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7She RURAL NEW-YORKER 
February 16, 1918 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
Anonymous communications are becom¬ 
ing so numerous that we again remind 
subscribers that letters which do not con¬ 
tain full name and address of writer 
simiily go in our wastepaper basket. "We 
have no time to waste on unsigned letters 
or those signed with fictitious names. 
This will explain the disappointment of 
some readers who may be expecting to 
find their letters in print 
What do you think of the advertise¬ 
ment of the TJncle Sam Oil Company of 
Kansas City ? I have been thinking of 
taking out some shares. E. M. 
New York. 
If the Uncle Sam Oil Company had 
any such prospects as ai’e represented, 
they would not have to sjieud money for 
advertising to dispose of the stock. If 
they had the prospects claimed, capital¬ 
ists in the oil business would create a 
stampede to buy it at the prices offered. 
Our advice to all our people is to leave 
such speculative features alone and put 
any spare cash they may have into T.ib- 
crty lionds, a new issue of which will 
probably be put on the market by the 
time this is read b.v subscribers. There 
is po need to ask our opinion of invest¬ 
ments at this time, because our advice 
to everyone is to buy Taberty Uonds to 
the full extent of their ability. 
I am sending you a letter which was 
sent me by Cavies Distributing Co. They 
want to sell me cavi(*s at .average of 
about .$2 apiece. They say they will buy 
all I raise from their stock. They claim 
that they will give if their claims 
are not true. Please let me know what 
you know about them. c. n. 
Michigan. 
Cavies Distributing Co.. Kans.as City, 
have no established financial iH‘S])onsi- 
bility as fai- as we have been able to 
learn. We regard the offer to purchase 
surplus stock as merely a “bait” to make 
the sale of breeding stock. Kveu though 
the company were sincere in making the 
offer, what assurance has the customer 
that the agreement will be lived up to? 
There is little possibility of redress in 
dealing with an irresponsible concern. We 
repeat this advice because of numerous 
inquiries about this and other concerns 
operating on a similar basis. 
Can vou advise me in regard to the 
Evans I'niversity. 181S Wilson avenue, 
Chicago, Ill.? They claim to give lessTUis 
in finger prints. n. w. S. 
New York. 
This is a new subject taught b.v cor¬ 
respondence c<iursc method. M e thought 
the limit had been reached in playing on 
the gullibility of the public when it was 
proposed to make anyone proficient as an 
aviator by correspondence. Put now the 
finger print profession is open t<> the pub¬ 
lic for the small sum of .$40. Who so 
lacking in ambition as not to gra.sp the 
opportunity to become a “finger print ex¬ 
pert”? As usual with this class of cor¬ 
respondence “dope.” the lessons are of¬ 
fered at half price as an inducement 
under some pretext or other. Just one 
more easy money scheme to be avoided. 
That’s all. 
I wish to know about the Felton Pub¬ 
lishing Company, and would apiireciate 
information concerning their reliability. 
Their address is 20 Felton Building. 
Jlcriden Conn. w. A. L. 
New York. 
The Peltou Publishing Connmny ad¬ 
vertise a book, “Power of M ill.” ^ ery 
pretty fairy talcs are told in the adver¬ 
tising of how an ordinary Tx'y ad\anced 
from .$20 per week to $1.".000 a year. 
Another man, $0,000 in debt, in three 
years accumulated .$200,000. Assuming 
that these stories are true, the inference 
that this book is responsible for the re¬ 
markable success and any boy or man 
can do likewise is unwarranted, to put it 
mildly. We have not read the book, but 
the advertising bear’s the stamp of the 
hot-air artist. 
Enclosed find some more sucker bait, 
which I believe would better be men¬ 
tioned. for someone is likely to bite. 
Michigan. M. P. B. 
