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‘The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
May ir>, 1020 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
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. 
Farmers who have had difficulties in 
getting fertilizers and seeds, or who have 
had perishable fruits, vegetables and other 
products ready for shipment and could 
get no cars, will have a sympathetic 
thought these days for the publisher who 
has difficulty in getting his supply of pa¬ 
per. The New York City publishers have 
had a strenuous time now for eight 
months’ steady run. Strikes iu the print¬ 
ing trade, then on the docks and ferries 
and now on the railroads have made the 
publisher’s life a strenuous one, and his 
business a trying experience during the 
Winter. The frequent storms and snow 
and ice blockades, contributed their share 
during the Winter. Some of the largest 
weekly and monthly publications have 
missed whole issues, aud even daily pa¬ 
pers have been obliged to cut down their 
editions. Subscriptions in many cases 
have doubled, and single copies increased 
from one cent to three cents a copy. 
Through it all The It that. New- 
Yorker came out regularly on time, with 
more pages and normal improvements. 
By the first of April the frost and snow 
were gone, and the publishers congratu¬ 
lated themselves that the trouble was 
over. Then came the railroad strike 
without warning. Six carloads of paper 
were on the way. but could not be deliv¬ 
ered. We had enough reserve stock for 
the first two issues of April and half of 
the third issue; but were two days late 
for the other half after carting paper by 
truck from New Jersey. This experience 
was repeated for three weeks. We. have 
been a little late for part of three editions, 
but otherwise the editions have been reg¬ 
ular. 
At this writing the railroads are con¬ 
gested. and in most cases shipments of 
paper are embargoed so that none can be 
shipped from the mills. Cars are put 
into sidetracks along the roads and left 
there. When they can be located trucks 
go out and finish the delivery. It took a 
whole day last week to get a truckload 
across the. river because of the congestion 
iu streets and on the ferries.- In addition 
to these troubles the postoffice is congested 
and delays occur iu its deliveries. The 
world is certainly unsettled, and never 
more than now needed the steadying, sober 
influence of the American farmer. 
I don’t have as much time as formerly 
to read The It. N.-Y.. but I have so much 
regard and confidence in the way you fight 
for a better understanding of farm prob¬ 
lems that I want to remain a subscriber. 
JONATHAN F. COXISTOCK. 
We fight, for better understanding of 
farm problems in the hope of a recog¬ 
nition of farm needs and farm rights, be¬ 
cause it seems to be the only way to get 
recognition of them. Just now we are in 
a gl-eat reconstruction period, and few of 
us recognize it. Every other industry is 
molding the new industrial forms to its 
own needs, and if agriculture stands still 
it will find itself later on bringing up the 
rear. We are making its future now 
every day. What we do or leave undone 
during this reconstruction period will be 
an inheritance of good or evil to the next 
generation of farmers. While doing its 
full duty to the present we would like to 
feel that The Rural New-Yorker does 
something to smooth the way for the 
tillers of the soil who are to follow us. and 
nature seems to have ordained that all 
things worth while, from democracy to 
control of ourselves, come to us at the 
end of a fight. 
In looking through E. P. Roe’s book 
(“Success with Small Fruits’’) I notice 
that he mentions The R. N.-Y. Your 
publication must have had a long and 
successful career. Mr. E. P. Roe was 
the minister in charge of the Presbyterian 
Church in Highland Falls, N. Y.. when 
the writer attended that church in his 
boyhood days. L. p. K. 
Alabama. 
Yes. E. P. Roc contributed to The 
R. N.-Y. iu his best days as a small fruit 
authority. Some of his associates and 
helpers are yet left on the banks of the 
Hudson at Cornwall: but many of them 
have gone with him to the great beyond. 
Can you collect my claim against the 
express company for the box of apples 
which I sent to Sergeant Keunelly at 
Caruthers Field, Fort Worth. Texas, in 
October, 3918? I notified him that the 
box had been shipped, lie was very 
anxious to get it. and not only inquired a 
number of times at headquarters for any 
notification from the express company, 
but went twice iu person to the express 
office at Fort Worth looking for his box, 
which could not be found. The express 
company at first claimed that the apples 
had rotted and that the box had been 
thrown out. This is preposterous, for 
Northern Spy and Jonathan apples 
(which were what the box contained) do 
not go to pieces in a week or two. Now 
they say the box was sold. But who got 
the money? The express charges (more 
than two dollars) I had prepaid myself. 
