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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
July 5, 1919 
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. 
Because of a general strike by the long¬ 
shoremen it is impossible to deliver ship¬ 
ments consigned to New York markets. 
We would, therefore, suggest that pro¬ 
ducers dispose of their goods at the near¬ 
by markets and save loss. The express 
and railroad will not honor claims arising 
out _of this condition if they have per¬ 
formed'thefr part of the service. 
I am enclosing some literature handed 
me by the agent of the Angola Tire & 
Rubber Co., who is operating in the 
towns about here. Tie is trying to sell 
shares of stock in order that a plant may 
be constructed in Buffalo, X. Y.. their 
tires now being made in another com¬ 
pany’s factory. The inducement for buy¬ 
ing is not only the large dividends and 
increase in value of stock promised, but 
also the. privilege of purchasing the 
Angola tires direct from the factory at 
a saving of 40 per cent and 5 per cent 
from the company’s current price list, 
which is about the same as those of 
other tire companies. Is this a reliable 
compnnv to deal with? m. m. 
No. York. 
Those who are asked to invest in the 
stock of the Angola Tire & Rubber Co. 
on the strength of the above inducements 
will do well to reflect upon the operations 
of A. C. Bidwell of the International 
Automobile League and International 
Automobile League & Tire Co. of Buffalo,. 
N. Y. It will be remembered that Bid- 
well sold memberships in the so-called 
League and stock in the tire company, 
making precisely the same inducements 
to secure memberships in one case and 
stock subscriptions in the other. After 
selling stock to the amount of more than 
half a million dollars, Bidwell was in¬ 
dicted by the Federal grand jury for 
fraudulent use of the mails and finally 
pleaded guilty to the charge. We do not 
know that Bidwell has any interest in 
the Angola Tire & Rubber Co., but the 
stock-selling scheme is essentially the 
same, and the best basis for judging the 
future of stock promotion schemes of this 
kind is the record of others of a similar 
nature which have gone before them. 
()ur advice to the public is. that if the 
Angola Tire & Rubber Co. is desirous of 
establishing a tire factory in Buffalo, to 
let C dicers finance their own opera¬ 
tions. There is no reason why farmers 
or others should invest a penny in the 
proposition. 
Inclosed find receipt of a gasoline lan¬ 
tern bought of the Douglas-Cristy Co., 
210 Fifth Ave., New York City. At the 
given date I bought a gasoline lantern 
through an agent of the above firm. The 
lantern was sent to my address. After 
taking same out of container at my home 
I found lantern damaged and unfit to 
use. I returned the article promptly next 
day. and in reply they stated that I 
should have opened container in presence 
of postmaster to show damaged condi¬ 
tion. My home is a mile and a half to the 
postoflice, and it is an unusual thing to 
demand unpacking in presence of local 
postmaster, as they claimed package was 
injured./’ I was not informed that lan¬ 
tern W'hs injured, and container did not 
show any rough usage to demand inspec¬ 
tion for that reason. The Douglas-Cristy 
people are making me a victim of circum¬ 
stances in refusing to send me a lantern. 
I have been in correspondence with them 
and the agent without any result. The 
last reply the firm gave me was that 
I should take it up with the local post¬ 
master. The latter can only make a state¬ 
ment of lantern from what I have said 
and the latter’s return. Please take it 
uii with those people to have the return 
of mv money or a lantern. J. S. 
New York. 
Douglas-Cristy Co. succeeded the Pow¬ 
er Light Co. with which many of our peo¬ 
ple have had much difficulty of this sort. 
The concern we have found very unsatis¬ 
factory to do business with and resents our 
efforts to secure satisfaction for the cus¬ 
tomers. The representatives first make 
one excuse and then another. The less 
the public have to do with houses of this 
kind the more trouble and annoyance they 
will avoid. 
Will you please tell us tlier the 
Ward Publishing Co. of Tilton, N. II.. 
is reliable? They advertise for men. 
women and children to address envelopes 
and mail advertising matter at home, 
“I 1’KKSUME you’re mighty glad the 
war is over.” “Well, I don’ jes’ know 
about dat,” answered Mandy. “Cose Fee 
glad to have m.v Sam back home an’ all 
dat. but I jes’ know I ain’t never gwiue 
t’ get money from him so regular as I i 
did while he wuz in de army an’ de Gov¬ 
ernment wuz handlin’ his financial af¬ 
fairs.”—Detroit Free Press. 
charging 10 cents for a “book explaining 
everything,” the 10 cents to cover cost of 
postage. w. s. 
