1106 
■Uhe RURAL. NEW-TORKER 
.Soptemijcr 21, lOl.s 
PUBLISHER'S DESK 
HiiviiiK u l)ill of JfJlOli for 
to M. AbramHoii, !><.". Avonno I’.iiyonuc, 
N. .f.. Jiiid bciiii; to colloot smiic to 
dati*. I IiHvc iH'fii .ndvi'^ofl to r(‘(|Uost you 
to take up tlio matter. There is no ques¬ 
tion in reRard to the amount of the lull, 
for lie has already Riven me a eheek for 
the above amount, but the eheek proved 
of iKi value, lie has a small ^tore and 
handles only strielly hiRh-Riade orrs. 
New York. S. 
Evidently .1. S. has not been a eareful 
reader of I’ublisher’s I>esk deiiartnient or 
he would liave known the eharaeter of M. 
Abramson of Ilayonne, N. .1. \Ve first 
received eoinjdaint from shiiiper.s about 
Abramson some eiRht or 10 years aRo 
v.’hen he was located in the lower part of 
New York (hty. lie did business here 
under various names. In the meantime, lie 
has served jail sentence under indictment 
for fraudulent use of the mails. Ke- 
cently he has been rfoiiiR busimiss in 
IJayonne, N. .7., and apparently the time 
he spent in jail has not catised him to 
cliauRO his methods. 
On April 15, 101.^, my .son sent fjtH! 
to II. A. Moies, I^Iilllirook, N. Y., for a 
ptiir of eiRlit-montli—ol<l solid black |iedi- 
Rreed Flemish Oiant rabbits to breed at 
onc<‘. lie receiveil no rejily for a Ioiir 
time and letters were not answered until 
on .Tune 17 he received a small pair of 
black rabbits with white feet, the laiRi'st 
of whiih wl'iRhed le.ss than three pounds. 
Tie paid 0.5 cents evpi'css on them, fed 
!Uid watered them, and returned them to 
Mr. Iloies. Since then he will md an¬ 
swer letters at all, and still has his .'t:|(J 
and the rabbits. Have you had any ex¬ 
perience with Mr. lloies, who is luo- 
ju'ietor id’ lloies’ I’et Stock ami (Janie 
I'anii, and is he iTsponsibleV I do not 
like to see flu- boy lose his JfK!. as he 
Worked hard for it. lie is l<i years old. 
TVhat would you do about ilV K. .M. 11. 
New Tdrk. 
A previous comidaint aRaiiist .Mr. I.oies 
Was adjusted aftei- \\e made repeated de¬ 
mands for it. He iRiiores our ajipeals 
that justici- be done this buy. and we can 
only leav<‘ H. Moies of .Milihrook, 
N. Y.. to exidain ami correct his own rec¬ 
ord in this ca.se. 
Will you Rive me an address <d' some 
hom-st rabbit dealer.s who will furnish 
sto<-k and bu.v back all you raise? Ho 
you think tiu-re is any profit in them? I 
enclose an adverli.sement of a firm ; can 
you Rive im- their reference? i.. n. 
New T'ork. 
'i’heri' nia.\ lx- ridiahh' rabbit deah-rs 
proniisiiiR to hn.\' the suridus stock raised 
from the parent slock sold b.v them, but 
we know' of none we reRurd as reliable. 
The profits in laisiiiR rabbits and other 
jiet stock are usually exaRRcrated by simh 
dealer.s, and it is our information that 
there is little or no piolit in tliis line ex¬ 
cept for those of e.xpei'ience. If an.vone 
wants to take up tlie lueediuR of pel ani¬ 
mals as a iiastiiiK.', all well and Rood, but 
they must not expect to Ret rich out of 
the busin(‘SH in a sho*| time. In such 
laises W'<‘ would advi-e .--ecui'inR slock 
from simie nearb.v bleeder it possible. 
I would like to ask your advice on a 
little matter. About a year and a half 
aRo 1 (‘iirolled for a coiir-'e of instructions 
on the violin with the SieR»d-Me.\ ers For- 
respomb-nce Scbmd. 'I'liis has since be¬ 
come the Fniversiiy Extension (’on- 
.seivatory. After studyiiiR a few id’ the 
lessons iliey sent me. I came to the con¬ 
clusion that I was wastiiiR my time, so 
1 discontinued the simlv as well as the 
pa.inients. I received several stalenients 
from them that my account was <lue. to 
whiidi I paid no allention. 1 lu-ard 
nothiiiR more for nearl.v a year. I then 
received .several more b-tti-rs askiiiR wh.v 
I had not made payments. 'I'liey also 
threatened leRal prosecution^ unb-ss I 
settled tin- account at once, l-'inally I hey 
jmt the matter into the hands of Leslie 
i'urner, collectiyii aRcnts. ChicaRo. I have 
received several letters from tln'iii Ihreat- 
eniiiR leRiil prosecution. In the last letter 
I received from them they Ihreal.ened to 
insiruct. their New York attorneys to 
pj'oceed aRainst me unless I settled ac- 
<-ount inside id' 15 da.\s. ,Vre their N<*w 
York attorneys a bliilV. and do you think 
it likely that they will Ro to tin* expen.se 
<d’ a lawsuit to collect? M. n. A. 
