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May 22, 1 !>:m 
‘P>: RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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. 
The following story from Financial 
‘World very aptly explains how big divi¬ 
dends are paid on oil stock for a time in 
order to catch suckers: 
A promoter of an oil company paying 
IS per cent dividends per annum was 
asked how he could do it so soon. lie 
let his confidant into the secret, for he 
knew he could not sell him any stock. 
“We have to pay such dividends." he de¬ 
clared.^ “otherwise the people won’t buy 
stocks." But when it was pointed out 
that his company had a few' million dol¬ 
lars. requiring a few' hundred thousand 
dollars each year to pay the dividends, he 
laughed and replied: “You don’t sup¬ 
pose we pay it on all the capital; only 
on what stock has been sold: when we 
are through with our financing probably 
we won’t be able to pay as much.” Here 
is a secret explaining why so many of 
the oil companies of the hot-air class 
cease dividends, when through w-ith their 
stock-selling campaigns. 
The advertisements I mail you have 
been printed in a paper called “Grit” 
published in Williamsport, Pa. I class 
them as fakes. Two years ago I mailed 
money for the seed, but never received 
them, or any word from the advertisers. 
Have you ever had any information re¬ 
garding them? If they are fakes, why do 
not the Postoffice authorities look after 
them, as I think this is a misuse of the 
mails? w\ s. m. 
New York. 
The advertisements referred to are 
signed by Kreiter-Murphy Co.. Stamford. 
Conn., describing the “Giant New Guinea 
Butter Bean,” “Giant Butter Bean” and 
“3 Foot Bean.” The first named was re¬ 
ferred to a year ago in this department. 
It is a form of gourd sometimes grown 
and used by Italians, but not relished by 
Americans. The “Giant Butter Bean” is 
described as large as a silver dollar. If 
is unknown to us, but we conclude that 
the claims made for it are no more justi¬ 
fied than the other. The “3 Foot Bean” 
is apparently what is commonly known as 
“asparagus bean.” It belongs to the 
family of cow' peas, is not productive, and 
is usually grown in this country only as 
a novelty. It is difficult for the Postoffice 
Department to control this class of adver¬ 
tising. which has a semblence of truth 
about it. The logical way to avoid the 
temptation of sending money to such 
houses is to bar the publications coming 
to the home which carry this class of 
deceptive and misleading advertising. 
I sold produce to Musehlitz & La Mar, 
Bethlehem, Pa., to the value of $61.85. 
They sent me a check for the amount, but 
it was protested, for the reason that there 
were not sufficient funds to meet it. I 
have tried to collect it, but failed. Can 
you help me? S. H. 
Pennsylvania. 
These parties made many promises to 
adjust the account, but they failed to keep 
them, and finally left Bethlehem. We 
traced La Mar to Harrisburg, but could 
not locate him. As he had no assets, it 
would be impossible to make collection, 
and the transaction must be charged to 
experience. Any firm or individual should 
be willing to furnish satisfactory refer¬ 
ences. If they cannot, do not favor them 
with your business. This is more im¬ 
portant now than ever, and money will 
be saved if shippers will deal only with 
houses ill good standing. 
Fifty farmers of Daviess County. In¬ 
diana. have filed suit against the Con¬ 
sumers’ Service & Supply Co., of Chicago 
and Minneapolis, to recover payments of 
cash and notes, claiming that they have 
been defrauded. Agents advertising to 
the farmers stated that for $17 a year’s 
membership or subscription to the com¬ 
pany would be given, entitling the holder 
of the membership to buy all his supplies, 
including binders, plows and other tools, 
at from 17 to 20 per ceut less than he 
could buy them anywhere else. It is re¬ 
ported that the total collected by the three 
agents is approximately $7,000.— Asso¬ 
ciated Advertising. 
These “membership ’schemes” and stock¬ 
selling schemes with the privilege of buy¬ 
ing something at a discount from regular 
price have always proved a delusion and 
a snare. Publisher’s Desk has warned its 
readers against this form of sucker bait 
for many years back. Few of our people 
are in danger of this particular scheme, 
but there are hundreds of similar ones 
floating around through the mails, and 
peddled by plausible salesmen, and it is 
to demonstrate that the principle of these 
schemes is unsound and fraudulent that 
we print the record of the Chicago and 
Minneapolis concern. 
Will you please inform me as to the 
address of George Livingston Richards? 
lie was the inventor of the “Richards 
Automatic 8tamp Tending Machine.” 
There is a certain person dependent, on 
charity who is a shareholder in the Rich¬ 
ard, Ltd., and Franklin Machine, Ltd. 
Do you think this will ever amount to 
anything, and is there a way to get the 
money invested? His last whereabouts 
were at 15 Houghton street. Aldwyeli, 
London. W. C.. and his last letter written 
to shareholders February 25. 1919. 
