1410 
TShe RURAL NEW-YORKER 
December 8, 191T 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
Charged with fraudulent advertising, 
the Moneyw'orth Wholesale Grocers of 
Chicago, Edw'ard Perlman, manager, was 
fined $25 and costs in the Municipal 
Court of that city. The case was brought 
through the efforts of the Better Adver¬ 
tising Bureau of Chicago. 
The concern, which has advertised in 
newspapers and magazines throughout the 
United States, offered to sell sugar at 4c 
per pound and Gold Medal flour at $8.50 
a barrel. Persons sending orders found 
that additional goods up to a certain 
amount must 'be purchased in order to get 
sugar and flour at the prices quoted. The 
advertising had not contained such a qual¬ 
ification. The prosecution was brought 
under the ordinance in Chicago which 
prohibits false and fraudulent advertis¬ 
ing. ASSOCIATED ADVERTISING CLUBS, 
National Vigilance Committee. 
The Associated Advertising Clubs of 
the World are certainly doing effective 
work in ridding the public press of this 
sort <yf deceptive advertising. It is a 
sad reflection on the press that these ef¬ 
forts of the organization should be neces¬ 
sary to protect the public from fake ad¬ 
vertising. It brings a blush to our cheeks 
to be obliged to admit that a number of 
the so-called farm papers carried this 
advertising during the past months. More 
power to the righteous aim of the Asso¬ 
ciated Advertising Clubs. 
The enclosed cii'cular has all the ear¬ 
marks of the “fishy” schemea that I have 
read about in your “Publisher’s Desk.” 
I’eidiaps your readers should be told about 
the probability of their receiving the won¬ 
derful profits estimated. G. w. n. 
New Jersey. 
The enclosure referred to is the pros¬ 
pectus of High Seas Products Co., 277 
Broadway, New York, incorporated un¬ 
der the laws of Delaware, capital $5,000,- 
000. The prospectus shows a picture of 
a machine which, if the claims made for it 
are warranted, will come nigh catching 
all the fish in the ocean. “The machine 
that will feed the world and you,” is the 
slogan adopted for it by the promoters. 
The prospect of 100 per cent profit to in¬ 
vestors is held out. A “fishy” scheme, 
indeed! 
I would like you to “try your hand” on 
the corporation known a.9 the Georgia 
Farm, Fruit and Pecan Company of Way- 
cross, Georgia. I have been a stockholder 
(preferred) for over five years; was one 
of the original “suckers,” and have re¬ 
ceived less than one single dollar on an 
investment of $250. Their president, ex- 
Senator Geo. W. Deen, by the use of 
glowing literature, dnduced me to invest 
my savings in some of the stock. I was 
promised at least 7 per cent interest, be¬ 
sides sharing in all additional profit. 
They have been drilling for oil for over 
two' years. What can I do to get a 
square deal?’ MRS. A. G. 
Ohio. 
Thei-e is absolutely nothing we can do 
to get refund of money invested in propo¬ 
sitions of this kind after the promoter 
gets his fingers on it. This $250 may mean 
the saWngs of sevei’al years to this 
woman, during which time she no doubt 
went without many comforts and pleas¬ 
ures to save the amount, only to con¬ 
tribute to the easy living of the pro¬ 
moters of the Georgia Farm, Fruit and 
Pecan Company. It is our endeavor to 
keep country people from putting their 
savings into such schemes. After the 
money is once parted with, it is irretriev¬ 
ably lost. 
About a month ago I purchased nine 
bushels of New Victory seed oats, from a 
man representing the Hickox-Rumsey 
Co.. Inc., Batavia, N. Y. The agent 
claimed that on average good soil these 
oats would yield 100 bu. per acre if 
sown at the rate of 1^/4 bu. per acre. I 
signed an order for these oats, whereby 
the Ilickox-Rumsey Co. agreed to de¬ 
liver at Mankato, free from all freight 
or other charges, some time during March, 
1918; I to pay for same at rate of $3 
per bu. on or before November 1. 1918. 
Can you tell me whether the Hickox- 
Rumsey Co. Inc., is a creditable company, 
doing a honest business or whether this is 
merely another one of those organizations 
selling common ordinary oats for a fancy 
price? There are several men in this 
locality who purchased some of these 
oats at the same time I did. If we are 
getting “stung,” we should like to know 
it before the oats arrive. L. E. P. 
Minnesota. 
