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PUBLISHER’S DESK 
I am sending yon some Hog 1’acts 
which I could comment on, but will leave 
same for you to do. It will make good 
reading matter for your subscribers. 
New Jersey. w. K. d. 
The “Hog Facts” referred to are con¬ 
tained in the circular of Co-operative Hog 
Raising and Development Co., Mobile, 
Ala. The alleged facts show how profits 
ranging from 65 per cent to 703% per 
cent are made producing pork (on paper). 
The profits figure out so beautifully that 
it would be treason to the industry to 
dispute them. Another concern desiring 
to make the public rich in the same man¬ 
ner is the XT. S. Hog & Sheep Raising 
Co., Wilmington, Del. The farms of this 
company are to be located near Bing¬ 
hamton, N. Y. Another hog ranch scheme 
has its base of operation in Pennsyl¬ 
vania, and still another in Connecticut. 
The promoters of each are just yearning, 
according to their literature, to make the 
other fellow rich raising hogs. The 
“dope” is similar in each case; it runs 
like this: Starting with one sow will pro¬ 
duce two litters each year of an aveiag< 
of six pigs each. By saving two out of 
each litter for breeding, in 30 months you 
will have 21 sows, which will have pro¬ 
duced 60 pigs, etc. Some of the promot¬ 
ers of these enterprises have expressed 
their indifference to The R. N.-Y. s opin¬ 
ion of these schemes because their inves¬ 
tors are usually city people anyhow. This 
is significant. Farmers who have expeii- 
. ence with swine know that pork cannot 
profitably be raised under these schemes. 
No agricultural industry can stand the 
heavy overhead and promotion expenses 
that are involved in these ‘‘hog ranches, 
“unit orchards” and other schemes. They 
may prove profitable to the promote! 
while they last. W. K. D. apparently is 
in no danger of biting! 
Two months ago my aunt sent a money 
order to Wiard Manufacturing Co.. Fast 
Avon, N. Y., as payment for one of then- 
machines, which was to oe delivered im¬ 
mediately. The machine has not yet ar¬ 
rived nor has she been able to get a reply 
from the company in response to two let¬ 
ters. Our local postmaster has also writ¬ 
ten to the money order offices nearby, but 
has been unable to get any satisfaction in 
regard to the firm or the disposition of 
the money order. Any information you 
can give will be greatly appreciated. 
New York. D - B - 11 • I) - 
We have written the TV iard Manufac¬ 
turing Co. several times in the subscrib¬ 
er’s behalf. Our letters have been ignored. 
It is now nearly four months since the 
order was sent, and the experience doesn’t 
offer much encouragement for others to 
send orders to the concern. 
Your letter of the 27th, with check for 
$21.17 enclosed, received. This amount 
is balance due us on original claim of 
$136.66 against .T. W. Raynor of the Har- 
lowarden Greenhouses, Greenport, N. 1.. 
for carnation plants shipped September 
20, 1915. We certainly do appreciate the 
work both you and your attorney have 
put on this claim, and we ask you to ac¬ 
cept our thanks. w - F - c ’- 
Pennsylvania. 
As the above letter states, it has taken 
the combined efforts of the shipper. The 
I t. N.-Y. and our attorneys for three years 
to collect the claim. When first pressed 
for payment, Raynor made the claim that 
goods were received in bad condition. 
We have another account still open. Ray¬ 
nor claims it is a just one, ‘but he is pay¬ 
ing it in small installments at long in¬ 
tervals. The records in these two cases 
do not warrant others selling to this party 
on credit. 
Chicago. Feb. 1.—Thirteen officers of 
the Pan Motor Company of St. ( loud, 
Minn., were indicted by the I ederal 
Grand Jury here today on charges of 
conspiracy and use of the mails to de¬ 
fraud—N. Y. Evening Sun. 
In January 25th issue we reported the 
dismissal of a previous indictment against 
S. (’. Pandolfo, president, and John Bar¬ 
rett, secretary, of Pan Motor Co. From 
the above dispatch from Chicago it now 
appears that a new indictment has been 
brought against 13 officials, including 
Pandolfo and Barrett. The case bids 
fair to equal in interest the Emerson 
motor stock-selling scheme, tin- promoters 
of which were prosecuted and convicted 
in New York some time ago. And the 
loss to investors will no doubt prove as 
great. After the publicity given the 
The RURAL N 
Emerson swindle one would think the 
public could not be induced to invest in 
another automobile enterprise promoted 
iu the same way. The big profits made 
by Ford and other large manufacturers 
is the bait used in both cases. 
