910 
July 21, 1917. 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
I ordered 150 egg c.ases from Metro- 
polit.m Egg Case Co. April 24, .also sent 
them five oa.ses eggs same day. I have 
written them twice since, but can get no 
answer. Would you look them up for me. 
as I am out of cases, and feed is too 
high to lose five cases of eggs? 
New York. j. d. d. 
The Metropolitan Egg Case Co. has 
apparently no responsibility. The ad¬ 
dress given is an apartment house. The 
embargoes on shipments make a plausi¬ 
ble excuse for concerns of this sort when 
they fail to fill orders as agreed. We 
b.ave been unable to get any satisfaction 
for the subscriber in the case, and since 
the concern is irresponsible he has no 
legal redress. 
believe a great many people are in¬ 
timidated by a so-called Federal Ilei)ort- 
ing and Adjusting Association, especially 
by papers of the class that continue a 
name on their lists forever, once it gets 
there by any means, and then try to 
collect by fair means or otherwise. I 
have been waiting for a long time to 
have this tried on me and was therefore 
somewhat gratified to receive such a com¬ 
munication from the-.A more artful 
attempt to bolster circulation would be 
hard to devise, to put it charitably, or 
more forcefully phrased, to coerce 'one¬ 
time subscribers into remaining for life. 
Massachusetts. e. a. ii. 
A great many country people are an¬ 
noyed by these threatening letters of the 
Federal Adjusting Association. Publish¬ 
ers who put back subscription accounts 
in the hands of these collection concerns 
cannot hope for or have no right to ex¬ 
pect the confidence of the farming pub¬ 
lic. The threat to bring suit to collect 
far back subscriptions is purely a bluff 
intended to frighten those receiving the 
notice into paying the money, Avhether 
due or not. Pay no attenton to these 
threats when no obligation exists. 
I received the enclosed letter from A. 
J. Kirstin Co. of E.scanaba, Mich. Do 
you think this company is any relation to 
RURAL NEW-YORKER 
new varieties” are the bait which the 
agents of this concern use to sell seeds 
at two or three times the price that first- 
class seeds can be purchased for from the 
well established reliable seed houses. 
I sent in the Winter to Moore Reed 
Co., Philadelphia. Pa., for seeds and 
frostprwf cabbage plants. I got the 
.seeds, but I did not get the plants. I de¬ 
manded the money, but they have not an- 
.swered, and I h.ive wntten three time.s. 
Will you a.sk them why they do not send 
my money back? They owe me .$51.25.1 
Pennsylvania. a. d. n. 
We get no response from Moore Seed 
Co. in answer to our letter in A. D. Il.’s 
belialf. Such seed houses are to be 
avoided. 
the Progress Paint Co. of 
Cleveland, 
J. E. c. 
Ohio? 
New Y’ork. 
Apparently the A. .T. Kirstin Co., from 
a business standpoint. Is a member of the 
same family as the Cleveland paint con¬ 
cern referred to. The literature of both 
bouses is based on the idea that the 
proper method of doing business with 
farmers and other country people is to 
“fool them.” The particular form of 
deception adopted by both the A. ,T. 
Kirstin Co. and the Progress Paint Co. 
referred to, is to make believe that some 
one in the vicinity of the farmer ad¬ 
dressed for some rea.son has refused a 
shipment, and on this account the farmer 
addressed has an opportunity to get the 
goods or machine at an exceptional bar¬ 
gain. The A. J, Kirstin Co. manufac¬ 
ture and sell stump-pullers. The stump- 
puller may be good value for the price 
at which it is offered in this letter, but 
the United States Supreme Court has 
laid down the principle that a fraud has 
been perpetrated when one has been in¬ 
duced to buy something through misrep¬ 
resentation, even though the article so 
purchased may be good value at the price 
paid. Any business house resorting to 
methods of this kind to secure orders we 
regard as unworthy of the confidence of 
the public, and their advertising is 
barred from the columns of The Rurae 
New-1’'orker. 
An agent representing the Cunson 
seed firm of Rochester, N. Y^., is can¬ 
vassing this county for the sale of farm 
seeds to be delivered in the Spring of 
1018, payment to made in .Tuly. They 
have previously operated in this county, 
and their seeds have been very unsatisfac¬ 
tory, the farmers having paid out a great 
many dollars for entirely worthless va¬ 
rieties of seed. I believe that you have 
heretofore published reports on this firm, 
and while I have caused to be published 
a warning to farmers of the county in 
general terms, yet I would be very much 
obliged if you would give me some spe¬ 
cific data upon the operations of this 
firm. w. s. w. 
rennsylvauia. 