New Ilampshire. 
This is a scheme to got country people 
to mail circulars of one fake concern or 
another to their neighbors or to list of 
names in the vicinity . Instead of paying 
for the work as promised in the adver¬ 
tisement it is agreed to pay a commission 
on the sales resulting from the circulars 
mailed. All this class of work at home 
schemes are a delusion and a snare. No 
self-respecting person would want to mail 
such circulars as these schemers desire j 
to distribute. 
I enclose circular 3f Corporation De¬ 
velopment Co. of America. Chicago, Ill., 
that c me yesterday. Will have some 
money to invest in the next 00 days. The 
savings' banks are the best for me. 
Maryland. M. m. ii. 
This subscriber is wise not to be lured 
away from safe and sound institutions by 
the promise of big returns on his money, j 
The circular appeals especially to holders 
of bank stock and presents very adroit 
arguments to show that money is worth 
at least 12 per cent, and the suggestion is 
held out that the Corporation Develop¬ 
ment Co. will pay its .stockholders 50 per 
cent on their money. This suggestion in 
itself is enough to cause suspicion and 
indicates the reckless means taken to se¬ 
cure stock subscriptions. 
What a lot of hot air one gets these 
days about, the II. C. of L. and the fel¬ 
lows who are responsible for these condi¬ 
tions. The enclosed “sample” of one of 
the reasons for these inflated values to 
the consumer is worth a man’s while to 
study and contemplate. Here we have 
profits of 0(M) per cent and more prom¬ 
ised to the 11. C. of L. kicker to get some 
of his hard cash back through Brother 
Schauble’s awfully generous offer to turn 
.$25 into .$.'{(>(> (may be) for you. Now 
just think of the killing generosity of this 
bunch; they only want 15 per cent of the 
profits. Well, I do not blame these swin¬ 
dlers; in fact, I give them some credit for 
their ingeunity. But the fellow I do 
blame is the sneak who would take the 
bait of GOO per cent, profit and then go up 
to the front row at meeting and cry 
“Amen” to the parson’s injunction “Do 
unto others,” etc. I suppose this is noth¬ 
ing more or less than another easy way 
to relieve the poor of their burden of 
cash. So I thought I’d send it along to 
the “scheme gallery” of Tiik It. N.-Y. as 
a specimen of the Western “air domes”—■ 
shot in Florida. the rube. 
Tennessee. 
The above refers to a proposition of 
Merchants’ Brokerage Go., Kansas Gitv, 
Mo., to join an association for the pur¬ 
pose of speculating in the stock, grain 
and cotton market. The usual induce¬ 
ments of quick riches are held out as the 
bait. It is of course the cupidity of hu¬ 
man nature that makes it possible for 
promoters and financial sharks to gather 
in the harvest of savings, of frugal people 
on schemes of this kind. If the public 
better understood the character of the 
men behind these schemes they would not 
fall such easy victims. No man’s judg¬ 
ment is better than his knowledge, and 
therefore we do not share in the caustic 
comment of “The Rube.” 
Adams Express Company state that in 
a number of instances where claimants 
have been pressing for immediate settle- j 
ment they have adjusted claims on the 
basis”of GO per cent without continuing 
the investigation to a finish. They stated 
that if such a proposition would interest 
us or our claimants, they would be glad 
to accord us the same consideration ami 
adjust all claims entered within the pre¬ 
scribed time and on which time the limita¬ 
tion has not expired. They further state 
that it would naturally be their prefer¬ 
ence to settle all claims on the basis of 
the full legal liability of the company 
when the investigation is completed, and 
liability is established, and they only 
make the suggestion of a GO per cent set¬ 
tlement to those that are anxious to clean 
the slate immediately. If any of our 
people who sent us claims feel inclined 
to accept this proposition please notify 
us. and we will be guided by their wishes. 
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