I enclose letter from D. F. Bush, ans¬ 
wer to advertisement in Schenectady 
paper. Is it the same old bunk? If this 
Bush is a “con. man,” be. sure to blow 
him off in The R. N.-Y. It will be six 
cents well invested to expose him. F. w. 
. New York. 
Here is the advertisement D. F. Bush, 
manager Western Sales Agency, caused 
to be inserted in the local papers: 
WANTED to hear from owner of good 
farm for sale. State cash price, full 
particulars. D. F. Bush, Minneapolis, 
Minn. 
The advertisement looks innocent 
enough, and perhaps the publishers of the 
local papers are so unsuspecting that 
they fail to see through the scheme. Mr. 
Bush, in his letter to this subscriber, is 
very indifferent about the commission on 
the sale of the farm—only asks one per 
cent if the sale is made. He lays great 
stress, however, upon a “listing fee” of 
$10, which he requires in advance. The 
reason for this is obvious; he has no ex¬ 
pectation of making a sale. We never 
heard of a case where a farm was sold by 
him, or where he made an honest effort to 
sell. What he is after is the $10 “listing 
fee.” If lie gets it the farm owner isn’t 
likely ever to hear of him again. It’s the 
old Ostrander scheme, as we have many 
times explained. And yet this sort of a 
game is carried on year after year through 
the United States mails. Perhaps there 
are no legal grounds for stopping such 
frauds on the farming public. We have 
exposed the fraud so often that no reader 
of The R. N.-Y. can blame us if he takes 
this form of “sucker bait.” 
tW-YORKER 
February 15, 191!) 
Thank you very much for getting me 
the enclosed check from the Wells Fargo 
Express Co. I cannot accept the check, 
as they paid me iu August. The agent 
here said for me to return the check to 
vou. But thank you for your part. 
‘ New York. E. S. H. 
The express company rather outdoes 
itself at times by paying a claim twice. 
This is unavoidable sometimes, as an 
agent may have sent the claim in before 
we took it up, but it will save some em¬ 
barrassment if claimants will advise us 
promptly when they receive a payment. 
Send the advice direct to Publisher’s 
Desk. Do not include it with a subscrip¬ 
tion letter, as it, goes to a different depart¬ 
ment and is apt, to get lost. If you have 
previously referred a claim to your agent 
and received no attention, tell us so when 
sending claim to us, giving date when 
sent, and any information received from 
your agent. If you have had any corre¬ 
spondence with your agent or the claim 
bureau, send all the correspondence to us. 
Enclosed please find letter which I re¬ 
ceived from F. C. Ryerson, 150 N. Wal¬ 
nut Street, East Orange, N. J. lie says 
that I have made a mistake, which I 
probably have, as I left for the West 
about tiie time I shipped the last eggs to 
him. I could not find my account against 
him when I returned and have not been 
able to find it yet, so will give him tin- 
benefit of the doubt. The following will 
fit his figures and show the amount due, 
$69.10. Use your own judgment and I 
w ill be satisfied with what you do. 
New York. n. G f. 
We have given Mr. Ryerson the benefit 
of every doubt, and conceded everything 
that we could in an attempt to get settle¬ 
ment for this shipment of eggs. He made 
several promises, none of which he kept, 
and finally our attorney got a judgment 
iigainst him, but there is nothing against 
which lie can levy, and the transaction 
will have to be charged up to experience. 
Wg refer to these losses in order to im¬ 
press upon other readers the desirability 
for good references before making ship¬ 
ments. If these people want your eggs 
they can pay for them on delivery. 
The principal farm product of Wayne 
Coputy is milk, which is shipped us liquid 
milk or made into butter. We receive the 
League price for milk and New York quo¬ 
tations for butter fat. Apples sold for 
$1.25 per 100 lbs. delivered at the cars. 
Potatoes, $1.25 per 60 lbs. Eggs sold as 
high as 70c, but are 55 to 60c at present. 
Pork, 16 to 18c, live weight. Fat cows or 
bulls, 8c per lb., live weight. No snow 
on the ground, making it bad for mea¬ 
dows and grain. w, W. H. 
Wayne Co., Pa. 
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