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Zhe RURAL NEW-YORKER 
June 19, 1920 
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Thinking it might be beneficial to some 
of your readers I am sending you an 
experience farmers recently had in the 
town of Caroline, Tompkins C-o.. N. T. 
Last Fall this locality was visited by H. 
M. Whiting, representing himself to be 
the owner of <n nursery at Geneva, N. Y. 
He claimed to be a grower of nursery 
stock, which he guaranteed to be true to 
name, and for which he was taking orders. 
This method of the owner selling his own 
stock seemed to please the people, and 
the orders were numerous. This Spring, 
just before the time for delivery, we be¬ 
came suspicious that he was not what he 
represented himself to be. A meeting was 
called and a committee of investigation 
appointed. This committee visited 
Geneva, but was unable in Geneva, at 
the State Experiment. 'Station or at 
some of the leading nurseries, to find 
where the H. M. Whiting Nursery was 
located. They did know that this man 
Whiting had a small packing shed where 
his (gathered stock for shipment was 
packed. 
We finally located H. M. Whiting in a 
room in one of the leading hotels, where 
we learned from him that he was a resi¬ 
dent of Boston, Mass.; also that IT. M. 
Whiting individually was the IT. M. AVliit- 
iug Nursery Co. He did not own a foot 
of land in the world, had been driven out 
of the State of Pennsylvania, and his 
license had been revoked by the State 
Entomologist of that State. We learned 
from Mr. Whiting himself that he had 
had trouble in this State through stock 
being returned. He had brought action, 
but could not remember how the suit 
terminated. 
We informed him that we represented 
the people in this locality, and refused to 
accept the orders at. our station, amount¬ 
ing to $1,000. on the ground of misrep¬ 
resentation. At a subsequent meeting, on 
hearing our report, a resolution was 
adopted that all orders be rejected, and 
should action be brought against one of 
our number, we would share the expense 
of litigation pro rata according to the 
amount of our order. 
TT. M. Whiting endeavored to make 
delivery in person. lie met with refusals 
to accept delivery and at places was 
ordered off the place. In one instance he 
was taken by the collar, marched into the 
road with the trees on his shoulder. 
When he persisted in making delivery the 
stock was thrown in the road, which he 
later collected and reshipped to Geneva. 
We then asked our Farm Bureau 
Agent to make inquiry and see if it was 
possible to prevent his doing business in 
New York State. We found that while 
our agricultural colleges and institutions 
were educational and beneficial in in¬ 
creasing production, there was no law to 
protect the public from unscrupulous 
agents. We feel this should be corrected. 
We are accompanying our experience 
with an article in our County Form 
Bureau ’News. 
Committee: 
.T. B. Miouaugh, Chairman ; 
A. D. Wright. 
J. W. Page, 
L. II. Gallagher. 
The above report from a committee of 
farmers is a forward step in co-operative 
farm .movements which if made use of 
generally will protect farmers from im¬ 
position and save aggregate losses of 
many thousands of dollars each year. The 
trickster knows he can bluff and frighten 
an individual farmer by threat of law¬ 
suit. but when a number of farmers com¬ 
bine in this way to protect their rights 
the sharper is up against a stone wall, 
and he knows it. Whiting’s record for 
deception and misrepresentation has been 
published in The B. N.-Y. for the past 
20 years. Some years ago he was driven 
out of Orleans County, N. Y., by similar 
action of farmers. Two years ago his 
license to do business in Pennsylvania 
was cancelled, as stated in the committee 
report. The Farm Bureau managers in 
the various sections are in a position to 
help organize farmers in cases of impo¬ 
sition by unscrupulous agents, and there 
is no way in which they can make them¬ 
selves more useful to farming communi¬ 
ties. We are sure this body of men is 
auxioHs to be of service in cases of this 
kind when called upon. 
The National Vigilance Committee pub¬ 
lishes a bulletin on the advertising of the 
Tire Service Co.. Kansas City. The head¬ 
ing of the advertisement quoted reads: 
“Sells Guaranteed Ford Tires for $1.’’ 
