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RURAL NEW-YORKER 
November 
HM7 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
Would 't be safe to ship eggs to James 
Wilcox, 921 Sixth Avenue, New York 
(hty? I am sending him one case fancy 
eggs today. ii. a. s. 
New York. 
From the experiences reported to us, 
and previously published in this depart¬ 
ment, it is not wise to sh’p to Mr. Wil¬ 
cox. We have had complaints for the 
last ten years to the effect that he does not 
pay for the goods ordered. One excuse 
for not paying was that he was going 
out of business, but this solicitation of 
If. A. S. shows he is at the .same address. 
In the Fall of 1910 I shipped the Bar¬ 
bee Sharp Produce Co., Winston-Salem, 
N, C., several cars of apples. They put 
about two cars in storage for me, which 
did poorly. I shipped several other cars 
to them to sell also, which they pa'd for. 
Tn November I shipped them 18 barrels 
of Pippins by local freight, which I have 
never been able to hear anything from ; 
have written them several times in re¬ 
gard to them and have had a friend go 
to them, and they will not answer my 
letter or my fr-'end. I sent them on 
B. & L. and they will not notice me. They 
have paid for all but the 18 barrels of 
Pippin.s. I hope you can get a hearing 
out of them. j. F. J. 
Viriginia. 
Our letters to the Barbee-Sharp Pro¬ 
duce Company have been ignored and we 
can only give J. F. .T.’s experience to 
save others from a similar loss. 
Mr. T). Crandall advertised in the New 
York World for a farm, and ns I wuis in¬ 
terested I wrote to him. This is his reply: 
“Tours received and in reply beg to 
say that I w’sh a farm where I can pro¬ 
duce butter, eggs, etc., for my store here 
in New York and branch store. I hiive 
a nice family trade, and if you have but¬ 
ter and eges to sell you may send me 
some now and I w'ill give you good mar¬ 
ket price. I wish some for present u.se. 
“DKLLMEIt CRANDAI.T.. 
“Whi^e Flams. N. Y., and 218'E. 120th 
Street, New York City.” 
It looks like a fake to me. I presume 
ho I'kcs to get fat on the produce of the 
farmers, and I thought it best to write 
to you and have others put on their 
guard. I have never been caught yet. 
New York. .r. B. 
In 191.2 Mr. Crandall was posing as a 
commission merchant and dealer in gen¬ 
eral merchandise at Port Bichmond, 
Staten I.sland, and some of our people 
shipped him butter and eggs, for which 
they rece'ved no payment. The claims 
were referred to us, and being unable to 
induce Mr. Crandall to adjust the ac¬ 
counts we sent the information to the 
Post Office Department. Mr.. Crandall 
then wrote us calling our letters “un- 
gentlemanly” and an attempt to “bull¬ 
doze” him, but promised to trace the com¬ 
plaints. We have never had a report 
that any of them were adjusted. With 
this record we believe our people will do 
well to ignore an.v communications .they 
receive from Mr. Crandall. In the pres¬ 
ent letter to the subscriber there seems 
to bo more of a wish to obtain butter and 
eggs than a farm. 
Could you give us any information re¬ 
garding the Guarantee Food Co. of 
Wilkesburg, Pa? Their agents in this 
section are selling their sfock food under 
the guarantee that if the farmer will feed 
this stock food for six months the above 
company will make good any loss from 
disease, hog cholera, glanders, etc., in¬ 
cluded. We are somewhat doubtful and 
would like informat'on regarding above 
comnan.v. C. o, w. 
Wisconsin. 
The rule is such guarantees as outlined 
above are not worth the paper they are 
written on, aiid so far as we 
have been able to learn the Guar¬ 
antee Food Co. of Wilkesburg, Pa., 
has no financial responsibility to 
make it possible for any farmer to col-” 
lect under the guarantee when all the con¬ 
ditions have been complied w'ith. This- 
alleged guarantee against loss of animals 
fhrough the diseases named is very allur¬ 
ing. It suggests the idea that the use of 
this stock food will prevent these diseases. 
The conditions surrounding the guarantee 
are such that few if any stock feeders 
would after testing the result of the stock 
food or tonic continue to feed it six 
mouths as required, and any farmer who 
finds himself with a large amount of the 
product on his hands will simply have 
to charge his loss up t->. experience, as 
did a Pennsylvania farmer- who listened 
to the repre.seutations of a slick-tongued 
salesman last Winter. Fanners should 
beware of the agents of irresponsible 
concerns making unusual claims and 
guarantees. The responsible houses are 
always conservative in their statements 
and representations. 
I am sending you an advertisement of 
the Consumers’ Wholesale Grocery Co., 
Chicago, Ill., that was taken from a lead¬ 
ing dairy paper. It sounds to me quite 
fishy. As you are always on the lookout 
for fakers, I thought it would be a good 
th. g to notice this in The R. N.-Y. Of 
course, I am too old a sucker to bite on 
anything like this, as the.v would have 
to give far more inducement than this to 
make me bite. I’ou can see they say that 
they will not send the new catalog till 
they receive the trial order; that is it, 
after they get your $1.87, then you could 
take what they choose to give you, if 
anything at all. A. G. T. 