The data we have is the reports from 
other farmers that the seeds sold by this 
concern did not turn out as represented. 
The firm makes claim each sea.son of 
wonderful new varieties that are more 
productive than any other varieties that 
were ever introduced before. They go 
right on season after season making the 
same claims, while the varieties for which 
they made similar claims the year before 
have been abandoned. The “wonderful 
Enclosed find two letters from the 
Progress Paint Co., Cleveland, (). The 
one is addres.sed to me and the other 
to my brother, who has been dead four 
years. 1 received two letters last Win¬ 
ter identically the same as these. They 
must have a lot of paint stored ne.ar my 
place. I was .a sucker in my time, but 
they mu.st come cleaner than this before 
I suck again. I thought it may bene¬ 
fit some one if you would expo.se them in 
your Publisher’s Desk. I think they are 
a fake. p. k.* ii. 
Pennsylvania. 
The above letter refers to the printed 
letters being sent out to country people 
by the Progress Paint Co. of Cleveland. 
D.. alleging that a quantity of i)aint is 
in storage near the person addre.ssed. 
We have repeatedly referred to these 
fake methods of selling goods, but this 
further warning may save some one who 
may have overlooked the previous items. 
Houses resorting to such deceptive 
schemes to .sell goods are to be avoided. 
We are reliably informed that the other 
Cleveland paint and oil houses have 
abandoned this scheme. 
Reading E. C.’s account of the nicely 
turned trick played upon him by the 
Metropolitan Fruit & Produce Co. of 
809 Washington Street, New York, I 
feel_ compelled to say that I have had a 
similar experience with the same firm, 
dates, etc., almost identical. They got 
nothing in payment for their pain's out 
of me_ for as soon as I received their 
bill (in proportion to E. G.’s) I re¬ 
turned the .stuff C. O, D. When they 
clamored for the money I refu.sed it; 
they took part off and demanded that. 
I did not rei)ly. Finally, some cheap 
lawyer wrote requesting a check by re¬ 
turn mail. This, also, was ignored. It 
is a long time since this last dodge and 
’I believe they are silenced at last. Some 
fair-minded newspapers should get after 
them to .save those who lack the courage 
to treat them as they deserve. 
New Jersey. ir. p. m. 
The above letter will serve as a warn¬ 
ing to those in nearby sections to New 
York City who may be called upon by 
agents of the Metropolitan Fruit & Pro¬ 
duce Co. sugge.sting that they be per¬ 
mitted to send a sample shipment of fruit. 
A large collection of fruit is shipped 
and then demands are made for settle¬ 
ment at exorbitant prices. Be on the 
Avatch for these sharpers! 
“Our plan briefly is to sell Mu¬ 
tual tires at a .8.8 1-8 per cent, dis¬ 
count, and at the same time link 
up your interests to that of this 
company in a way that will make 
money for us both.” 
The above is an extract from a 
letter of Mutual Tire and Rubber 
Co., 9 East 40th St., New Y’^ork, 
to the Avriter of these notes. Yes, the 
editor of “Publisher’s De.sk” is on “sucker 
lists,” too. The 38 1-.3 per cent, discount 
on tire.s is the “bait” to sell shares of 
stock in the company. If the discount is 
real, hoAV can the company make a profit? 
If it does not then the stock is Avorthless, 
The bait is alluring, and many inexper¬ 
ienced people have been buncoed on these 
profit-sharing schemes. They ahvays 
prove a delusion and a snare. 
I wrote you months ago that I paid 
my subscription to F. II. Valentine, 
Ridgewood. N. ,T., magazine agency. 
Write Mr. Valentine. s. M. 
Massachusetts. 
There is a mistake somewhere. .Tanu- 
ary 18 I sent check to F. II. Valentine, 
RidgeAA'ood, N. .1., Avho, for some years 
has looked after my various sub.scrip- 
tions. This year I gave him The Rihevl 
New-Yorker also. p. m. a. 
liong Island. 
We are unable to get any reply to our 
letters from Mr. Valentine about these 
tAvo subscriptions. We are giving the 
subscribers credit on their subscription, 
ns claimed, and this Avill serve as notice to 
our subscribers not to send money for 
subscription to R. N.-Y’". to F. H. Valen¬ 
tine Subscription Agency, Ridgewood, 
N. J. 
My 8 h. p. 
engine runs my 
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iDSide the silo. I'm ready to begin cutting tomorrow. My silage will be evenly pack 
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f 
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