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April IS, 191S 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
Diiriiif; tlio two years that the Dejiart- 
iiK-iit of Foods and ^larkets •■.vas selliiiff 
jn-odiice for fanners, a few sliii)nionts 
were receivnl without name or address 
of t.lie shi})i>er, and in some otlier eases 
the shipper eould not he loeatc'd at the 
jiddro-sses jciven, j)rohahly for the reason 
that the jmst offiee was not the same as 
the shipping station. Many of these 
errors were correeted, hat about half a 
dozen ehM'ks remain iineolleoted ; and the 
sliii>pers conld not have received tlie re¬ 
turns in these cases. Mr. Dillon is anx¬ 
ious to locate these .shippers. If any 
slupp<;r has not rta.‘eivfsl his returns, he 
prtthahly comes under tliis class, and 
should report to u.s, and the checks will 
be forwarded promptly on establishment 
of the claim, which need cause the ship¬ 
per little or no trouble. 
The Valley Farms Co.. Newburgh, 
N. V.. liave owed me .$14.40 for honey 
since .Tan. ‘JO. 1010. I have not been .able 
In get a r(‘ply from them .since shipjnng 
the honey, and have found another bee¬ 
keeper whom they owe. 1 gave the .ac- 
■ •niMit to .a collection .agenc.v a jaair ago. 
hut they could not get it. Is there any 
w.ay yoii could make tlnan <a)me to time'/ 
If so will be very grateful to you. 
New York. K. M'. I.. 
Our information is that the Valh'.v 
Farms Do.. Newburgh, N. Y., is no¬ 
toriously unreliable, and claims against 
tlie concern are uncollectible. We have 
refused them advertising, and we are pub¬ 
lishing the above letter as a warning to 
other farmers. Our letters in behalf of 
F. \V. L. are ignored. 
On March 2!l the Mc.Mestcr Ileal Es¬ 
tate Exchange of McAlester, Okljihoma, 
and Cincinnati, O., was shut out of the 
TT. S. mails; The Post Office Department 
reports on the case read in part as fol¬ 
lows : 
When a purchaser becomes sufficiently 
interested in the proposition, a contract 
in small type i.s tendered to hinK which, 
in terms, provides for all the payment of 
$ 111.0 for a “locating fee,” or some other 
such fixed sum, but in almost all such 
cases the negotiations are conducted in 
such a manner that the jiurchaser signs 
the contract in the belief that the $1.^>.5 
is part payment on the land. The cars 
used by the company, further chai'ges the 
Po.st Office Department, were called “In¬ 
dian land schooling car” and “Indian 
land locating car,” thus giving the im- 
presvsion that the.v were acting for the 
government in the sale of Indian lands. 
The R. N.-Y. warned its readers about 
this scheme as far back us ,Tuly .S, 191.5, 
and repeatedly during the past year when 
the operations of the concern Were exten¬ 
sive in this territory. In one I^ong 
Island point the representatives of the 
concern were driven out of town through 
the efforts of one subscriber exhibiting the 
write-up of the concern in Publisher’s 
Desk. 
As a subscriber to your good paper, I 
wish to ask a few questions, if free, 
through Publisher’s Desk. I am buying 
stock in three oil companies—Monmouth 
Oil Producing Co., High Gravity Oil Co. 
and Old Fields Development Co., of 
Tjouisville, Ky. I wish to ask if they, are 
all right or reliable, as they are offering 
stock below par. I am enclosing some of 
their offerings and would be pleased to 
know before I pay more money to them. 
New Jersey. A. K. 
We have submitted the literature of 
this investment to a competent financial 
authority who gives us the following 
advice: 
Your subscriber has been badly taken 
in on his High Gr.avity Oil and other 
companies. They are all in the same 
bunch. They are cheap stock-selling af¬ 
fairs that will fade awmy when the stock¬ 
selling campaign is over. They have put 
out a lot of literature for a long time 
about the preparations for beginning 
immediately to bore the oil, but they for¬ 
got to bore for oil and are boring for the 
dollars of the public. Our best advice to 
your subscriber is to swallow his loss and 
pa.v no more money to these people, be¬ 
cause he will get nothing out of it. 
Thanks to Publisher’s De.sk, T have 
been able to brand what I consider one 
of the smoothest g.ames 1 ever heard of. 
On Saturday evening. March_2‘T. my two 
sons went to a picture show in our"t<iwn, 
and as they were about to enter, after 
purchasing tickets, a slick-tongued 
sharper presented each with a small 
ticket and persuaded them to give their 
name and address, saying that perhaps 
they woTild be lucky and win a lot 20x1 (X) 
ft. in Detroit, Mich. The sons thought 
no more of the matter until the next 
afternoon, when the same man liunttKl up 
the address and produced the number. 
