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February 14, 1 
The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
We are holding cheeks from the express 
company for the following parties: 
George W. Barret, Norfolk, Va.; ship¬ 
ment to Mrs. Duffy. 
Chickyll Farm, L. I.; shipment to C. 
R. Riker. 
Also a cheek for a party shipping to 
A. Ilonigsberg & Co. from Clinton Cor¬ 
ners, N. Y., on May 6. 
Our letters to addresses given us have 
been returned by the Postoffice Depart¬ 
ment. If correct addresses are furnished 
we will be glad to forward checks. 
The R. N.-Y. is the only investment I 
have got that pays dividends 52 times a 
year. 
I use carbide and have been approached 
by the solicitors of the Farmers’ Carbide 
Co. When I told them I took The R. 
N.-Y. they got like a tramp who sees a 
Great Dane. j. a. t. 
New York. 
Most of us are satisfied to get one divi¬ 
dend a year on our investment. The 
agent referred to in the second para¬ 
graph of the letter was after $50 for stock 
in Farmers’ Carbide Co., so the dividend 
that particular week we can figure out 
to be 500 per cent on the $1 invested in 
the subscription. 
This new subscriber had to look the pa¬ 
per all over and read it all through be¬ 
fore he would decide to take it. 
We would not be without The R. N.-Y. 
It is the best farm paper we ever had. 
New York p. c. K. 
When a farmer reads The R. N.-Y. all 
over before he subscribes and then sepa¬ 
rates himself from his dpllar, he acts on 
an intelligent, deliberate judgment and we 
are willing to furnish the first copy free 
to a hundred thousand such men. We 
have thousands of good old friends like 
this one who willingly wait through the 
reading for the dollar. 
Several years ago Agent Looker, repre¬ 
senting D. B. Cornell Company, Great 
Barrington, Mass., listed many farms for 
sale in Delaware County, N. Y. A fee 
of $20 was paid at the time. Recently 
Mr. J. Clark Nesbitt, a former member 
of Assembly, sold his farm. He had 
never heard anything from Cornell or 
Looker in the meantime. Now the Cor¬ 
nell Company claims it is entitled to a 
withdrawal fee of two per cent on the 
selling price of the farm. The company 
brought suit in New York City. Through 
his attorneys, Mr. Nesbitt asked a change 
of venue so that the case could be tried 
in Delaware County. The court granted 
this motion with $10 costs against Cor¬ 
nell. If the case is to be tried now Cor¬ 
nell and Lookei' will have to face a farm 
jury, and may need a bodyguard to see 
them safely over the county line. We 
have been showing up the Cornell scheme 
for years. It first started with Ostrander 
of Philadelphia, but Ostrander was satis¬ 
fied with the one advance fee. Cornell 
and others introduced the withdrawal fee 
feature. Think of using the courts to 
enforce such swindles! 
We advise all shippers of farm produce 
to lay in a supply of tags and postal cards 
and write name and post office address 
plainly on the shipping tag. to be fastened 
securely to the shipment and at the same 
time address a postal card or letter to the 
consignee, advising of the date of ship¬ 
ment, by what carrier, and amount and 
kind of shipment with full name and ad¬ 
dress as it appears on the tag. Many 
complaints result from neglect of these 
details. It would surprise many shippers 
to know that a large bulk of shipments 
come to market without name or address 
of the shipper. Sometimes the shipper 
is never located. The precautions sug¬ 
gested will save many disappointments 
and many losses. 
Last Summer an agent of a company 
calling themselves the Great Lakes Re¬ 
fining Co., Cleveland, O., stopped and 
showed samples of paint for roofs. I gave 
an order for 10 gallons of green. When 
the paint arrived at the station I found 
they had shipped 20 gallons instead of 10. 
