1086 
July 12, 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 considei*ation. 
A public warning has just been issued 
by the National Vigilance Committee of 
the Associated Advertising Clubs of the 
World against fake journals, especially in 
the financial and business field, whose 
publishers live off the profits from the 
sale of copies of the paper to those who 
receive “write-ups” which appear, on the 
face of things, to be editorial matter. 
This report refers especially to two pub¬ 
lications, one in Chicago and the other in 
New York, whose publishers have ad¬ 
mitted that their revenue comes from 
those who are lauded in the columns of 
the publications and who buy large num¬ 
bers of copies for distribution. The evil 
is especially obnoxious, the report sug¬ 
gests, because such journals so often lend 
their columns to the uses of the promo¬ 
ters of fake investment securities. Some 
of these publications, the investigation 
showed, look so much like the “real 
thing” that a man of experience might 
be fooled, for in addition to editorial mat¬ 
ter, the publishers also reproduce the ad¬ 
vertisements of well-known business 
houses, especially in the banking busi- 
r.ess. Such advertisements, the pub¬ 
lishers admitted, were clipped without the 
knowledge of the business houses in¬ 
volved. and it was admitted that they 
were reproduced for the purpose of mak¬ 
ing the publication look like the “real 
thing.” 
Will you give information regarding 
the Toy Soldier Mfg. Co. of Union 
Square, New York City? They advertise 
to sell molds for making toy soldiers of 
lead, and say they will buy all you can 
send them, giving stated prices in their 
catalog. Are they honest, and is there 
any. catch about their proposition for 
buying the soldiers? A. L. c. 
New York. 
The Toy Soldier Mfg. Co. has no estab¬ 
lished financial rating. The proposition 
as above described has all the “earmarks” 
of the “work-at-home” schemes. Various 
forms of materials, knitting machines, 
etc., are sold on this plan, and it is easy 
to find some plausible excuse for refusing 
to buy the finished product as agreed. 
Any little defect in the work will serve 
the purpose of the seller. Our advice is 
to pass up all this sort of bait. 
I must tell you something that is too 
good to keep. One of your subscribers 
met a friend who was just going to send 
a check for auto tires to some fake com¬ 
pany. Your subscriber had seen some¬ 
thing in Tiie It. N.-Y., and told this man 
to keep his money, and soon after this 
the fake company was arrested for using 
the mails to defraud, so this saved the 
man $40 or $50. S. A. S. 
Virginia. 
We are very glad indeed to know that 
the Publisher’s Desk saved the farmer in 
question from falling into the clutches of 
the tire gyp. It thus appears that the 
influence of The R. N.-Y. extends very 
much beyond our actual subscribers. 
November 2. 1018, I ordered one bronze 
gobbler from Charles McClair, New Lon¬ 
don. O.; sent him a money order for $7. 
In a few days the turkey arrived, but 
was killed by a stray dog in the express 
office here. I have written Mr. McClair 
five letters asking for a bill of sale and 
express receipt so I could file claim. I 
have not received any reply. I also sent 
stamps and envelope for reply, but lie 
seems to ignore my letters. Could you 
write him? I do not want to lose the $7. 
but will if I do not get a bill of sale and 
express receipt, as the claim agent said 
I would have to show them before he 
would pay the claim. a. g. 
West Virginia. 
Our efforts to get the express receipt 
for the shipment in order that A. G. 
could recover from the express company 
the value of the bird has met no better 
results than the subscriber’s. Our letters 
have been ignored by Mr. McClair. It is 
inconceivable to us that anyone would 
show such au utter disregard of a custo¬ 
mer’s interests and rights. We believe 
the record in this case brands Mr. Clms. 
McClair, New London. O.. as unworthy 
of the confidence and patronage of the 
public. 
‘Ihc RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Could you collect this little bill for me? 
I wrote the party several times and got 
no answer. The amount is $2.30. J. h. 
New York. 
This reader sent a basket of eating 
apples to a Mrs. Lottz, 120 West 102d 
St., New York. She makes no attempt to 
adjust and ignores all letters. She is 
evidently another party who is willing to 
have farm supplies at the farmer’s ex¬ 
pense. This amount is small, but if city 
people want your goods insist upon cash 
or satisfactory references. 
