1338 
RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Norember 17, t.ut 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
On Octolx'r 27 the Court of Common 
rieas of Allegheny County appointed Mr. 
T. M. Gealey temporary reoeiver of the 
National Hog Co., Pittsburgh, Pa., upon 
apj)Iication of certain co-operative owners 
in the hog ranches. The receiver makes 
the following report to the investors in 
the Hog Company: 
I find upon inve.stigation into the af¬ 
fairs of this company, that all the hogs 
formerly at Ashtola were several months 
ago transferred to Finleyville Itanch of 
this Company, the total number of hogs 
on both 7’anches aggregating somewhere 
around 1,()00. The company has exhaust¬ 
ed all its funds and its credits as well 
and is unable longer to provide ft*ed and 
maintenance for these hogs. This made it 
absolutely imperative that the court ap- 
l»oint some one to take charge of and 
care for these hogs, otherwise they would 
starvt* to death. 
'I'his outcome of the hog scheme was 
virtually i»redicted in this dep.artment 
more than a year ago. Unfortunately, 
smne of our i-eadicrs invested in -the 
scheme before the Avarning Avas given, 
!ind j)ossibly some others did not heed our 
.advice. Since the affairs of the concern 
are now in the hands (if a receiver, it is 
possible that enough may be realized 
from the sale of the hogs to pay the in¬ 
debtedness of the company and th.it some¬ 
thing Avill be left for the unfortunati* in¬ 
vestors, This, however, cannot be deter¬ 
mined until the receiver has had time to 
find out Avhat the indebtedness of the 
company may be, Avhat may be realized 
on the hogs, and any other assets Avhich 
the comjiany may have. 
On November 1 .Tudge .Tulius M. Mayer 
in United States Oistrict Court appoint¬ 
ed Charles .T. (’ampbell of 51 Chambens 
street temporary receiver, under $10,000 
bond, for the I) and C (Vreal Comi>any, 
Inc., manufacturers of self-raising bread 
fiour. with offices at the Push Terminal. 
Brooklyn. The coriioration is capitalized 
at .$2,500,000, an increase from .^tlOO.OOO, 
it is alleged, because of the purchase of 
formulas from Edward EllsAVorth, jn’esi- 
dent, AA’hich “are virtually common prop¬ 
erty and have no money value.” 
The petition for the apnointment of a 
receiver AA'as made by Mrs. Annie F. 
Hastings, of Lancaster. N. 11., A\'ho holds 
stock for Avhich .she paid $48,070, In the 
complaint she declares that the company 
paid its August diA’idends out of capital 
raised from the sale of stock and that the 
company has no jirofits from AA’hich to pay 
November dividends. 
“1'he business of the coriioration,” she 
say.s, “has been and is being managed not 
as a legitimate enterjirise, but as a stock 
selling swindle for the purjiose of defraud¬ 
ing the public for the benefit of Edward 
I'lllsworth, Clayton ,1. Mor.se, Nova A. 
(’rown, Han. 1.1 L. Davis and others.” AV. 
W. ShaAV ajid .John II. Atkins are also 
named in the suit. 
EllsAVorth is named as the president of 
the cereal company, Moi’se as A’ice-presi- 
dent, and the others as directors, stock¬ 
holders or attorneys. I'.rown and Davis, it 
apnears from the complaint, are the same 
individuals Avho as the law firm of ProAvn 
& Davis Ave.re counsel for Franklin’s, Inc., 
candy manufacturers. Avhich featured in 
a Federal court indictment in 101.8 and 
1014 for alleged fraudulent use of the 
mails.—Daily Paper. 
The disposition of men enjoying en¬ 
viable reputations to allow promoters to 
c.apitalize their good name on stock 
sidiemes is deplorable. The name of Ed- 
Avard Ellsworth in the minds of the juiblic 
stood for integrity and success, because of 
his long connection Avith one of the large 
cereal houses. The ]>romotors of the D 
and C Corporation exploited bis good 
name and reputation in the sale of this 
stock. In fact, this Avas the principal 
asset on AA'hich the promoters traded, 
Avhether it Avas Avith Mr. EllsAA'orth’s 
knoAA'ledge and approval or otherwise. The 
prospectus bore all the earmarks of a 
scheme to sell stock that had little value 
or prospects of success, and if any cor- 
roboratiA’c evidence Avere needed the con¬ 
nection of the men Avho were counsel for 
the old Franklin. Inc., SAvindle Avould sup¬ 
ply it. Our subscribers AA’ere advised re¬ 
garding the character of the proposition 
in May 5 issue, and many haA’C been ad¬ 
vised against the inve.stment in private 
correspondence. 
