634 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
You may be able to use the euolosed 
literature from E. M. Fuller & Co., r>0 
F.road St., New York, for your Pub¬ 
lisher’s Dc.sk. I think this is a fair 
sample of what you call “.sucker bait.” 
I presume the firm got my name from the 
telephone book. J. ii. s. 
New .Jersey. 
E. M. Fuller & Co. are .stock brokers, 
and the purpose of the literature en¬ 
closed by the subscriber is to float the 
stock of an oil proposition, which the 
mails are flooded with at the present time. 
The literature has all the earmarks of 
the schemes to unload worthle.ss stock on 
people inexperienced in investment mat¬ 
ters. Promotion literature of this 
sort is very alluring, but no one need 
have any delusions on the subject, that 
if there were any prospects of anyone 
getting rich on these oil investments the 
opportunity would not be offered to coun¬ 
try people in this way. There is yet 
time to get a la’oerty bond for anyone 
who has any cash to spare before the 
subscription books close on April 80. 
LIBERTY BONDS are our only recom¬ 
mendation for the investment of the sav¬ 
ings of our people. 
On May 37 I sent .$S to the Deroy 
Taylor Co., New York, N. Y., for one 
one-frame nucleus of bees with queen, 
price $2; two two-frame nucleus with 
(jueens at each. They guarantee 
safe delivery. .June 2(> they sent the bees. 
They were on the road 10 days and were 
starved to death when they came. Those 
in one-frame and one of the two-frame 
were all dead ; the queen and about one- 
third of the other frame were also dead. 
I wrote to the company and on .July IG 
they sent a queen to .save what bees were 
stili living. Now, .‘Hfter all this time, 
they want me to collect from express 
company. There is no American or Wells 
Fargo here, so who can I collect from? 
Do you think they are acting up to their 
guarantee when they ask me to try to 
collect from express company, when they 
acknowledge they did not get a receipt 
for them? I am sending the letter from 
them so you can .see they are at fault. 
The receipt they mention is the express 
receipt from Adams Express Company at 
Bakerton ; it merely shows date of deliv¬ 
ery and amount of charges. w. li. 
Pennsylvania. 
We have been in correspondence with 
Deroy Taylor Co. for several mouths re¬ 
garding this complaint. It appears that 
the firm mis-addressed the shii)ment, 
which accounts for the delay in delivery 
and consequent lo.ss. ’I'lie expia^ss com¬ 
pany therefore was not to blame. Deroy 
Taylor Co. show no disjjosition to make 
settlement, notwithstanding the fact that 
the quotation was with “safe delivery 
guaranteed.” We could not recommend 
dealings with houses that regard their 
guarantees so lightly. 
An agent just called here representing 
the Home Comfort Range. Wrought Iron 
Range Co. of St. liouis. He had a small 
range as a model, and w’e would like very 
much to have a range like it if tliey are 
all right. The price is, I think $85 cash, 
or and we make the first payment 
next October and have a year from that 
date to pay the balance. But we were 
afraid to make any trade with him until 
we asked your opinion of the company. 
He was very persistent, saying we could 
not get one of the ranges within five 
years unless we ordered one from him 
right now. At last he said he w'ould 
come back again this week and give us 
another chance. We are anxious to find 
out about it and hope you can got an 
answer here before he comes again. We 
always turn to your Publisher’s Desk as 
soon as the paper comes, and we feel we 
have been saved from swindlers many 
times by reading it. Ii. B. G. 
Maine. 
The Wrought Iron Range Co., St. 
Louis, Mo., is a financially responsible 
concern. The “Home Comfort” range is 
a good one. Stoves or other articles sold 
by agents in this way, however, must 
necessarily be sold at a higher price than 
if marketed through regular dealers or by 
mail. Equally good stoves can, we be¬ 
lieve, be purchased at a price that would 
mean a considerable saving to the pur¬ 
chaser. Furthermore, our reports from 
farmers indicate that the agents of the 
Wrought Iron Range Co. are the worst 
lot of “sharks” ever turned loose in farm 
communities. They resort to all sorts of 
trickery and false representations to se¬ 
cure an order; and the Wrought Iron 
Range Co. will recognize only the condi¬ 
tions printed or written in the order. 
