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■Ghe RURAL NEW-YORKER 
August 24, 1918 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
Will you please give me your opinion 
on the enclosed communication from J. 
Xeugeboren & Sons, 19-21 Harrison St., 
New York cityV Is it the law or only 
a scheme to get out of filing a bond with 
the State? We have had dealings and 
they seem to do business on the .square. 
New York. w. j. ii. 
The enclosures ask the shipper to sign 
a definite agreement to allow J. Neuge- 
boren & Sons to act as buyer of the pro¬ 
duce shipptMj and not as a commission 
merchant. As commission merchant the 
firm would be expected to return the price 
that the goodft sold for le.ss the commis¬ 
sion. As a dealer or buyer the firm can 
return as much or as little as they please 
and the shipper has no redress. Tnder the 
recent rulings of the U. S. Food Com¬ 
mission this class of houses in the trade 
is not allowed to act as “buyers” without 
a written agreement with the shipper. 
The houses i-eceiving produce as buyei's 
avoid the commission merchants’ law of 
N. Y'. State which provides for the filing 
of a bond by all licensed commission 
houses with the Department of Agricul¬ 
ture for the protection of shippers. On 
general principles we advise againsd .ship¬ 
ping to these dealers or buyers. Y'ou 
liiive some protection xvhen shipping to 
the licensed commission houses. 
A little .school girl who is staying with 
me this Summer received the enclosed 
reply to an answered advertisement. For¬ 
tunately she .showed it to me before 
sending the .^1. I explained to her that 
she could buy pencil and pad at our local 
store for much less than ,$1. I hoi)e you 
will mention this firm in your piiblication 
and save other youngsters’ dollars. 
New Y’ork. x. i.. 
The enclosures are from A. F. Bostion 
Co., Le Gore. !Md., asking for remittance 
of $1 for supplies and instructions in 
gathering names for a mailing directory, 
and the suggestion is made Avithout being 
definitely promised that the little girl will 
receive $12 .W per hundred for names. 
This is the way names are secured for 
the various “sucker lists.” Of course, the 
comi)any has no intention of paying any 
such price for names for a mailing list, 
as plenty of lists of names can bo secured 
at from $1 to $2 per thousand. We 
hope no other child will get fooled by 
answering the advertisement, Avhich, no 
doubt, appears in. some fake mail-order 
publication. 
This is such a sure thing Ave thought 
possibly you might Avish to invest some¬ 
thing in it. The thing is all figured out 
nicely, but our experience has been that 
it is much easier to fyiirc profits than to 
get them out in the hard cash. C. AV. Z. 
Pennsylvania. 
The circular letter enclosed is an in¬ 
vitation to invest in Stock of Florida Es¬ 
tates Corporation, Avith offices at Chicago, 
Kalamazoo, Mich., and Tampa, Fla. 
This corporation proposes to operate a 
hog ranch in Florida. We have no dis¬ 
position to discourage hog breeding and 
pork raising in Florida; but we think 
C. W. Z. is Avise to let the promoters do 
so on their oAA'n capital. The National 
Hog Ranch fiasco is too fresh in the 
minds of our readers to make further 
reference necessary. The “prospects” of 
the National Hog Ranch, AAhen it was 
launched, were equally as good “on pa- 
per” as the claims for the Florida Es¬ 
tates Corporation now. We Avish the 
enterprise succe.ss: but we adA’ise our 
people to invest their savings otherwise. 
Some time ago I shipped to R. Kal- 
manson, 1G2 Reade St., New Y'ork City, 
a 30-dozen case of Avhite eggs. Upon re¬ 
ceipt of same Mr. Kalmanson Avrote me. 
saying the eggs Avere of an inferior qual¬ 
ity, and asked me what disposition he 
should make of them, as he could not re¬ 
turn me proceeds Avhich in his opinion 
Avould meet Avith my approval or expec¬ 
tations. I immediately Avrote him saying 
either to return me 44c. net for the eggs 
or return eggs at once. After a lapse of 
several days I received a check from Mr. 
Kalmanson AA’hich netted me less than 
oTc per doz.. and a letter Avhich Avas 
simply an apology for his remittance, and 
saying in effect that he had ahvays used 
me splendidly and hoped I would be satis¬ 
fied Avith his settlement, etc. I in return 
Avrote Mr. Kalmanson to either remit me 
the balance due me, which Avas the dif¬ 
ference betAveen Avhat I told him to send 
me and the amount he did send me, or 
I should state the case to you. and it 
might not help his future business to 
have him commented on in your columns. 
