1282 
Noveuii'or 9. r.)l^ 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
Has the Rochester seed oats agent 
with samples of his wonderful new va¬ 
riety yet made his appearance in your 
vicinity? He travels by automobile, is 
reported by some of his victims to be a 
very convincing talker. The Rochester 
houses sending out these salesmen have 
made the same extravagant claim for their 
seeds for 25 years back. Usually the 
variety is discarded both by the seed 
house and grower after the first year. 
We know of no variety of seeds intro¬ 
duced by this class of houses that have 
stood the test of time. No one except the 
sellers of the oats has any information 
as to their productiveness; but, judg¬ 
ing from the past experiences of 
farmers with this class of houses those 
who are placing orders at $3 per bushel 
will get less than a dollar’s worth of seed 
and the balance can be charged up 
against “guff” of the sale.sman. Farmers 
desiring reliable seeds will go to reliable 
seed houses for them. 
The Hartford Realty Co., Hartford, 
Conn., conducts a restaurant in that city, 
and solicited egg shipments from me. I 
sent them .37 dozen eggs during March, 
rendered bill amounting to $29.65. I have 
asked repeatedly for payment, but cannot 
get check. Can you help me? I hate to 
have a prosperous company beat me out 
of a just claim. D. R. B. 
Connecticut. 
We were obliged to refer this account 
to our attorney for collection. The Hart¬ 
ford Realty Company ignored him as they 
had the shipper and ourselves, but after 
some pressure he made the collection. If 
accounts of this kind have to be turned 
over to an atttorney before they are paid, 
shippers will save themselves annoyance 
and expense by passing by a house that 
has established such a reputation. One 
experience with one shipper will serve to 
save other readers from a similar loss. 
A few days after I wrote you I re¬ 
ceived a check for the two cases of eggs 
shipped J. Stern, 175 Chambers St, New 
York. He allowed me 50c per dozen for 
one case and 55c for the other, saying that 
the quality was poor. The next shipment, 
after these two cases, I sent to another 
house'and received 70c per dozen. The 
eggs shipped J. Stern were from the same 
hens and none of them more than a week 
old. A. D. 
New York. 
The above report speaks for itself. J. 
Stern is one of the receivers who repre¬ 
sents himself as a “wholesale dealer” and, 
therefore, is not subject to the commission 
merchants’ law which requires that com¬ 
mission merchants file a bond with the 
State Department for the protection of 
shippers. This class of dealers charge 
no commission, but pay egg shippers as 
little or much as their conscience v^ill 
allow.. Egg dealers, as a rule, are very 
short on the commodity known as “con¬ 
science.” A difference between 55c and 
70c per dozen make a pret-y liberal profit 
on egg shipments. Our aurice to poultry- 
men, on general principles, has been to 
refuse to make shipments to any of these 
houses styling themselves as “wholesale 
dealers,” “receivers,” etc. 
The concern has shelled out partly for 
bili due so long. Now what can we do 
for you? You can hardly imagine w'hat 
a difference it makes with us to feel there 
i.s someone who has the farmers’ inter¬ 
ests at heart. G. w. B. 
New York. 
This is just the position we want 
to hold with our people. Whatever 
power we have to use will be exerted in 
their behalf. It is not fair to hold up 
payment for their goods from one to 
four months. Small city concerns cannot 
do business on this basis, but they ex¬ 
pect a farmer to wait an indefinite period 
for his money. 
Records Oct. 4, 1918, show an invol¬ 
untary petition in bankruptcy filed against 
Crow Elkhart Motor Co. by Chas I. 
Monge, Ishell Lbr. & Co. Coal Co. and Ora 
Keff, all of Elkhart, Ind. 
The above report from a reliable source 
is only the logical result of an attempt to 
finance a manufacturing enterprise by 
selling stock to the public. We referred 
to the stock-selling feature of this com¬ 
pany’s operations nearly two years ago, 
and advised our people to invest their sav¬ 
ings otherwise. When hard timos come 
these concerns selling stock on the 
RURAL NEW-YORKER 
strength of further business instead of 
substantial assets are unable to stand the 
strain. 
On October 7 we received from the 
American Railway Express Company 
$72.24, the full amount of our bill for 
consignment of fowls lost September 18, 
1917. For this we are indebted to The 
R. N.-Y., as it was through your efforts 
the bill was paid. We know you have 
bt-ju to expense and trouble and we 
would like you to send us a bill for same, 
and also to know how we appreciate^ the 
kindness and interest shown a subscriber. 
