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Jhe RURAL NEW-YORKER 
April 19, 1919 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
Do you want to get rich quick? 
Here is the chance of your life. The 
proposition is too fast for me to keep 
up with it. E. P. 
Connecticut. 
This seems to be a combination of a 
hog ranch and unit orchard scheme pro¬ 
moted by Valparaiso Development Co. 
with offices in Chicago. The laud which 
forms the basis of the development is 
located in Florida. Perhaps no State 
has been more sorely afflicted with land 
promotion pirates. “Vale of Paradise” 
is the alluring name given this develop¬ 
ment. and the honeyed words of the pro¬ 
moters are well intended to lure the dol¬ 
lars out of the pockets of those who have 
had no experience with similar enter¬ 
prises. The attitude of Tiie R. N.-Y. 
toward Florida land schemes is so well 
known that repetition is unnecessary. 
I enclose a circular letter from IT. L. 
Barber & Co.. Chicago, Ill. What a splen¬ 
did chance to make some easy money (for 
II. L. Barber & Co.) As I am not in 
the market for any stock. I thought I 
would pass it along, and maybe you can 
caution your readers against this and 
similar concerns. . I have no doubt that 
St. Paul has plenty of money to float a 
dozen or more such concerns as Marbohm 
Motors Co., and really it seems a shame 
that they have to come down here to 
Michigan to float such a small loan. But 
then maybe the St. Paul people are better 
acquainted. At any rate, there is a rea¬ 
son. s. J. P. 
Michigan. 
The logic of the comments in the above 
letter cannot be disputed. II. L. Barber 
& Co. is a notorious get-rich-quick promo¬ 
tion concern. We should be suspicious 
of anything offered by II. T.. Barber & 
Co. 
On December 20. 101$. I bought from 
Messrs. Sheer & Traiman of Vineland. 
N. J., two cows at public sale, both 
with calves, guaranteed to be as represent¬ 
ed, well and in good condition. One cost 
$70 and the other $136. They were de¬ 
livered the following day. A few days 
later I noticed that one of them coughed, 
and when I saw that'she grew worse, or 
at least did not improve, I called in a vet¬ 
erinarian on the 27th. After an exam¬ 
ination. he said that she was most likely 
suffering from tuberculosis, but since she 
was also suffering from a severe case of 
bronchitis, the reaction which might re¬ 
sult from a test would not be decisive, 
lie gave her some medicine, and when he 
came the next day he said that she was 
in the last stages and would not live many 
days. Three days later, 30 days after she 
was delivered, she died. The doctor per¬ 
formed a post-mortem examination and 
certified that she had died of tuberculosis. 
Both of her lungs were almost entirely 
decayed. I returned the hide and calf to 
the dealers from whom I bought the cows 
and asked that my money be returned. At 
first they refused and acted rather inde¬ 
cently toward the veterinarian because of 
his efforts in my behalf, but when he 
threatened to give the matter publicity 
in the local paper, they apologized to him 
and paid me $70. During this time the 
other cow had also shown symptoms and 
when tested reacted. A sample of her 
mucus was sent to the State Laboratory, 
which confirmed the report of the veter¬ 
inarian. On January 11 the State Vet¬ 
erinarian came. and. after examining the 
cow. said the State would pay me $40 foi¬ 
lier. She was removed from the premises 
three days later. 
When T told the dealers of what had 
taken place and that I expected them to 
return my money, they took the same 
stand as previously, saying that they had 
nothing whatever to do with it: that tin- 
law was on their side, and tin* only reason 
that they returned the money for the 
other cow was because of their good will. 
Now. they finally agreed to give me $2.1. 
Figuring' the $40 I shall get from the 
State. $25 which they offer me. and $16 
for which I had previously sold the calf. 
I shall be losing $55. Tin- doctor ad¬ 
vised me not to accept this, for if I took 
it to court I would get full payment, in¬ 
cluding doctor bills, which amounted to 
$16 and board, as I did not use any of 
the milk. The cows were kept in different 
buildings the entire time I bad them. I 
woo'd not like to go to court, and I can¬ 
not afford to lose the money. Do you 
handle cases of this kind? Any informa¬ 
tion or advice you can give will be greatly 
appreciated. M. e. 