New Jersey. 
The Consumers* Wholesale Grocery Co. 
is just one more concern using deceptive 
syle of advertising by a display heading 
ofTering “Sugar at 5c lb.,” but on further 
reading of the advertisement you will find 
that in order to secure the sugar you will 
have to buy other articles to secure the 
sugar at this price. As we have previous¬ 
ly pointed out, this style of advertising is 
deceptive, and a firm that seeks to de¬ 
ceive a prospective customer in this way 
we should not regard as worthy of the 
confidence or the trade of country peo¬ 
ple. 
Is the Hercules Tire Co., 1789 Broad¬ 
way, New York, a reliable firm? 
New Y'ork. n. o. r. 
Our information is that the following 
concerns dealing in automobile tires are 
controlled and operated by the same in¬ 
terests : 
Hercules Tire Co., 1789 Broadway, 
New Y'ork City. 
E. P. Janes Co., New York City. 
Popular Tire and Rubber Co., New 
Y'ork City. 
Akron Tire Co., Ne-w York City. 
Complaints which reach us regarding 
these concerns indicate that the.se par¬ 
ties under the various names make a 
practice of selling defective tires and old, 
worthless tires doctored up so as to have 
the appearance of having some value. The 
business of this class of the tire dealers 
is on .a par with the “hor.se gyps,” which 
were so numerous a few years ago in 
New Y'ork City. There is more deception 
and fraud in automobile tire trade than 
any other one line of business with wh’ch 
we are familiar. The only safety lies 
in avoiding bargain (?) houses and pur¬ 
chasing straight standard makes of tires. 
Enclosed find a proposed adjustment on 
a claim of $2 for four dozen of broken 
eggs. I returned the draft, as I discov¬ 
ered that in one corner was printed that 
it must be signed by the holder and that 
it was an acknowledgement of the adjust¬ 
ment of the claim in full. This was an 
extraordinarily heavy case with hinges 
and spring fa.stener, anu nothing but the 
grossest carelessness could have broken 
them. I notice you advise patronizing the 
Wells Fargo in preference to the Adams 
Express Co. I W’ish yoti would try your 
hand at this claim. I dislike to be treated 
'like this, and should like to have shippers 
know what to expect. 
We have felt that the M’'ells Fargo 
Co. service is superior to the others, and 
more prompt in making adjustments. In 
this matter of egg breaking, ho>yever, the 
Wells Fargo takes exactly the same po¬ 
sition as all the others. The attitude of 
the various companies is expressed in the 
following official classification: 
“Claims for broken eggs will not be con- 
considered or paid by the express com¬ 
pany where the number of broken eggs in 
any case or crate is not in excess of five 
per cent of the contents of each such case 
or crate. 
“Where the quantity of broken eggs in 
any case or crate exceeds five per cent 
of the contents thereof, claims will be 
considered or adjusted by the express 
company only on such number of the 
broken eggs in each case or crate which 
is in excess of five per cent of the total 
number of eggs in each such case or 
crate.” 
We believe this ruling is manifestly un¬ 
fair, as the carriers as-sume to themselves 
the right to break five per cent of every 
egg shipment delivered in their care. This 
is putting a premium on recklessness on 
the part of the employees handling the 
goods. We hope to obtain a court ruling 
on the contentions of tlie express com¬ 
panies at an early date. ' 
You have a neighbor who owns a Colt Carbide 
Lighting and Cooking Plant, ^ 
And this neighbor can’t be far away because we have 
sold thirty thousand plants in eastern territory since 
the year 1899. 
Last year we sold twice as many as wc ever did before 
during the same period. 
This means that the 
has built for itself a reputation which mu.sfc be taken 
into consideration by every purchaser who would 
install the best country home light plant which the 
market offers. 
Your neighbor took this reputation into considera¬ 
tion before he made his selection and we are sure you 
will do likewise before you make yours. 
At your pleasure, whenever you are ready, we can 
easily demonstrate that the Colt Carbide Light and 
Cooking Plant gives you double value for your money 
— a two-in-one service —that it is built to last a life¬ 
time—that it will do the work for an indefinite period 
without repairs—that it is strictly automatic—that 
it needs no attention other than refilling with car¬ 
bide and plain water once a month—that the lights 
will be as white and brilliant as any you ever saw 
and that the gas stove in your kitchen will be quite 
as satisfactory as the gas range used by the cities* 
millions. 
Write us today for copy of written testimonials 
from your own neighbors. 
J. B. Colt Company 
42 nd Street Building New York City 
We Want Cbaked Food 
So does every sensible ho& Cooked Food tastes 
better, digests easier, goes farther, end makes more 
meatpront. Send today for "Growthy Fork- — 
er’s" message explaining the advaotagrea of 
cooked food and giving details about 
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HoffTroaftba* ftto, 60,000 farmers In AtoeHea 
fir profitA, cuttioir feedintrcostand eUmloatiika dlH> 
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are boostioff profits, cuttinir fe«dlnff costand eUmloatiikff dlH> 
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yourconntry, Save the ffrain. Cook yonr Htock food ana make It so _ _ 
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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
933 West Thirtieth Street. New York 
