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June 7, 1019 
| PUBLISHER’S DESK 
All letters to Publisher’s Desk depart¬ 
ment must be signed with writer’s full 
name and address given. Many inquiries 
are answered by mail instead of printing 
inquiry and answer, hence unsigned let¬ 
ters receive no consideration. 
What is your opinion of the solvency 
and reliability of Tire Brokerage Corpora¬ 
tion. 2050 Broadway, Now York City? 
This firm is advertising extensively fac¬ 
tory rebuilt auto tires at greatly reduced 
prices, and I would like to know if they 
have a rating with the mercantile agen¬ 
cies and are reputable, or if they belong 
to the class of “gyp” tire dealers so often 
described in the Publisher’s Desk. H. S. 
Missouri. 
We learn that the Tire Brokerage Cor¬ 
poration succeeded the Queen Rubber 
Company of this city. The Queen Rub¬ 
ber Company was one of the names under 
which the Akron Tire Company did busi¬ 
ness—at least, the Queen Rubber Com¬ 
pany sold the Akron Tire Company goods. 
The Akron Tire Company has been no¬ 
torious in the market for a good many 
years and has frequently been exposed 
in Publisher’s Desk department. It is 
the practice of this concern to buy old 
tires, give them a coating of rubber, or it 
might be said a rubber bath, and such 
tires are what are being sold as factory 
rebuilt tires. Concerns selling this class 
of tires come under our understanding of 
the definition of “tire gyps.” and it has 
been our experience that the less auto¬ 
mobile owners have to do with this class 
of dealers the less they will have to re¬ 
gret. 
I have been a reader of your magazine 
for a long time, and have been very much 
interested in your efforts to collect ac¬ 
counts for vour subscribers. I have a 
judgment of $108.66 against Herman 
Saperstone, New York City, who does bus¬ 
iness as the Northern Produce Company. 
226 Washington St. Execution has been 
returned unsatisfied. Will you try to 
collect it for me? It is a balance due me 
on sale of apples last August. P. h. s. 
New York. 
Mr. Saperstone ignored our letters in 
behalf of the subscriber. In an interview 
later he put up the claim that the fruit 
sold him by P. H. 8. was inferior and 
worthless; but admits that he was not 
sufficiently interested to present any evi¬ 
dence to this effect when suit was brought 
against him, relying upon the fact that 
a judgment against himself and the North¬ 
ern Produce Company would be uncollect¬ 
able. We cannot too Strongly urge farm¬ 
ers to avoid irresponsible parties of this 
sort when selling theii^i produce. Before 
shipping or entering into a contract with 
dealers, their financial standing should be 
looked into carefully. The R. N.-V is 
always glad to furnish information in this 
line. 
I am enclosing an advertisement pub¬ 
lished in the American Poultry Advocate 
bv Hayward A. Johnson of Roslindale, 
Mass.; also some of his literature. I sent 
him an order in December for a Flemish 
buck and a young New Zealand doe, both 
to be pedigreed stock. The buck seems to 
be all right, doe arrived dead. Before 
first order arrived I very foolishly sent 
him a second order, as lie wrote me offer¬ 
ing a prize-winning New Zealand doe 
eight months of age for $8. I sent lnm 
the 88 for the doe eight months old. but 
have never received her. He replaced the 
young doe that arrived dead and also sent 
along a young New Zealand buck which 1 
did not order. He wrote me that all stock 
were fully pedigreed, but has never sent 
anv pedigrees and does not answer my 
letters in regard to the pedigrees, and has 
nothing to say in regard to. the piize- 
winning doe I bought from him. In his 
literature lie claims satisfaction or money 
refunded. What am I to do? If I re¬ 
turn his stock he will have the stock, also 
the money. In all I sent him $16 and all 
stock was to be fully pedigreed. This 
stock he has sent me is useless without a 
pedigree, as I raise only pedigreed stock. 
New York. MRS- h. h. 0. 
Our advice to the above subscriber is 
to protest to the publication mentioned 
against carrying the advertising of irre¬ 
sponsible concerns of this kind. Our rec¬ 
ords show that we have written Hayward 
A. Johnson of the Metropolitan Pet Stock 
Yards twice in behalf of another custom¬ 
er. and our letters are entirely ignored. 