We do not know what this oat may be 
that is being sold in the Northwest by the 
Bativia, N. Y., seed house. “Farm, Stock 
and Home” of Minneapolis, and “The 
Farmer,” of St. Paul, tw'o estimable farm 
papers, have warned their readers about 
agents in that territory telling big stories 
and selling seed oats at $.3 per bushel. 
Evidently the editorials referred to the 
agents of this Hickox-Rumsey Co. Inc., 
of Batavia, N. Y. The “guff” that one of 
these slick-tongued seed sharks can emit 
to get a farmer’s signature to an order 
is a wonder. We strongly suspect that 
the oat is no better and perhaps not 
nearly so good as L. E. P. raised him¬ 
self last season and sold for a quarter 
of the price or perhaps less. Our sus¬ 
picion is based on a knowledge of similar 
claims made by Hickox-Rumsey Co., Inc., 
previously for farm seeds. Nq one ever 
hears of these wonderful varieties for 
which so much is claimed by these agents 
of this class of seed houses, after the 
first season. They invent new bait each 
succeeding year. The farmers of the 
Northwest who have been deceived on this 
seed oat scheme will do well to pool their 
interests and hire a lawyer to defend 
them, should the concern attempt to en¬ 
force the terms of the order. Houses 
making such preposterous claims as 
quoted in the above letter are not anxious 
to have their methods aired in court. 
A commission merchant, H. Benner & 
Co., Wallabout Market, Brooklyn, sent a 
man soliciting trade here to all farmers. 
A number shipped him sprouts. He gave 
such a good game of talk that we all 
thought hirn a .square fellow. Now we 
come to find out his checks are no good. 
My next-door neighbor is out about $40. 
I paid part of my coal bill with my check ; 
here it is, returned no good. It is cer¬ 
tainly very provoking to have a man like 
this at large, robbing people in a time 
like this. Will you try to get back this 
money? If he does not refund it, you can 
expose him for the good of others, and I 
think it justice to do so. If you cannot 
collect it, send me back the check. 1 did 
not write the man, as I thought it usele.ss 
to do so. M. c. 
New York. 
A “good game of talk” is a very poor 
basis on which to extend credit on ship¬ 
ments of produce. Naturally a concern 
that allows its checks to go to protest has 
no rating or standing. The telephone of 
the company has been discontinued, and 
the individuals have no doubt depart<‘d 
for pastures new. 
As an appreciative reader of your col¬ 
umns, permit me to nominate for mention 
therein the National Ignition Co.. Mar- 
tinsbiirg, W. Va.. as a concern with which 
dealings are liable to be unsatisfactory. 
Briefly, in answer to circulars received 
in the mails, the writer sent this concern 
$3 for a set of six spark plugs. After 
some delay these came duly to hand, but 
some time afterward, when package was 
opened to use them, they were found to 
be i/4-in. instead of %-in. thread. Plugs 
were returned by insured parcel post, 
but to date I have not received replace¬ 
ment, refund of remittance, nor even an 
acknowledgment of communications, ex¬ 
cept the return receipt requested for the 
registered letter sent for this purpose. 
Perhaps a communication from you would 
bring about a tardy settlement. If not, 
I think this concern worthy of mention 
in your columns, that your readers may 
be on their guard. H. G. h, 
Massachusetts. 
Our inquiries el'cit no response what¬ 
ever, although their non-return indicates 
the concern is still in existence, or at 
least, has arrangements to receive its 
mail. The experience will probably save 
some of our other readers. 
I enclose letter and bill of orate of eggs 
sent through Adams Express on July 8, 
1916. The enclosed card states 48 eggs 
were broken and stained. We should 
have had 31c a dozen, instead of w'hich 
they brought 28e a dozen. Will you see 
wdiat you can do for us? The eggs w’ere 
all right when delivered. S. M. R. 
New' York, 
Good record !! Vouchers from Adams 
Express for 65c received on November 15, 
1917. One year, four months, seven 
days!! 
In a recent issue of the “New York 
“Tribune,” a mother, w^'hose son is at one 
of our training camps, related how an 
express package containing cake, candy, 
etc., which she had sent to her sou, was 
found to have been rifled of fully half its 
contents when delivered. >Such treatment 
of shipments to our boys is despicable, to 
say the least, and if any of our people 
suffer such losses we will be glad to do 
our bit and make collection of such claims 
from the express company. The express 
companies will do credit to themselves 
by affording such shipments cai’eful at¬ 
tention ; but at least they must settle the 
claims without delay or technicalities. 
