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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
August 2, 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, lienee unsigned let¬ 
ters receive no consideration. 
No one familiar with it will accuse 
Publisher’s Desk of blowing its own horn, 
if we except the crooks, near crooks and 
grafters. We have no desire for spec¬ 
tacular performances or excitement. We 
believe the quiet service day by day gives 
the best results in the long run. What 
appears here is only an index of the daily 
work, which is simply our conception of 
the duty of a farm paper. It is usually 
the howl of the offended rogue or faker 
that disturbs the equilibrium of the serv¬ 
ice. We, however, confess to enough 
human vanity to appreciate and prize the 
courtesy of friends who speak through 
the following communication : 
The following resolution was passed at 
a recent meeting of the Vineland Poultry 
Association and I. as secretary, was in¬ 
structed to forward same to you : 
Whereas, the policy of The Rural 
New-Yorker is and always has been to 
protect the rights of the farmer and ex¬ 
pose the workings and dealings of un¬ 
principled and unscrupulous persons, 
firms, corporations, etc., and 
Whereas, it is and always has been the 
policy of The Rural New-Yorker to 
secure for their patrons settlement of all 
claims (wherever possible) against trans¬ 
portation companies, receivers of pro¬ 
duce. etc., and 
Whereas, as The Rural New-Yorker 
does unflinchingly at all times champion 
the farmers’ cause in the matter of legis¬ 
lation, both local, State and national, and 
Whereas, the poultry raisers realize the 
need for some such protection and recog¬ 
nize the value of co-operation with the 
.same; 
Therefore be it Resolved: That this, 
the Vineland Poultry Association, do 
show their appreciation of the valuable 
services rendered to the poultr.vmen in 
need by heartily endorsing the policies of 
The Rural New-Yorker which have 
made it so popular with the members of 
this Association, 
And Furthermore be it Resolved : That 
this Association immediately goes on record 
as adopting The Rural New-Yorker as 
the official medium for bringing all im¬ 
portant activities connected with the 
poultry industry before the people. 
Furthermore, be it Resolved ; That the 
members of this Association, both col- 
lcctivelv and individually, pledge them¬ 
selves ‘ to assist The Rural New- 
Yorker to their utmost in exposing any 
unfair dealings and give wide publicity 
to the same that unsuspecting persons 
may be forewarned. 
H. L. WHITTEN BERGER. SEC’T. 
South Vineland, N. J. 
I enclose my correspondence with R. 
W. Van Hoesen, Franklinville, N. Y. I 
ordered lOO.Rose Comb Ancona eggs from 
the above early in February and enclosed 
one-fourth of the amount of the order at 
that time; receipt enclosed marked No. 1. 
The balance, or $13.50, was sent March 
24; enclosed find receipt for same marked 
No’. 2. This was the last letter I re¬ 
ceived from Mr. Van Iloesen. I _ met 
each train during the week of April 10 
in order to get those eggs, but they never 
came, and as I could wait no longer I 
telegraphed Mr. Van Iloesen on April 
13 not to ship at all, but to return my 
money. I waited all that week, but no 
word; then I wrote letter like one en¬ 
closed marked No. 3. Still no response. 
I need ray money, and am asking you to 
do what you can to adjust this matter. 
Mr. Van Hoesen is the editor of the 
Ancona World and the secretary of the 
United Ancona Club, and it seems very 
queer to me that he should break his 
part of his contract with me. I ordered 
15 eggs from H. C. Sheppard. Berea. O.. 
and 100 eggs from John N. Lewis, Volun- 
town, Conn.; the former arrived on April 
8 and the latter on April 9. Mr. Van 
Iloesen knew that I had ordered from 
these other people and he promised to 
ship during the week of April 10. but 
failed. I have never received my Ancona 
World, which I ordered with my initial 
order for eggs. A. H. D. 
New York. 
Mr. Van Iloesen writes us a sarcastic 
letter in response to ours in the sub¬ 
scriber’s behalf, the principal contents of 
which were to tell The R. N.-Y. to mind 
its own business and that if A. II. D. 
wants the eggs next Spring he will fur¬ 
nish them. If there is any good reason 
why the customer’s money should not be 
refunded Mr. Van Hoesen fails to state 
it. Enough said! 
