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February 7, 1920 
PUBLISHER'S DESK 
On September 30, 1918, I shipped to G. 
Dalrymple of United Lumber Company, 
56 Pine St., New York, 3.000 ft. oak lum¬ 
ber at $65 per M. I sent statement and 
Mr. Dalrymple promised to send check, 
but we hear nothing more from him. Can 
you collect the bill for us? A. F. 
New York. 
I am enclosing an order for lumber re¬ 
ceived from the Globe Lumber Company, 
2S Cedar St., New York City, signed C. 
Neeley, Mgr. I am sending bill sent them, 
and as you see they shift the responsibil¬ 
ity for the bill on G. II. Dalrymple of 508 
West 180th St.. The total bill is $442.20; 
bill rendered April 24, 1919. I hope you 
can help us collect this, and will compen¬ 
sate you for your work. T. s. I. 
New York. 
G. H. Dalrymple negotiated both the 
above transactions. We have written 
him repeatedly about these claims, and 
our letters have been ignored. We are in¬ 
formed that the United Lumber Company 
was no longer in business at the time Dal¬ 
rymple placed the order with A. F. The 
Globe Lumber Company has no respon¬ 
sibility either, and it is doubtful if any¬ 
thing can be collected. We propose find¬ 
ing out, however, whether Dalrymple’s 
actions in these cases come within the 
legal interpretation of getting goods under 
false pretenses. At any rate, we hope to 
prevent him from beating more farmers 
out of their valuable timber and lumber. 
The name “C. Neely” is signed to the 
order with Ingalls & Co. as manager of 
Globe Lumber Co. Mr. Neeley claims he 
did not sign the order and the signature 
is a forgery. 
It may interest you to know that the 
“Dr.” Reefer who is cleaning up on poul¬ 
try remedies ($1 for 2c worth) is the 
same Reefer who a number of years, ago 
made a barrel of money by advertising 
“Five quarts of pure rye whiskey for $4.” 
or something like that. He operated from 
St. Louis. If you will look up his whole 
career it may do some good. P. B. 
New York . 
Perhaps Dr. Reefer is now feeding 
chickens the same brand he previously 
sold at “Five for $4.” At any rate, we 
think the goods he formerly dealt in would 
have just as much effect on egg production 
as the “dope” the “doctor” (?) is now 
dispensing. 
Will you give information or opinion 
as to the Life Extension Institute, cir¬ 
cular of which is enclosed? I sent them 
$15 in view of chance of extension of my 
76^ years, but some points about it seem 
to suggest that the proposition may in¬ 
terest the readers of Publisher’s Desk. 
Connecticut. o. H. b. 
As we understand it, this institute 
agrees to give its patrons an annual phys¬ 
ical examination, a quarterly analysis of 
the urine and such literature upon health 
matters as they think adapted to the 
needs of the patron. All of this may be 
very excellent and of great value, or it 
may be worthless. Its value depends en¬ 
tirely upon the competence and faithful¬ 
ness of its medical staff, and the real in¬ 
terest taken in the work. If the exam¬ 
inations are made conscientiously by thor¬ 
oughly competent men and the needed per¬ 
sonal attention is given each patron, noth¬ 
ing more could be asked, and we should 
consider $15 per year a very reasonable 
fee indeed for such service. If, however, 
the commercial aspect of the work is per¬ 
mitted to become a too prominent factor 
the service would really bo perfunctory 
and of no value to the patron. On the 
whole, we feel that we should prefer to 
select our own medical examiner and ad¬ 
viser and ask him to do just what this in¬ 
stitute promises to do. We should feel 
that he had a more direct personal inter- 
test and that his personal observation 
from time to time would be of greater 
value to us than that of an institute em¬ 
ployee. This might possibly cost more 
than $15 per year, but it should be worth 
it. all depending, of course, upon the man 
who gave the service. There seems to be 
nothing unreasonable, however, in the 
claims of the Life Extension Institute 
or that savors of the methods of quack¬ 
ery. 
I answered a puzzle from the Rural 
American, and if my answer was right 
they were to send me a prize or so much 
money. They answered my letter; my 
answer was right, and they sent me check 
for $50, but this check is no good unless 
I buy a Mozart talking machine. It is 
written to that effect, and I am also to 
The RURAL NEW.YORKER 
send them $10 extra back with the $50 
check to show them I mean business. Do 
you know anything about the Mozart 
Talking Machine Company? Would it 
be all right for me to risk my check? 
