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December 13, 1919 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
AH 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. 
Last year I sent to the Allen Rug 
Weaving' and Carpet Cleaning Company, 
Hamilton avenue and Putnam street, 
Pittsburgh, Pa., for their catalogue. Re¬ 
ceiving one I shipped 50 lbs. of ingrain 
carpet to be woven into a 9x12 rug. This 
amount not being enough by terms of 
their catalogue they would supply extra 
material to make rug required for 6c per 
lb., rug to cost $16.80 and extra material 
they furnish. I shipped them this June 
21,* and hearing nothing from their com¬ 
pany I wrote twice with no effect. Sep¬ 
tember 9 I went to see them. _ They were 
full of apologies for not having it done 
and promised I should get it by Septem¬ 
ber 16. September 16 arrived but no 
rug, so I wrote again and have received 
no reply. By their catalogue it was to 
take two to four weeks to weave the rug. 
I do not wish to go to more expense, but 
want to get the rug finished, and if they 
do not intend to weave it would like to 
have the address of a reliable weaving 
company. _ w. F. E. 
Pennsylvania. 
The Allen Rug Weaving and Carpet 
Company do not respond to our several 
appeals in the subscriber’s behalf. We 
are therefore publishing the subscriber’s 
experience for the guidance of other 
members of The Rural New-Yorker 
family. 
Will you tell me what you can about 
the Eastman Rubber Works, 213 East 
Fortieth street, New York? Are they 
reliable and are their products any good? 
I am thinking of selling their tires, and 
I want to know if it is a good type. I 
know that you will be more likely to find 
out more about them than I possibly can, 
for I know about your paper having 
saved many a person from wildcat 
schemes. H. W. H. 
New York. 
Apparently the business of the East¬ 
man Rubber Works is to buy up discarded 
tires and rebuild them. We have little 
faith in rebuilt tires. If the fabric of 
the tire has deteriorated a blow-out is 
apt to occur any time on these rebuilt 
tires, even though they may look like 
new. In cases where the fabric of the 
tire is perfect it is possible to retread 
them and get good service from the tire; 
hut it would be taking a long chance to 
buy “rebuilt” from a concern of this kind 
wdiich is without established financial 
responsibility. 
Pittsburgh was visited by a man from 
Texas who represented that when the oil 
boom started in the Ranger field he 
bought for next to nothing 20 acres, sev¬ 
eral miles beyond that place. This plot, 
he claimed, was very valuable, and he 
would let others in on the enterprise. He 
offered 400 square feet of land at $250 
to $300 cash, or Liberty bonds, and sold 
his entire 20 acres to washerwomen, 
chauffeurs, laborers and other folk. Each 
purchaser thought he was getting 400 
feet square, but what he really got was 
a small strip unsuitable for erecting any 
equipment to drill for oil. The Texan 
has, of course, disappeared with the cash 
and bonds, and some 2,000 poor people 
are looking for him. 
I am enclosing you a letter from a 
person with whom my wife invested back 
in 1904 or 1905. The records were all 
destroyed by fire in 1911, but I had the 
stock certificate replaced at that time. 
My wife passed away in 1917, and I have 
been on the sick list ever since then and 
have not located the certificate, but the 
proceeds will come to me if ever paid. 
Will you advise me as to when it will be 
payable? The certificate call for 20 
shares. Kindly give me all the informa¬ 
tion on the matter possible, and as soon 
as possible, as I am needing the cash to 
keep the boiler going. W. II. D. 
New Jersey. 
George Livingston Richards published 
“The Brown Book” in Boston some years 
ago. He also sold stock in a mailing 
machine company. It is our information 
that he went abroad with the money that 
he extracted from gullible and trusting 
people. The stock of the company never 
amounted to anything, was a total loss to 
investors, and although Richards put the 
blame on others, the scheme had every 
appearance of a definite plan to get other 
The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
people’s money. Our suspicion is con¬ 
firmed, as his present operation in Eng¬ 
land seems to be on the same line. He 
represents that he has disposed of the 
property of Richards, Ltd., and Franking 
Machines, Ltd., for $650,000, and final 
settlement will take place in nine months 
after the ratification of the Peace Treaty. 