I am enclosing herewith part of a cir¬ 
cular letter from the Prudential Securi¬ 
ties Company of Houston, Texas, in re¬ 
gard to the General Oil Company. With 
a view of investing in the General Oil 
Company I would like to ask if this is 
a reliable company to deal. with, as I 
have heard quite a lot in regard to the 
good qualities of the General Oil Com¬ 
pany from persons I come in contact 
with. Personally I think it looks suspi¬ 
cious. c. tv. w. 
New York. 
This puts the Prudential Trust and 
Securities Co. in the class with “520 Per 
Cent Miller,” Jared Flagg, etc. Oil 
stocks of concerns not well established 
and producing in profitable quantities are 
a gamble and not an investment. Another 
subscriber sends us a circular of Pruden¬ 
tial Trust and Securities Co. representing 
that the public can secure five per cent 
a month from investments in oil stocks 
through the company. An authority states 
that only about one in a hundred oil pro¬ 
motions ever get beyond the stock-selling 
stage, so that there are 99 chances to 
lose against one to gain in this class of 
stocks. Any concern holding out the bait 
of GO per cent dividends a year writes 
its own condemnation as unworthy of the 
Consideration of the investing public on 
any proposition. 
I have received your check for $129 au 
payment in full for my claim against the 
Hudson Navigation Company of Septem¬ 
ber 29, 1917. You certainly have my 
gratitude for collecting this claim, as an 
individual has but small chance of collect¬ 
ing a bill from a corporation. I know 
you do not accept pay for collecting such 
claims, but in appreciation of your efforts 
in my behalf I am returning $10, which 
you may give over to the Red Cross with 
hope it will do some unfortunate person 
some good. E. R. 
New York. 
We certainly have great pleasure in 
turning this remittance over to the Red 
Cross. We are sure the contribution will 
help relieve human suffering, and the 
sacrifice of the donor will find reward in 
the merits of his own charity. At the 
beginning we made a policy to make no 
charge for services of this kind, but as 
the work progresses we sometimes feel 
that we have been more than rewarded in 
the ingenious ways that patrons have 
found to make recompense for the service, 
and this is one of such cases. 
I received your letter with express com¬ 
pany check for $14.97 for eggs shipped 
May 5, which were lost in the strike, and 
which the express company respectfully 
declined to pay until you got after them. 
As you refuse to accept any pay for this 
kind of work, please accept my heartiest 
thanks and on the back of this letter is 
a list of subscribers for The It. N.-Y. 
with check for $10.20 to pay for same. 
Thanking you again for this and many 
other favors. j. c. E. 
New York. 
It is hard to keep a Rural New- 
Yorker subscriber on the debit side of 
the service account. Just as soon as we 
get a little ahead on the service end they 
come back with a reciprocal service to 
more than balance the account. This is a 
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case in point. We do a little service for 
him. and he comes back with a bigger one. 
Accepting new subscriptions is our fond¬ 
est pastime, and in this as in many other 
cases Publisher’s Desk finds itself in 
debted to the friend it hoped to serve 
without reward. 
On page 108G is item regarding Chas. 
McClair. I think you have made error 
and mean Chas. MeClave, poultry judge 
and breeder, and dealer in all kinds of 
land and water fowls. If this is the 
party he should be compelled to help out 
bis patrons. I am interested in giving 
all a square deal. m. e. d. 
Ohio. 
Since we published the fact that neither 
ourselves nor our subscriber could get an 
express receipt from Charles MeClave, 
New London, O., for birds shipped by 
him on Nov. 2, 191.8, and killed through 
the neglect of th® express company, we 
have been advised by other subscribers 
that Mr. MeClave is a responsible poul- 
tryinau, and they cannot understand why 
he has not furnished the receipt to enable 
his customer to recover the value of the 
birds from the express company. The 
express receipt has now been furnished. 
The failure to send it previously may be 
due to carelessness. It probably was, 
but as far as the subscriber was con¬ 
cerned it may as well have been due to 
any other cause. The error in spelling 
name evidently did not prevent Mr. Me¬ 
Clave from receiving our letters, as they 
were not returned. We, however, want 
Mr. MeClave to have credit for furnish¬ 
ing the receipt in the meuutime. 
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You can get your Unadilla erected in time, 
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