I would not mind the amount, I could use 
it at some time, but I refused to accept it. 
as black was sent instead of the green. I 
have been writing them off and on since 
that time. In one letter the promise was 
made they would consign it to someone 
else, but they have been writing me for 
the payment in full, every week or so, 
ignoring anything I would write. Now 
they threaten to sue me. Can they do so? 
I have shipped the goods back to them 
and hold the receipt of the railroad com¬ 
pany. I shipped it about November 10, 
1919, and think they must have received 
it. G. P. S. 
New York. 
Yes, the Great Lakes Refining Co. can 
sue this farmer, but if the above state¬ 
ments can be proved we doubt if the com¬ 
pany will bring suit or secure judgment if 
it. did. Knowing the aversion of farmers 
to law-suits, concerns doing business in 
this way rely upon threats to bring suit 
as the means of collecting unjust claims. 
We have frequently warned our readers 
against this class of paint and oil con¬ 
cerns doing business from Cleve land, O. 
Paint and oil peddlers can be put in the 
same class with seed and nursery agents, 
and the agents travelling for picture 
houses. The reliable paint houses ,of 
Cleveland do not send out agents in this 
way to sell their products. 
William II. Moffitt. New York “realty 
wizard,” who has been hunted for more 
than a year in various parts of the world, 
will be brought back here from San Jose, 
Cal., where lie is under arrest. 
Grand larceny is the charge against 
Moffitt, whose real estate transactions, in¬ 
volving millions of dollars, were under 
investigation by the Mayor’s Committee 
on Taxation when he fled. 
On Dec. 20, 391S, he was indicted, and 
then the search for him was started. Va¬ 
rious clues led the police to South Amer¬ 
ica, Australia and in many out of the way 
places, until the detectives got a line on a 
uewsgirl from whom Moffitt was in the 
habit of buying papers when he had his 
extensive offices at Madison avenue and 
34th street.—Daily paper. 
Win. II. Moffitt Realty Company was 
one of the concerns operating in Long 
Island real estate a few years ago. Waste 
land was bought up for a song and sold 
to people at a distance at fabulous prices. 
In certain cases deeds were issued for lots 
against which mortgages were recorded. 
Whether Mr. Moffitt gets his just deserts 
at the hands of the law at this late date 
or not. it will be little satisfaction to 
those swindled by him. Long Island lot 
swindlers .are not so numerous as they 
were a few years ago, but there is still 
reason for caution on the x>art of the pub¬ 
lic. 
I appreciate many good features of The 
R.N.-Y.. and especially the Publisher’s 
Desk. Will you send me information as 
to the reliability of the officers of the 
Little Motor Kar Co., Ltd., Grand Prairie, 
Texas? a. g. 
New York. 
Information from a reliable source in¬ 
dicates that this promotion is in the same 
class with the Tan Motor Car stock-sell¬ 
ing scheme as conducted by Pandolfo. It 
will be remembered that Pandolfo also 
hailed from Texas, and that he has been 
sentenced to 10 years in a Federal prison 
for fraudulent use of the mails. The 
promoters of the Little Motor Kar Co. 
may profit by Pandolfo’s fate, but an in¬ 
vestment in the stock amounts to the 
same thing in either case as far as the 
man is concerned who parts with the 
money. 
A Louisville, Ivy., grocer received a 
letter from Raphael de Santo stating that 
he was a prisoner in Madrid and that a 
fortune in checks had been seized by the 
police and same was to be sold at auction 
on January 2, 1920. If the grocer would 
pay the fine of $3,000. De Santo would 
be released and he would share his for¬ 
tune of $300,000 with him. The grocer 
secured letters of credit and proceeded to 
Spain as instructed, where after many 
preliminaries a sealed envelope was 
handed him which contained what are 
described as “artistically printed checks,” 
for which he gave up cash to the amount 
of $3,150. lie became suspicious that the 
checks were not good and returned to 
America and reported the matter to the 
United States District Attorney. The 
State Department is taking the matter 
lip with Spanish representatives. If the 
Louisville grocer had been reading The 
R. N.-Y. for the past ten or fifteen years 
he would have been familiar with this 
scheme. It is called the “Spanish prisoner” 
swindle, and has been worked on similar 
lines quite persistently, but this is the 
first report we have had of anyone mak¬ 
ing the trip abroad to get the fortune. 
