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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
May i>, 1010 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
Do you know anything of a chain of 
alleged poultry experts—a syndicate, ap¬ 
parently—in the Northwest. Minneapolis, 
Kansas City, etc., who are hawking hoax 
chick remedies and “Lay More’’ dope? 
Their literature is of one cast, their rem¬ 
edies (?) alike; all pledge return of 
money to those not satisfied. I sent a dol¬ 
lar to one of these and gave the stuff a 
fair trial without the least increase in 
eggs. Yet when I reported the facts and 
asked the money back, nothing doing. 
Have others of your readers a similar ex¬ 
perience? Respecting this whole matter 
of dope, which mulcts the people of mil¬ 
lions yearly, is it not true that red pep¬ 
per. mustard, ginger and like irritants 
form the substance of all stimulants? 
Massachusetts. w. g. 
We have a similar report to the above 
from another poultryman, except that 
when asking for refund of money another 
package of the alleged stimulant was sent. 
This was returned, insisting upon refund 
of the dollar. Tli£- money was then re¬ 
funded by the advertiser. Our information 
is that the substance of these alleged stim¬ 
ulants is principally the ingredients men¬ 
tioned by W! G., but we are not in position 
to demonstrate definitely of what so-called 
stimulants are composed. Advertising 
space in Tiie R. N.-Y. -is not for sale to 
this class of business. Space was def¬ 
initely denied some of these easy money 
schemes during the past season. 
Could you look up two concerns in 
which I have invested money, and see if 
they are all right? One is the American 
Voting Machine Co., which I joined 
almost .seven years ago. I bought 26 
shares in October. 15)18, and have not 
received any dividends from them yet, 
although according to them in five years 
from the time I invested I should be get¬ 
ting more than $200 yearly. I am send¬ 
ing oook and papers of this company so 
that you can see for yourself. The other 
company is the Eubank Farms Company. 
I answered an “ad.” in one of the papers 
and they sent me a letter and book con¬ 
cerning same, which I am sending on to 
you. I am paying for it at so much a 
month and have paid about $160, I think, 
in all. I have not been in this company 
long enough to draw any money yet. but 
I would like to know whether the com¬ 
pany is all it claims to be. If you 
would look up these two companies and 
let me know the result I would be greatly 
obliged to you. W. C. P. 
Maine. 
The voting machine proposition had‘all 
the earmarks of a promoter’s scheme, and 
we fear W. C. T. will not live long 
enough to receive even the first of the 
promised dividends. Eubank Farms re¬ 
ferred to is a Southern fig orchard de¬ 
velopment, located in Mississippi. We 
have yet to hear of anyone who made 
the promised riches through investments 
in these orchard schemes. In our esti¬ 
mation the profits are no more likely to 
materialize from the second investment 
than the first. 
Can you give us any information con¬ 
cerning the National Automobile Protec¬ 
tive Association of Cleveland, Ohio? 
They claim to run a Public Liability 
Automobile affair; they also have a tire 
selling at lower prices in connection with 
same, and offer to tow any disabled auto 
into the city. The charge is $37.50. two 
years in advance. c. A. v. 
Ohio. 
I am enclosing a business card of a 
firm in Philadelphia. Their business is 
automobile insurance, and by taking the 
insurance you have the privilege of buy¬ 
ing all kinds of accessories, including 
tires, at 25 per cent off. Is this firm 
reliable? m. b. y. 
Pennsylvania. 
There seems to us to be an element of 
the old International Automobile League 
of Buffalo, N. Y., scheme in both the 
above propositions. The claim to sell 
tires at a discount from regular prices is 
the “bait” to sell the membership in the 
alleged associations. We have no infor¬ 
mation regarding either, but we know 
that standard tires cannot be sold at the 
discounts promised. The experience of 
our people with this sort of automobile 
insurance has proved disastrous and we 
recommend that all such propositions be 
given a wide berth. 
Some time in early December T sent 
Mr. Gori of the Chantieler Poultry Plant. 