I know I deserve to lose the money Avhen 
I take any chance shipping eggs to those 
dealers who call themselves wholesalers 
and receivers of eggs, etc., but he had 
wr'-tten me so many letters soliciting my 
shipments that I decided to take a chance. 
The loss is not large, but my experience 
publish<>d in your columns may save some 
other shipper a larger loss. a. c. 
AVe publish this letter in confirmation 
of our oft-repeated advice regarding the 
houses in the produce market Avhich 
aA’oid the provisions of the commission 
merchants’ laAV by styling tbemselves 
“dealers, distribution receivers,” etc. 
I .sent to Chas. II. Morin, .37 Myrtle 
Ave. and 110 Church St., Albany, N. Y'., 
1,035 lbs. of potatoes May 13, and have 
not heard from him. I wrote to him and 
have not got any reply. The freight agent 
said potatoes had been deliA'ered. Will 
you see Avhat you can do for me? At the 
time I sent them potatoes Avere quoted in 
Tiik R. N.-Y. at $1.75 per 100 lbs. 
Ncav York. A. F. 
Mr. Alorin has no regard for Ins repu¬ 
tation and seems Avilling to haA’e this 
history go doAvn in our records. It is not 
wise to make shipments to houses that 
ignore adju.stments in this manner. He 
makes no reply to our requests for .settle¬ 
ment and the subscriber loses the pay for 
his produce. We give the record for the 
l)rotection of others. 
Have you ever heard anything from the 
Adams Express Company in regard to 
this claim? c. o. s. 
Ncav Y'ork. 
AVe are getting many inquiries like the 
aboA’e and Avant to a.ssure claimants .again 
that Ave have their claims under Avay Avith 
the express companies and are folloAving 
them up as persistently as possible, but 
great congestion exists in the claim bu¬ 
reaus and has for the past tAvo years. 
Some claims ai’e acknoAvledged ; some are 
not, but every so often a demand is made 
for adjustment so that the claim cannot 
be lost sight of. AA’'e are uoav told that 
the consolidation has caused some further 
delay, but that the claims will all be 
taken up as fast as possible, and adjusted 
on their merits. Inquiries concerning the 
claims may reach our people, and avc 
AA’ ould suggest that these be referred to 
us for reply if Ave hold all papers, as it 
Avill save delay. A'ouchers may be sent 
direct to claimants and in that case please 
advise us promptly. Any claim filed Avith 
us is having the necessary attention and 
Avill not be neglected, and Avhile the de- 
l.'iys are outrageous, the present company 
assures us they Avill close them out as 
rapidly as possible. AA'e Avill have to ex¬ 
ercise further patience. AA'e only hojie 
they Avill Avork out some plan Avhereby 
these long delays Avill not exist. 
AA'hen sending us claims for collection 
send the expretis receipt—all correspond¬ 
ence from consif/nee—account sales for 
any j)ortion delivered—hill for the loss. 
These papers must accompany the claim 
Avheu entered. 
A Denver, Colorado, advertising agency 
has the audacity to Avrite The Rtral 
Neaa'-Yorkeu asking if Ave Avould accept 
the advertising of Money Back Oil Co. 
Evidently the agency had not heard of 
Publisher's Desk, and our efforts to 
tliAAart the schemes of get-rich-quick ar¬ 
tists to exchange Avorthless stocks for 
the cash of farmers. The “money back” 
guarantee may catch the unAvary; but 
to us the fact that this guarantee is sug¬ 
gested by the name of the company is 
all the more reason to be suspicious of 
the proposition. If the advertising should 
come before the eyes of any of our people 
through some other paper the advertise¬ 
ment should be given a Avide berth—the 
paper also. 
Leaking Teats 
Can you tell me of any Avay to stop a 
COAV from leaking her milk? If not. do 
you knoAv Avhere I can get' some Avide 
rubbers about the size of a coav’s teats? 
Ncav York. E. At. 
Paint the tips of the teats Avith flexible 
collodion after each milking. Ston the 
applications Avhen the teats shoAV irrita¬ 
tion. Some accomplish the same end by 
applying melted paraffin or beeSAvax. We 
do not knoAV Avhere you could buy rubber 
bands such as you describe, but use of 
bands or tapes is likely to cause trouble 
by interfering Avith the circulation of 
blood in the teats. One plan sometimes 
resorted to by veterinarians and dairy¬ 
men is to apply a blister in the orifice 
of the teat Avhen the coav is dry. A paste 
of corrosive sublimate and Lard is used 
for the purpose, but such treatment must 
be considered rather dangerous. A, s. A, 
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