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February 8, 1010 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
Can y.ou give me any information con¬ 
cerning business firms who make a prac¬ 
tice of letting work, particularly clerical 
work, as addressing envelopes, typewrit¬ 
ing, etc., to be done at home? I would 
appreciate it greatly if you could furnish 
me with the names of any such reliable 
firms. I have always taken a keen in¬ 
terest in the Publisher’s Desk, and con¬ 
sider it to be really and truly the far¬ 
mers’ guiding star. This is, however, my 
first occasion to take advantage of the 
valuable service Publisher’s Desk renders 
the readers of The R. N.-Y. s. B. 
New York. 
We have found all concerns advertising 
in this way have a scheme to get country 
people to send out circulars to the people 
they know in their community, and then 
promise them a certain percentage of the 
sales resulting from the circulars so sent 
out. As a rule, the circulars pertain to 
patent medicine or some other fake. Such 
schemes are to he avoided. 
Being a subscriber, I feel compelled to 
call upon you to see if I can get a square 
deal from one of your advertisers. Every 
Fall I take an outing, about Nov. 1, 
going into the woods hunting and trap¬ 
ping. This Fall I devoted my time to 
trapping wholly, and I was successful. I 
caught 41 muskrats, a very nice bunch 
of fur. There were only two kits and 
one that was shot. They were an extra 
lot. as they were extra large rats. I 
also caught five large minks, the smallest 
one measured 28 inches, the largest 33. 
I had five weasels, three of them were 
large. All of this fur was caught prior 
to Nov. 1, so could not be anything but 
prime skins. I was offered $100 for the 
lot by a local buyer and refused it, as I 
had just received such an alluring price 
list from the Abraham Fur Co. of St. 
Louis, which I had written for, telling 
them that I saw their advertisement in 
The R. N.-Y. I shipped it to them by 
parcel post, insured for $100, writing 
them at the same time telling them if 
they could not give me $100 or more to 
express it back at my expense at once. 
Instead they kept the fur and sent a 
check for $79.65, never writing one word, 
only sending a list of the fur I shipped 
them. I wrote to them to return my fur, 
sending back to them their check. I did 
not ask them to hold my fur separate 
for approval, but if they would not give 
me the price I asked to return it at once 
bv express at my expense. What more 
would a man have to say or do to get 
justice? I was told by a trapper after 
I had shipped my fur that they would 
beat me. They cannot make me believe 
that they did not get my letter as soon 
as they did the fur, as they both went 
out on the same train. Then again, if 
they received it later, why did they not 
make some reply? I call them clever 
actors and they can write a very smooth 
letter. I am not a man with a lot of 
money, so I wanted what my fur was 
worth, and furthermore, I feel that they 
should be exposed so as not to catch 
some other poor man that might send 
them some fur. W. B. B. 
Maine. 
The above statement gives the principal 
features of the transaction. Our cor¬ 
respondence with Abraham Fur Co. reveals 
the fact that the instructions on the price 
list specified “All instructions regarding 
shipment of furs must be sent in the 
package of furs.” W. B. R. sent his de¬ 
mand in the way of price in a letter by 
mail, which was his error. At the same 
time the letter stipulating his price of 
$100 or that the furs must be returned 
should have protected his interest. 
Whether the $79.65 was fair value for 
the furs or not at the time we cannot 
say. We have W. B. R.’s testimony that 
he was offered $100 for the furs at home 
before shipment. On the other hand, 
Abraham Fur Co. maintain the amount 
returned was all the furs were worth. 
The fact that the firm used form or 
printed letters in answering W. B. R.’s 
complaint about the price indicates that 
the firm has a considerable amount of 
such complaint. Another Maine sub¬ 
scriber also complained of the returns 
from this firm. He requested that his 
furs be held separate, but Abraham Fur 
Co. did not hold them sufficient length 
of time for their check to travel to Maine 
and be returned by the shipper. When 
the shipper returned the check and re¬ 
quested return of his furs they had been 
put in stock and he could get no redress. 
The two cases convince us that Abraham 
Fur Co. is not worthy of the endorse¬ 
ment of The Rural New-Yorker, and 
the firm has been notified that their ad¬ 
vertising will not he accepted again. The 
firm replies that we are prejudiced against 
St. Louis or favor New York market. 
