 
company .seems to be to delay or avoid 
settlement on just claims on every possi¬ 
ble pretext. 
Is there anv show to collect a bill from 
ir. W. Whiting of New York? I .sent 
him .30 gallons of maple .syrup a year 
ago. He sent me a check made out to 
11. F. Whiting instead of H. F. Whitney, 
dated six months ahead, and labels for 
100 more gallon.s of syrup. The check 
was dated on Sunday. Before I could 
collect on it he wrote he had ordered it 
not to be paid. I have written him a 
number of times but hear nothing from 
him. You; sent me a clipping of hi.s 
mode of doing business and presume he 
is not in these parts now. I would be 
willing to give a good part of it if I 
could get a collection from him. 
A'ermont. n. f. w. 
We publish the above htter lest Mr. 
Whiting may be soliciting shipments of 
syrup and sugar again this .sea.son. 11. 
F. W.’s experience would indicate the 
wisdom of securing cash in advance be¬ 
fore making shipments to this party. 
Other shippers have reported similar ex- 
jteriences with the same man. 
April 19, 1917. 
I’.xcelsior Drill Co., 
Springfield, Ohio. 
Excelsior 4-inch grain drill complete; 
hopper and frame attached, two whwls, 
on,, pole, three horse hitch, one box disks 
and boobs, was shipped through error by 
railroad; shall we return shipineut or 
reconsign to customer of your.s in this 
loeality; wire answer our expense. 
(Signed) ii. K. hf.atty, 
Ag.^nt. 
12311* 
The above is tran.soript of an alleged 
teh’gram M'hioh accompanied a printed 
form letter which one of our sul)s.".'ii),.r.s 
received during the month of April and 
foi-warded the same for our “edirie.iri.m.” 
'i’he letter carries out the idea that the 
drill referred to is at a freight .station 
in the farmer’s vicinity, and in order to 
sa\e reshipping a price is nuoted which 
will save $27 on the regular price of 
the drill." If the letters were written to 
one individual farmer we should consider 
the offer genuine; but the printed letter 
is evidently intended to be .sent t.) a 
large number of prospects in various .sec¬ 
tions of the country. Farmers are not 
supposed to have suflScient intelligence to 
detect the attempt at decepti.>n. The 
farmer who sent the letter and alleged 
telegram to us did see through the 
scheme. We believe the Excelsior drills 
are good efficient farm implements, but 
it should not be sece-ssary to insult far¬ 
mers’ intelligence by such a palp.able de¬ 
ception in order to sell them. The lit'- 
RAi. Xew-Yokkek will not carry the ad¬ 
vertising of houses re.sorting to such 
schemes to make sales. .V. house that 
deliberately deceives iu one respect, even 
though the deccjition causes no one loss 
or injury, canimt be safely trusted by 
the public iu other matters. 
I am enclosing a copy of an advertise¬ 
ment which apiiears in this week’s issue 
of the Dillsburg Weekly Bulletin of 
Dillsburg, York County, Penn.sylvania. It 
is an adverti.sement of C. C. Truax & 
Company of Toledo, Ohio, with a branch 
office in Harrisburg, Pa., cojicerning the 
sale of stock of the T’nited Orocers Cor¬ 
poration of Toledo. Thore has_ been a 
great deal of canvassing of this stock 
prior to the appearance of the above- 
mentioned adA'ertisement. 
Ifeing a subscriber, I am writing for 
yotir opinion as to the value of ^this 
stock as an investment to Pt;ral New- 
Yortcer readers. u. E. c. 
Pennsylvania. 
The advertisement occupies nearly a 
half jiage of the publication named. The 
T'liited Orocers Corporation is represent¬ 
ed as a holding company for various con¬ 
cerns engaged in the production and dis¬ 
tribution of food. The stock is ofler.xl 
at .8100 a share. The time is opportune 
for launching investment schemes of con- 
cei-ns in the food line. The shortage of 
food supplies and the corresj.oudingly 
high prices make the promoters’ claims 
all the more plausible. If the proposiriou 
would hear investigation of experienced 
iiiA-estors, it would not be necessary to 
eiiijiloy the means to sell the stock dc- 
smibed by B. F. C. These canvassers 
fi.r stock .selling concerns usually get a 
c.iinniission of from 2.‘» to HOCr of the 
money invested, to s:iy nothing of the 
ad\'ertising expense. Our usual advice 
to fiur jieople to le.ave stock-selling 
schemes alone applies to this case. 
I wish to acknowledge the receipt of 
check for $12.38. given by the Adams Ex¬ 
press Company in payment for a claim 
that you made in our behalf. We appre¬ 
ciate j’our efforts for a sipuire deal and 
believe every fanner should back up your 
paper. It is just the leader that the 
farmers of this country need. I thank 
you for your assistance .and wish you 
success iu your fight for right. E. B. c. 
Delaware. 
A .shipment of poultry made on .Tune 5 
was lost in transit. It took practically 
six months’ time to make thi,s adjustment. 
’J'liere is no good reason why the express 
cuuipanies should not settle up such cases 
ill six weeks instead of six months. We 
have claims on file that it has taken more 
tlian a year to get any decision on from 
the express comiiauies. 
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