Virginia. J. w. c. 
What the subscriber writes is all we 
want to know about the Mozart Talking 
Machine Company or the machine. It’s 
the old fake piano puzzle scheme ap¬ 
plied to talking machines. We ex¬ 
poser the scheme years ago. Everyone 
gives the correct answer to the puzzle. 
Tt) is so simple that no one can fail to 
solve it, and only simple people could be 
fooled by such a trick. The talking ma¬ 
chine must be a poor one, indeed, that 
requires such fake schemes to find buyeis 
for it. 
Last Summer I wrote you for informa¬ 
tion about the Co-operative League of 
America. Pittsburgh, Pa. In your reply 
you stated that there was little, if any. 
co-operation about the league, and that 
members of the Rural family had not. as 
a general thing, come out very satisfac¬ 
torily in joining such organizations, and 
advised that I should stay out of it, which 
I did. The above is not a literal quota¬ 
tion of your reply. The other day I no¬ 
ticed in our local paper an article about 
the methods of the above-mentioned 
league, which verified your statements 
about it, and. I think, a little more.. You 
are certainly doing a great work in ad¬ 
vising your subscribers (or perhaps I 
should say the Rural family) against 
these frauds and near-frauds. J. H. c. 
New Y'ork. 
The Co-operative League of America 
advertised to loan money at 3 per cent. 
In order to be eligible to a loan, the ap¬ 
plicant was required to pay in a certain 
amount each month, depending upon the 
amount of loan desired and for a definite 
period. At the end of the specified period 
the applicant becomes “eligible” for the 
loan. Here is the point w'here the ap¬ 
plicant realizes the difference between be¬ 
ing “eligible” for a loan and getting it. 
He must wait his turn, or until the mon.\v 
is available. The Pittsburgh concern is 
not the first that tried this plan of get¬ 
ting money from the public on the pretext 
of a loan which often fails to materialize. 
We were severely rebuked by an official 
of this so-called league because of the 
advice we gave subscribers who wrote us 
about the scheme. It is now reported 
that the Banking Department of the State- 
of Pennsylvania has taken a hand in the 
affairs of the league. A report of the 
examiner among other things shows that 
on September 30, 1919, there existed an 
insolvency of $142,859.67 and a shortage 
of assets of $150,819.79, caused by the 
transfer of principal to a fund known as 
the “expense” or general fund.” 
This year rounds out 55 years I have 
taken The Rural New-Yorker. 
New York. h. f. weaver. 
We confess to a feeling of pride in the 
number of letters coming at this time of 
year substantially like the above. We 
are often touched, especially by letters, 
often from a distant State or city, from 
women who write that the paper was in 
the old home before they married, and it 
is yet one of the links that binds them 
in memory and sentiment with the girl¬ 
hood home. It is a great thing to feel 
the inspiration of these old friendships 
of many people whom we cannot hope to 
see, but who cheer and inspire our labor. 
The work would be less efficient without 
them. 
I am enclosing circular from Frank P. 
Cleveland, Chicago, Ill., offering to give 
a lot in an oil field in Oklahoma if I 
send him 20 names and enclose with it 
$4.65. I expect I would have sent this 
had I not been a subscriber to Tiie R. 
N.-Y. What do you think of the propo¬ 
sition ? d. J. L. 
North Carolina. 
When we first heard of Mr. Cleveland 
he claimed to be in the real estate busi¬ 
ness, but it might more properly be called 
a “skin game.” He was working the 
Ostrander scheme of getting advance fees 
for selling farm property, and as soon as 
the fee was received forgot about that 
farm and looked for another “sucker,” 
ju»st as Cornell, the Western Sales Agency 
and others are doing still. Oil schemes 
no doubt give Mr. Cleveland a broader 
field for the employment of his talents. 
In order to avoid the “Blue Sky” law of 
Illinois. Mr. Cleveland is selling lots in 
an oil field—not stock. On his past per¬ 
formances the public is safe in giving Mr. 
Cleveland’s proposition a very wide berth. 
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