If the publication carrying the advertising 
does not bring the proprietor of the Met¬ 
ropolitan Pet Stock Yards to time, then 
the only other recourse will be for the 
subscriber to present the complaint to 
the Post Office Department, alleging 
fraudulent use of the mails. 
Allow me to thank you heartily for 
your interest and helpful labor in collect¬ 
ing the standing claim against the Amer¬ 
ican Railway Express Company for the 
lost rugs. I received a check in full for 
same from the claim agent a few days 
ago. I would again offer you any remit¬ 
tance you may charge had you not already 
notified me that you do not take any pay 
for bills collected. Therefore let me again 
thank you most heartily for your kind 
favors toward me in this matter, and any 
time that I may be able to return the 
favor or any part of it I shall be pleased 
to do so. God bless you in all your busi¬ 
ness. E. II. P. 
Pennsylvania. 
We count ourselves well paid by the 
kindly expressions of appreciation for the 
little service we rendered. A bundle of 
rugs valued at $52.84 miscarried and it 
took 10 months to get an adjustment. 
The claims still hang fire and settlements 
come slowly. Advise us promptly if any 
adjustment is received. 
What has become of my coal claim 
against the Erie Railroad? I have come 
to the conclusion that they must have sold 
out or they have died. They must have 
thought that I owned a national bank. I 
wish you to crowd them along at once, as 
money is urgently wanted, and that, too. 
at 6 per cent. I suppose you are doing all 
that can be done. Will say if I could pay 
my freight the way they pay claims I 
would not object to them keeping this 
claim. My freight bills are better than 
$100 a month, and I must pay and they 
hold my money. J. E. w. 
Ohio. 
The criticism is justified. Shippers are 
compelled to pay freight in advance, but 
when they overpay it is necessary to wait 
for settlement at the pleasure of transpor¬ 
tation companies. We have just received 
payment of this claim. Added to an over¬ 
charge of $28.08 there was a loss of 
$45.25 worth of coal, and it took 15 
months to investigate, and no interest 
added. 
As a subscriber. I wish to ask you 
concerning the firm from whom the en¬ 
closed letter came. I have had no deal 
with them. I notice they give no refer¬ 
ence. E. N. II. 
New York. 
to the pail has a glass tube inserted. 
Through it you can watch the milk as 
it flows from the cow to the container. 
This operation is under cover and sani¬ 
tary. No chance for contamination from 
flies and litter. Milk milked into 
Empires is purer, cleaner and more 
wholesome. An Empire not only does 
the milking better and more uniformly 
but raises the quality of your milk. 
Viewed from every angle the installation of 
an Empire Milking Machine on any dairy 
farm is a business-like proceeding. It improves 
the standard of your milk. It changes the try¬ 
ing and laborious job of hand milking to a 
simple, easy system. It releases labor for field 
work or permits you to do the same work with 
less help—for with an Empire, one man can 
milk as many cows as three can milk by hand. 
It improves the flow and quality of milk, because 
its action is always gentle, soothing and uniform. 
It gets the most from “hard milkers” and the 
nervous cows; cuts dairy costs and pays for 
itself many times over in increased milk profits. 
Why continue to milk by hand ? Send for 
our catalog No. 23, and learn how Empire 
Milking Machines can help you to greater profits, 
greater freedom and better cows. Ask for name 
of nearest dealer. 
The RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
See the 
Milk Flow 
O N the Empire Milking Machine, 
each rubber tube carrying milk 
EMPIRE CREAM SEPARATOR COMPANY, Bloomfield, N. J. 
Also Manufacturers of Empire Cream Chicago, Ill.; Denver, Col.; Atlanta, Ga. 
Separators and Gasoline Engines Montreal and Toronto, Canada 
; 
An item in tin* Publishers Desk col¬ 
umn of your publication (page 718. issue 
of April l9, 1919), which apparently was 
intended to refer to this company, has 
been called to my attention. This com¬ 
pany is offering no shares of its stock for 
sale. I suggest that you make a cor¬ 
rection to this effect in your columns. 
