782 
RURAL NEW-YORKER 
June 9, 1917. 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
Regarding my shipment Ijy Adams Ex¬ 
press Co. of August 19th, you will see 
that certain articles were stolen from 
same while shipment was in transit. I 
reported promptly to Adams’ agent at 
this place, and he advised me to drop the 
matter, and assured me that I was put¬ 
ting him to a great deal of trouble by 
insisting that my claim be sent in and 
given proper attention. Now, many 
weeks Mve passed and I Lave had no 
word whatever regarding same. I shall 
be very glad if you will take up the mat¬ 
ter for me. As to the copies enclosed, 
the originals, properly signed before a 
notary public, were turned over to the 
agent here. You will see that I have 
been to some trouble and a little ex- 
r>ense in the matter, and I trust you will 
he able to get for me a square deal. 
Virginia. C. E. B. 
We have been in correspondence with 
Adams Express Company since Novem¬ 
ber last, I’egarding this claim. The rea- 
.son the express company gives for refus¬ 
ing to pay for the goods which were lost 
or .stolen in transit is that the package 
was receipted for without exception by 
the consignee, and also that the package 
was checked as weighing nine pounds, the 
weight of the shipment when delivered. 
Faneywork, such as these articles, weighs 
very little, and the express agents as a 
rule are not careful with regard to their 
weights. There is no question that the 
package contained the above mentioned 
articles when it wms shipped, and that it 
did not contain them when delivered. 
Notwithstanding this the Adams Express 
Co. arbitrarily refused to consider the 
claim. Such treatment by Adams Ex¬ 
press Co. certainly will not tend to en¬ 
courage shippers to employ this express 
company when there is any other means 
of making shipment available. 
The R. N.-Y. is always more interest¬ 
ing with each issue. “Publisher’s Desk’’ 
is certainly a luxury that readers of no 
other magazine that I know of enjoy. I 
can recall at ’east three or four instances 
in the near past in which “Publisher’s 
Desk’’ has saved me several dollars. You 
gave me very timely advice in the Mc- 
Alester real estate fake. Accept my many 
thanks, my aid also, any time in your 
noble cause. E. F. A. 
Massachusetts. 
When we get reports of this kind, we 
cannot but feel that “Publisher’s Desk” 
is fulfilling its mission and accomplishing 
the aim which we had in mind when the 
department was established. Some people 
get the idea that it is our desire to set 
TirE R. N.-Y. up as sort of cen.sor or 
critic of other business houses. We have 
no such desire or ambition. Our only de¬ 
sire is to save our subscribers from meet¬ 
ing with disappointment and lo.ss in their 
transactions, and any criticism that ap¬ 
pears is entirely with this view. 
You recently responded to a reader 
asking reliability of Chicago Portrait Co. 
What do you know of the Independent 
Portrait Co.? Enclosed is their form o’ 
contract. Their agent carries a number 
of envelopes from which you draw the 
“lucky” envelope. Certificate enclosed 
in “lucky” envelopes read:; as follows: 
“For advertising purposes. This cer¬ 
tificate will be accepted as a five dollar 
payment on one of our new opal convex 
portraits and one hand painted pearl in¬ 
laid scene for sixty days only.” J. J. C. 
Louisiana. 
We do not know whether this Inde¬ 
pendent Portrait Co. is one more portrait 
house employing the fake “lucky envelope 
scheme,” or whether it io only another 
name under which the Chicago Portrait 
Co. is doing business. The plan seems to 
he identical with that of the Chicago Por¬ 
trait Co., at any rate, and we only hope 
that no reader of The R. N.-Y, will be 
deceived by the scheme or led to believe 
he is getting a bargain on the strength of 
the envelope trick. 
I purchased $4 worth of Rid-Of-Rats 
from The Berg & Beard Mfg. Co., 
Brooklyn. N. Y. It might do the work 
they claim if it was readily sought and 
eaten as they state, but I was unable to 
find a way of serving that would appeal 
enough to rats and mice for them to eat 
much of it. After trying the first .$1 
worth, I wrote the manufacturers stating 
results obtained and they advised that 
enough had not been used to clear my 
place of the pests. As some of the pro¬ 
duct had been placed behind boxes and 
under buildings, I was not certain that 
it had not been mostly cossumed, so or¬ 
dered $3 worth more on their money- 
back guarantee, as per their adv. in 
R. N.-Y. of some time previou.s, de¬ 
termined to give it a fair trial. It 
proved worthless and I returned all I 
could scrape up parcel-post prepaid and 
a.sked the return of my money. They 
absolutely refused, stating that it mu.st 
have been satisfactory or I would not 
have ordered more. After stating that I 
would have to take the matter up with 
you people if they did not live up to 
their guarantee, they replied that to 
comply with my “threats” would be “un¬ 
businesslike” and “cowardly.” 
New York. ' n. G. ir. 
The above is apparently a fair state¬ 
ment of the subscriber in connection with 
an honest effort to get rid of rats by using 
the Berg & Beard Mfg. Co.’s product. 
The firm advertises to refund purchase 
price if “Rid-Of-Rats” fails to live up 
to its name. The firm will be barred 
from our advertising columns in the fu¬ 
ture and the experience will serve as a 
guide to others. 
A few days ago I received a catalogue 
from the Globe Association of Chicago, 
Ill., which claims to sell groceries, dry- 
goods, etc. I would like to know whether 
they are a good firm to deal with. The 
prices in their catalogue are way out of 
the ordinary prices, such as: 100 bars 
laundry soap, .^2.19; 20 lbs. crackers, 
.$1.25; 100 lbs. sugar, $1.75, etc. To deal 
with them you have to become a member. 
However, they have offered me a five- 
year member.ship coupon free if I send for 
a small order. Is this a fake concern? 
New .lersey. C. E. L. 
The scheme of the Globe Association, 
described above, has many allurements. 
The present market price of sugar makes 
the offer of this concern, to ship 100 lbs. 
at $1.75 tempting, but it appears that 
the Globe Association only offers the 
sugar and other goods at these prices on 
condition that a bill of other groceries is 
purchased in connection with the articles 
mentioned. Assuming that the quality of 
the sugar, soap, crackers, etc., is good, 
what the Globe Association loses on these 
articles they make up on the other goods. 
The bill of goods taken as a whole we 
predict, can, of equal quality, be dupli¬ 
cated at other houses at as low, if not a 
lower price than the Globe Association 
quote. We could not recommend our 
people to patronize any house resorting to 
schemes of this kind to sell goods. 
Enclosed find account of $220.15 
against .1. J. Brune of Scranton, Pa., for 
collection. I think this person can pay. 
Wrote him several times in the last year, 
no answer. I went to Scranton to see 
him once; he said he would certainly 
pay me 1 .st Fall, but he did not. 
New York. ' j. l. w. 
Through our attorney we were able 
to get a judgment against Mr. Brune, 
but there was nothing tangible with 
which to satisfy the judgment. He made 
a promise to settle by paying small in¬ 
stallments, but a few’ days later filed a 
petition in bankruptcy. There are no 
assets, and there is no possible chance of 
realizing on the account. This is an¬ 
other case of an irresponsible party run¬ 
ning up a big account and the farmer 
losing practically a year’s profit on his 
products. The need of looking up ratings 
is emi>hasized by reports of this kind. 
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if I saved my money I’d have to cheat 
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