There Are Others 
But Consider These Facts— 
The first Pilot Carbide Lighting and Cooking Plants were installed 
by us fifteen years ago. Since then the number we have put out, each 
succeeding year, has multiplied 
by thousands. 
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Last month, we sold nine 
hundred in a district where these 
plants are best known and most 
thickly distributed. 
To build this reputation, the 
Pilot had to meet competition 
from all the rival light plants in 
the field. Literally, thousands of 
tests and comparisons had to 
show the Pilot’s superiority over and over again — year in and year tut. 
The Pilot Carbide Lighting and 
Cooking Plant 
and the seiwice it renders can be 
analyzed best in the home of a 
neighbor—there you can com¬ 
pare the system with any other 
you know of-point by point. 
Write us today for the names and 
addresses — also booklet telling 
how the plant operates itself- 
without engines or batteries—with 
no attention other than refilling 
once in many weeks—just address 
Oxweld Acetylene Company 
Newark, N. J. 
Chicago 
Los Angeles 
GARDEN TOOLS 
Answer the farmer’s big questions: 
How can I have a good garden with 
least expense? How can the wife 
have plenty of fresh vegetables for 
the home table with least labor? 
IRON AGE 
solves the garden labor problem. 
Takes the place of many tools— 
Stored in small space. Sows, cov¬ 
ers, cultivates, weeds, ridges, 
etc.,better than old-time tools. 
A woman, boy or girl can 
push it and do a day^s hand¬ 
work in 60 
minutes. 38 
combina¬ 
tions, S4.60 
to $30.00. 
Write for 
booklet. 
Bateman M’f'gCo., Box 2C,,Grenloch, N.J. 
Ho.6 
Drill 
and 
Wheel 
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COLLECTORS OF 
RAW FURS 
should write to me for price list 
and shipping tags. 
T»venty-one yeai-s in l{a.w Fur 
business at the same place. 
Am member of Raw Fur Merchanta 
Association, City of New York 
Let me Iiear from you. 
CHARLES A. KAUNE 
284 Bridge St., Montgomery,N.Y. 
vWonflerful Money Saving 
* Pence Book. Over 150 Styles.i_|34Per RodUpfl 
Gate.s-Hteel P<«t8- Barb Wire, _ 
DIRECT FROM FACTORY-FREIGHT PAIIl 
All heovy DOUBLE GALVANIZED WIRES. 134 
per rod up. Got free Book and Sample to test, 
THE BROWN FENCE & WIRE CO„ 
Dept. 59 • - .Cleveland, Ohio 
LET US TAN 
YOUR HIDEs 
Horse orCow hide. Calf or other skins 
with hair or fur on, and make them 
into coats (for men and women), robes, 
rugs or gloves when so ordered. Your 
fur goods will cost you less than to buy 
them and be worth more. 
Our illustrated catalog gives a lot of 
information. It tells how to take off 
and care for hides; how and when wo 
pay the freight both ways; about our 
safe dyeing process on cow and horse 
hide, calf and other skins: about the 
fur goods and game trophies we sell, 
taxidermy, etc. 
Then we have recently got out an¬ 
other we call our Fashion book, wholly 
devoted to fashion plates of muffs, 
neckwear and other fine fur garments, 
W'ith prices ; also fur garments remod- 
Died and repaired. 
You can have either book by sending^ 
J^our correct address naming which, or 
both books if you need both. Address 
The Crosby Frisian Fur Company, 
571 Lyeli Ave., Ro chester, N . Y. 
WELL 
WELL 
DRILLING 
PAYS 
Own a machine of your own. Cash or easy 
terms. Many styles and sizes for all purposes. 
Write for Circular 
WILLIAMS BROS.. 432 W. State St., Ithaca. N. T. 
A Sensible Christmas Gift 
Why not a pair of work-shoes for 
Father,Son,Brother? Most comfort¬ 
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made. Guaranteed. Money 
back privilege. Low prices. 
Postal bring^s free catalog. 
National Alnainnm Shoe Co.. Box 290 Rocine. Wii. 
Fraa Pntalncf In colors explains 
how you can save 
money on Farm Truck or Road 
Wagons, also steel, or wood wheels to &t 
anyrunning 
gear. Send for 
It today. 
Electric Wheel Co. 
48 fkn St.,Quincy,IIL 
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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
333 WEST 80th ST., NEW YORK. 
