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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
December 21, 1918 
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September 17, J916» 
lalley-llght la the best labor 
saving device the farmer could 
ever purohsee. 
I have a oar, also a tractor, and 
would rather go without car and 
tractor than lalley-llght, if I 
had to dlapenso with any of the 
three. 
In my opinion, Lalley-llght 8ur« 
paseea automobile or tractor for 
•11 around labor saving. 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
It has become an increasing practice 
of many subscribers to order a year’s 
subscription to 'J'liE Kukai New-Yorker 
as a Christmas remembrance to friends. 
This year, as usual, we have prepared 
an appropriate card to be mailed in time 
to reach the recipient just before Christ¬ 
mas, with the name of the donor, and the 
assurances of his or her remembrance and 
good wishes. This is a most appropriate 
and useful holiday present. It assures 
the friend of your remembrance in the 
season of cheer and good will, and re¬ 
minds him or her every week of the year 
of your thought of the recipient. If you 
want to get the cards out for Christmas 
the order should be sent now promptly, 
but they will be sent any time up to New 
Year’s. 
A few days ago it was announced that 
Fred II. Cornell, eon of I). B. Cornell of 
Great Barrington, wanted on a charge of 
desertion from Camp Devens on August 
IG last, had been located in Chicago. 
Now comes the information that Cornell 
was arrested on Tuesday of this week at 
Chicago, where it was alleged that he 
was living under an assumed name. A 
message Tuesday night from Chicago to 
the exemi)tion board at Lee stated that 
Cornell was being held by the military 
authorities at Fort Sheridan, that he had 
been impersonating a second lieutenant, 
and had passed worthless checks. The 
exemption board received two messages 
concerning Cornell on Tuesday, and on 
Wednesday word was received by the 
board from Camp Devens stating that a 
guard had been sent to Fort Sheridan 
to bring the prisoner to Camp Devens.— 
Berkshire Courier. 
The above clipping is sent us with this 
comment: “Chip of the old block.” It 
would be difficult for the boy to have ac¬ 
quired any high ideals or sense of patriot¬ 
ism, having been brought up in the envi¬ 
ronment of the schemes to get money from 
farmers which his father has developed 
for the past dozen years or more. The 
example of the father plus the law of 
heredity is no doubt responsible for the 
disgraceful act of desertion on the part 
of the son. The D. B. Cornell Co.’s real 
estate schemes have frequently been ex¬ 
posed in this department. 
We repeat that the only real tire econ¬ 
omy is purchasing the standard makes of 
tires. 
I enclose you a communication which 
I lately received from the Great Lakes 
Befining Co., Cleveland, O. These have 
been coming periodically for a year or 
two, and I think they are fakes. I bit 
on their first letter about two years ago, 
offering a bargain in auto oil, and they 
sent me a small drum of inferior oil, as 
I ‘-.upposed they would. They gave the 
same inducements as to terms which they 
now offer, and I let the bill run for nearly 
six months. About every month I re¬ 
ceived a notice of the account and there 
was always a further discount allowed if 
I would pay before a specified time. 
Finally the bill got so small that I paid 
it and used the oil for machine oil to get 
rid of it. If you deem it advisable this 
may be of use for the Publisher’s Desk. 
New York. M. T. F. 
The enclosed letter is the old fake rep¬ 
resenting that the firm has some oil in 
storage in the vicinity of iM. T. F.’s loca¬ 
tion and to save return transportation 
charges will make a special price for it. 
This scheme has been exposed in these 
columns many times. The subscriber's 
letter tells the story of the quality of the 
goods sold by this concern. It could not 
reasonably be expected that any product 
sold by such questionable means would 
prove first class. 
This Summer I purchased from Gregory 
Brundage, Salisbury Mills, N. Y”., a ram, 
which I was not satisfied with. I enclose 
a copy of his letter to me, offering to re¬ 
fund .$10. I wrote him on Aug. .^0 and 
on Sept. 23 that the refund of .$10 would 
be all right, but he has ignored both let¬ 
ters. I am unable to find out whether 
advertisement was in The Rural New- 
Y'orker or some other paper. Can you 
collect this $10? e. s. ii. 
I’ennsylvania. 
This subscriber did not see the adver¬ 
tisement of Gi’egory Brundage in the col¬ 
umns of The Rural Neav-Yorker, be¬ 
cause we have found him unreliable in 
other transactions, and his advertising 
when proffered has been refused. We are 
unable to collect the $10 adjustment, 
Avhich is api)areutly due E. S. IT., with¬ 
out resorting to legal proceedings, which 
the amount involved would not warrant. 
The unsatisfactory transaction of this 
subscriber may save some others from a 
similiar experience. 
Helping To Make Up 
War has taught thousands of 
farmers that Lalley-Light is a 
labor-saving necessity of utmost 
value; and that after the war the 
need for it will be even greater. 
The world looked to American 
farmers to feed it while it battled; 
and must look to us for food for 
a long time to come. 
Inexhaustible Lalley electric light 
and power are taking the place of 
those who have not yet returned— 
Lalley Electro-Lighting 
The Farm’s Man-Power 
saving the work of farm hands— 
saving women’s work —lengthen¬ 
ing days that are all too short, 
and helping men do more. 