New York. 
It is the (dd, (dd story with those who 
have taki-n tin- alluriiiR bait of tlu-se cor¬ 
respondence school course.s. Hud M. TL 
A. ask(“d an.v musician as to the feasibil¬ 
ity (d' learniiiR to play a violin IhrouRli 
a correspondeime course before siRiiiiiR 
the contract, he would have learned that 
it is entirely impracticable to become pro¬ 
ficient in any branch of music by the 
correspondench course route. It is be¬ 
cause of the many similar letters to the 
above we have received that we have so 
(lersistently advised opr people not to 
be persuaded by smonth-tonRued tiRents to 
siRii contracts for their correspondence 
course,s. .\fter the student di.scovers the 
nature of the imstructlons and their lack 
of value to liim, it is then loo late, be¬ 
cause whether the lesson.s are accejited or 
not, the correspondence schoids invari¬ 
ably exact the full pound of flesh as stipu¬ 
lated in the contract. The threat to briiiR 
.suit usually friRhtens the siRiier of the 
contract into stdtliiiR, and unless it can 
be sliown that fraud was practiced in se- 
curiiiR the hiRiiature to tlie contract such 
claims can usually be collected IbrouRh 
the courts. 
What is your opinion i-oncerniiiR the 
'I’enipler Motor Car Co. of Cleveland? 
Would if be safe to invest in stock? 
()hio. 1 *. 
l•'rom the freipu'nc.v of impiiries, we 
jmlRe this company has quite an army 
of stock-selliiiR aRents in the field. In 
our judRinent, investment in the stock of 
this compan.v would be the lieiRht id' reck¬ 
lessness. It is always a speculation to 
put money in the stock of an enterprise 
the success of which has md hei-n estab¬ 
lished ; ami in view' id' the preseid <'ondi- 
tions of the automobile trade, when the 
biR, well-tinamed manufacluriiiR <-oncerns 
can only Ref matei ial to build 2.5 pei' i-ent 
of their outinit of a year aRO, with the 
lirospect that flu* Rovernnu'nt will permit 
no ideasun* cars to he made aftei' .lanuary 
1, what possible ihance ciin a struRRliiiR 
concern, such as 'I’enqiler Motor Co., 
have for RainiiiR a foothold in the traile? 
'I’he compan.v is "struRRlinR.” or it would 
not be tryiiiR to sell stock in this way. i 
I am .sendiiiR you a letter 1 receivcil 
fiom a real estate company salesman. 
Lincoln. Neb., and want to know if you 
can tell me anythiiiR about them. If 
(bey are all riRht I would like to list my 
farm with them. i'. u. 10. 
.M icluRaii. 
'I’liis is just one more re.al estate <‘on- 
cern lookiuR for ea.sy money as an advance 
fee for the s.'ile <d' real esiale. No matter 
what the pretext, we advise aRainst pay- 
iiiR inom*y for tin- sab* of ji fjirm until the 
farm is actually sobl. The .same applies 
|(i schemes for the sale of p.alents, etc. j 
Can you tell me whether the |.••l"i‘>(•a 
'rire I'v'Mubb(>r Co.. Inc., .lamaica. L. I., 
is a reliable «Mincei'n? II is (dVeibiR well- 
known niak<*s of tires, such as I'ii'estone, 
Ajax. .Norwalk, etc., at from 50 l<i .50, 
per cent discount from manufactnrer.s’, 
pi'ic<‘S. Several friends of mine, whoj 
have received the firm's literature, are 
eaRer to bu.v lii'es fi'om them, but 1 
IhoURht it would bi- belter to find out 
somethiiiR about the lirm’s financial 
standiiiR first, so am writiiiR you for the 
iid’oi mat ion. -i • i''. O- 0. 
Nt‘W T’oi'k. 
On AuRUst 2 I sen! the Overoad 'I'ire 
Co., 115 I’.roadwiiy, a check for .'i;,S.25| 
for an auto tin- t(t be sent pais'cl posl.j 
On the 5th they replied statiiiR it would 
h(* s<*nt jmepaid I'Xpress. No liia- has yet 
arrived. I need the tin*, and 10 days 
have passed. I wish you would look them 
up for me. I,, .t. c. 
