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<Iht RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
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ment must.be signed with writer’s full 
name and address giveu. Many inquiries 
are answered by mail instead of printing 
inquiry and answer, hence unsigned let¬ 
ters receive no consideration. 
I have read with much interest the 
letters from your readers who have been 
stung with various correspondence school 
bunk, and have read your comments in 
regard to these so-called stepping-stones 
to success. It is, indeed, a good thing 
that there is at least one paper that not 
only refuses to publish their bait, but 
also gives warning to all its readers, 
for an ounce of prevention is worth a 
pound of cure. Over three years ago I 
signed for a law course with the La Salle 
Extension University. Chicago. The 
course was to cost $97. According to 
their advertisement, they agreed to help 
one to pass the bar examination in any 
State, but after the contract was signed 
I found out that one must have passed 
a regents’ examination before one was 
even allowed to take the bar examination 
in most States. This knowledge was not, 
however, included in their course. They 
promised various other things. I soou 
found out, however, that they did not 
mean anything. The only thing that 
meant anything was the payment of the 
bill. They sent me a set of law books, 
which one can buy almost anywhere for 
$40 at most, with a reading course of law 
included. I would be glad to sell mine 
for $25. After I found that the course 
was of no use to me I quit paying any 
more. Then the firm began to show some 
interest in me. Here is what happened : 
First I received a string of dunning 
letters from the school’s department of 
accounts ; then I received another series 
from a Chicago lawyer; then I received 
a few from a local attorney; then for 
over a year there was silence. Finally, 
about four months ago, they found an¬ 
other lawyer here who would handle such 
cases. I got one letter from him ; then I 
was sued for the amount of balance ($93) 
and the costs of this action. I decided 
to let them go the limit, as usually if one 
hires a lawyer and wins he has to pay 
as much or more in the end on such a 
small suit. The school got judgment by 
default for over $100, and within a few 
days an officer came to my place of em¬ 
ployment and served an execution on me. 
I paid no attention to it. Then the law¬ 
yer for the school called upon my em¬ 
ployer, but I had forestalled him by going 
to him myself and stating the case. My 
wages were then garnisheed, so at present 
they are getting it on the installment plan 
and I have made them fight for every 
cent. This little experience will probably 
cost me $150. To sum up the whole thing, 
my advice is don’t sign any such contract 
unless you are prepared to pay for it 
irrespective of whether the course is any 
good to you or not. While the adver¬ 
tisements of these firms read well enough 
and their agents are pretty smooth, you 
rarely find any of their promises embodied 
in their contracts. Invite correspondence 
with these firms if you must play with 
fire; read their contract if you will, then 
don’t sign. If you do, keep on paying 
for your foolishness or look out for lots 
of annoyance and trouble. Rarely will 
these firms press a suit if they think one 
has the money to make a defence. If 
there is anything they dread more than 
another it is publicity. 
If any of your readers who are inter¬ 
ested in this wish to verify my state¬ 
ments I shall be pleased to help them all 
I can. Had I been a reader of this paper 
at the time I would have saved enough 
to pay for it for over a hundred years. 
New York. T. w. L. 
We publish the above experience in the 
interest of readers* It requires no com¬ 
ment. 
I sent a coonskin to the Crosby Frisian 
Fur Company, Rochester, N. Y.. February 
IS, 1920, with instructions for it to be 
tanned and returned. It measured 97 
inches from tip to tip; the tail alone was 
10 inches long. On April 1 T received 
a card from them stating they had re¬ 
ceived shipment, also asking for instruc¬ 
tions. so I wrote them to tan and return. 
I did* not receive fur. so wrote again. 
.Tune 3 I received a letter stating they 
were unable to locate skin I referred to: 
wanted me to send card of April 1, so I 
sent card. In about a week I received a 
coonskin 31 inches long, without a tail, 
with two numbers on. one stamped in 
and one written with indelible pencil. T 
wrote right back, told them they had 
made a mistake, and gave a description 
of my coonskin. They insisted it was 
my coonskin. I wrote them there was 
$10 difference, and they could pay me 
that if they were so determined to keep 
my coonskin. They wrote for me to re¬ 
turn the skin, as there might have been 
a mistake made in their tanning depart¬ 
ment, so I sent them the skin. Then they 
wrote and said they found there was no 
mistake; they would stretch the skin, put 
on a new tail and return to me, which 
they did. They have sent me a cull skin 
and kept my good one. Isn’t there some 
way to get my own coonskin? n. b. 