Ohio. s. r. g. 
The last report we had on George Liv¬ 
ingston Richards also showed his address 
to be London. During the latter part of 
1919 a subscriber, who was a victim of 
one of Richards’ “get-rich-quick” schemes, 
sent us one of his circular letters asking 
for more money, which he led his victim 
to believe would result not only in the re¬ 
turn of the original investment, but a 
large profit besides. It seems to be the 
experience of this class of promoters that 
they can swindle their victims a second 
time more easily than they can catch new 
suckers. We doubt if it would disturb 
the equanimity of George Livingston 
Richards if he knew the victim referred 
to is an object of charity because he had 
swindled the individual out of his or her 
savings. “Get-rich-quick” promoters are 
not constituted that way. Perhaps some¬ 
one will take the liberty to bring this item 
to his attention, even though his present 
residence is so far removed from his pre¬ 
vious operations, where he is. no doubt, 
spending his ill-gotten gains in a lavish 
manner. 
It has been brought to my attention in 
several instances that in a copy of The 
Rural New-Yorker under date of May 
8th, in answer to an inquiry regarding 
the Carlisle Tire Corporation, the reply 
made in your paper referred to the Car¬ 
lisle Cord Tire Co.. Inc., a distinct and 
separate corporation. This has confused 
stockholders to the Carlisle Tire Corpora¬ 
tion. and we would suggest that you be 
kind enough to make the correction 
promptly in your next issue. 
The Carlisle Tire Corporation is a 
Delaware corporation organized in No¬ 
vember. 1919. with a capital stock of 
$3,000,000 8 per cent preferred stock and 
300,000 no par value common shares 
stock. 
The Carlisle Tire Corporation has pur¬ 
chased all of the assets of the Carlisle 
Gord Tire Co., Inc.,—a New York cor¬ 
poration—and the stockholders of the 
Carlisle Cord Tire Co., Inc., have trans¬ 
ferred their interests to the Carlisle Tire 
Corporation. 
C ARLISLE TIRE CORPORATION. 
New York City. 
We are very glad to publish the above 
to correct the records in connection with 
the item in May 8 issue. The confusion 
arose over the similarity of names and 
the fact that the Carlisle Tire Corpora¬ 
tion only took over the Carlisle Cord 
Tire Co. during the past month. Our 
report from usually reliable sources failed 
to impart the full information. We un¬ 
derstand the Carlisle Tire Corporation 
have under construction a large factory 
on a 10-acre tract of land at Stamford 
and, until this is completed manufactur¬ 
ing is being carried on at the plant of 
the old company at Andover. Mass. The 
president of the new company was also a 
director in the Carlisle Cord Tire Cor¬ 
poration. He is a man of wide experi¬ 
ence in the automobile tire business and 
it is claimed that the patents and pro¬ 
cesses under which the Carlisle tires are 
made are very valuable. The Carlisle 
Tire Corporation might well be consid¬ 
ered an entirely new organization, the 
future of which can only be determined 
by time. This correction of the previous 
item must not be considered in any sense 
an endorsement of the stock as an invest¬ 
ment. 
A Standard Bull Ring 
The problem that is bothering me now 
is what kind of a ring to put iu the bull's 
nose. We had a fine job on our hands 
when the big fellow broke his ring as if 
it were a straw, and darted through a 
partly open door before we could stop him. 
New York. j. B . 
The standard gunmeta! bull ring will 
not break readily, and is for sale at most 
hardware stores in country towns. 
A. S, A. 
A WEED is like a fly. Give it a good start, 
and before you know it you have hun¬ 
dreds, thousands, millions—instead of just one! We 
kill the flies to protect ourselves against diseases that 
they so readily spread; we kill weeds to save our crops 
from being smothered. “Swat the weed” should be 
just as popular a slogan as “Swat the fly.” 
And when it comes to killing off weeds, there is no 
more efficient tool than an International Corn Culti¬ 
vator. Because these cultivators are furnished with 
adjustable bearings, making it possible to take up all play 
from wear, it is easy to keep the cultivator close 
against the corn row. 
This is practically impossible with a cheap, flimsy 
cultivator that has only bored bearings, because there is 
no provision to take up wear. As a result, after the 
cultivator has been used a short time, the wheels 
wobble badly and every time they strike a bump or 
rock they twist to the side instead of riding straight 
over the obstruction, causing the cultivator to dodge 
into the nearest corn hill with disastrous conse¬ 
quences. If, to avoid this, the cultivator gangs are set 
closer together a strip of weeds will be left along the 
corn rows on each side. Rely on International. 
There are other desirable features aside from the 
adjustable bearing, which are sure to interest you in 
International Cultivator design and construction. 
See your International dealer about these cultivators 
the next time you are in town. 
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