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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
November 15, 1010 
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. 
On October 8 I shipped two cases of 
eggs to the two men whose names are en¬ 
closed ; went by the same train ; one case 
as good eggs as other; all the same. One 
charged 5Sc express; the other. 96c. One 
paid 80c per doz.; the otlier, 66c, a loss 
of $7.01 on one crate of eggs. lie did the 
same by several other around here. Could 
you help me get this $7.01? If not. would 
you report him in The R. N.-Y.? Thank¬ 
ing you for past favors. R. G. C. 
New York. 
The house complained about is Bchon- 
brun Bros., 160 Reade St., New York, 
“receivers and wholesale dealers.” The 
other shipment went to a plain commis¬ 
sion house. We are not surprised with 
the result of shipping to this class of 
house soliciting farm produce and call¬ 
ing themselves “dealers,” “distributers,” 
etc. The object, as we have many times 
explained, is to avoid the requirements of 
the commission merchants’ law which af¬ 
fords shippers at least some measure of 
protection. We hold no brief for com¬ 
mission merchants, but the law requires 
that the hauses doing business on a com¬ 
mission basis be bonded for the protection 
of shippers. Besides, any transaction 
complained about may be investigated by 
the State Department. The express 
charges were no doubt due to an over¬ 
charge by the express company, for which 
the receiver was in no way responsible. 
What do you think of this? It looks 
like bait to' me. Are there such com¬ 
panies? I received this with a large 
paper telling about the bright outlook for 
success. 0< 
New York. 
The company is one of the many oil 
companies that have sprung up all over 
Texas. They offer stock at 10c a share 
par value, and offer to accept Liberty 
bonds in payment. This alone should be 
sufficient cause for distrust, and if any 
stock of value is beii; sold at 10c a share 
Texas people are not going to let people 
at a distance have any share in it. The 
majority of these oil companies are trad¬ 
ing on the reputation of established pro¬ 
ducing wells, and collecting payments on 
future prospects that will never ma¬ 
terialize. 
Kindly accept many thanks for check 
from Adams Express Co. The amount 
seemed very small and I can ill afford to 
lose the rest of which was due me, and 
think, if the express company cheats all 
of the claimants out of that much money 
in proportion to their claims they will be 
able to retire rich. I know that you have 
had a great deal of trouble collecting what 
you did, and I will gladly pay you if you 
will advise me how much I owe you. 
New York. M. e. m. 
We render no bill for our little help. 
Our only regret is that the service was 
not greater. The expense of getting prod¬ 
ucts ready for market is excessive and 
any loss in service eats into the profits. 
Check up your returns with your ship¬ 
ments promptly, and if a return is not 
received when due, follow the matter tip 
at once. This will save some little loss. 
Last Spring we purchased considerable 
seed from Bradley Bros., Makanda. Ill., 
they having advised us that this seed was 
purchased from a number of reliable grow¬ 
ers. As you no doubt are aware, seed 
was scarce last year, and we were forced 
to purchase from sources of supply that 
we had not been doing business with here¬ 
tofore. The seed was guaranteed to be 
from reliable growers We accepted same 
and paid for same and sold it. After the 
crop matured we find, in the majority 
of varieties shipped us, substitutions have 
been made. The white radish turns out 
to be red, the round cabbage turns out to 
be pointed head, etc. We wrote Brad¬ 
ley, but have had one or two letters pu- 
tiiig us off by stating that one of the part¬ 
ners was sick, and besides there was no 
truth in our contentions. Our attention 
has been called to a clipping from The 
R. N.-Y'. several years ago, advising the 
subscribers to be careful of said firm. 
Could you give us any information about 
them? We have been plainly defrauded. 
Our entire transaction was conducted by 
mail and amounted to about $2,200. Any 
information that you can give us will be 
gratefully received. G. n. II. 
W iscorsin. 
The above report corresponds with the 
reputation of Bradley Bros, for the past 
20 years as we know it. Bradley Bros. 
have done business under the following 
names during that time : 
Jackson County Nurseries, Bosky Dell, 
Bosky Dell Nurseries, Bosky Dell, Ill. 
Bradley & Bradley, Makanda, Ill. 
Bradley Brothers, Makanda, Ill. 
A. L. & II. J. Bradley, Makanda. Ill. 
Illinois Nurseries, Carbondale, Ill. 
The change of name has been obviously 
for the purpose of escaping the odium 
of their methods. On this account we 
have previously advised the public to 
be suspicious of any firm in the seed and 
plant line from Makanda, Ill. Bradley 
Bros, are execution proof, so that the vic¬ 
tims of this deed have no legal redress. 
