1902 
‘Pk RURAL NEW-YORKER 
December 27, 1919 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
Publisher’s Desk wishes all*its friends 
a happy and prosperous New Year. 
For several years back we have kept a 
record of the number of subscriptions 
that reach us on the first business day of 
the New Year. This year it will be Jan¬ 
uary 2. A large mail on that day is the 
most cheering message that can reach us. 
Nothing better expresses recognition of 
an honest and sincere effort to serve the 
best interests of the farm. Nothing could 
better encourage a new inspiration for 
better work for the year to come. 
So far each succeeding year the record 
has increased over the year before. The 
size of the first day’s subscription mail 
has got to be a pride to us, and we take 
this opportunity to thank in advance 
those kind and indulgent friends who 
humor our wish and get the renewal in 
the mail to reach us in the first mail 
for 1920. 
Samuel C. Pandolfo. president and 
chief fiscal agent of the Pan Motors Com¬ 
pany, St. Cloud, Minn., was foung guilty of 
using the mails to defraud investors by a 
jury in Federal Judge Landis’ court at Chi¬ 
cago Dec. 6. Twelve co-defendants with 
Pandolfo were acquitted. Pandolfo was 
found guilty on four counts. The penalty 
one each count is imprisonment for five 
years or a fine of $5,000, or both. The 
trial began Oct. 23. Pandolfo is out on 
bail, pending application for new trial. 
—Daily Paper. 
Just two years ago we first heard of the 
above stock-selling scheme. The litera¬ 
ture bore the unmistakable earmarks of 
the get-rich-quick, and we pronounced it 
as such in the issue of Dec. 15, 1917. 
Recently we were criticised for passing 
judgment on a similar promotion on the 
grounds that we had not visited the fac¬ 
tory to make an investigation of the af¬ 
fairs of the concern. A personal visit is 
no more necessary in the case in question 
than in the Pan Motor Co. Both can 
show a factory, built or purchased by the 
money secured from the sale of stock to 
the public, and a small output. These 
facts have little bearing on the legitimacy 
or desirability of the investment. The in¬ 
formation available from disinterested 
sources, coupled with the reports from 
the field and the firm’s own literature, 
give us a sound basis for our judgment, 
and we point with pride to our “batting 
average” in our efforts to separate the 
sheep from the investment goats. The 
test of time has approved our judgment 
in every investment proposition we have 
passed upon adversely. 
Five officials of the Allegheny Valley 
Hog Co. pleaded guilty to fraudulent use 
of the mails during the past week and 
were fined an aggregate of $3,000. This 
disposes of one more hog ranch scheme 
through which the promoters promised to 
make investors rich. The profits in hogs 
work out so beautifully on paper that 
promoters with get-rich tendencies have 
found the “hog ranch” scheme a most suc¬ 
cessful means of separating people who 
know nothing about raising pigs from 
their money. 
I am a small stockholder in the Har- 
roun Motors Corporation of Detroit, 
Mich. I bought the stock when the com¬ 
pany was just being organized, in 1917, 
at $6 per share. Is the company any 
good or not? If so, what can a person 
secure a share for the stock; where can 
it be disposed of? n - D. 
New York. 
The Harroun Motors Corporation is 
capitalized at $10,000,000. The stock 
has been promoted by brokerage houses 
of questionable standing and by methods 
that would not bear scrutiny. We under¬ 
stand that the company was unable to 
obtain capital to build the plant contem¬ 
plated. There is no market for the stock. 
I got the draft all right in settlement 
of the express company claim and thank 
you for the kind service you have given 
me. I am sending you two more ten- 
weeks’ subscriptions. I think this makes 
15 in all. I hope they all become yearly 
subscribers as I know some have. I 
shall always have a kind interest in your 
valued paper. I appreciate all the kind¬ 
ness you have shown me and wish you 
all the good luck you so fully merit. 
New York G. G. 