I have just read the account of the 
tran.saction between F. I.. Webb, man¬ 
ager, of NcAvport News. A'a., and Morgan- 
thaler & Co., of Cleveland. O., and Avish 
to express my sentiments in regard to the 
action of thus firm. I haA’e been in actiA’C 
business here for over 50 years, handling 
at times over a million dollars a month 
on commission, and from my standpoint 
those ]ieop1e hnAm taken an unfair ad¬ 
vantage of the shipper. They took the 
shipper’s money in a way which leaves 
the shipper no legal redress. 
New York. coMMS.srorv mkrciiant. 
We are glad to see that there are some 
houses in the trade with the right sense 
of honor and business ethics. It will be 
remembered that the transaction Avas one 
in which Morganthaler & Co. entered a 
claim against the Pennsylvania R. R. Co, 
in behalf of the shipper for damages on a 
carload of potatoes. When the claim Avas 
paid Morganthaler & Co. retained 25 per 
cent of the proceeils for their serA’ices. 
The services, Ave assume, consisted of 
writing a few letters. 
La.st Fall avc shijiped to 8amuel Siris 
& Co, 02 Commerce J^t.. Newark. N. ,1., 
four barrels of apples and .50 pounds of 
che.stnuts. Apples arrived all right and 
AA-e got check for them. Siris reported 
chestnuts short. We sent him bill of la¬ 
ding. also our bill for $7..50 for the chest¬ 
nuts. and since that we have heard noth¬ 
ing from them ; do not know A\*hether they 
filed claim or got money or anything. We 
have written several times, asking Siris 
to return the freight bill and bill of 
lading, and Ave would file claims. They 
are commis.saon merchants. o. ti. ir. 
AVest A^irginia. 
Samuel Siris & Co. maintain a discreet 
silence. With such a rei’ord our people 
AA’ill do AA’ell to avoid making shipments 
to them. If the chestnuts Avei’e not de¬ 
livered they should have protected the 
interests of their shipper by entering the 
claim for the loss. The amount is not 
large, but these small amounts count up, 
and in the course of a year net consider¬ 
able loss to a shipper, and the hou.se that 
neglects to render assistance is not to be 
recommended. When they ignore any re¬ 
port to the shipper, he is justified in as- 
.suming they are willing to sell some part 
of his goods without making any return. 
I think you are “real mean” for not 
giving your R. N.-Y. friends an opportun¬ 
ity to attend the trial of the suit Alois 
P, Swoboda brought against you. If 
proper notice had been given. I am sure 
you would have had present in the court¬ 
room a large and enthusiastic audience of 
your friends and R. N.-A’. followers. 
Nothing has come into our house for a 
long time Avhich excited more merriment 
than your description of the trial, your 
references to Mr. Swoboda. and above 
all, the pearls of wisdom that fell from 
bis lips. ScA’en hundred and ninety-five 
thousand dollars is certainly a large sum 
for these times, and if Mr. Swoboda had 
been successful and had gained his suit, 
I pre.sume the R. N.-Y. would haA’e 
been compelled to raise its subscription 
rates straightway. Congratulating you 
and The R. N.-Y., I am G. n. c. 
New York. 
No doubt AA’e should have had an audi¬ 
ence to fill the courtroom, had our friends 
known of the disaster AA’ith AA’hich The 
Rural Neav-A"orker was threatened!! 
The trial had many novel features, the 
most interesting of which was that no 
one seemed to understand just what Mr. 
Swoboda meant by “conscious CA’olution” 
which he claimed to have, discovered. 
When pinned down to the subject, he 
could only explain it to be the form of ex¬ 
ercise prescribed in hi.s form letters, or in 
other words movements of the limbs and 
body. These same exercises were recom¬ 
mended by physical training instructors 
before Mr. SAVoboda was born, according 
to competent testimony. At one time 
Mr. Swoboda stated that in addition to 
the exercises there was a secret about 
“conscious eA’oIution” which he did not 
desire to state. The process by which 
Mr. Swoboda extracts $20 for his .system 
of exercises, as shown in court.is interest¬ 
ing. Fir.st come his extravagant ad¬ 
vertisements in certain so-called high- 
clas.s magazines—in some of these he 
claims to turn back the hand of time, 
make old men young and all that soi’t of 
“guff.” Then comes the series of letters 
to those who answer his advertisements. 
If the prospect doesn’t come across with 
the $20 promptly, he is made special 
offer of “comscious evolution” for $10 and 
finally for $5. But the amazing thing is 
that the promotor of a scheme of this 
character had the au*^city to come into 
court and attempt to secure the approval 
of court and jury for such methods as 
were exhibited at the tri.al. The exjieri- 
cnce should deter others of hi.s class 
fi’om making similar attempts in the 
future. 
“Is Grump a club man?” No; the only 
thing he is a member of is the human 
race and he’s not in very good standing 
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