He is, however, arranging to purchase a 
large block of the Franking Machines 
Ltd. stock and will offer it to share¬ 
holders at a low rate. There does not 
seem to be much hope for a dividend on 
an investment of the kind, and American 
investors cannot hope to get any pay¬ 
ments on their old account against 
Richards. Those who suffered through 
his previous operations are not likely to 
take the present bait. 
George Iv. Higbie & Co., Rochester, 
N. Y., operated through agents selling 
farm seeds in Delaware County, Pa., last 
season. As a result of the dissatisfaction 
the Farm Bureau Agent of that county 
sent a letter to the members advising 
them of the methods employed by this 
house, and the verdict of the farmers who 
planted the seeds. This brought a pro¬ 
test from the seed firm, which caused the 
Farm Bureau Agent in reply to ask the 
following pertinent questions: 
We feel justified in asking a few ques¬ 
tions concerning your business methods. 
Farmers whom your agent visited state 
that one of the most important terms of 
sale made by him is that the seed stocks 
ordered need not be accepted if, upon 
arrival, they are found unsatisfactory. 
That, you must agree, is the rule com 
monly observed by seedsmen of good re¬ 
pute.' Why do you deny the right of a 
farmer to cancel his order, regardless of 
his reason for so doing? _ Why did you 
threaten to sue farmers in the vicinity 
of Newtown Square who canceled their 
orders, in 1913? Why did you send scores 
of “Notices of Impending Legal Proceed¬ 
ings” to farmers in Bucks. County who 
availed themselves of this right in 191S- 
One of your communications, which is 
now before me, states that “the contract 
which you signed is as binding as a note, 
and that you will have to pay for the 
seed whether you take delivery or not. 
There are some farmers who are prepared 
to fight that statement in court. 
Our next question is: '' hy have 
some farmers received from you or your 
agents repeated requests for payment of 
bills which have already been paid in lull, 
as is proved by the canceled draft? An 
occasional mistake of this kind may D0 
carelessness; but one of our farmers has 
suggested that constant repetition might 
be looseness. The fact that you have a 
nmltigraphed form letter to cover the 
above contingencies suggests that you 
have considerable trouble of this kind. 
There seems to be another noticeable 
feature in this section. Your agents have 
been in this county three times and in 
nearby communities two other times that 
have been reported to me, but I have not 
yet heard of a community that has re¬ 
ceived a return visit. 
I). W. ATKINSON, 
Delaware Co.. Pa. f ouuty Agent. 
I am enclosing papers relative to a 
[aim I have against the Rulgley Prelie¬ 
ve Association, Worcester. Mass. 1 hey 
pfuse to pav me because I did not have 
ledical treatment at home or at doctor s 
ffice but twice. I was under the doctor s 
are the entire time, but was located so 
liat I saw’ him daily and for that reason 
ledical treatment was given me, not at 
ome. or at his office, but when ! thus 
aw him. which was more convenient. 1 
an furnish a score of names signatures 
f people who know the facts and will 
estify as to my condition during the five 
,-eeks of total disability. Can you do 
nything for mo? I am a poor man and 
aid my money into this thing in good 
aith and am not able to lose it. I only 
sked them for fair, honest, honorable 
reatment. J. E. L. 
Mnrvlnnd. 
The records show this man had his 
wrist sprained in cranking an automobile, 
which totally disabled him for a period of 
five weeks. The policy provides for pay¬ 
ment of $12 per week for total disability. 
The Ridgley Protective Association re¬ 
fuses to pay more than $24 under the 
policy on the ground that the insured 
failed to employ the “regular and personal 
attendance of a qualified physician.” A 
sprained wrist does not require constant 
medical attendance. There are always 
technicalities in cases of this kind w T hich 
give the concern issuing accident policies 
some grounds for avoiding their clear 
responsibility. We submitted this case 
to the Insurance Department of Massa¬ 
chusetts which upheld the association in 
the position taken. We are briefly stat¬ 
ing the facts in the case for the guidance 
of our subscribers, who will form their 
own conclusions as to the merits of the 
case, 
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