We have had an agent in this com¬ 
munity selling seed oats for the Hiekox- 
Rumsey Co., Inc., Batavia. N. Y. They 
are making unreasonable claims for their 
oats, saying that they root eight inches 
deep and will not blow down, and the 
price is $2 75 per bushel: not less than 
five-bushel lots are sold. They only have 
a limited amount to sell in the State of 
Indiana. They have five men working 
the State, and they have to make a report 
each night, and when the allotment for 
the State is sold they have to stop selling. 
I would like to hear from you as to their 
reliability as a seed house. C. E. H. 
Indiana. 
The Tlickox-Rumsey Co. is a financially 
responsible house and apparently enjoys 
an enviable reputation in its home com¬ 
munity. The claims reported by the 
agents for the oats can only be char¬ 
acterized as pure inventions,' and would 
warrant the use of the “short and ugly 
word.” In our opinion no agent can sell 
ordinary varieties of seed oats at $2.75 
per bushel and tell the truth about them. 
It is only by making fake claims that 
farmers can be induced to sign orders at 
such fabulous prices. The claim of only 
having a limited amount to sell in each 
territory might be stolen from the dope 
of get-rich-quick promoters of worthless 
stocks. This agent must be a pupil of 
II. M. Whiting, the tree agent who has 
fleeced more country people than anyone 
else we know. The game is essentially 
the same—get the order by telling big 
stories and then bulldoze the farmer into 
paying by threats of lawsuits. This is 
also the plan of Geo. Iv. Iligbie & Co., 
and the two Gunson seed firms of 
Rochester, N. Y. 
I sent to Wm. W. Fulwood & Co., 312 
South Second Street, Philadelphia, I’a., 
(57 lbs. of chickens. He sent me check for 
$11.94, which was protested. Can you 
collect it ? w. c. T. 
Delaware. 
Fulwood sends out a card headed 
“Watch—Watch—Watch—Wm. M. Ful¬ 
wood & Co.” This is a good warning, 
but was not heeded in the right way by 
our subscriber. Fulwood would not make | 
good the check, and has now moved, and 
neither our attorney nor the police de¬ 
partment of Philadelphia are able to locate 
him or obtain any information concerning 
his present whereabouts. The superin¬ 
tendent of police repeats our advice to re¬ 
frain from shipping to houses without 
ascertaining their responsibility or finan¬ 
cial standing. Fulwood’s injunction to 
“Watch. Watch, Watch,” is the only safe 
rule to follow. 
An agent of the Excello Tire & Rubber 
Co., 215-217 North 15th St.. Philadelphia, 
Pa., has been canvassing this section to 
sell a certificate book. The price of the I 
book is $20, and contains 10 certificates, i 
The plan is that every time you order a 
tire you deduct $12 from their list price 
and send one of these certificates. What 
do you think of this scheme and of the 
Company? W. G. R. 
Pennsylvania. 
Here is a new form of camouflage to 
make automobile owners think they are 
getting tires at a bargain. This confpany j 
cannot sell standard makes of tires at a j 
discount of $12 from the market. If it 
could there would be no need of the “cer- * 
tifieate book” scheme. No doubt the oily- 
tongued agent has a plausible story which 
he can repeat, parrot-like, accounting for 
the magic of the certificate book reducing 
the price $12 per tire. We still advise 
our people to waste no time or money on 
any such scheme. 
The bride-elect had been showing her 
presents to a party of admiring friends. 
“And I’ve got such a good idea.” she 
gushed. “I’m so afraid people will dis¬ 
cover we are newly married that I’ve 
made Jack promise that when—when Ave 
go away tomorrow he’ll treat me in public 
just as if he had no thought for anyone 
except himself.” A middle-aged friend 
shook her head. “Don’t,” she said in tones 
of sad wisdom. “I tried t' at plan—and 
my husband never got over it.”—Credit 
Lost. 
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farmers have been our chief dependence for farm labor. 
’Tis said 60% of the military strength sent against Germany 
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333 W. 30th St., New York 
When you write advertisers mention The R. N.-Y. and you’ll get a 
quick reply and a “square deal.” See guarantee editorial page. 
