398 
■Ghe RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March 9, 1918 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
I have this day received check from the 
Adams Express Company for claim of 
$14.40, wliich I gave you on January 21. 
I entered claim from my express office on 
Auftust 22 last, and up to the time I 
gave you the claim had been iinable to 
get any word from them whatever. ^ly 
express agent said I would have to sue. 
Now York. A. n. 
The express companies resxmt our 
handling claims, and wonder why we are 
interested. 'I’he above report gives a 
clear i-eason. IVe have many similar 
ones. If the express comi)any objects to 
our work for our people, the only way to 
prevent it is to give them attention when 
they file claims direct. The tiring-out 
process will work no longer. 
I am enclosing you statement from the 
Adams Exiu-ess Co. in settlement for one 
case of eggs shipped Sept. 8, 1916. and 
refu.sed by consignee as being in a badly 
l)roken condition. They were accepted by 
the express agent here as all right. The, 
c.ase of eggs was worth $14 net when de¬ 
livered. We gave the exiiress company 
no order.s to sell them. I have written 
them I was not willing to settle for that 
price, but can get no reply from them. 
I have not drawn the money on the ex- 
l)ress money order i-eceived. Will you try 
to help us get the bal.ance due usV L. C. 
New York. 
The express company is ofTering this 
shipper $2.25 for a cas’e of eggs valued 
at $14. This is evidently what they re¬ 
ceived for it in the damaged condition, 
due entirely to their own careless han¬ 
dling. In addition, the shii)i)er has 
waited eighteen months. If Adams Ex¬ 
press Company expects to win the jtatron- 
age of shippers, they will have to change 
their methods. 
I am enclosing a bill for fruit sold to 
Herbert W. Eitch, Rome, Y. ^The 
goods were shipi)ed on Oct. 25. 1917. I 
have written him several times since, but 
liave not heard fi-oin him. Mr. Eitch was 
here two or three times a week nearly all 
Summer, buying fruit and vegetables. I 
sold^him fruit a good many times, and he 
always paid promptly, and avc consi<Iere(l 
him perfectly reliable. I think he runs 
a large retail fruit store in Rome. N. Y". 
New Y’ork. F. A. C. 
'Phis is !i i)opular meth()d used by par¬ 
ties who desire to profit at the expense of 
tin* fariiKU'. They establish a record for 
honesty by prompt payment, but solicit 
further shipments and make no effoi’t to 
pay for them until the farmer has a large 
loss. If a party is unknown and has no 
financial rating, insist upon payment in 
advance. If he cannot or will not accept 
the goods in this way, let him look else¬ 
where for them. 
Although the advertisement did not ap- 
])ear in vour ]taj)('r, I Avish you AA’ould 
look up the National Eood and Eur Assn.. 
721-72.2 Third Street. Milwaukee. Wis.. 
and see if they are sincere in their claims. 
They furnish Relgian hares, rabbits, and 
guiiiea pigs at $8 each, a life membershii) 
certificate in the association, a complete 
course in instruction if you order one 
buck, two does for $24. they agree to 
buv back all the eight-months-old ntock at 
.‘R6’per pair. This olTer holds good if .vou 
order Avithin .20 days; at 60 days $10 
each; over that .$12; later than 90 days 
815 2'hcy sent Avith flie offer a leaflet 
of customers, about 60. Avho bought _ in 
the Fall, but none of thmn tell of having 
sent any young rabbits back. I.. A'. E. K. 
New YYirk. 
'I'he National Food & Fur Assn, of Ylil- 
waukee has apparently no financial re- 
s|)onsibillty. The promise of a concern, 
that has no established financial responsi¬ 
bility to re-purchase the suridus stock is 
worth no more than the paper on which 
it is Avritten. Furthermore, Ave do not be¬ 
lieve the concern has any serious inten¬ 
tion of living up to their agreement. Our 
advice to sub.scribers is to hav(‘ nothing 
to do Avith any scheme of this kind. 
1 am sending you under sci»arate cover 
an offer of N. A. Reinert iS: Co., brokers, 
of Chicago. Ill. Rlease let me knoAV Avhat 
vou think of this investment through your 
Publisher’s Desk. 2''bis is the first thing 
I read in The R. N.-Y^. e. a. 
New Y'ork. 
I'he offer referred to is for the puichase 
of Mayfield Oil and Refining Comiiany’s 
stock, under what the brokers call the 
“Reinert Syndicate Mayfield Pool.” To 
judge of the Mayfield OiY and Refining 
Company by the advertising matter of the 
fiscal agent, we should put it among the 
class of ‘‘Blue Sky” investments. The 
mails are flooded Avith the promotion lit¬ 
erature of oil concerns at the present 
time. ■ Wind and hopes for the future 
are the assets on Avhich the inexperienced 
are asked to part Avith their savings by 
promoters of this class. 
