1058 
Oic RURAL NEW:Y0RKER 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
We ordered u Jersey bull fron» Oak- 
wood Farm, Wm R. Wood, owner, New¬ 
bury, N. Y., paying .$400 for what was 
described to u.s as a solid-color bull. 
A\'lien he came we discovered to oiu- sor¬ 
row that there was much white on him. 
Having a herd entirely solid color, we did 
not consider any hull offered us except 
tlio.so of solid <-olor, and we could have 
Iiurchased broken c(dor, choice ones, for 
nincli lcs.s money. We asked Mr. Wood if 
lie would allow us to ship this fellow 
hack and return our money. This he re¬ 
fused to do. We have the documentary 
<‘videiice. and if you think Mr. Wood 
should refund pari of the purchase price; 
to us we will .send on the evidence. Mr. 
Wood is jirojirietor of Hotel Gotham, 
your city. C. 1. ii. 
Xew York. 
.\ list of hulls was sent to this prospec- 
iTve customer, giving description, age, 
breeding, etc. The hull in rpiestion was 
described as “solid color,” whicli means a 
great deal to .Jersey breeders. The reg¬ 
istry certificate is.sued by the American 
Jersey Cattle Club describes the animal: 
“►Solid color, except spot on each stifle: 
white tongue; black switch.” W'm. U. 
Wood, proju-ietor of Oakwood Farm, 
Newburgh, N. Y., is reputed to be a 
wealthy man, and one of the proiuietors 
of Hotel Gotham, New York city. It 
doesn't seem logical that a man of Mr. 
Wood's means would deliberately mis- 
reiiresent a .$400 young bull in order to 
make a sale. Gn the other hand, if not 
misrepresented intentionally, it would be 
expected that he would be (piick to ac¬ 
knowledge the error and make an eipiit- 
able adjustment. In the correspondence 
over the comidaint Mr. Wood tries to e.x- 
plain the misrepresentation away by 
praising the bull's breeding, and as an 
individnal while admitting that th(‘ bull 
had “some white hairs about his armpits.” 
The “white hairs” do not correspond with 
the official description on the records of 
the American .Jersey Cattle Club. In¬ 
stead of making some reasonable stigges- 
tion for adjustment, iMr. Wood says he 
is willing to spend the $400 for legal fees 
to fight any action of the fanner to secure 
redress. Mr. Wood claims to have been 
in the .Jersey breeding for sport, and has 
now discontinued this pastime and dis¬ 
posed of his herd. This transaction to 
our minds doesn't show IMr. Wood to be 
a very* good .sjiort at that. If the pur¬ 
chaser were a man with financial means 
equal to that of Mr. AVood his suggestion 
to fight the case out in court might show 
“sporting blood” of the right sort; but an 
ordinary farmer brei'ding .Jerseys on a 
commercial basis can ill afford lawsuits 
with a man of Mr. Wood’s means. The 
contest would partake of the nature of a 
big boy bullying a little fidlow. 
J am in receipt of your letter of July 
27th. enclosing Adams F.xpress f’o.’s 
(du'ck for my claim against them in De¬ 
cember, 191(5. You have my sincere and 
lasting gratitude for your efforts in my 
behalf and my deepest admiration for the 
success which has crowned them. You 
must possess some my.s(ic powers beyond 
those of diplomacy, ajipeals to justice, 
jiatience and deep, dark threats, all of 
which I employed to no purtiose. This is 
no ordinary service that you undertake 
to render to your subscribers, and it de- 
.serves (he widest publicity and the deepest 
appi'cciation. r. u. m. 
Massachusetts. 
We do not feel j>rou(I of the record, but 
we know less persistent attacks would 
not have succeeded. Persistency is the 
only ammunition that shatters the tiring- 
oul process. AVhat we need now is an 
artillery tank to go over the top and 
S(|ueeze out the payment for the other 
(dd claims. . 
I purchased .“0 ju-ofit-sharing shares for 
mv wife in the mail-order house of AVill- 
iams. Belmont & f'o.. luc.. 19-2.” Fiatbush 
•Avenue, Brooklyn. I am inclosing one of 
the contracts, also a .‘10-share certificate 
which we discontinued. T received one 
chock for .$l.r»0 for the first six mouths 
after writing them, but have received 
nothing since, ovei’ a year. I wrote them 
some time ago and am inclosing their re¬ 
ply. I wrote them again, but they do not 
answer. Will you see if you can get any 
satisfaction from them? We purchased 
$46 in merchandise from them and have 
one .30-share certificate. A. F. v. 
Massachusetts. 
This is one of the stock-selling-profit- 
sharing schemes which we have re¬ 
peatedly advised our people to avoid. The 
plan is alluring, and perhaps if such an 
organization were founded by the buyers. 
September 7, 191S 
I>o you know anything about the cor- 
resjiondence course of the “Life Extension 
Institute on Health and (’iilturc of the 
Body and Mind”? This coursi* is for 
sale by Rcricir of Revunr.s. and advertised 
in Tdtcrarif iJiiirst, and others iirobably. 
It is a course covering diet, hygiene, eu¬ 
genics, physical culture, etc., which is 
ofli'ved for $I(;.2() cash. Probably worth 
much more than that amount if tin' in¬ 
formation of which it is comiio.sed is 
authoritative. However. Alois P. Swo- 
beda got .$5 of my money for a <'ourse in 
physical cultun* because 1 wasn’t lawyer 
enough to see through his money-b:udc 
guarantee. Have you ever investigati-d 
this course? Ji. ii. ir. 
Ohio. 
AVe do net know wlndher the corre- 
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T iiave j'ust got hold of a large circular 
advertising a land jiroject at Atascadero, 
Cal., wliore they are going to do wonders, 
and it is signed by E. (I. Lewis. I am 
v.ondering if this is tlie .same I.ewis that 
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inform me? E. s. n. 
Blaine. 
Acs. tlie E. G. Lewis of Atascadero, 
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versity City, AIo., some years ago. 
Some time ago C. T,. Morris, .0.3$ AA’ar- ! 
ren St.. Brooklyn, N. Y., offered me fie 
alxive liiglie.st .New A'ork City quotations 
for liennery wliite eggs, and asked me to 
make liim a trial shiiiment of one <‘ase. 
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tifying him of siiipment by mail. I re¬ 
ceived 110 i-efiirus and wroti' liim again 
and am getting no rejdy. Will you .see if 
you can collect same*? New York ipio- 
fations tliat time were 5Ic. u. l. 
Peiiiisylvauia. 
AA'e iiave aiiotlier complaint from a 
shipfier wlio scut four cases of eggs to 
C. L. Morris. Letters addres.sed to Air. 
Alorris are returii<*d witli tiie information 
that lie has moved and left no address. It 
is the usual .story—offer high i»ricc for 
sliipments, get a few and tlien move. 
Aiiofher instance of tlie advisability of 
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ments. This is more neces.sary wliere 
offer is made to pay above market price. 
Does your dear friend D. J>. Cornell 
kee n you on Ids mailing list and .siuid you 
all ids advertising matter? For fear 
yours, may have miscarried in tlie mail, 
I iiicinse (be circulars I just received. 
A'oii will b(‘ iileasi'd to leani tliat you can 
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trums. Also iilea.se note the statement 
that tlie D. I>. Cornell Co. is tlie “only 
real estate firm in the world whose re¬ 
ligion is honesty.” O. religion! wliat 
( rimes have been committed in tby name I 
New Y'ork. c. w. ii. 
AVo are indebted to E. AA'. AI. for tlie 
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