New Jersey. 
We have written Messrs. Sheer & Trai¬ 
man of Vineland. N. J.. with reference to 
this transaction several times, and our let¬ 
ters have been ignored. This in itself 
furnishes food for speculation as to their 
position. We have found that when a 
complaint has been made about individ¬ 
uals or houses that are not justified, those 
complained against are very prompt to 
defend themselves. When a complaint is 
fully justified and no true defense can be 
made, very often the plan is adopted of 
trying to bluff the case out by remaining 
silent. If the buyer can prove the guar¬ 
antee at time of sale, he certainly would 
be entitled to recover damages in a suit. 
In any event, his experience may prove 
valuable to other farmers in Southern 
Jersey, while it will have no power to 
compel auy adjustment with M. E., who 
is the victim in this particular case. 
^ I was stuny by the Mercury Tire Co. 
The enclosed proposition appears to be 
the same company under another name. 
A warning in time may save somebody. 
New York. g. k. 
The proposition enclosed referred to is 
that of the Crown Tire & Rubber Co. of 
1781 Broadway, New York, offering bar¬ 
gain tires. No mention is made as to 
whether the tires are “firsts” or “seconds” 
and since the price at which the tires are 
offered indicate that the tires are “sec¬ 
onds,” the conclusion would be that they 
are second grade tires, which carry no 
guarantee of the manufacturer. The 
Crown Tire & Rubber Co. guarantee a 
mileage of 4.000 miles and will replace 
the tires at one-lialf regular price if they 
fail to give this service. The company, 
howver. has no established financial stand¬ 
ing. so that their guarantee is probably 
worth just the value of the paper it is 
printed upon as waste. Again we warn 
our people sending orders and remittances 
to tire gyps. 
Tin- current copy of The R. N.-Y. just 
received. In “Publisher’s Desk” I read 
the conviction and sentence to prison of 
Walter F. Thorpe, that slimy Syracuse 
crook. I personally know him, his 
crooked acts and some of his victims, and 
personally presented evidence thereof to tin- 
post office inspector at Syracuse, N. Y.. 
three years ago. The leading Syracuse 
newspapers, knowing him to be a fraud, 
published his deceptive advertisements 
daily. I offered to prove by corroborative 
evidence that he was a swindler, but these 
newspapers went right on printing his 
advertisements, so in my opinion at least 
I wrote these newspapers that since they 
knowingly aided and abetted a crook they 
are no better than be is. The R. N.-Y. 
is the most persistent and fearless ex¬ 
poser of mercenary and unfair-minded 
people; it is worth many times its cost to 
all subscribers who read and heed its 
warnings, counsel and agricultural infor¬ 
mation. G. F. M. 
New York. 
We quite agree with 0. F. M. As to 
the responsibility of publishers "who print 
the advertisements of known crooks, this 
sort of partnership of a certain portion 
of the press with fraudulent advertising 
is one of the hardest influences to com¬ 
bat. Tbe publisher shares the gain with 
the advertiser and should be held culpable 
to the same extent as the receiver of 
stolen goods. A number of tbe daily ■ 
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papers in c-ities of the first-class are as 
zealous of the character of their adver¬ 
tising patrons as any periodical; but the 
rule is that the daily papers in tbe smaller 
cities will publish without question any 
and every form of advertisement that will 
pay the price. The money the Syracuse 
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They have not the excuse that they didn’t 
know the character of the man and his 
schemes, because Thorpe was convicted of 
fraud in tbe Syracuse courts only last 
Summer. 
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Colorado Agricultural College: 
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oil and molasses and one pound of rosin, 
and after a proper thickness has been at¬ 
tained, spreading it with a brush on heavy 
manila paper. Tin- paper should be in 
large sheets, and after .spreading the mix¬ 
ture on one-half of the sheet it may In¬ 
folded over. This should be stored in a 
cool place.” 
Membership Registration of the Federa¬ 
tion of Agriculture 
I favor a State-wide organization of the 
Federation of Agriculture to be controlled 
exclusively by farmers, and to be gov¬ 
erned by a majority vote of its member¬ 
ship. I shall do what I can to encourage 
the Federation and you may register me 
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