A shipment of furs was lost by the ex¬ 
press company. They were worth at 
least $150, but in error the value on the 
receipt was given at $100. The express 
company offered us $63.85, which w r e re¬ 
fused, and were finally successful in get¬ 
ting $100 in settlement. The express 
company is insisting upon many technic¬ 
alities which they formerly overlooked. 
Claims must be supported by express re¬ 
ceipt letters from consignee stating ship¬ 
ment w r as not received, or stating damage, 
a copy of account sales, if any, and a bill. 
Claim must be filed within four months. 
Damage must be noted by consignee on 
the delivery record or claim will not be 
allowed. 
In 1909 I bought some oil stock in the 
so-called Templor-McKittriek Oil Co. of 
California. I have never since 1911 been 
able to get in touch with the people who 
sold that stock, and a long time ago I 
gave it up as money lost. As there are 
nowadays so many advertisements in the 
newspapers again it reminded me of my 
own experience, and knowing you can 
reach people, I thought you may find out 
what has happened to this company. I 
enclose three of the letters or reports I 
received. I have the stock certificate for 
one thousand shares. Although not 
actually a farmer, I have been a sub¬ 
scriber to your paper very many years, 
and I would not be without it. If there 
was any prospects of receiving anything 
out of this I would willingly pay all ex¬ 
penses you may incur. j. b. f. 
New York. 
D. L. Maelnnes & Co., who promoted it, 
are out of business and cannot be located. 
Neither can we find anyone who is 
familiar with this particular oil proposi¬ 
tion. It was evidently another scheme to 
separate investors from their money. 
An item in this department, issue of 
November 15, 1919, referred to a trans¬ 
action of a New Jersey subscriber with 
Easton Machinery Co., Easton, Fa. The 
order was not filled, and after five months, 
during which time the subscriber could 
get no response to his letters, the money 
was refunded. We desire to give Easton 
Machinery Co. credit for the final adjust¬ 
ment. All the unpleasantness would 
have been avoided had not the firm ig¬ 
nored all letters regarding the transac¬ 
tion. 
I paid by check $90 for 1 carload sec¬ 
ond-hand egg cases, through the Bronx 
Egg Case Co., April 21, 1918. So far 
they failed to ship same. I am holding 
two letters, with different excuses why 
they did not ship. Will you inform me 
whether you can collect the amount if I 
send you the papers? w. C. G. 
Pennsylvania. 
The Bronx Egg Case Co. is another 
concern that has moved and left no ad¬ 
dress. This is a common habit w r ith con¬ 
cerns without financial standing. It 
will save time and money to make investi¬ 
gation before sending an order instead of 
waiting until the concern has your money. 
I enclose an advertisement asking your 
opinion as to its reliability and merit, 
knowing from experience your judgment 
to be worth while. I also enclose two 
names of neighbors who might be inter¬ 
ested in The R. N.-Y. if a sample copy 
were sent to them. Always glad to boost 
The R. N.-Y. g. b. d. 
New Jersey. 
This letter refers to the advertisement 
of Big Four Grocery Company, Chicago, 
which offers sugar at 4per lb.. This 
brands the advertisement a fraud, because 
everyone knows sugar cannot be bought 
at wholesale at double the price. The 
offer, of course, is in connection with 
other groceries. Either the advertiser will 
not ship the sugar at all, otherwise the 
cheap trash which goes with the sugar 
gives the concern a handsome profit on 
the transaction. We have exposed this 
scheme a number of times. None of the 
advertisers of this scheme are grocery 
houses at all—just some fakers assuming 
the name of “Grocery Company” for the 
purpose of deception and defrauding the 
public. The publishers who print such 
advertisements cannot escape their re¬ 
sponsibility in helping to delude the pub¬ 
lic. 
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. 
TnE matrimonial problem presented it¬ 
self to a young lady who had reached a 
marriageable age. “Jeanie,” said her 
father, “it’s a solemn thing to get mar¬ 
ried.” “I ken that, father,” said the 
sensible lass; “but it’s a great deal 
solemner to be single.”—Melbourne 
Leader. 
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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
333 West 30th Street New York 
