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-Uhe RURAL NEW-YORKER 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
Thirty years ago few if any farmers 
had anyone in New York ('ity to hiok 
after their siHi)nients or their claims. 
Losses were frequent and often heavy. 
Hefore I became i)ublisher of Thk H. X.- 
y. I began to look aftei’ claims for farm¬ 
ers wlio comidained of losses. Then, as 
now. sometimes we colh'cted; sometimes 
we could get nothing. In the early days 
■there wei'c more crooks in the ])i'odTice 
business than now. ^rons ol valuable pro¬ 
duce cam<“ to New Yoi’k for which tlie 
fai'iner never got :i cent. It was this ex¬ 
perience 'that first led to oni’ suggestion 
for a commission dealers’ law to regulate 
tin' trade. The law was first called ridic¬ 
ulous. It was fought in the Legislature 
for 1." year.s, but the opposition developed 
advocates for the bill and farm committees 
to favor it, and it finally became a law. 
It was a compromise' and nevei’ what it 
should be. but it has helpe'd. 
While we wei-e fighting for the law we 
also fough'tt for the claims of the indi\ id- 
I'iil shipper, and this work has continued 
and has now assumed quite' some pre'por- 
tious. We have a bure'au exclusively for 
the wetrk. The claims reeiuire cousieh'r- 
able correspe)n<le'ue'e'. We* estinnite that 
no less than -lO.OtK) lettews we're re'e|uir<'d 
f r the weerk last year. 
We re'e-eive'd claims. ame'Unting 
to f)f tlu'.se 1.1.S7 w('re 
against transportation e-omieanies. total¬ 
ing .'sl.‘L(i()4.2S. 
We cedle'cted 1,0.20 claims, amonnting 
to .$2.2.001,21 ; 001 of these were trans¬ 
portation elaims, totalling $8,174.20. 2’he 
misce'llaneoiis elaims numbere'd 1.02!). and 
the amount ceillee-te'd was $1.1.787.01. 
Since' 1010. whe'ii we began t<i ke'e'j) pe'r- 
manent ace-ounts, the* re'e-ord has be'em as 
fedlows : 
1010 
1011 
1012 
1012 
1014 
101.1 
1010 — 1.102 
1017—1.().2() 
400 e-laims e^eelb'eae>(K 
. 1.20 “ 
n.i.s 
74.”, 
.800 
021 
.$ O.Oli.l.l.l 
. 12.110.0.”, 
. 10.!)2(i..ll 
. 10.112.01 
. Itt.tiOl.lO 
. 1.”,,021.12 
. 1.S,12L.1I 
. 2.2.001.21 
This makes a teetal etf 0.7.8.2 claims in 
eight yeuirs. ameiunting tei $117..104.87. 
No charge has eve'i- be'en inaeh' for this 
service, neer have any of the many offere'd 
rewards beem aceeieted. We' ine'fcr* te» 
ke'e'p it veduntary. The privib'ges and 
jdeasures, howeve'r, ’have neit be'e'ii all 
emrs. <)ur frie'inls have' eefte'ii feiiinel ways 
tee make us the'ir de'bteer in the' 'Iransae'- 
tieeiis by se'uding subse-ript ieens :inel in 
eethe'r ways giving mate'rial e'xiere'ssieen eef 
tlie'ir apjeree'iation of the' servie'e'. 
I’lie' saving in ehellars anel cents is 
weei'th while', but the' gi-.'ale'st gain is 
preebably in the' nieeiiil eflee-t. It is neet 
unlike'ly that the' pe'rsistent preese'e-ut’em 
of claims has insieire'el a se'iise' of eeblig.’i- 
t'e'ii ;in<l that unl.:nee\vingl,v shipiee'rs may 
have' be'e'ii save'd freem hvsses through a 
.se'i'vice' feer the'ir neighbeus. 
Four riuthe breitlie'rs eef (;b"i ')':1'''. 
eewne'i'.s eef the' ('lilt he' I'riiss ( eempanx. 
with otlie'i's in Ne'w leerk anil fai'teery at 
r.reeael anel State stre'cts. lOoeemtii'lel. were 
arreste'd on be'iie-h warrants late' ye'ster- 
elav. feelhewing their indictme'iit by a Fe'el- 
eral Crand .Tury eeii the charge that tlie'.v 
used the mails to defraud. 