Orders signed with traveling agents in 
this way are not cancellable, and no 
matter what the agreement with the sales- 
Oic RURAL NEW-YORKER 
April 27, I'.US 
man might have been, the terms of the 
order are binding on the farmer. Insist 
that any verbal promises, made by agents, 
be written in the order. 
I am enclosing a receipt for a coop of 
chickens for which I have never received 
anything. I have written T. S. Steisel, 
,85(5 Greenwich St., New I’ork, but do 
not get any reply. I also tried to get 
the depot agent here to trace them up, 
but he does not seem to do anything about 
them. Will you see what you can do 
about them? There was about 80 lbs. of 
chickens, which were worth 30c per Ib, 
at that time. e. e. c. 
New Y'ork. 
The express company advises that the 
shipment was delivered and signed for by 
T. .S. Steisel. In the meantime Bteisel 
has moved and we are unable to locate 
him. If he appears in some other section, 
be cautious about shipping to him. At 
the present price of feed, shippers can¬ 
not afford to lose through dishonest deal¬ 
ers. 
I h.ive today received a check covering 
case of eggs shipped to Tancer Bros, last 
November that was lost in transit, and 
for which you made claim for me. I 
thank you. I have just written a letter 
to our Congressman asking to secure if 
possible a ruling by the Interstate Com¬ 
merce Commission that all claims against 
a transportation company must be paid 
within four months of filing the claim. I 
think you will agree with me that this 
is plenty long enough. The only fact 
they need to establish is that the j)roi)erty 
is lost and let them fix the blame after¬ 
wards. If every subscriber would write 
to his Representative asking him to do 
his utmost in this resi)ect the rule would 
be granted at once. Since that unfair 
live per cent breakage was taken off we 
have had not over one-tenth the losses we 
hiid before. I,, c. B. 
I’enns.vlvania. 
Adams l^xi)ress Company made a better 
j'ecord, as they adjusted in five months. 
This is more lime than should be re¬ 
quired. Q'he shipment was not delivered. 
That cannot be disputed, and as this sub¬ 
scriber suggests the blame can be fixed 
afterwards, but shippers’ funds should 
not be tied uj) an indefinite period in an 
attemi)t tt> tire him out. Take the matter 
up with your representatives and insist 
upon laws compelling j)rompter adjust¬ 
ments. If one State finds them satisfac- 
tor.v it is fitting for other States to adopt 
them. We must have better service from 
the exjna'ss companies, and we must have 
prom liter settlement. 
On Ma.v 35 we shipped a case of ,80 
dozen eggs by Adanns Express. Ship¬ 
ments went forward weekly at a .yearly 
contract price of 50c per dozen. The case 
in question never reached its destination, 
and has never been heard from. Claim 
w'as made for lo.ss at once, but they have 
never settled, and it does not look as if 
they intended to. Will you help us? 
New .Jersey. I. w. c. 
Adams Express Company sent check 
for full amount of this claim 30 months 
after shipment. A busine.ss house would 
soon lo.se its customers if the.v treated 
them so iudifferentl.v. If we had a law 
imposing.a fine for each day’s delay after 
a reasonable time for investigation, claims 
would be adjusted promptly. 
The National Vigilance Committee of 
Associated Advertising Clubs of the 
World has issued a bulletin discussing 
the “gyp” dealers and other fake classi¬ 
fied advertising which appears in many 
city dailies. Below is a list of advertising 
schemes which the committee recommends 
should be avoided, and we endorse the 
advice; 
(3) Propositions to start individuals in 
the mail-order business—to provide 
mail-order plans or secrets. 
(2) Circular distributing schemes. 
(8) Firms seeking mailing lists for mail¬ 
order houses. 
(4) Offers to teach one to become a de¬ 
tective by mail. 
(5) Developing song writers—charging a 
fee for setting verses to music, print¬ 
ing and creating a demand for songs. 
(G) Home-work schemes—addressing en¬ 
velopes, writing letters, stories, and 
sewing, and all other kinds of work 
done at home. 
(7) Schemes which asTt for cash deposits 
for samples or outfits. 
(8) Matrimonial advertisements, clair¬ 
voyants, palmists, etc. 
(9) Avertisements of pliysicians guaran¬ 
teeing cures. 
(30) Advertisements of “gyp” furniture 
or phonograph dealers giving residen¬ 
tial addresses. 
Any reader who has not received The 
R. N.-Y'. Index for 3917 and wishes a 
copy can obtain it on application. 
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