We thought before The R. N.-Y. was the 
very best farm paper going. Now we 
know it is the best in more ways than 
one. We can never afford to be without 
it. K. & H. 
New York. 
This claim covered damage to shipment 
of poultry that was nearly dead when de¬ 
livered because of delay and neglect, and 
was consequently refused by the con¬ 
signee, The express company at first de¬ 
clined all responsibility. Later they of¬ 
fered $11 in settlement, which w’e em¬ 
phatically refused, and we are gratified 
to have the full amount at this time, 
which wms justly due. We have no bill 
to render, but wish we might have vouch¬ 
ers for the rest of our good friends whose 
claims are equally as just and have been 
standing a long time. The consolidated 
companies are working a little better, but 
many claims entered during July and Au¬ 
gust are still hanging fire. The officials 
believe in letting “patience have her per¬ 
fect work.” 
After waiting two years for payment of 
a bill owing me in Minne.sota, I am tempt¬ 
ed to appeal to you, as so many have done. 
I am an elderly lady and every cent 
counts w'ith me. Two years ago I made 
six crochet yokes for Mrs. H. M. Tuelle, 
Annandale, Minn. The Summer before 
she sold three yokes for me for $25, which 
encouraged me to send the six yokes, I 
have not heard a word from her since her 
acknowledgment of receipt of yokes. I 
have written again and again, but can get 
no W'ord in reply. I have heard through 
others that the yokes are sold, but she 
has not sent me a cent, nor any word of 
explanation. As this Summer’s season 
is over, she must have money to pay, I 
should receive $25 for the six yokes, but, 
if impossible, will take $18; that, or re¬ 
turn the yokes to me. Can you manage 
it for me? M. A. D. c. 
New Jersey. 
We print this complaint simply as a 
caution to readers W’ho may be inclined 
to send their handiwork to irresponsible 
parties for sale. If there is any more 
contemptible method of getting goods to 
sell, we have not heard of it. It is usu¬ 
ally those who are ill able to afford the 
loss who are deliberately appi-oached. 
We have w’arned against work-at-home 
schemes of one kind and another, and 
against many exchanges for women’s 
w'ork, and the only way to be sure you 
are dealing w'ith honorable people is to 
investigate before dealing with them. 
I have checks for $90.38 against N. 
Abramson, treasurer of the Evergreen 
Valley Dairy Company, Inc., 752 West 
17Sth Street, New York. These ‘checks 
have been returned to me twice from 
a Newark bank. I also sold this com¬ 
pany 2,400 pounds of milk through No¬ 
vember, for which they never paid any¬ 
thing. If you can do anything for me 
about this I shall be very grateful. F. c. 
Pennsylvania. 
The Evergreen Valley Dairy Company 
has gone out of business, and as there are 
no assets it is impossible to get anything 
on the account. Mr. Abramson is with¬ 
out financial standing and the shipper 
must accept a total loss on the transac¬ 
tion. To save these losses it is absolutely 
necessary to deal with concerns that can 
give you a good substantial financial rat¬ 
ing. 
Can you give me any infoxmiation re¬ 
garding the enclosed article on the “Won¬ 
derful Egg Producer”? Seems to me it 
is largely guff; have not tried it, but if 
my suspicious are justified you will want 
to put the public wise. A. E. 
New Jersey. 
The article enclosed is an advertise¬ 
ment in reading matter form telling of an 
egg tonic which will double the profits of 
any poultryman by doubling the egg pro¬ 
duction of his hens. A season’s supply 
can be secured from E. J. Reefer of Kan¬ 
sas City, Mo., for the small sum of $1. 
The claims are too extravagant to be con¬ 
sidered seriously by any practical poul¬ 
tryman, and this class of advertising is 
never accepted for the columns of The 
R. N.-Y. 
Rubber Footwear in 
“No Man’s Land” 
**Over there” our boys are fighting knee-deep in mud. Keeping fit 
under these conditions is difficult. Rubber footwear has therefore become 
almost indispensable for men in the trenches. 
Xo keep America’s troops supplied with rubber footwear is all-important. 
Men who are fighting must have first choice. Xhis limits home supplies 
but saves valuable lives overseas. 
Our outdoor-working customers, we are sure, will cheerfully meet thii 
situation. We regret our inability to take care of every demand for U. S. 
Protected” rubber footwear. We thank our patrons and look forward to 
serving them again. Until then, look for the U. S. Seal on every pair 
and remember the name. 
United States Rubber Company 
New York 
U. S. Rubber Footwear: 
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