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RURAL NEW-YORKER 
January I'j, lui' 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
W'hon {sfiiding in claims for collection 
afrainst transportation comjnuiies, or ask¬ 
ing our assistance in the collection, send 
.\our I'xiiress receipt and all paxiers you 
have in connection with the transaction. 
A'.'e need these in order to enter tlie claim 
iiitellij'ently, and to omit them with y<»ur 
lirst letter simply delays liling tiie claim. 
Could you give me any information re¬ 
garding the L'nion Orchard tli.. lloS 
Itroadway. New Yoi’k CityV They are 
offering oi’chards for sale in the South, 
and will cultivate the trees for live years 
free and after that time for a certain 
piM'C’entage. Does it look like a good in¬ 
vestment? !>• 
New York. 
No, these unit orchard s<-hemes <lo not 
look good to us. Similar oi-chai'd schemes 
\i(‘re ])romoted hy F. Mertens Sons, (Ireen 
Uidge Valley, Cumberland. Md., a few 
vf'ars ago. A rec-eiv(‘rship was appointed 
for the company about a year ago. An¬ 
other of the same sort w.as promoted by 
the Waynesboro Orchard Co.. aynes- 
boro, Va., with similar results to the in¬ 
vestors or purchasei’s of units of the 
oi'chards. Devidopment of oia-hards on this 
plan is not regarded practical. The cost 
is lU'ohibitive. It is easy enough for pro¬ 
moters to figure out the profits in advance, 
but any jiractical orchardist knows that it 
is iniiiossible, year in and year out. to se¬ 
cure revenue enough from an orchard to 
make it jirofitable on the liasis of the 
|irice for which these units are being sold. 
Those falling for the scheme are usually 
city ]teoide who know nothing about the 
business of fruit growing. (’has. M. 
Ackerman is the moving spirit bidiind this 
jiropcisitiou. Wc have* been able to learn 
little of .his hi.story, but he is apparently 
nioi’e of a iiromoter than fruit gi'ower. 
Chain letters are under the ban of the 
jiostoflice (h'jiai tment, and in a recent rul¬ 
ing the Ked Cross denies that it has au¬ 
thorized any form of chain h'tti'rs. 
“Disregard and burn all so-called lied 
Cross chain letters.” Avrites .lames I*. 
CarfiAd. manager of the lake division of 
the organization. “Do this and you will 
save Ked ('ross chajiters and luauhiuar- 
ters from endless explanatory correspond¬ 
ence. More imjiortant still, you Avill re- 
li(>ve the mails of conge.s-tion from the 
chain letter evil.’’—Jbdti'r Business 
News. 
This confirms our fre(|uent advice to 
subscribers regarding “chain letter.s,” 
even AA'hen the object is Avorthy and the 
pi’omoter sincere. '^I'lu’ jirincijile is bad 
:ind should be discouraged. 
I liaA’e just read in TiiK R. N.-Y. an 
article from II. J. K. relativi’ to case of 
eggs sent the Bronx Kgg Cas«‘ Co. ,lune 
21, 1917, for which he had not recadved 
payment. 1 am enclosing you three let¬ 
ters receiA’ed from the aboA'e firm. Sep¬ 
tember (> I ordered 7(K) egg cases and 10 
cases of fillers and flats. '■l''lu>y Avere out 
of fillers and flats, and gave 100 extra 
cases, Avhich Avas satisfactory to me. The 
cases came all right, and the linn dealt 
so fairly that I gave them two cases of 
, fancy Avhite eggs, value .$o(!. as per the 
enclosed bill, and . to this date I Inu’e 
b(‘en unable to get anything from them. 
I have Avritlen for another dozen of egg 
cases, but no answer. Y'ou Avill notice 
that they have removed from SOI Tre- 
inont -Vve. to 744 E. 181st 8t. I am Avrit- 
iug you to see if you can get a settle¬ 
ment. I would take the amount in egg 
cases. C. A. II. 
New York. 
'I'u our mind there is nothing more de¬ 
spicable than to win a man’s confidence 
and then turn around and cheat him. 
'i'liis seems to be the method pursued by 
the Bronx Egg ('ase Co. It is a pretty 
good concern to pass by. We huA’e been 
unable to get anything but a promise to 
jiay on January lo. The eggs Avere sent 
September 24. There is no justice in 
such a delay. 
Can you give me any information con¬ 
cerning the Federal Sttxrk Food Co., ilif- 
rtinburg. I'a , Av.hose letter to me I am <‘n- 
closingV Are they reliable? They offer so 
much it makes me suspicious that they 
are hunting for some of my coin. E'. J. w. 
NeAV York. 
The letter offers the agent a profit of 
one-third, or 38% per cent, Avhich is suf¬ 
ficient to show that -the ultimate pur¬ 
chaser does not get a fair value in return 
for his money. The letter also refers to 
an indemnity bond guaranteeing an in¬ 
surance, on live stock fed on the •products 
of this company for 12 mouths. It has 
been our experience that such insurance 
or indFiuiiity isn’t worth , the paper it is 
Avritten upon ; but merely serves as an I 
argument to hoodAvink farmers into buy- ! 
ing a product Avhich they Avould not do! 
otherAvise. On these tAVo features of the 
.selling plan avc could not recommend the 
company for the confidence or trade of, 
our people. 