This is not the case, but we have on file 
the record of a number of unfortunate 
Toe RURAL NEW-YORKER 
experiences of our subscribers in shipping I 
to St. Louis. 
I have a complaint to make against the 
Winfield Nurseries, Winfield, Kan. Two 
years ago and three years ago I bought 
trees from them with satisfaction. Last 
Spring I sent an order for some apple 
and peach trees, and Winfield raspberries. 
The peach trees I was satisfied were dead 
on arrival; I could not be sure as to the 
rest, but planted all out personally, and 
as I have had 25 years’ experience I think 
I can do that work well. The berry 
bushes never put out a leaf; the apple 
trees were not trees, just whips; small, 
poorly rooted, and while several put out 
a few leaves, all died. Most of them 
were dead when received. I wrote the 
nursery, telling them the facts, but did 
not do more, as I believed they would 
make good. I got no reply: a month or 
two later, wrote again, thinking my first 
letter had not reached them possibly, and 
no reply to date. It is clear that they 
sent me a lot of cast-off stuff. E. M. 
New York. 
We have written Winfield Nurseries 
three times with reference to this com¬ 
plaint, and all our letters are ignored. E. I 
M. is a man known all over the State, ! 
and -whose word is as good as his bond. 
We print the record of the transaction 
without comment. Our readers will de¬ 
cide in face of the evidence whether they : 
care to entrust the firm with their future 
orders. 
I have moved off the farm in a small 
town, but I cannot do without The R. 
N. -Y. I have taken it since 1871, and 
there are too many good things in it to do 
without it. E. R. 
Pennsylvania. 
The R. N.-Y. often begins with the city 
family and accompanies it to the farm. 
In many other cases, like the above, it is 
the companion for long years of the fam¬ 
ily on the farm, and accompanies them to 
town or city for a well-earned retirement 
from producing activities. We have a 
special pride in this class of subscribers. 
The best success of all is to live in the 
memory and affection of our old friends. 
If it is not asking too much, I wish 
you would try once more to get the $1.25 
due me from Moore Seed Co., Philadel¬ 
phia. Pa. G. H. B. 
New Jersey. 
Moore Seed Co. ignores our letters in 
the subscriber’s behalf. We have had 
several complaints from customers of this 
seed house. Farmers will do well to re¬ 
member this seed company as a good one 
to avoid when placing their orders for the 
coming season. 
What kind of a scheme is this? A 
number of farmers near here have received 
the same and bitten; to me it looks very 
fishy. I*, c. B. 
New York. 
Letter and circular enclosed with the 
above from Frank P. Cleveland, Chicago, 
Ill. The scheme is to sell lots in Okla¬ 
homa represented to be in the “oil fields.” 
L. C. B. is asked to send Mr. Cleveland 
names of people who may be interested in 
the lots, and in consideration of (his ser¬ 
vice he can get a lot or lots for the small 
sum of $4.05, which is to cover legal 
charges in transferring title, etc. This is 
an old fake that has been worked on Long 
Island and other sections where worthless 
land is to be worked off on people at a 
distance. There is no doubt a good profit 
to Mr. Cleveland in the sale of these lots 
at $4.05 each. We have previously found 
Mr. Cleveland connected with other forms 
of fake real estate schemes. 
Ilorton D. f?warts, aged about 50 years, 
of Dalton, who had offices in the Raub 
building, Spruce St., Scranton, Pa., was 
arrested yesterday by Henry W. Zeidler, 
deputy United States marshal, on a 
charge of having used the United States 
mails to promote a fraudulent scheme. It 
is the second time that he has been in the 
local Federal Court on a similar charge, 
having on March 3, 1904, been found 
guilty of having used the mails for a 
fraudulent purpose. He was sentenced 
at that time to pay a fine of $250. 
It is alleged that Swarts wrote letters 
to many merchants and dealers in eggs 
throughout the country and represented 
to them that he was doing business at 
1014 Pittston Ave., this city, as the St. 
Paul Flour and Grain Company, and that 
he sold many eggs. He ordered many 
crates of eggs, according to the postal 
inspector, failing in many instances to 
pay for them. Also, that he frequently 
gave notes and manipulated them in such 
a way that he eventually escaped pay¬ 
ment.—Scranton Times. 
The charges against Mr. Swarts are 
identical with his record as we have pub¬ 
lished it in this department. His career 
well illustrates the adage that a “leopard 
doesn’t change his spots.” 
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