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October 25, 1919 
ft* RURAL NEW-YORKER 
SAWS AND TOOLS 
Two Men and a Disston 
I F you’ve ever handled one end of a cross¬ 
cut saw you know what the man on the 
other end is doing — and you know whether 
or not the saw is doing its bit. 
The difference between an ordinary saw 
and a Disston shows as much in the sawing 
as it does in the store. And men buy saws 
to use. 
The sawing quality of the Disston Cross- 
Cuts, like that of the world-famous Disston 
Hand Saw—the Saw Most Carpenters Use— 
is built in the saw itself. It is the product 
of Disston Organization and Disston Crucible 
Steel, the steel that is made in the Disston 
Plant. 
Test the Disston Cross-Cut Saw any way 
you can think of — you’ll find it a thorough 
Disston by every test. 
The live hardware dealers all sell Disstons—go 
to the dealer who can give you what you want. 
Send today for free copy of “Disston Saws and 
Tools for the Farm.” It contains information of value 
to you. 
HENRY DISSTON & SONS, Inc. 
America*a Longest Established Makers of 
Hand Saws, Cross-Cut Saws, Band Saws, 
Circular Saws, and Tools.” 
Philadelphia, U.S. A. 
Canadian Works : TORONTO, CANADA 
ITRAOt 
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. 
Publishing a weekly paper in New 
York for the last month has been some¬ 
thing of a strenuous task. Tite Rural 
New-Yorker was two days late one week 
on about one-third of the edition. Other¬ 
wise it went out regularly and on time, 
but not many publications made this re¬ 
cord. In fact, we believe it was the only 
weekly or monthly publication published 
in the City of New York that was not 
forced to suspend publication for a time. 
All told, there are about 150 periodicals 
that have not at this writing resumed 
publication. 
The trouble first began with the press¬ 
men’s strike. Then compositors and elec¬ 
trotypers complicated the situation, and 
for the last week the longshoremen’s 
strike nearly cut. off the supply of paper. 
The raw paper for our last edition had 
to be carted from the railroad tracks in 
New Jersey to our pressroom in New 
York, at an expense that makes ordinary 
express service seem trifling. 
The It. N.-Y. has its own facilities for 
doing all the work, except electrotyping, 
and its own devoted employes, every one 
of whom feels a personal pride in the 
paper, and the necessary extra expense 
was cheerfully assumed. These are the 
circumstances that made it possible to get 
the paper out regularly and on time, while 
other publications have been embarrassed 
by labor troubles and other conditions 
beyond their control. 
Can you give any information concern¬ 
ing the Auto Knitting Hosiery Co.. Buf¬ 
falo, N. Y., advertisement of which is 
enclosed? It sounds as if money could 
be earned, but I would like to find out if 
these people are on the level before I 
have anything to do with them. a. R. 
New Jersey. 
Perhaps the best answer to the above 
inquiry is a letter from another sub¬ 
scriber, which reads as follows: 
The first of the year we purchased an 
auto knitter from the Auto Knitter 
Hosiery Co., of Buffalo, N. Y.. paying $50 
therefor. The machine will not perform 
the work as claimed for it by the com¬ 
pany. We wrote them requesting an ad¬ 
justment, which they refused. In your 
opinion could anything be done to compel 
them to refund our money’ 
Ohio. 
I have been recently called upon by 
David II. Rising, Easton, Pa., who claims 
to be a life-time corn breeder, and was 
persuaded by him to accept the agency 
for his Cold Dollar and Eighty-Day 
Special. Both, lie maintains, are far su¬ 
perior to anything else for use in the 
North for silage, lie further asserts that 
all his corn is grown in the hills adjoin¬ 
ing New York and Pennsylvania. Rising 
advocates buying corn on the ear. which 
I must sell at $6 per bu. of 70 lbs. Can 
you tell me anything about this man and 
his seed corn ? I. P. C. 
Vermont. 
The reputation of David II. Rising at 
Easton, Pa., is not such that farmers any¬ 
where should put any faith in his claims 
and representations. According to our 
reports it is his practice to buy common 
varieties of farm seeds in the vicinity and 
then sell them at fabulous prices in other 
farm communities on the strength of his 
plausible yarns. In this he is no better 
or worse than any other seed peddlers. 
A few weeks 
N.-Y., in the I 1 
the words of a 
Paint Company 
used him as they 
ago I read in The R. 
ublisher’s Desk column, 
victim of the Franklin 
of Cleveland. O., who 
have me.- I needed four 
or five gallons of roof paint. They offered 
half barrels at supposedly reduced prices. 