We warned our people regarding the 
hog ranch scheme promoted under the 
name of ‘‘Pine Ridge Farm Co..” Vine- 
land. N. J., in November 24. 1917, issue 
of The R. N.-Y. The NeAV Y'ork World 
of February 18 now comes out Avith ii 
full expose of this hog ranch. It appears 
that the promoter is one D. S. Roper. 
Avho has a jail n'cord. having tAvice been 
convicted of sAvindling. One of the 
charges on Avhich he Avas convicted Avas 
that of using the mails to defraud in 
connectioTi Avtih a stock selling pi'oposi- 
tion. Tender the ‘‘Pine Ridge Farm Co.” 
he has been advertising in daily papers, 
I shipped E. C. AVorthen (his place of 
business is Room 2060. Ill BroadAvay, 
NeAV York City) four barrels apples 
and four barrels i)otato(‘s and 
charged him $40. He has sent $22, and 
I cannot get any more of him. I got 
$5 i>er barrel here for api)les and jjo- 
tatoes Avere .$2 here at that time. I luiA'e 
a letter from his Avife stating she Avas 
paying .50c per peck for jiotatoes. I 
have offered to throAV off .$5; so there is 
a balance of $1.2. Please see if you can 
collect this for me. F. E. ir. 
Ncav York. 
Mr. Worthen replies to our letter in 
the subscriber’s behalf and refuses to 
make further settlement on the grounds 
that the price of apples in Cortland 
County last Fall Avas 80c a bushel and 
potatoes $1. He complains that the qual¬ 
ity of i)otatoes and apples Avas inferior 
but his refusal to i)ay more is on the con¬ 
tention that these Avere the market prices. 
AVe have not heard of apples and potatoes 
selling at stich prices anyAvhere. But 
hiAvyers are, of course, qualified to make 
l)rices for farmers—all sorts of people 
have been doing it as long as AA-e can re¬ 
member. Mr. AA'orthen, no doubt, puts 
his oAvn price on his legal services, and 
anyone who AA’ould deign to question his 
charges would reA.'cive little consideration. 
Ibit, of course, a farmer has no right to 
put a price on his products! It would 
be small satisfaction for this farmer to 
bring suit against a hiAA'yer in NeAV ATork 
City. The case illu.strates the Avisdom of 
farmers in.si.sting on payment in advance 
for their ])roduce the same as business 
houst's insi.st upon before shipping mer¬ 
chandise. 
In .Tune, 1016. avc sent straAA'berries to 
F. Cl. Ilicki'y. Ogdensburg, N. A". He 
paid up for the berries all right till the 
last AV('ek’s berries. I sent him the bill, 
Avhi<4i Avas $24.tU!, but did not hear from 
him till about the fir.st of .Tanuary, 1917. 
Avhen he sent an exju'ess money order for 
$10. He said he Avas hard up, but if I 
could Avait till May he Avould pay the 
balance. Avhich Avas $14.96. He did not 
.send the money in May. and I ImA'e Avrit¬ 
ten him .seA’eral times since but haA'e not 
heard fiom him I’lease see if you can 
collect it. D. F. s. 
Ncav .leiAscy. 
Air. Hickey .'gnores our requests for ad¬ 
justment. and Ave publish this experience 
for the benefit of our other readers. There 
is more need than ever to look up the rat¬ 
ings of all li aises before making any 
shipments of ary kind. 
The North Carolina Corporation (’om- 
mis.siou has A'ery comprehensive .statutes 
for the government of tran.sportation 
companies, and penalties are attached for 
failure to comply Avith the rulings. The 
law provides for payment of losses or 
damage claims Avithin 90 days for ship¬ 
ments Avholly within the State, and four 
mouths for shipments outside of the 
State. The carrier is liable for the 
amount of the claim Avith interest from 
date of filing to payment. Failure to 
adjust within the specified time involves 
a pmialty of $50. -V period of 60 days 
is alloAved transportation companies for 
till' payment of overcharges, and the jien- 
alty for not complying Avith this ruling 
is $25 for the first day and $5 for each 
sulisi'ipient day’s delay until the over¬ 
charge is paid. The maximum forfeiture 
is $100. 
There are penalties also for failure to 
re<;eive freight, to transport Avithin rea¬ 
sonable time, to deliA'er cars uiiou tender 
of freight charges, and for failure to fur¬ 
nish cars. These regulations are good, 
and w'e must .see to it that the Ncav 
York State Ijegislature enact similar stat¬ 
utes. AVe have something like 600 claims 
against the Adams Express Company 
alone. Some of them are pretty old, and 
the shippers are entitled to interest on 
tlieir patience. 
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