MAIBOHM MOTORS CO. 
Sandusky. O. 
We are glad to give the firm the benefit 
of this statement. II. L. Barber & Co. 
•included some literature of the Maibohm 
Motors Company with other promotions, 
which caused the confusion. Barber & 
Co. had previously sold a block of treasury 
stock for this company. Barber & Co.’s 
efforts at the present time seem to be in 
connection with the sale of the stock of 
the Controvertible Tractor Corporation, 
which we understand is located in St. 
Paul. Getting rich on tractor invest¬ 
ments, according to Barber & Co., is as 
easy as rolling off a log. 
This' is not much of a farming country, 
more products bought than sold. Pota¬ 
toes, 75c per bu.; oats. $1 at mill; but¬ 
ter. 60c; eggs. 40c. The outlook is fairly 
good; too much wet weather. Oats and 
corn will be late. What wheat and rye 
there is looks well. H. K. 
Clearfield Co., Pa. 
Hay from $20 to $24 per ton; millers 
arc paying $2.85 for wheat, 75c for oats. 
Potatoes are selling at $1 to $1.25. But¬ 
ter. 55c lb.; eggs. 88 to 45c; poultry, 40 
to 45c per lb., dressed. Hogs. 18c, live 
weight. The season is very late on ac¬ 
count of wet weather. Less than one-half 
of the oats have been sown that had been 
planned, many farmers not having the 
ground plowed. The crops which are in 
the ground are doing fairly well. Wheat 
is fine and promises to bo a record yield. 
The earlv fruits were killed by the freeze 
two weeks ago. but the apples seem to la* 
all right yet-.. F. T, r. 
Allegheny Co.. Pa. 
Feed 10 °/° Beef Scrap and 
Reduce Egg Cost 400V 
This remarkable statement is proven by experiments carried on by 
the Indiana Experiment Station and published in one of their bulletins. 
All expert poultrymen approve of Beef Scrap as an animal feed 
because it supplies the necessary Animal Protein and Phosphate of 
Lime required to insure heavy egg production, high fertility and 
strong, vigorous chicks. 
REICHARD’S HIGH GRADE BEEF SCRAP 
is clean, sweet and wholesome—good enough to eat. Cuts feeding 
cost, makes hens lay and speeds chicks to market. 
PROMPT SHIPMENTS GUARANTEED 
Write for revised price list, free booklet and sample. N 
ROBERT A. REICHARD 
15 W. Lawrence Street ALLENTOWN, PA. 
9 BETTER CHEESE and BUTTER * 
made with 
HANSEN'S Preparations 
Take the guess work out of cheese and butter making 
on the farm. Simplify the work and make it easy. 
Big creameries where champion prize cheese and butter makers 
work, use Hansen's Dairy Preparations because they are pure, 
concentrated, simplest to use and always dependable. 
Hansen's Rennet Tablets for cheese making ; Cheese Color Tab¬ 
lets and Danish Butter Color — pure vegetable colors used in finest 
dairy products ; Junket Buttermilk Tablets for ripening the milk or 
cream in cheese or butter making in the small dairy or lor pre¬ 
paring delicious buttermilk in the home. 
Ask for Hansen’s. At drug or grocery stores or direct. 
Send for prices and valuable free litera¬ 
ture on Cheese and Butter Making. 
Chr. Hansen’s Laboratory Little Falls, N. Y. 
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Housewives 
serve 
Junket 
the Food Dessert 
Made with milk amt 
Junket Tablets into 
a variety of dainty, 
delicious desserts — 
also the finest ice 
cream. 
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The party inquired about. B. Seliger, 
has no established financial standing that 
we are able to discover. Mr. Seliger rep¬ 
resents himself as a dealer and not a 
commission merchant. Once more we 
want to explain that the people calling 
themselves “receivers.’’ “dealers.” etc., 
are avoiding the requirements of the com¬ 
mission merchants’ law, which is the only 
protection shippers have that they will 
be justly treated. These dealers place 
great stress on the fact that they charge 
no commission, but this doesn’t mean 
that the shipper will receive more than 
if he sent his produce to some responsible 
commission house. 