I'hi' ('luthe's are nianufacturei's of ab- 
ijeeminal tru.sse's. I’lieir busiiie'ss. whie'li 
elesceneh'd from their father, is more than 
10 ye'iirs old, but it was only a fe'W ye'ars 
ago that they ee]i('ne'el a mail orelei' brane'h. 
The I'harge of fraud e'ontained in the 
iiidictme'nt is saiil b.v the jeostal authori- 
tie'S to be based upon numerous comidaints 
from leiirchasers of trusses that the 
Cliithe'S have failed to make good on the'ir 
guarantee to refiinel the piire-hasi' jirice' if 
the' trusses de> not satisfy after (>0 days’ 
trial.—Local Paper. 
This is exactly what The Iti'u.M. Nrw- 
Yorkeu has chargi'd the (’liitlie Pros, with 
a great many time's. We have' numerous 
complaints on tile confirming the' charge' 
and* inilictme'nt. Toifair advi'rtise'rs can 
fool the piiblii' and ese-ape' the imnishme'iit 
the'ir me'thods me'rit for a time', but iii- 
^•ariably the shariii'r anel trie'kste'r conies 
to grii'f in the end. ('liithe Pros.’ e'arei'r 
again illustrates the' 'trillh of the* ohl 
Ullage : “Honesty Is the Pi'st Polii'y." 
Will you aelvise me if .voii know any¬ 
thing of a real estate firm doing biisini'ss 
in (Ireat Barrington, Mass., by th' name' 
of I). P. Cornell efc Co.? ’Phere is a m.iii 
by the name of .Tewlette who is trying to 
get farmers around here to list their farms 
with him and pay him $25 in cash. He 
will sell the'ir places by April 1 for twii'i* 
their value tq people seeking Summer 
home's, ami at ail times ge-r his commis- ! 
sion out eef the iiiiri-hase'r and pay the 
farmi'rs bae-k the ,$25 that rhe'.v paiil him 
to list it. This is something new around 
here. I don’t think hi' got very many, 
and 1 would like tei know what you think 
of it. c. •>. H. 
.Ma ryland. 
We' ri’garel this :,s the' rawi'st se-heme 
that has I'ver .bi'i'ii perpe'trate'd on the 
farming laiblii". It has Ostraneh'r, Strout, 
Western Sale's Agenc.v and all the ri'st of | 
them beat a mile. The promise, to sell 
the farm for twic-e what it is worth is the 
bait which most victims bite on and this 
is the vi'ry suggestion*tliat ought to warn 
jiropi'rt.v owni'i's to have nothing to elo 
with (he sche'ini' anel keep their mone.v. 
If 1). P. Conii'll & Co. ever sold a jiii'ce 
of farm ]n'ope‘r(y 'we have nevi'r heard of 
it. If an.v ri'aili'f I've'r solel a farm through 
Corui'll or has knowledge' e>f any such case 
wi' iirge'iitl.v ri'eiiie'st the ri'aeli'i' to report 
to ns at once' anel we will give him credit 
for the' sale. In-'aelilition to the ,$2.) ad¬ 
vance'll fe'i' (’oriiefirs si'hi'ine' incllide's a 
“withilrawal fi'i'” ini'liieh'il in the' agrec- 
mi'iit. whii'li farmi't's are' somi'time's fool¬ 
ish enough to sign. Afte'r a fi'w years 
have' elaiise'il anil (’ornell has maele' no 
efi'ort to sell the' iiropi'rly. h'.' I'oiiie's down 
on the farm owni'r de'iiianil’iig in seuiie 
(•asi's si'vi'i'iil hiinilri'el elollars iineler the ■ 
“wit helra wal fi'i' iirovisioii," thri'iite'iiing 
to bring suit in Xi'w York <’ity. 