1 
We sold to R. C. BartholomeAA’. Canfield, 
O., R. D. No. 2. one pair Cayuga ducks 
fur the small sum of .$2. and he promised 
to send money -as soon as same were sliip- 
jied. It has been over .30 days sinc*e he 
receiA’ed them, and he .still keeps the 
money, also ducks. This is .a A’ery small 
amount to bother Avith. but we AA’ould 
like him to be a man, or at least tell us 
Avhat his intentions are. We huA’C Avrit- 
ten him seA’eral lettei’s and no ausAver. 
If vou can be of any assistance to us 
boys AVC certainly will try to return the 
compliment. J*-1*- 
Pennsylvania. 
R. f'. Barthobmiew has no regard for 
his credit standing. lie makes no reply 
to our inquiries and these boys will have 
to charge the .S2 to experience. Other 
readers Avill do AVi'll to uiake a record of 
the transaction- and aA’oid a repetition. 
I am sending vou the attractiA’C litera¬ 
ture of I-'red W.‘ Wolf of ('liicago, Avhich 
has been sent me. Although his proposi¬ 
tion is very attractive to the eye, it does 
not apiieal to my common sense. From 
Mr. Wolf’s letter you Avill see he is trying 
to organize the Icemaking Refrigerator 
Co. and sell stock to the pubrur i the 
same AA’ay as Mr. Coey, Ecaa’Is, and other 
<-a]»(ains of fake finance or industry. If a 
man has money to invest. A'liat is better 
than a Liberty Bond, or if he Avants to 
giA'e it UAvay he Avill be doing a patriotic- 
duty if he gives it to the Red (’ross, Y. 
M. C. A.. Y. W. ('. A., or the Knights of 
Columbus. It is hard to see Iioav anybody 
Avill listen to Mr. Wolf Avhen the nation’s 
leader.s are urging people to economize. 
California. F. E. R. 
Here is a ‘‘AA’olf’’ parading in sheep’s 
clothing: We heartily approA-e the seuti- 
nu-nts expressed in the last half of I-. E. 
R.’s letter. It is good hard common sense 
that should be applied to every investment 
I (resented. 
I cannot umb-rstand Avhy so many read¬ 
ers bite on fake pnuuoters’ schemes, and 
as soon as tliey send the draft to them 
thev Avill then sit right doAvn and Avrite 
yoii t<( lock the stable after the horse has 
iloAvn. 3’hey never seem to .see the Pub- , 
lisher’s Desk until after they have sent 
uAvay their “mazuma.” O- I-'- S. 
(lido. 
’I’liis is to<» often the case and has puz¬ 
zled us as Avell as (1. F. 8. The trouble 
seems to be that many subscribers are 
more interested in otlier departments of 
tbe ])aper and ](ass over Publisher s Desk 
until they are once- “bit.” Then the in- 
diA’idual Avill read Publisher’s Desk for¬ 
ever after. It Avoubl be a good plan to 
keel) a sera]) book of tin- schemes exposed 
in Publisher’s Desk for reference, ' 
I shipped by freight five barn-ls of ap- 
ples to A. F. Russell & Co.. 7:5 Commer¬ 
cial street, Boston, IMass., and have not 
heard from them. I sent these apples 
about October 18. I Avrote them about 
la days ago but have heard nothing from 
iln-m. If there is any Avay to collect the 
bill I Avould like you to do so. C. T. B. 
Maine, 
I haA’e shipped considerabb- live poultry 
to A. F. Russell & Co., of 7:5 Commercial 
street, Boston. IMass., for the past tAVO 
years, and have recommended them to a 
number of my friends. For the past fcAA’ 
months they haA’e Ix-en rather slack about 
making returns. They are cutting doAvn 
xui AA’eight, and in some cases IniA’e failed 
to make any returns. I shipped them tAvo 
crates of liA e foAvl. Aveighiug 244 lbs., Oc¬ 
tober 3. About 10 daysjater they sent 
me a check paying for 97 lbs. I Avrote 
them about it, and got a card back saying 
they AAOuld look into the matter. 1 wait¬ 
ed tAvo Aveeks for an ansAver. and wrote 
them again, saying if they did not settle 
at once they Avould have to settle with 
some one else, but 1 never got any ansAver. 
Maine. J. E. M. 
A. F. Russell (S: Co. ignore all requests 
for explanation and adjustment, and the 
aboA’e complaints Avill be sufficient Avarn- 
ing for other readers Avho may be solicited 
for shipments. Ignoring a shippei-’s com¬ 
plaint and neglecting to make settlement 
for goods is a iiretty poor record on Avhich 
to establish a reputation. 
We have a number of unsatisfied com¬ 
plaints on file against Chas. D. Baer, pro¬ 
prietor of The Baron Farm, Connellsville, 
Pa. Mr. Baer ignores our letters in the 
subscribers’ behalf, and Ave no longer re¬ 
gard him AA’orthy of the confidence and 
trade of our subscribers. 
SiiORTSioriTED Customer ; “Aren’t you 
making rolls a little larger the.se days, Mr. 
BroAA'u?” IStout Baker: “What? R-r-roIls ! 
Them’s loaAes.”—Melbourne I.eader, 
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