That check you sent out here in settle¬ 
ment for the $4.05 due me from the Alle¬ 
gan Nursery, Allegan, Mich., was re¬ 
turned here unpaid. Enclosed find same 
in this letter as proof of non-payment. 
South Dakota. e. g. 
The proprietor of the Allegan Nursery, 
Mr. J. G. Prestage, seems to be entirely 
unreliable. We have had so many com¬ 
plaints from his customers that we feel 
justified in publishing the above letter for 
the guidance of our subscribers. 
On the “Publisher’s Degk” page of Oc¬ 
tober 25 issue I note a reference to David 
II. Rising of Easton, Pa. Our experience 
has proven that this man, Rising, is the 
biggest-, -, - , and so we could 
continue using similar adjectives which 
would naturally apply to such a speci¬ 
men that we have ever known. For a 
time we sold some of Rising’s Gold Dollar 
corn, but we were able to buy it at a price 
so that we sold it for $4 a bushel. As 
soon as we found that this corn was not 
especially grown for Mr. Rising, as he 
represented, we discontinued the sale of 
it. Two years ago Rising sold through 
us to many of our customers disinfectant 
which he called Calphene ; this he guar¬ 
anteed to do almost everything, agreeing 
to refund to us if the material did not 
prove entirely satisfactory to our trade. 
As you may guess from Rising’s reputa¬ 
tion. the Calphene did not prove as repre¬ 
sented. and we have refunded to our cus¬ 
tomers. but are not able to get a refund 
front Rising. We have papers to serve 
on Rising if he ever shows up in this part 
of the State. 
farmers’ syndicate, INC. 
Cortland, N. Y'. 
This only confirms our previous reports 
on David II. Rising. We have no desire 
to injure any man’s reputation, but Tiie 
R- N.-Y. would not be doing its full duty 
by its subscribers if it failed to warn 
them against pirates of this kind. 
Can you give me any information re¬ 
garding the reliability of the Western 
Sales Agency? I inquired of them their 
plan for listing and selling my Texas laud 
of 280 acres. They ask for $7.50 as a 
forfeit. I enclose their letter, which will 
explain itself. M. M. 
Delaware. 
We have many times explained that 
this Western Sales Agency scheme is 
only to get the $7.50 out of the property 
owner. There are a number of real estate 
pirates working this game through the 
mails. D. B. Cornell & Co., Great Bar¬ 
rington, Mass., works through traveling 
agents, and defrauds farmers of corre¬ 
spondingly large amounts. 
Is the Easton Machinery Company, 
Drake Building, Easton, I’a., reliable? 
On April 90 I sent them a money order 
for $5.25 for 75 ft. of 1-in. wire cable. 
Two weeks later they promised to ship it 
by express. I have written them several 
times, but cannot get any answer from 
them. I do not need the cable now, as I 
have purchased another, but would like 
to have my money back if there is any 
way to get it. B. s. R. 
New Jersey. 
We can get no reply to our letters in B. 
S. R.’s behalf, which leads us to the con¬ 
clusion that Eastern Machinery Company, 
Easton, Pa., is a pretty good concern for 
farmers generally to avoid. 
I had a claim against Herman Klumpp 
of Rochester for a case of eggs. I gave 
the claim to the Seiler Mercantile Agency 
of Rochester, N. Y„ 608 Wilder Building, 
to collect, in June, and they agreed to 
collect it on halves. Mr. Klumpp said he 
would pay $10, Avhich was agreeable to 
the agency and us. That leaves $5 due 
us. In July my daughter talked to Mr. 
Seiler over the ’phone, and he said he had 
the $10 and would send my share from 
the first to the fifth of August. About 
the middle of August I wrote to the 
agency, as I had not heard from them, but 
have not heard from them up to date. 
New York. j. v. 
It would seem that it would now require 
the services of another collection agency 
to get the amount due this subscriber. 
Seiler Mercantile Agency has ignored all 
our letters in behalf of ,T. V. 
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W ITH the winter winds howling and the 
cold creeping through the thin weather¬ 
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hugged the stove a little tighter, while someone 
fetched another armful of wood. But today, 
firewood is fast disappearing and the cost of coal 
climbs steadily higher. The remedy is a warm 
house—built of 
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The still-air spaces in the walls resist temperature changes 
and prevent dampness. These walls require no painting 
and will not burn or decay. The saving in coal bills, 
upkeep and insurance make a Natco House cheapest in 
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that art 
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