Ulster, Pa., $10 for a Buttercup hen as 
specified in former letters. I was to be 
allowed to keep the hen 48 hours, and if 
not satisfactory, to return same. How¬ 
ever, the hen arrived just before Christ¬ 
mas. and as she was not satisfactory. I 
tried to return her. but the express com¬ 
pany would not accept her during the 
holidays. Mr. Gori, of course, claims this 
was a wonderful hen. but she was not 
good enough for me. and I did not feel 
that she was worth the money, so re¬ 
turned her to him early in January. Now 
Mr. Gori has the hen and my money too. 
and seems loath to part with either. If 
you can help me out in any way I would 
appreciate it greatly. J. v. s. 
Michigan. 
After repeated letters in behalf of the 
Michigan subscriber, we are in receipt of 
a rambling communication from Mr. Gori, 
the proprietor of the Chantieler Poultry 
Plant, in which he seems to justify him¬ 
self in keeping both the hen and the $10 
on the grounds that .T. V. 8. did not re¬ 
turn the hen within the 48 hours as 
agreed. Mr. Gori's contention is that the 
express service did not prevent the cus¬ 
tomer from returning the hen within the 
48 hours if he cared to do so. However, 
this may be true, but Mr. Gori has both 
the hen and the money, and we want to 
make the important facts in the case 
clear for the guidance of other poultry- 
men. 
Could you collect $10 for me from O. 
L. Smith, 333 Bleecker Street, Utica. N. 
Y. ? On May 1st his brother, who was 
with him at that time showed me some 
automobiles. One of them was an Over¬ 
land and the other a Maxwell. I liked 
the looks of the Maxwell, so I asked him 
about it. He said he would guarantee 
it to be in A No. 1 condition, and if I 
bought it and it did not prove so, he 
would return my money for it. lie said 
the batteries were away being charged, 
so he could not run it that day. lie said 
he expected a party there that night to 
buy it. but if I would deposit $10 on it 
he would keei> it a few days. As the 
next day was Sunday I waited until Mon¬ 
day. then I took a man with me and 
went to Utica. I did not know anything 
about running a car at that time, so I 
had the other man look the car over. He 
found the speedometer was not working, 
also the ammeter and generator were out 
of order. I spoke to Smith about it, and 
he said he would not fix those things for 
anyone. When he got ready to take the 
car out. it would not start, so he had us 
push it out of the door. When it went 
down the bridge he threw it in gear and 
the engine started. He ran it around 
the streets for a while, but would not 
let it run slow unless it was down grade. 
When we got back to the garage I told 
him I did not want the car because it did 
not prove to be as he said it was. I 
asked him about the Overland and he raised 
$50 on the price of it. I asked him if 
he would give me back my $10 and he 
said he would as soon as he found the 
check was O. K. He wrote my address 
down and said he would send the $10 to 
me. I have been there, twice since and 
he had an excuse each time, but took my 
address each time and said he would send 
it to me. I enclose the receipt he gave 
me. also the check I gave him. k. a. m. 
New’ York. 
"We thought all the “automobile gyps” 
were located in New York, but it would 
seem that smaller cities, such as Utica, 
N. Y., are not entirely free from this 
class of pirates. We have written O. L. 
Smith several times, giving him oppor¬ 
tunity to make adjustment in the case, 
or show reason why he should not re¬ 
fund the deposit. No response. It is 
typical of the “gyp” also not to reply to 
letters of their victims or in their behalf. 
Other farmers in the vicinity of Utica 
may profit by II. A. M.’s experience. 
I am again appealing to you to help me 
collect a claim against the express com¬ 
pany. It is very discouraging to try to 
do business now, as we are doing our best 
to get flowers through. Our dealer meets 
the train in New York City, so that if 
they only leave box on the train it is sure 
to get there- all right, but evidently they 
throw them off at any place along the line. 
These two lots were delayed and frozen. 
The florists are having hard enough times 
with the high prices of everything we use, 
and we cannot afford to lose a penny. 
Connecticut. N. p. 
This subscriber took every precaution 
to have these flower shipments delivered 
in good order. The express company de¬ 
layed the delivery until they were worth¬ 
less, and we have finally succeeded in get¬ 
ting them to assume the responsibility 
and make payment in full. 
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, and you may register me as a 
member. 
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