So, if the box was really sold where are 
the proceeds? 
I hope you can make the express people 
realize the justice of my claim. Anyhow, 
whether you succeed in this or not. Pub¬ 
lisher’s I>osk lias my hearty thanks for 
the good work it is doing. I enclose one 
dollar to renew my subscription to your 
most excellent paper, of which I have 
been a subscriber for more than thirty 
years. f. a. f. 
Colorado. 
We realize investigation is needed be¬ 
fore payment can he made. We finally 
received a settlement, hut it should have 
been made earlier, without an attempt to 
sidetrack the claim. We appreciate the 
kindly words and the renewal of the sub¬ 
scription, and hope F. A. F. will be with 
us twice 30 years more. 
Several weeks ago I received a letter 
from the Swiss Farm, Bethesda. Md., ask¬ 
ing if we had any Berkshire gilts for sale 
on 3(1 davs' time. I answered, giving a 
list of Berkshire stock that 1 would he 
willing to sell, and asking the Swiss Farm 
to give references. We next, received a 
letter written from the farm’s office at 
1339 Belmont street, Washington, 1). C. 
The writer, whose name we could only 
make out to be Douglas I>— (it looked 
as much like Downs as anything else, but 
we are not sure), said that he would take 
cue boar and one x sow, and to ship at 
once; he also said he should like to be 
my agent in Brazil. I again wrote, ask¬ 
ing for references, and the Swiss Farm 
man replied (hat he was the eighth gener¬ 
ation who had been iu the business (he 
personally had been iu it 30 years), and 
that he had never asked or given a refer¬ 
ence. A telegram to the Berkshire 
World of Chicago brought, the reply that 
they knew nothing of the Swiss Farm. 
We do not want to ship the hogs without 
comethiug more specific to go on. Can 
yon tell us whether the concern is all 
right? xv. h.e. 
New Jersey. 
We have similar inquiries from New 
York State breeders regarding Swiss 
Farm. We have made inquiry at Wash¬ 
ington and Bethesda, Md., hut no one 
to whom we have appealed is able to 
locate the party calling himself Swiss 
Farm. The proposition looks to us like 
a clever scheme of some faker to get. pos¬ 
session of breeding stock without paying 
for them. The claim to have a trade for 
breeding stock iu Brazil is probably only 
a pretext. One breeder received instruc¬ 
tions to ship stock to Swiss Farm, care 
Fniou Stock Yards, Washington, D. C., 
where undoubtedly the faker intended to 
sell the stock aud pocket the money. Un¬ 
til such time as “Swiss Farm” comes to 
the front and establishes its identity aud 
responsibi^^^jitoclimeu shou ld«**l ie ware 
of it. 
In the Fall of 1917 we sold Heimer 
Goodstine five tons of cabbage, xvhieb he 
stored in Ringtown in a shed, where it 
froze. He now refuses to pay, but has 
now paid $6S.17 on the bill. He promised 
he would come back in a week’s time and 
pay the rest, but has not come as yet. I 
will send you a bill aud his address, aud j 
would like you to collect this money if 
you can. There is clue a balance of 
.$80.44 from Heimer Goodstine, Wilkes- 
Barre, Pa., Goodstine Produce Co. 
Pennsylvania. a. l. m. 
Mr. Goodstine simply ignored all re¬ 
quests for payment, and our attorney 
reuorts there is nothing from xvhieb col¬ 
lection could be made. Another reminder 
is in order: Do not ship to any person 
or concern without knowing their finan¬ 
cial standing. Money will be saved by 
doiug this. 
An Irish farmer was asked if lie used I 
any of the commercial fertilizer on his 
laud. “No. sorr.” he replied.“To my j 
notion there’s nothing like (lie old barn¬ 
yard kind." “Nonsense, man.” said the 
other; “the time is coming xvlieu a man 
can carry the fertilizer for an acre of land 
in one of his waistcoat, pockets.” “May 
be he will, sorr,” returned Pat. “An’ 
he’ll be able to carry the crop in the other 
pocket, I’m thiukiuY—Boston Transcript. 
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