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Tm RURAL NEW-YORKER 
April 10. 1020 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
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ment must be signed with writer’s full 
name and address given. Many inquiries 
are answered by mail instead of printing 
inquiry and answer, bonce unsigned let¬ 
ters receive no consideration. 
George C. Boo f l>, oronnotor ot United 
Food & Fur Association. 329 West ' Ab 
street. New York, was arraigned before 
Commissioner Hitchcock one day last 
week on charges ot using the mails to 
defraud. His arrest came as the result 
of an investigation by Mr. Bugg, who told 
the Commissioner that the United Food 
S- Fur Association did business in one 
room of a basement a f the West 48tli 
sAree address. According to Mr. Bugg. 
Booth's specialty has been Belgian hares, 
the specialty having netted him about 
’*41 JkC u he last two years. It is 
charged hat United Food & Fur Asso¬ 
ciation purchased common rabbits in the 
maiket and sold them as Belgian hares 
or anything that the customer called for. 
Complaints were also received by the 
Postotlice Department to the effect that 
li concern failed to purchase the pro¬ 
geny at $7 per pair, as represented. 
The evidence in the case justifies all that 
we have said of this concern, warning 
our people of the fraudulent nature of 
the business, as well as all other so-called 
associations to purchase the surplus stock 
of customers at a stated price. It just 
amounts to “sucker bait” to make the sale, 
as we have many times before explained. 
The Farmers’ Carbide Sales Co.. Platt-s- 
burg, N. Y., are working this section now 
with their stock-selling to carbide users. 
Their agent was here this morning. I 
let him tell hi:: little yarn, .then I told him 
I guessed I wouldn't bite, as I read The 
R. N.-Y. All he could do then was to 
abuse the paper and lie about the $100,000 
suit they had brought against you. and 
that you were bought by the United Car¬ 
bide Co., and hadn’t dared to say any¬ 
thing about them for the past three 
months, as they were more than making 
good. J. o. R. 
Maryland. 
This is the first we have heard of a 
“libel suit” brought by 'the Farmers’ 
Standard Carbide Co. It is surprising 
that one has not been brought, because a 
libel suit furnishes a plausible ground 
for denying our statements. Most of the 
swindles we have exposed have resulted 
in libel suits being brought by the author 
of them. E. G. Lewis sued The R. N.-Y. 
for libel; so did Dawley, Woodruff and 
Alois I*. Swoboda. Anyone is privileged 
to bring a libel suit, aud such actions are 
very expensive to defend. Perhaps this 
is why most publications permit their 
reader’s to be swindled without raising 
their voices in protest. The R. N.-Y. 
has never been deterred by such consider¬ 
ation from doing its duty to its readers 
as we see it. The fact that no suit has 
been brought is no handicap to these 
piratical stock peddlers who sweep 
through oue State after another. It is 
Maryland’s turn now—perhaps Virginia 
or some other neighboring State will 
come next. At any rate, no victim of the 
scheme can blame The R. N.-Y. for noc 
having given ample warning. If an ex¬ 
perience of 30 years in watching pro¬ 
motions of this character means anything, 
it clearly spells an entire loss to those 
who part with their money for the stock 
of the Farmers’ Standard Carbide Co. 
Farr, last Spring I sent to the Pomona 
Nurseries, Dansville, N. Y., for a variety 
of trees and grape roots. They kept 
jutting oi< off with the order until June, 
7non received the trees, but no grape 
cots, the stating that the season was 
ccc late. The same thing prevailed last 
Fail, so that the frost had not killed the 
leaves I have written since, but received 
at answer. The roots amount to $9.50 
(per 100), and the trees were all dead 
before they came. I have nothing t<> 
show for my money. Can you collect this 
$9.50 for me or, m fact, all of it? It 
veins to me that <uch people should In¬ 
put out of business. Last Spring they 
advertised quite a bit around here, aud ail 
their trees were 20c. The order I sent 
amounted co $17.90. f. e. t. 
Ohio. 
Pomona Nuseries is one of the Dans- 
ville nurseries that we have always had 
trouble with. This couceru started out 
selling a cheap grade of trees at 10c each. 
The management is reported to have 
enanged recently, but if so. the new man¬ 
agement is no better than the original. 