New 5 ork, 
h’or man.v .vears T have been a sub¬ 
scribed to 5'(IK It. N.-Y. ami I wish to 
ask you a fa\or. 1 have seen an jidvi-r- 
tis<‘menl of the Mercury 'I’ire Co.. I7S0 
Mi'oadwa.v. New Yoi'k. I would like to 
know if this is a reliable firm. If so. can 
.Vou «'xpl:iin how they can sell automobile 
tires :iml tubes at half the reRular price 
with a written Ruarantee that they will 
Ro' LftOO miles or be ri'placed b.v new 
tiles jit half price? 'I'heir idVeis s(>em re¬ 
markable to me. and if you can assure 
me that I hey ai'e safe, 1 would like to in- 
\'est. c. c. 
Massm-huselts. 
'rin- (hi't'c above lett(‘i'.s come to us in 
the same mail. 'I'he explanation is sintple 
enouRh. .Ml (hre(“ <'oma*rns are in the 
class of R.vp tii'e houses. 'I’he tires arc 
undoubti'dl.\ “seconds,” or damaRral tires 
which till- manufacturers do not and will 
nol Ruaiirntee. Smiietimes tlies(* seconds, 
lii'es Rive \er.V Rornl si-iwice, but more 
often they blow out after haviiiR run but 
a .short distance, ami are practically' 
worthless. 'I’he Rrraraulet* of these R.vp 
houses on these tires is worth just as 
nrueh as the paper it is writterr or prirried 
on. W’e llrorrRht Wf had warrretl reirders 
suflicientl.v about this class of tire <Ierrl- 
ers, but firrther words of caution seem to* 
he necessary. 
Mv jiooi' man, aren’t you .sonrelhiiiR 
of an invertebrate?” “No, ma’am: I 
never tech a dnq»,” — Maltinrore .American. 
Repeating SKotguns and Rifles 
for Shooting Right 
W HETHER .22 repeater for tKe toy or autoloading stot- 
gun for yourself, a txgt power autoloadinf^ rifle for ttat 
well earned deer tunt or a pump gun or rifle for general use, tuy 
a Remington UMC and know you arc getting ttc right arm. 
Every Remington UMC stotgun or rifle is right m every mc- 
ctanical detail—tammcrlcss, witt solid trcccK, Kas positive safety 
lock and citKer autoloading or slide action. And right in sKooting 
qualities, balance, fit, material, workmansliip,finist and appearance. 
Buy Remington UMC Shotshclls or Metallic Cartridges and add the right 
finishing touch. For example, for squirrels, woodchucks 
and other small animals, the Remington UMC .22 
cartridge with hollow point bullet gives best results. 
The wonderful 'Wetproof process used exclusively in the 
manufacture of Remington UMC Smokeless “Arrow" 
and “Nitro Club” Shotshclls, produces a shell which 
can be exposed to wet for hours without harm. 
In black powder shotshclls, buy the old reliable 
Remington UMC “New Club,” now wetproof 
scaled at turnover (crimp) and top wad. 
Soldhy HarJwar€ and Sporting Goods Dealers in Yourddearest Town 
THE REMINGTON ARMS UNION 
METALLIC CARTRIDGE CO., Inc. 
Largc$t J^lanufacturtra of Firearms and A.mmunition in the VForld 
WOOLWORTH BUILDING NEW YORK CITY 
International Motor Trucks 
on the Farm 
T 
HE motor truck, just coming into general 
use on the farm, is fast proving itself a 
most valuable farm machine. Farm haulini>: with 
horses takes a lot of time, keeps the driver from 
doiug much needed farm work, and costs altogetlier too much 
in luoucy us coiuiiared witli the speedier, economical truck. 
Mr. L. C. Henry of Utica, Minn,, purchased an Inter¬ 
national Motor Truck to haul liis live stock and farm produce 
to market and to bring return loads from town. He says, 
“We use tlie truck for nearly everj^ kind of haulinjj, t saves 
more time than any other machine in our farm service. ' Five 
of Mr. Henry’s neighbors bought International Motor Trucks 
when they learned, from his experience, what a useful eco¬ 
nomical farm machine he had. 
An international Motor Truck can be used both on the farm 
and on the road. It is a safe machine to buy, for over IS.tXltJ 
are now in service. We have a dealer, a branch house or a 
service station somewhere near you. Write us for prices and 
complete information about all sevcu models. 
International Harvester Company of America 
tlocorporaUd) 
^CHICAGO USA 
[ When you t/vrite advertisers mention The R. N.-Y, and you*H get a 
quick reply and a ‘‘square deal.” See guarantee editorial page. 