In Hind-Sights, published in "1911, we 
had a full report of the swindle. 
He: “I understand that rich old maid 
married a struggling young man.” She: 
“Yes, he struggled, but he couldn’t get i 
away.”—Melbourne Leader. 
NOT ON PAPER ALONE 
but on inspection you will find I have 68 genuine 
bargains in Hunterdon Co., N. J. Dairy, grain, fruit, 
truck and poultry farms, any size, near good borne 
markets; priced right: good terms; equipped or 
not; good land; good roads. Send for list. 
K. E. HAWK, LAMliEIiTVlLLE, N. J. 
XVe Sell Farms 
Write for complete list of New York 8tate Farms for sale 
We hare a size, location and price to please you. 
Reliable representatives wanted. Give referen- 
cesarnl mention Rural New-Yorker. 
MANDEV1LLE REAL ESTATE AGENCY. Inc., OLEAN. N. Y 
Here’s an inexpensive machine that has solved the 
problems of ditching and soil washing for thou¬ 
sands of farmers, and will solve them for you. too. 
Farm Ditcher, Terracer, Road Grader, Dike Builder 
Each year many acres -of grain 
lost to the individual and to the nation 
by water standing on the fields be¬ 
cause of improper drainage. 
Isn’t it high time this frightful 
waste be stopped and that the 
farmer be insured of bigger 
crops and better returns for his 
labor? We must raise more 
food than ever in America this 
year to help feed the starving 
peoples of Europe. This is the 
farmers’ opportunity. Prices of 
all food products will remain 
high for some time to come. 
Many a farmer thinks he 
has no need of the MARTIN, but 
that’s where he is dead wrong. 
This machine is needed on every 
farm, and was needed there before 
the plow. Even on well tiled land there 
are many places where it can be used to 
good advantage, and will quickly pay for 
itself. Stop a minute and study closely the 
many uses of this handy little implement. 
Here’s Just a Few of. 
the Things It Does— 
and Does Well 
Cuts a mile of 3-ft. V-shaped 
ditch, for tiling, open surface 
drains or irrigation, in a day. 
Goes down 4 feet. Solves the 
labor problem so far as ditching 
and dirt moving work are con¬ 
cerned. Cuts down the high 
cost of tiling; backfills; cleans 
out old ditches; builds farm ter¬ 
races to stop soil washing and 
to conserve moisture; reclaims 
old abandoned hillsides and 
swampy land and converts des¬ 
ert areas into cultivatable lands; 
makes roads from ditch to crown; 
tears down dredge ditch banks and 
old levees; fine for throwing up lice 
levees; cleans barnyards; moves snow 
and does a host of other things.. There’s 
always something for the MARTIN to do. 
Can be used every week in the year. Easy 
to operate. Works in any soil. Saves your 
crops and soil. Saves labor, time and 
money. Does work of 100 men. 2, 4, 6 
horse or tractor sizes. 
Model No. 20 
Adjustable 
Reversible 
The Martin cuts a 
“V” shaped ditch down 
to four feet deep 
I » DAYS 
I U FREE 
Try the MARTIN 10 days free. 
Give it a good, fair trial on your 
farm, where you can be both 
judge and jury. If it doesn’t prove 
all that we claim and more, ship it 
right back to us at our expense and 
we will refund every cent of your 
money, including freight charges. 
Catalog is free—send for it today. 
Owensboro Ditcher & 
Grader Company, Inc. 
Box 1134 Owensboro, Ky. 
As a road maker and keeper, 
the Martin has any grader you 
ever sa v beat to a stand-still. 