A year ago last Siiring I s-iw the' ad¬ 
vert ise'mi'iit of the' Auto Knitti'r Co. of 
Piitl'alo in the' Sabbath Pi'aeling. I sent 
anel got a machine', ('oiilil iievi'r make' it 
do good work. It ge»t so it woiilel not knit 
a stitch. T wrote to the' company to take- 
the machine anel refiinel the' money, whie-h 
the.V refuse'll to do. I wrote' to the' Sab¬ 
bath Iteaeling ('o. I'lu'.v wrote' thi'iii to 
send me a good machine or refiinel the 
money. All the comiiany would agree' to 
do was to reiiair the* machine'. So I si'iit 
the machine to Piifl’alo. I'hi'.v geit it so it 
will knit plain. I re'e'eive'el a letter from 
the' comiiany saying they woiilil give' nie 
.$1.5 for m.v machine', which cost me $45. 
anel have iH've'r bi'i'ii abb' to elo an.\’ work 
on it. What would you aelvise mi' to deC? 
T notii'e the' Sabbath Pi'ailing again has 
the'ir ailve'rtise'ine'nt. xiiss K. A. U. 
Ni'w York. 
We' jiiiblish the' above le'tti'r feir the ben¬ 
efit of !i numbi'r of siibse'ribi'rs who 'have 
tiski'd us ri'garding the' ri'liabilit.v of the 
Auto Kiiitti'r llosii'i-.v Co. and the effi- 
cii'iicy of the' mai-hiiii‘. 2’he' big ineliu'i'- 
ment offeri'il te> prospi'i-tivi' piinhasers 
of the mai'liiiie' is that the' I'ompany will 
purchase or fiml a marki't for the* artie-les 
knitted on the' mae-hini'. If F.. A. P.'s I'x- 
perience is unixi'rsal. the' linn woiilel he 
perfectly safe' in making siii'li an ofl’i'i*. 
We do not know whe'thi'r othi'r ]>un-hase'rs 
have hail bi'tler siice-i'ss with the' machine 
or not. but wi' are' giving our siibse-ribi'Ts 
F. A. P.'s e'xpe'rie'iii'e' for what it may 1 e 
worth. 
“Piiblis'ie'r’s 1 )i'sk" ce>limin ri'inind ■■ ni' 
of a ri'e-e'ut ili'al I hail with A. <1. S!ns:- 
liaugli. Fair Vii'w Peailtry Farm. Itlia<:i. 
N, Y., who afte'r gi'liiiig my prie'''s for 
poultry, se'iit me' ou Angiist 1 an oreli'r for ! 
$2(1.50, eni'losing iii'rsoiial I'hi'i'k to covi'r, \ 
and requi'sl that I ship stock at oin-e'. < 
which I did. .V fe'w days lali'r I r''e'e'ive'el , 
a letter from him saying he' re'ce'i\-e'd birils. ■ 
but owing to one' pair be'ing not eli'vi'lope'd 
enough hi' would retiirii this jiair two days 
later, aiiel he' re'iiiie'sti'il that 1 si'iid him ! 
IKist ofiie'e money orih'r to another aililrc'ss 
in New York for the' \ aliie of tlii'si' binls. 
2'liis. of I'oiirse'. I eliil not elo at om-e'. 
awaiting first to gi't the* re'tiirneel binls. 
whii'li. strange to say. have not yi't come' 
to hanel. Also, about at the' time' of this 
re'eiiii'st from ^Ir. Sinsibaugh 1 re'i-eived 
notii'e that he had stoppe'il iiayme'iit on ] 
cliei'k. so hael to make' goeiel. be'side's ,$1.25 
fee. Although I have* writti'ii Sinsibaugh 
two or tliri'i' lette'rs since* asking that he 
make adjustment, he* has faih'il to reply. 
If there is anything you can do to hi'lp 
me bring this party around, or any sug¬ 
gestion. same* will be* greatly aiipreciateel. 
Pi'iiiisylvania. A. w. .\. 
The above ree-orel of the transae-tion 
siii'aks for itself. We* have* appeah'il to 
^l-r. Sinsibaugh in every way we* know 
how to come' forwarel with an explanatieui 
or justificatiem of his iiart in the eh'al. 
but he* choo.ses to ri'inain dumb. Wi' have* 
always found the innocent party to a 
transae-tion ready anil anxious to state* 
his c'ase. The conclusion is obvious, .i. .?. ii. 
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Moline Plow Company. Moline. Illinois 
C'ai'T. Joxks was a vewy I'eiiind-sliiuil- 
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try the reason why he bad omitted to 
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Cultivators 
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