New York. 
The Crosby Frisian Fur Company ex¬ 
plains that skins when stretched in dry¬ 
ing return to their natural size when 
being dressed, and that this fact is re¬ 
sponsible for complaints of this kind. On 
the other hand, H. R. is positive the skin 
he shipped was not returned to him. He 
describes the skin returned as six inches 
shorter, no tail and darker in color than 
the one sent. During a period of years 
we have had many similar complaints to 
the above from customers of Crosby Fri¬ 
sian Company of Rochester, N. Y. It is 
invariably the contention of the company 
that their system and employees are in¬ 
fallible and that the customer is mistaken. 
The complaints in this line have been so 
numerous that we concluded that many 
of the customers of the firm are justified 
in their contentions. We have also found 
in recent years that the Crosby Frisian 
Company refused to live up to their quo¬ 
tations on work, and because of com¬ 
plaints from farmers on both scores we 
discontinued the firm’s advertising during 
the season of 1919, and have refused the 
firm space in our columns iu the mean¬ 
time. 
Can you tell me whether Hamilton 
Dairy Company is responsible or not? 
New York. A. L. 
The Director of the Bureau of Licenses, 
Department of Farms and Markets. Al¬ 
bany, advises us regarding this milk con¬ 
cern as follows: 
The Hamilton Dairy Company of 410 
West 129th Street, New York City, 
failed to comply with the requirements 
of this office to file a bond under Section 
55 of the agricultural law, and the case 
was turned over to the Attorney-General 
for prosecution. 
About 15 years ago I bought 10 shares 
at $1 per share from the Globe Associa¬ 
tion, Chicago, Ill., for which they pro¬ 
mised seven per cent interest, which they 
also paid for some time. I do not think 
I received anything for the last 10 years. 
I wrote to them about three months ago 
asking them what stock is worth at pres¬ 
ent. They answered the stock has no 
value at the present time. This seems 
strange at the present prices. Will you 
look after it? A. II. Munroe is presi¬ 
dent. s. n. K. 
Pennsylvania. 
The Globe Association, Chicago, ap¬ 
pears to have been the originator of the 
scheme of offering a few staple groceries 
at a ridiculously low price, but the cus¬ 
tomer had to buy a list of other groceries 
to get the articles offered at the bargain 
prices. The same scheme is worked yet 
by imitators in Chicago. The president 
of the Globe Association was arrested by 
the Federal authorities some years ago 
charged with fraudulent use of the mails; 
but our records show that he escaped con¬ 
viction. All such schemes are a virtual 
fraud on the public, whether they come 
within the legal interpretation of a swin¬ 
dle or not. We fear S. D. K. will, have 
to charge his little investment up to 
experience. 
Will you tell me through your “Pub¬ 
lisher’s Desk” columns all you know about 
the reliability of the United Automobil- 
ists’ Co-operative Association, Inc., main 
office Suite 109, Heed Building, Philadel¬ 
phia, Pa.? An agent came around and I 
signed for an automobile insurance policy, 
but since have heard that they are no 
good. I paid $15. and arn to pay balance 
on receipt of policy, which is $22.50 for 
two years’ insurance. T will not pay if 
your reply is unfavorable. Later T no¬ 
ticed the application said that “It is not 
a policy of indemnity.” The policy also 
calls for a tire and accessory service at 
wholesale prices. D. B. u. 
New Jersey. 
So far as we can see this seems to be 
a duplicate of the old International Auto¬ 
mobile League scheme of Buffalo, N. Y.. 
which was repeatedly exposed in The 
Rural New-Yorker, and the promoter of 
w'hich eventually pleaded guilty of fraud¬ 
ulent use of the mails. The same old 
bait of furnishing tires and accessories 
at wholesale prices is employed to catch 
suckers. The promoter of the scheme 
may furnish inferior tires at the whole¬ 
sale price of standard makes, but he can¬ 
not and will not be able to furnish his 
dupes any of the well-known, reliable 
tires at wholesale prices. 
A DOCTOR who was superintendent of 
the Sunday school in a small village 
asked one of the boys this question: 
“Willie, will you tell me what we must do 
in order to get to heaven?” Said Willie: 
“We must die.” “Very true,” replieid 
the doctor, “but tell me what we must 
do before we die.” “We must get sick,” 
said Willie, “and send for you.”—London 
Post. 
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