The advertisement quotes tires from 
$10.45 to $42. The Vigilance Committee 
calls this copy “misleading and untruth¬ 
ful.” We should call it a fake and a 
humbug. How auvone can trust an ad¬ 
vertiser using such a deceptive catch head¬ 
ing with cash in payment of a tire is 
beyond our comprehension. The adver¬ 
tising agency placing the business justi¬ 
fies the deception by saying that the copy 
is carried by a large number of leading 
farm papers. Shame on the farm papers 
if true. 
Can you give me the address of the 
Temple Pump Co., formerly of Chicago? 
Michigan. w. e. 
Temple Pump Co., Chicago, is no 
longer in business, and we understand it 
is impossible to get repair parts for the 
engines or other machinery that were 
manufactured by the firm. The passing 
of the Temple Pump Co. illustrates the 
fact that in order to continue to hold the 
confidence of farmers and their trade the 
house must supply goods suited to the : 
farmers’ needs and deal fairly with them. 
The Temple Pump Co. did neither. Dur¬ 
ing the existence of this firm we had many 
complaints about the engine, indicating 
that it was not a practical farm engine 
and the company did not deal fairly, inas¬ 
much as it failed to make good on the 
guarantee under which the engine was ] 
sold. As soon as this became apparent I 
the advertising was refused by Tiie R. 
N.-Y. and subscribers warned of the meth¬ 
ods of the firm and the unsatisfactory 
performance of the engine in the hands of 
farmers. Although supported by other 
farm papers, the early death of the con¬ 
cern is sufficient evidence that our criti¬ 
cism was fully justified. Had the engine 
been meritorious and the business policy 
of the firm honest our criticism could not 
bring about disaster. 
Dollars are getting scarcer, but they 
are not near as scarce as papers like The 
Rural New-Yorker. I have taken the j 
paper about 25 years, and as I am 73, 
don’t expect to be able to read it 25 years 
more, though I have got a good start for 
a hundred, and am still quite a kid. 
Massachusetts. g. h. t. 
.Tust 27 years more must pass to take 
this friend into the 100-year class. This 
would give him in all 52 years of The 
Rural New - Yorker. We hope he’ll 
make it. 
The report of the State Superintendent 
of Banks shows that the savings and loan 
associations now number 254, with re¬ 
sources of $100,259,014. an increase for 
the year of more than eleven million 
dollars. The cost of operation is less 
than one-half of one per cent for the 
whole State. The members of these asso¬ 
ciations pay in monthly installments, and 
the money is loaned to members or others 
on first mortgages to help buy liomec or 
farms. As much as SO per cent of the 
appraised value of the property may be 
loaned on mortgage, and yet after 50 
years of business only about one per cent 
of the present assets are in real estate, 
which include office buildings, as well as 
property taken in for the mortgages. This 
is the most perfect co-operative system in 
the world. The capital is furnished by 
the members. It is managed exclusively 
by the members, and all the profits go to 
the members. 
The employees and friends, in the office 
of The Rural New-Yorker have organ¬ 
ized an association, and manage it for 
themselves. They have resources of 
$19,777, and for three years have earned 
an average of over five per cent on their 
savings. The savings and loan associa¬ 
tion encourage regular monthly savings. 
They earn interest on sma’l sums os soon 
as deposited. The money is used for the 
members, and the members learn business 
from the management of it. 
The Hand Bank of the State of New 
York was organized five years ago to 
enable the associations to get money from 
outside sources to increase loans on homes 
and farms. It was making progress when 
the war came on, and the Federal income 
tax made it impossible to sell the bonds 
at satisfactory interest rates. The Fed¬ 
eral Farm Loan bonds are exempt from 
taxation and put the bonds of the State 
Land Bank at a disadvantage. If this 
drawback can be corrected the savings and 
loan system of New York State could 
finance the building of homes and furnish 
money for farm mortgages. It would be 
better than the Federal loans for farm 
mortgages, for hired men and all men of 
small means, because the State system 
permits larger loans on farm property. 
This is possible because local control and 
moral risk makes it entirely safe to do so. 
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