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PUBLISHER’S DESK 
What do you know of the Post Tractor 
Co. of Cleveland, Ohio? Their agents 
have been in this section selling stock 
and promising large dividends and solicit¬ 
ing bonds in payment for their stock. 
Would you advise investing with them? 
Ohio. F. L. M. 
We know nothing about the Post Trac¬ 
tor Co. of Cleveland. The firm is not 
rated by the commercial agency. The 
fact that the firm is soliciting Liberty 
bonds in exchange for their stock brands 
it as a highly speculative, if not a get- 
rich-quick proposition. The Secretary of 
the Treasury has issued a positive warn¬ 
ing against the stock promoters trying to 
get Liberty bonds out of the hands of 
inexperienced investors. This warning 
was published in our April 5 issue. Just 
at this time, those having any money to 
invest can place it in the new Victory 
Liberty Loan, which offers the best secur¬ 
ity in the world. The new Victory Liberty 
Loan will bear interest at 4% per cent. 
This is a high rate of interest where the 
element of risk is entirely eliminated. We 
unhesitatingly recommend the new Vic¬ 
tory Liberty Loan to our people and at 
the same time we want to make our warn¬ 
ing as strong as we possibly can against 
putting money into stocks that are ped¬ 
dled around by smooth-tongued salesmen, 
or offered through the mails accompanied 
by a glowing prospectus of big profits in 
the future. 
Enclosed you will find a letter from the 
Smith Standard Co. (you will note you 
carry their adv.) I bought 500 chicks of 
them this year, and as their reply shows 
there were 25 that were absolutely worth¬ 
less ; in fact, they could not live. I wrote 
them a courteous letter telling them about 
the chicks (did not ask or expect a re¬ 
placement or refund on them). You will 
notice their reply. In this section the 
people are all disappointed in the treat¬ 
ment received at the hands of this com¬ 
pany. Maybe you have had other com¬ 
plaints about them : at any rate, they do 
not merit any confidence. We buy from 
500 to 2.000 chicks every yeai*. have for 
years, but still “we do not know what 
we are talking about.” L. R. L. 
Ohio. 
The Ohio subscriber is mistaken in say¬ 
ing that he saw the advertisement of the 
Smith Standard Co. in the columns of 
The Rural New-Yorker this season. 
We did carry the advertising of this firm 
some three years ago. and because of 
complaints and the indifferent attitude of 
the company towards the complaints, we 
discontinued the advertising, and advised 
our people at the time of our unsatisfac¬ 
tory experience. The above quotation 
from the Smith Standard Co.’s letter is 
rather poor satisfaction for the customer. 
Last April I sent $7S to the Gold Coin 
Stove Co. of Troy. N. Y., for a cook- 
stove. and could get no answer from 
thenv. The check came back to the bank 
cashed, but no stove came. I wrote them, 
but no answer came. In July I had a 
lawyer write them, and they sent the 
stove without any high warming closet. 
I have written them several times and 
they promise prompt shipments, but none 
comes. They have moved to Albany now. 
Gold Coin Stove & Foundry Co.. 22-2(5 
De Witt St.. Albany. N. Y. Please tell 
we what yon would do. I in. e the check 
and their letters promising to send above. 
New York. d. a. 
We desire to make it clear to a’l of 
our readers that the Gold Coin Stove Co., 
formerly located at Troy. N. Y.. is out 
of business. A house in Albany pur¬ 
chased the assets of the concern and is 
now doing the business under the Gold 
Coin Stove & Foundry C’o.. 22-2G De 
Witt St.. Albany. N. Y. The latter 
named firm apparently receives the mail 
addressed to the original concern at Troy. 
The Albany concern is very slow in 
filling orders received and is indifferent 
to complaints. They promised us during 
the month of February to supply the part 
of the stove missing on this order, but 
after two months have failed to do so. 
We are publishing this item to save other 
subscribers from meeting with a similar 
annoyance and experience as that of 
D. A. 
I am having some trouble with Chas. 
Cluthe & Sons of Bloomfield, N. J. I or¬ 
dered a double truss from them on Decem¬ 
ber 2. 1918, with the understanding that 
it was to fit and hold rupture in place, and 
also that I was to have GO days’ trial. 