The literature enclosed by the sub¬ 
scriber is from Frank F. Cleveland. Chi¬ 
cago, Ill The circular letter addressed 
to the subscriber is represented as con¬ 
taining a confidential offer which is made 
only to a certain number of well-known 
people. The offer is in effect to sell 
M. P. B. a .$40 lot for .$?..4.'5 on condition 
that he will send the names and addresses 
of 15 people. This is an old dodge of 
real-estate promoters. Of cour.se $.”.45 is 
more than the lot is worth. The scheme 
has been worked time iiiid time again in 
connection with the sale of I.iong Island 
real estate of que.stionable value. The 
comments of the Michigan subscriber 
show that he recognizes at once the char¬ 
acter of the proposition, and we are act¬ 
ing on his suggestion to put any other 
possible victims wise to the scheme. 
The “Ford .Toke Book” fake adve.tis- 
ing is going the rounds of the agricul¬ 
tural papers again. The book is offered 
by mail for 10 cents. The real object 
of the advertisement is not to sell the 
book, but to send the person answering 
the apparently innocent advertisement a 
catalogue of fakes, including a book on 
“Fortune Telling.” “Love-Making,” 
“Dream Book,” “Magic Bottle,” cheap 
jewelry, etc. The catalogue contains the 
best collection of fakes and petty swindles 
that has ever come to our attention. 
Either the publishers of the agricultural 
papers carrying this advertising are de¬ 
liberately a party to the deceptive 
scheme, or they are ignorant of the char¬ 
acter of the advertising appearing in their 
publications. In either case the gtiar- 
antee of advertisers by these publishers 
becomes a farce. We are happy to say 
that the representative farm papers do 
not degrade their columns and insult 
their rcader.s with this class of business. 
Beceived check for .$0.05 to cover claim 
for peaches, against Adams Express 
Company, which had hung fire for IG 
months. Many thanks for same. You 
certainly make them come across. 
Connecticut. c. II. B. 
If the Adams Express Company likes 
to see such records in print, we can let 
them have considerable space in this 
column. They offered the subscriber 
$1.91. He agreed to accept it if paid 
jiromptly. They did not pay it, and 
•when he appealed to us we insisted upon 
the full amount. Other subscribers need 
not be discouraged. Their claims will be 
paid in time. 
Enclosed you will find contract with 
Schwartz «S: Land. 207 Center St.. New 
York, for two motors. The 3-h.p. is being 
used yet, but is defective in the com- 
nnit;iti>r, so Schwartz & I.and’s mechanic 
s.aid. _ Th»*y sent him here to fix it. The 
7^ is suj>posed to b(‘ a new Wagner. 
They sent me a secoml-luind Century, and 
they owe me the Wagner, as I jiaid the 
draft. Tlu'y have made good promises 
by their letters. I want the 7^ AVagner 
to run my big mixer to feed my "ducks. 
N(‘\v York. I). G. It. 
M’e have been trying since last Sep¬ 
tember lo get the motor called for in the 
order of D. C. II. without success. 
Schw.Mi'tz A Land have made us fair 
promi.s(‘s. too—none of which have been 
kept. The subscriber has even agreed to 
accept another make of motor on the 
strength of a promise that prompt ship¬ 
ment would be made. The experience 
doesn’t offer farmer.s much encouragement 
to enter into contracts with this firm, re¬ 
gardless of how good the purposes of the 
house may be. 
Can you help me get my good money 
back from F. U. I’arwell & Sons, Gard¬ 
ner. Fla.’r I purchased ten acres of land 
in Gardner. Fla., from this concern, 
under the guarantee that if upon inspec¬ 
tion I was not entirely satisfied with the 
property in every particular, the firm 
agreed to refund money paid, with G per 
cent interest. c. I. 
New .Tersey. 
The sub.xcriber sends us contract or 
agreement entered into, verifying his con¬ 
tentions with regard to refund of money. 
The contract was entered into on April 
21, 1913, and the guarantee specifically 
states no time limit. We have written 
F. O. Farwell & Sons several times with 
reference to the contrafU. but our letters 
have been entirely ignored. J'his would 
justify the conclusion that the concern 
never intended to live up to the condi¬ 
tions of the guarantee, but it served the 
purpose to get the money of such an in¬ 
experienced investor as “C. I.’’ The 
Farwell Development is typical of the 
Florida laud schemers that we have 
wiirned our readers against, so many 
times. 
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