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Zshe RURAL N E W- YORKER 
July 6, 1913 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
We made prompt shipment of this or¬ 
der, as we do all orders which are le- 
ceived, but as you i)erhaiis know, it is 
impossible to get freight through in any 
reasonable length of time, and express 
shit)ments are almost as had. for we have 
had express on the road days. The 
railroad companies seem to pay no atten¬ 
tion to tracing shipments this season, but 
we will take the matter up with them, 
and do what we can to get the goods to 
3rr. E. I.L.K.CO. 
Indiana. 
This is a fair sample of the .sincere re- 
jdies we are receiving from manufac¬ 
turers in response to compLaints from 
farmers that goods ordere<l are not re- 
c-<‘i\ed in time* for the purpose tln'v were 
intended. The cciiulitions are mo.st un- 
iisu.-il. and are likely to continue so for 
the duration of the war. How can 
tannei's best protect themselves fi'om .-in- 
noyances and loss through delays in d»‘- 
livery? The answer is “Order Etirh/.” 
I\'hat would he considered “ordering in 
plenty of time” doc's not apply now.- 
Any machinery, fertilizer, feed, or other 
goods which our readers contemplate pur¬ 
chasing during the coming year, our ad- 
\ice is to order at least three to six 
numtlis ill advance. This should elim- 
iimtc' the trouble in most cases, while we 
hfi\e a record of cases whei-e sc^eds or¬ 
dered eai-ly in the Winter were- not re- 
ceiveil in time for Spring planting. We 
ha\-e been hoping for better conditions 
under government control of the rail- 
ro:ids. and the service is no doubt better 
than it otherwi.se would have h<‘eh. We 
.•IIso expect gocnl results from the consoli¬ 
dation of all the express companies under 
cue head ; hut at any rate farmers have 
everything to gain and nothing to lose 
by ordering their supidies just as far in 
advance as possible. 
The week of .Tune IS. 1017. T. .T. 
R(.berts & Co., ISl Iteade St.. New York. 
h;id a representative here who insisted 
tluit I represent his house. I succeeclecl 
iu putting him off until June 2:1, when 
he came around again, and again started 
coaxing me to give him a trial. .Tu.st then 
my bi’other drove up with 10 24-quart 
ci'.ates of fancy strawbenles; was offered 
11c per qt. cash at station by a buyer. 
T. .T. Roberts’ man insisted that I take 
the* berries and consign them to his house, 
saying they would sell for 10 or l^c. as 
the berries were fine. I opened up four 
crates, showed him the berries ;uid asked 
him if he would guarantee me 14c i)er 
qt. I w^)uld consign them to his house. 
He said he would guariintee 14c or better 
per qt., and would wire his hoiise that 
I luid con.signed 10 crates of fancy benles, 
and that they must sell for 14c or better. 
He left after I had marked the berries, 
went straight to the office of tin* Vi’estern 
T^nion Telegrai)h, but if he wired or not 
T do not know, but all my brother got 
for his berries was a letter saying that 
the berries were seized l)y the Hoard of 
Health and dumped. The berries were 
shipped in good condition, and. in view 
of the fact that their man was here and 
saw the berries, guaranteed :i ]ulce on 
them, the house is legally responsible for 
tho.se berrie.s. Can you help me c(dlect 
this money? j. li. 
New Jersey. 
“.T. R.” and his brother make affidavit 
to the es.sential facts stated in the above 
letter. We have submitted the affidavit 
to the commission house of T, .1. Roberts 
& Co. llie representative referred to w:is 
C. P. Carmichael, who, it is contended by 
1’. .1. Roberts & Co., disjnites the sub¬ 
scriber's statements with regard to guar¬ 
anteeing 14c per quart or better for the 
bernes, and claims th:it the berries were 
shipped as a regular comsignmeiit. We. 
therefore, have the statement of the ci>m- 
missiou house against the affidavit of 
J. R. and his brother. We are presenting 
the contentions on both sides of the con- 
tniversy from which the public can dr;iw 
their own conclusions. 
Agents are impoi-tuning farmers here¬ 
about to purcha.se .stock in the .Tohnstone 
Tire & Rubber Co of La Porte. lud. l*ar 
value is .$1 per sh:ire. and is offer<‘d .-it 
.$2 per share. I umhu-stand tlie La I’oi-te 
factory, if any there be. is a branch of 
a Chicago concern. The coiuM'rn seems 
to have an Arizona chailer with ,$2.ri00.- 
000 capitalization in .'f:i shares under title 
of Clobe Tire Co., and that it imrch;ised 
the former plant of the Glover fact<iry in 
l.a Porte. AVhat kind of an in\-(‘stment 
is its stock in your estimation? L. s. I.. 