Lalley-Light actually pays for it¬ 
self in the first year or so—as 
shown by eight years of every-day 
farm experience. 
Right now is the best time to see 
the nearest Lalley-Light dealer; or 
write us today for literature. 
777 Bellevue Avenu* 
^corporation, Detroit, Michigan 
DISTRIBUTORS; 
RobcrUon-Cataract Electric Company, 147 Mohawk Street, Buffalo, N. Y. 
Abeles Lalley-Light Corporation, 19 West 62nd Street, New York, N. Y. 
LALLEYaLIGHT 
The Electric Light And Power For Every Farm , 
I wtuild like you to help me, or give me 
some advice on .some ti)'<“s that I ordered 
from Broadway Tire & Rubber Co., Inc., 
1777 Broadway, New York, October lU); 
seut for two .S0x3^ tires, one 30x8^/^ 
tube, amount $24.41. I received two old 
shoes that were rim cut and blown out; 
they were all patched up. The tube was 
30x3 instead of 3 V2; the half was put on 
with different colored ink, Avbich shoAvs 
fraud on their part; also they promised 
to pay express, which I had to pay. One 
tire cominencod to break out on rim cut 
before I had 55 lbs. air in it. The other 
one blew out after running four miles, 
spoiling a good tube for me. Iwrote them 
about the poor junk they seut me. They 
sent word they were surprised to note 
what I said about tires shipped me, ask¬ 
ing tires to be seut back with express pre¬ 
paid, which I did. November 20 I re¬ 
ceived a letter from them stating they 
Avould make a shipment of one of their 
selected casings direct from the f.actory 
oil receipt of my check for half price. 
Their guaranteed 4,000 miles or another 
tire for half price. I Avrote them I Avould 
not send them any more money until they 
made good with me. I have not heard 
anything from them since. c. A. F. 
Connecticut. 
The Broadway Tire & Rubber Company 
referred to is among the class of tire deal¬ 
ers that Ave have frequently I'eferred to as 
“tire gyps,” The word “gyp” was first 
applied to the horse dealers in Ncav Yotk 
C ity who made a practice of taking brok¬ 
en-down, lame or wind-broken horses and 
doctoring them up so that they would go 
sound just long enough to sell them to 
some innocent purchaser, Avho Avas not 
familiar with the tricks of the trade. 
These horses ahvays went “bad” before 
the purchaser got them home, but the 
money paid for them Avas gone. There 
are hundreds of these tire concerns in 
New York City and other cities that are 
essentially working the same game with 
automobile tires that the horse “gyps” 
practiced in connection with the sale of 
worthless horses. The tire “gyps” haA'e 
the advantage of selling the tires by mail, 
as a rule, so that the customer does not 
even have the privilege of examining the 
tires until be has parted with his money. 
Once more. Ave warn our people not to 
send money to this class of “gyp” houses. 
Readers can identify them by their ex¬ 
travagant claims and their bargain prices. 
I have been reading rnblisher's Desk 
and am very much interested. Can yon 
he]]) me collect an account or get my work 
returned? I sent Mrs. J. E. Howell, 40 
East Htate St., Trenton, N. J., two knot¬ 
ted bedspreads and pillow covers, on Feb¬ 
ruary 21, 1917; price of each, .$23. I 
have Avritteu her sevei'al times asking her 
to return them to me. I sent her an exact 
photo of the spreads and she does not send 
them back or ausAver my letters. If you 
can collect this account of $46, less 20 per 
cent commission, or get them returned to 
me. I Avould appreciate it very much. 
North Carolina. i. c. c. 
Other readers report the same treat¬ 
ment in connection with goods sent to 
Mrs. Howell. She has promised to send a 
remittance, hut has failed to keep her 
promise, and the correspondence should be 
sent to the Post Office Department for 
th(dr investigation and action. Such busi¬ 
ness should not be tolerated. 
I am Avriting you to see if you can help 
me in any way to collect for three crates 
of eggs, amount $37.20, that I shipped to 
H. D. Swarts, Scranton, Pa., 1014 Pitts- 
ton Aa'c. I shipped them .Tune 4 and 7, 
1918, and he has failed to pay for them. 
I enclose a circular advertising his busi¬ 
ness. F. E. A. 
Ncav York. 
We haA'e taken the matter of this claim 
up Avith the consignee and on September 
23 he promised to make settlement with 
the shipper, but up to this time he has 
failed to do so. Egg shippers Avill do well 
to make a note of Mr. Swarts’ name and 
address as consignee to be avoided when 
making egg shipments. 
I shipi)ed 120 dozen eggs to James 
Frankel, 744 Ea.st 181st Street, New 
York, and can get no settlement. Can 
you collect it? Will appreciate the help. 
Ncav York. av. b. a. 
This shipper is obliged to credit $50 to 
his experience account. M e could not 
get any attention from Frankel, and our 
attorney is ;insucce.ssful in his attempt to 
make the collection. Keep a record of 
this name and make no shipments to him. 
It is safer to look up ratings before ship¬ 
ments are made. 
“I AVA.VT to apply for a position as an 
expert amanuensis.” “Well, what’s stop¬ 
ping you?” “How do you spell the pes¬ 
ky Avord?”—Louisville Courier-Journal. 
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