I bit; ordered a half barrel to be shipped 
at once by express. After a long delay 
I received the bill for 39 gallons. I at 
once wrote them, returning the bill and 
telling them I would not stand for 39 
gallons as a half barrel, and refused to 
receive or accept the goods, stating in my 
letter that I would do so. canceling all 
orders. After a long delay they sent a 
draft on me to the banlc here. I phoned 
the bank I would not pay it. The bank 
said, “Very well ; we will send it back.” 
Thus the matter stands. If the paint 
company had done a fair business they 
would likely have received an order from 
me later on for house and barn paint. 
I was afraid their goods were on a par 
with their methods. I can prove that 
the company received my refusal and can¬ 
cellation order promptly. I never was 
“Yottr husband seems to be a man of 
rare gifts. remarked the appreciative 
friend. “He is." acquiesced the wife. 
“We’ve been married 1“ years, and he 
has never given me a present yet.”— 
Melbourne Australasian. 
- sued in my life, but I don’t want crooked¬ 
ness to succeed anywhere. H. T. 
Ohio. 
The above report in connection with 
previous ones of the same kind confirms 
our conclusion that it is the practice of 
this class of paint concerns to attempt 
to palm off a larger quantity than was 
ordered. We understand the roofing paint 
sold by this and other similar concerns is 
refined coal tar. “II. T.” need have no 
concern that a house practicing this sort 
of methods will ever go into court to try 
to enforce their unfair methods. Such 
methods flourish only in the dark. 
Is this firm, whose circular is enclosed, 
truly.any good? What of the shares this 
firm is speaking about? MRS. it. n. c. 
New Hampshire. 
The circular enclosed is from H. L. 
Barber & Co., Chicago, beseeching invest¬ 
ment in the stock of the Convertible 
Tractor Company, St. Paul, Minn., or as 
Barber expresses it “Take a flyer.” This 
concern apparently manufactures one of 
the tractor attachments for an automobile. 
Barber’s own language—“Take a flyer”— 
suggests that the proposition is a gamble 
rather than an investment, like all of 
Barber’s promotions that we have known 
about— and the dice loaded at that. Those 
into whose hands this appeal may fall 
will do well to remember the record of 
this brokerage house and the Ford Tractor 
promotion from the nearby city of Minne¬ 
apolis. Barber & Co., however, had noth¬ 
ing to do with the Ford swindle. 
A friend in need is a friend indeed, so 
many subscribers of The R. N.-Y. never 
stop to think or realize what a true friend 
they have in this paper until they are in 
some trouble and call on The It. N.-Y. 
for help. It is like a parent with a child, 
ever solicitous for each and every one of 
its subscribers. After trying for two 
months to get a settlement with a firm 
in Chicago and unable ro do so, I gave it 
over to The It. N.-Y.. and was not long 
in getting a satisfactory adjustment. 
V ishing you the best of success in your 
good work and many new subscribers. I 
would like to thank you through the col¬ 
umns of your paper. p. ir. 
New York. 
We are glad to allow “P. H.” the 
privilege of thanking us in print as re¬ 
quested. V e will ( :ly say that we are 
always glad to serve country people in 
any way possible. 
A few weeks ago I answered an ad¬ 
vertisement in the Rochester Democrat 
and Chronicle “Farm Wanted.” and am 
enclosing the answer I received. I an¬ 
swered the letter, giving a description of 
my farm, but of course did not sign the 
contract, but have heard nothing from 
him. It strikes me that it is a game to 
make easy money and should be published. 
New Y’ork. c. D. 
This listing blank or contract of Her¬ 
man G. ITaupt, Rochester.. N. Y., would 
obligate the farm owner for the amount 
of $125 if he signed it. It is one of the 
boldest easy-money schemes that we have 
come across—no property-owner should 
be so unwise as to sign such contracts. 
Recently I received from a claim agent 
of the American Express Co. a check for 
•r— for two cases of egg s which were 
shipped May 7. After I learned that the 
eggs were not delivered to consignee, I 
sent a claim to the express company for 
the value of the eggs, and after some 
time was advised that the claim was de¬ 
clined. Then I wrote you in regard to 
it. and desire to thank you for the good 
work you did for shippers, as I think but 
for the protest you made we would never 
have received anything for the eggs. 
New York. H. L. A. 
Y\ e are very glad we could help even 
in this small way. At first the claims 
arising out of the May strike were de¬ 
clined without attempt to investigate, and 
we insisted upon an adjustment. We 
could not get the full amount, as the ex¬ 
press receipt exempts them from respon¬ 
sibility in the event of strikes, but we 
still contend the express company should 
not have accepted shipments after the 
strike was on. They did accept them, 
however, evidently relying upon a chance 
to deliver. Failing in this, they disposed 
of them at a very low price, which they 
contend was the best they could realize 
under the circumstances. No doubt egg 
handlers made a tidy profit, but the ex¬ 
press company is not responsible for this. 
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