New York. 
We have no information regarding the 
Johnstone Tire & Rubber Co. of l.a 
Porte, Tnd., or Chicago on lile. The com¬ 
pany is not rated in our <-ommercial 
agency book, which would indicate that 
the firm has little or no financial respon- 
sibility. There are any number of pro¬ 
moters who are willing to start in the 
automobile and automobile tire business, 
provided the public will finance their 
operations. Under the.se conditions the 
promoters have everything to gain and 
nothing to lose regardless of whether 
their operations are successful or other¬ 
wise. JIany of these alleged prospective 
enterprises are nothing more or less than 
get-rich-(|uick stock-selling schemes. Per- 
sonall.v, we would not invest five cents in 
a cartload of such stock. 
Thei-e have been a number of suits 
against the Adams Expi’ess omi)any in 
this locality for small amounts, and after 
waiting three months from the date you 
entered claim I decided to sue them. I 
went before the notary public and had 
him enter suit. I was required to deposit 
.S2. -which was later returned with the 
claim. The notaiw public served a sum¬ 
mons to the express agent to appear in 
five da.vs. This he did. and had the case 
l)ostponed two weeks in which t<i look uj) 
my claim. When tin- two weeks expired 
my money was waiting there for me. The 
i-esult was it cost the Adams Express 
Company .$2.1.“ more than the original 
claim. I recently put in another claim 
and w rote on the face that I -would sue 
in fiO days. If everyone would do this, 
the Adams Ex|>r<>ss Company would get 
more j)rompt in payment of claims. IMy 
claim was .SIS.7(5 for one case of eggs. 
l><‘law-are. w. n. k. 
4’his procedure is so simple it wilT com¬ 
mend itself to our otiu'r readers who have 
claims against the Adiims Express Com¬ 
pany. 4Ve are advisijig the various claim 
bui-eaus that unless we have prompt ad¬ 
justment of long-standing claims, we shall 
prepare them for suit in the various local¬ 
ities throughout the State. After July 1 
iill the express companies will be under 
one head, with Geo. G. Taylor, pi-esident 
of the American Expi-ess Co., as director. 
!Mr. Ta.vlor’s record for efficiency is an 
envi.-ible one, and we confidently hope that 
when the new' organization is in full 
swing shippers will not be subjected to 
the lo.sses and inconveniences that they 
have in the past. The passing of the 
Adams Exi)ress Co. and its management 
will he Avelcomcd by thousands of farmers 
who -were obliged to depend upon its 
service. 
What can be done to a concern that 
sends out young men S(diciting subscrip- 
ti<ins to a magazine urging so hard be- 
cjiuse every subscription means so many 
votes toward their course iu some college? 
The agent gives a card to he mailed to 
the agency and a stub to k(>ep as a re- 
ceiiff. No magazine comes, and it is im- 
))ossible to get any reply to letters, though 
the letters are never returned. I have- 
heard that you get after fake concerns of 
this kind, and if you do I wash you W(»uld 
in some way make this one coim* to tinu'. 
Tt is Comi)ton Bros. Agency, Findlay. (). 
Can tlie postal authorities do anything in 
such a case? c. K. 
New York. 
Referring to the above letter, the se:i- 
son is at hand again when an army of 
these .-illeged “students” will be roaming 
over the country representing the Comp¬ 
ton Bros. Subscription Agenc.v referi-ed 
to, and othei’ subscription agents of the 
same undesirable class, as well as tin- 
cheaper class of public.-itions. There may 
be cullege students trying to e:irn their 
way through c(dlege by soliciting sub¬ 
scriptions to magazines, but most of them 
so representing themseha-s are fakes. 'I'ln- 
’•eal college students seeking to earn their 
way through college will .secure etiiploy- 
im-iit Avith .some of the rei)utable high- 
class publications instt-.-id of Avith these 
questiiinable subscrii)tion agencie.s ;ind 
publications cari-ying all sorts of deceptive 
advertising. 