After giving the truss a good trial I could 
not use it; in fact, I have been worse 
The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
since I wore it, and am going to have an 
operation. On January 27. 1919, I sent 
truss back with the statement that I 
could not wear it. I got a letter back in 
a few days which I am sending you. I 
have written them twice in regard to the 
transaction, but cannot hear from them. 
They have the truss and also the money. 
$14. If you can take this up with them 
I will see that you do not lose anything 
by so doing. r. e. 
Ohio. 
Our records show that during the early 
part of 1918 the four Cluthe brothers 
were arrested on charge of fraudulent use 
of the mails. We understand their cases 
have not come to trial. The above report 
is in line with the experience of other sub¬ 
scribers with Chas. Cluthe & Sons. Ac¬ 
cording to the letter of the firm forwarded 
the 60-day trial with refund guarantee is 
surrounded with so many conditions aud 
as interpreted by Chas. Cluthe & Sons as 
to nullify the trial and guarantee entirely. 
The firm offers to furnish a new truss, 
and this process could be continued in¬ 
definitely. or until the customer gives up 
in despair. Any others having trouble 
with Cluthe Bros, may be able to secure 
justice by writing to Chief Post Office 
Inspectoi-, Plainfield, N. J. 
Can you give me any information on 
the reliability of a nursery firm in 
Geneva. X. Y.. under the head of II. M. 
Whiting? Yesterday Mr. Whiting him¬ 
self. so he said, came to my place to 
solicit orders for fruit trees. Before he 
went away I gave him an order for about 
$10 worth of trees. lie showed me his 
order book and it had in it the signatures 
of almost every farmer near here for an 
order for trees at from $5 to $25. Ilf 
was about the smoothest talking and act¬ 
ing solicitor that I ever talked with. He 
agreed if any of these trees should die 
for any cause that he would replace them 
free of charge. All trees were to be 
three years old. His prices were 50 
cents for ordinary apple trees, S3 cents 
for the Winter Banana, which he des¬ 
cribed as a new and superior bearing and 
growing apple tree; plums of the Jap¬ 
anese type were S3 cents also; peaches 
and pears I did not price; and cherry 
trees were also 83 cents each. I have 
talked with others who had ordered trees 
from him since, and they had begun to 
feel that maybe the trees would not be 
true to name or something else wrong with 
them, but still the trees were to be de¬ 
livered* to the door in about 10 days and 
payment made at that time. m. c. 
New York. 
“Smooth talker” appears to be Mr. IT. 
M. Whiting’s stock in trade. It is said 
he can talk many people into signing an 
order for trees even though they haven’t 
a foot of ground in which to plant them. 
He is always long on promises to replace 
any stock that isn’t" light, and his imag¬ 
ination knows no bounds when it comes 
to spinning yarns about the quality and 
wonderful new varieties he has to offer. 
Our information is that he grows no 
stock, but purchases his trees from Geneva 
nurserymen. On the strength of Mr. 
Whiting’s “guff” he induces farmers to 
sign orders for trees at from two to three 
times the price of reliable nursery houses. 
The name of “Whiting” in the nursery 
trade represents to same business stand¬ 
ards as “Gunson” and Higbie iu the seed 
business. 
What is the responsibility of the Now 
Jersey Tire and Rubber C'o., Inc-., New¬ 
ark. N. J.? Their tires seem very cheap. 
I enclose their literature and guarantee. 
Pennsylvania. J. s. j. 
We do not find the company listed in 
our commercial agency book, and this 
would indicate that the concern has no 
financial standing. Therefore the guar¬ 
antee is not worth any more than the 
paper it is printed on. The concern is 
probably selling what are known as 
“second” tires, and we would advise you 
to have nothing to do with these “gyp” 
concerns. 
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 governed 
by a majority vote of its membership. I 
shall do what I can to encourage the Fed¬ 
eration, aud you may register me as a 
member. 
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Lime Sowers 
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Hay Rakes 
Hay Loaders 
Hay Stackers 
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Pitless Scales 
Spreaders 
Wagons 
Moline-Universal Tractors 
Stephens Salient Six 
Automobiles 
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Owners tell us without reservation or condition 
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draft, and that they do good clean work in all 
3orts and conditions of grain. 
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There are sound reasons why they do— 
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All working parts are direct driven, the work 
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The knotter has few parts, is simple and 
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Triangular driving arm on binder attach¬ 
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Single lever controls the reel in all operations. 
Main frame made of two pieces instead of four. 
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