<5'/ic RURAL. NEW-YORKEK 
saying one of the boys was very lucky; 
had won a choice lot, and it would only 
cost him .$9, which would be for .attor¬ 
ney’s fees, etc., but he must collect .$4..50, 
and the other .$4.,50 was to be sent to the 
Gamara Title & Trust Oo. of Detroit, 
Mich., within .20 days. Now, had I not 
been on the .iob. the chances are that the 
sharper would have gone away $4..50 to 
tlie good. ^ D. S. >r. 
Pennsylvania. 
’J’he above describes an old game of 
real estate sharks. It’s the old, old story 
of people expecting to get something for 
nothing. The $9 which this trickster 
tried to get from these boys is, of course, 
more than the lots .are worth—that is, 
assuming that a deed to the lots would 
be delivered. It is well that the father 
got on the job in time to save his boys 
from being swindled. This item may save 
m.'iny other boys from the wiles of all 
such tricksters. 
I am .sending a bill against B. Ohes- 
man. 1028 Boston Road, Bronx, New 
York, for two cases of eggs shipped to 
him April last. The reason for my hold¬ 
ing this back so long is that I have been 
obliged to wait on the Adams Express 
Co. for proof of delivery of the eggs. I 
am sending their letter, which plainly 
proves that B. Chesman received these 
eggs, but he will not answer my letters, 
I .also shipped him two cases April 10 
and am still waiting on the express com¬ 
pany’s letter before attempting to collect 
from him. I have correspondence show¬ 
ing that he agreed to send me free egg 
cases, and he owes me 66 cases shipped 
to him between .Tanuary 1, 1917, and 
June 1. I have added the cost of these 
to his bill, also, as he never returned a 
case. Cases cost me on an average of 20c 
each. H. L. W. 
New Jersey. 
The express company shows delivery 
to Mr, Chesman, but we cannot induce 
him to pay the claim. He admits owing 
shipper for 60 egg crates, but neglects to 
settle. He has had since last April to 
adjust the complaint, and attempts to 
justify his delay becau.sc of congestion 
of transportation. The record is not one 
to inspire confidence. 
At the request of the Dunning Granite 
and Marble Co., Pittsburg, I’a.. I took 
care of their horse, and also had my son 
do some work in putting in a foundation 
for them. The bill is $22.50, but -they do 
not pay. I" 
Ohio. 
The company promised to adjust upon 
receipt of an itemized bill, but payment 
has not been received. They made our 
subscriber similar promises, which were 
not kept, and the only conclusion is that 
they are another good house to pass by. 
In June, 1917, I responded to an ad¬ 
vertising circular sent me by Progrew 
Paint Co., of Cleveland, Ohio, in which 
I asked for information as to their paint, 
the guarantee they offered, etc., and inti¬ 
mating that in the event of a satisfactory 
reply from them I would probably send 
them an order. Imagine my surprise to 
have them, instead of replying to this 1^- 
ter, ship me a barrel of their painC Of 
course, on arrival at the L. V. R. R- 
station I refused to have anything to do 
with the barrel, and, as far as I am 
aware, it is still there—I never paid any 
attention to it excepting to state to the 
agent that I refused it because I had not 
ordered it, and in fact I did not order 
this and have not received it. The Prog¬ 
ress Paint Company have written me a 
large number of letters. In my answers I 
stated that I had not ordered any goods, 
and asked for a copy of any signed order 
that they could show to prove that I had 
ordered any. In all the correspondence 
they persistently refused to reply to my 
letters, and simply persisted in asking for 
payment for the shipment which they had 
(without warrant) made. 
February 1, 1918, the Wolf Mercantile 
Agency sent me the enclosed letter, to 
which I paid no attention, and I have 
just today received a second letter, dated 
Feb. 12, from the Wolf Merrantile 
Agency, to whom I am today writing as 
per enclosed copy to you. _Our II. S. law 
system is so mixed and involved affair, 
and one which works so many injustices, 
that I am wondering by what means, if 
any, these people. Progress Paint Co. 
and Wolf Mercantile Agency can “put 
anything over” on me. Can you advise 
me or help me in this matter? E. o. i.. 
New York. 
The above report is consistent with the 
previous schemes of the Progress Paint 
Co. exposed in this department. If 
E. O. L. did not order the goods and not 
having accepted the paint, Progress Paint 
Co. cannot Collect the claim. The collec- ' 
tion agency will try to frighten the reader 
into paying by threats of bringing suit. 
Too many farmers are imposed on in this 
way because of their aversion to lawsuits. 
When right, farmers should stand up for 
their rights and fight these contemptible 
methods as E. O. L. proposes to do. 
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