The Piairie Farmer of Chicago, in its 
•Tune 1o issue, exposes a subscription 
faker Avho is going about the Central 
West rei)resenting that he is a govern¬ 
ment agent selling certificates in “Better 
Farming Association of America” for $1. 
which includes subscription to the official 
org.an of the Association. “Better Farm¬ 
ing.” This, of cour.se, is just a scheme 
of the i)ul)licatiou to secure subscribers 
to the paiu-r nameil undei- Avhat amounts 
to f.-ilse pret('nses. This sul)scrii)tion 
faker made tlie statement to those he so- 
liciri'd that “the goA'ernment Avould con¬ 
sider the farmer a slacker uule.ss he 
joined the A.ssociation and ])aid him the 
dollar.” This [larticular deception may 
not reach the Eastern territory, but Ave 
Avaut our people to be Avise to the fraud 
in case the publisher of some patier. that 
cannot command readers on a legitimate 
basis, should adopt it. 
The 
Better 
Way 
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^T^HE FARMER who can get stable manure 
to spread on his fields this year and who 
fails or refuses to take care of it and spread it 
properly, is losing the chance of a lifetime to 
make his farm pay handsomely. No farmer can 
possibly raise too much of any of the staple crops 
in these times. Increased acreage is pretty nearly 
out of the question; labor and power are too hard 
to get. There is a better, easier, less expensive way 
to grow bigger crops. Save stable manure,- add 
phosphate as your soil requires, and spread it in a 
thin, even coat with a widespreading 
Low Corn King, Cloverleaf, or 
20th Century Manure Spreader. 
Begin right after harvest. With one of these machines, 
and no additional power or help, you can increase immediate 
yields, and put your soil in better condition for future crops. 
They are low, light draft, narrow box machines, each made 
in three handy sizes—small, medium and large. The entire 
load is spread in 3 to 5 minutes, iu an even coat that e.xteuds 
w'ell beyond tlie rear wheel tracks. See the machine at tha 
local dealer’s place of business — or write us. 
International Harvester Company of America 
CHICAGO 
Cfaamptoa 
DeeriBK 
(IncQrportted) 
McCormick 
u s 
Milwaukee 
Light Weight All-Purpose Cushman Motor 
Saves a Teatn on Potato Digger 
TRIGGER with Cushman 
Motor and one team will dig 
a greater acreage and is easier on 
horses than digger without en¬ 
gine and four horses. Motor runs 
all machinery; horses merely pull 
digger out of gear. 
The steady even motion prevents 
choking of digger and gives better 
separation of potatoes from dirt- 
leaving potatoes on top of loose 
ground. 
Easy to operate. Full control by 
one lever. Not necessary to stop 
engine to stop digger machinery. 
Progressive manufacti^ers already 
have attachments for the Cushman. 
Cushman'Motors for All Farin'"Work 
corn pickers, 4-Iiole corn shellers, etc. 
15 H. P. weighs only 780 lbs. and 20 
H. P only 1200 lbs—powerful 2-cyI- 
They do all the work any farm en¬ 
gine can do; besides, on account of 
their extremely light weight and 
steady operation, they do many jobs 
ordinary engines cannot do. 
4H.P. weighs only 190 lbs. Besides 
doing all other work, it may be at¬ 
tached to grain and corn binders, 
potato diggers, etc. Steady power 
makes it splendid engine for electric 
light outfits. 
8 H.P. weighs only 320 lbs. Besides 
doing all other work it may be 
mounted on hay presses, saw rigs, 
inder engines for heavy duty work 
such as silo-filling, shredding, heavy 
grinding, threshing, etc. 
Cushman Engines have Throttling 
Governor, Schebler Carburetor and 
Friction Clutch Pulley. They are high 
grade engines—not cheap, but cheap 
in the long run. Ask for Book on 
Light-Weight Engines, stating your 
power needs. 
CUSHMAN MOTOR WORKS 847 n. 2 ist st Lincolny Nsbrflskd 
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JL Roofing and Siding 
Both farm and city property owners need to know 
the absolute safety and service of metal rooting 
Apollo-Kk-tstonk Galvanized insures durability and satisfaction for 
a 11 lorms of sheet metal work, including Oul verts. Tanks, FIumes, Spout- 
ing. Garages, etc. Sold by leading metal merchants. Ketstonk Copper 
bteel is also nneqnaled for Roofing Tin Plates. Look for the Keystone 
added below regular brands. Send for free “Better Buildings” booklet. 
.AMERICAN SHEET AND TIN PLATE COMPANY, Frick Bldg., Pittsburgh, Pa. 
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IVhen you write advertisers mention The R. JV.-F. and you'll get a 
quick reply and a **square deal.” See guarantee editorial page. 
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