Wo can get no response to our letters in 
the subscriber’s behalf, and eau only ad¬ 
vise our people not to send orders for 
stock to the concern. Only nursery and 
seed houses of known reliability should 
be patronized. 
In the American Poultry Advocate I 
see an advertisement of the Magic Egg 
Tester. Perhaps you kuow something 
about this. It sounds big. and would be 
a big advantage to me to be able to set 
only fertile eggs. H. J. 
New York. 
This Magic Egg Tester advertising was 
refused by The R. N.-Y. 10 years ago. 
and we have expressed our estimate of 
it many times siuce. All this tester can 
do is to indicate the specific gravity of 
the egg. which may have a bearing on 
the freshness of an egg. but by no stretch 
of the imagination can it be said to in¬ 
dicate the fertility or indicate whether 
the egg is batchable or not. 
Will you give me some information 
about the sexometer? a. l. b. 
New York. 
It is claimed for the sexometer that 
the little instrument* will indicate whether 
an egg is fertile or sterile, aud also tell 
whether a male or female bird will be 
hatched from it. If the claims arc justi¬ 
fied it would indeed prove a great boon to 
poultrymen. W have no disposition,to oc¬ 
cupy the role \ .’ a “doubting Thomas,” 
but we are frank to say that the claims 
read to us more like a fairy tale than 
based ou scientific demonstrated facts. 
Wo have yet to find any poultry authority 
who will ever by inference admit that 
there might be anything in such claims. 
The circular of the “sexometer” is put out 
by A. T. Slate, Montreal, Canada, and 
contains a number of testimonials from 
Canadians. The one testimonial from the 
United States is from N. S. Lybarger of 
Gambier, Ohio, whose record with us is 
such that his indorsement does not in¬ 
crease our confidence in it. If it can he 
shown the instrument has merit. The 
R. N.-Y. will be the first to spread the 
information to our readers. 
Would you advise me ou the enclosed 
pamphlet of Angola Automobile Club of 
Buffalo. N. Y. Is it a safe proposition t,<> 
invest in ? F. B. 
New York. 
I am sending pamphlet No. S, Angola 
Automobile Club for your approval. How 
does it look to you? S. c. 
New York. 
A. C. Bidwell is the moving spirit of 
the Angola- Automobile Club, which is a 
part of or associated with Angola Tire 
& Rubber Co.. Buffalo. N. Y. During the 
past year Bidwell 1ms been selling stock 
in the Angola Tire & Rubber Co., with 
the bait that stockholders cad buy tires 
at wholesale prices. We have a number 
of times denounced this as a get-rich- 
quick vvp>e. Our records show that as 
far back ;> 1912 Bidwell conducted the 
International Automobile League, Buffal . 
N. Y. He solicited memberships at $10 
each, representing that members would 
save many times the amount in buying 
tires and other accessories through the 
League at wholesale prices. The R. N.- 
Y. denounced the scheme as a swindle 
from the start. In 1916 the Postoffice 
Department issued fraud orders against 
the League; Bidwell and his lieutenants 
were arrested for fraudulent use of the 
mails. When he came to trial Bidwell 
pleaded “guilty” aud escaped with a fine. 
The Vigilance Committee of the Advertis¬ 
ing Clubs of the World deserves the credit 
for the prosecution of the swindlers. 
Now the Angola Automobile Club is 
a complete duplicate of the old Interna¬ 
tional Automobile League, as far as we 
can discover. The same allurements are 
held out. The contract or membership 
agreement contains the same old “catch” 
—membership is for oue year, but con¬ 
tinues indefinitely unless the signee no¬ 
tifies the club in writing of his desire to 
withdraw. Ou this dodge Bidwell fright¬ 
ened some members into paying back dues 
after they had discovered the League was 
a fraud, but neglected to comply with the 
couditious. The R. N.-Y. prepared to 
defend one of Bidwell’s threatened suits, 
but be failed to c-oine iuto court. Now 
if anyone desires to nibble ou Bidwell’s 
bait in face of bis above record, we have 
no personal objection: but those who do 
cannot accuse The R. N.-Y r . of not doing 
its full duty iu warning its readers of 
the nature of the scheme. 
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