October 30, 1020 
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PUBLISHER’S DESK 
All letters to Publisher’s Desk depart¬ 
ment must bo signed with writer’s full 
name and address given. Many inquiries 
are answered by mail instead of printing 
inquiry and answer, hence unsigned li¬ 
ters receive no consideration. 
Charles Ponzi, Boston’s get-rich-quick 
artist, pleaded not guilty to two indict¬ 
ments in which he was charged with 
using the mails to defraud. One charge 
is that he promised to pay 50 per cent 
interest when he is unable to do so. 
The other charge is that lie represented 
falsely that lie was dealing in interna¬ 
tional postal coupons. Bail was contin¬ 
ued at $'25,000. in default of which Fonzi 
has been in jail the past two months. 
His assets are said to be less than one- 
third of his liabilities. Instead of the 
promised 50 per cent, his creditors will, 
no doubt, lose more than 60 per cent on 
their investment. This is the usual re¬ 
sult of speculative schemes. 
Suit has been brought against the Pe¬ 
troleum Corporation of America and oth¬ 
ers by 23 owners and holders of the com¬ 
mon stock. They allege neglect of duty, 
gross and culpable carelessness, breaches 
of faith and trust obligations, use of the 
mails to defraud and other violations of 
civil and criminal law. It is alleged that 
this company was incorporated in the 
interest of its promoters, and that 14 
other petroleum companies were incor¬ 
porated in various States as subsidiaries. 
One corporation, known as the Black 
Diamond Oil Company, it is claimed, was 
discredited, and, it is alleged, the promot¬ 
ers entered into a conspiracy to bring 
about a foreclosure. The Franklin Oil 
Company was then organized, and it is 
alleged that the promoters devised a 
scheme to defraud. After acquiring the 
assets of the Black Diamond Company, it 
is said they were transferred to the 
Franklin Oil Company and stock sold to 
the public. It is stated that one Jacob 
W. Mettler caused the Petroleum Corpor¬ 
ation of America and the Petroleum Prop¬ 
erties Corporation to be incorporated. 
There are millions of dollars involved 
and heavy losses will, no doubt, be sus¬ 
tained. The history merely confirms our 
oft-repeated advice to be cautious about 
investing your money in speculative 
stocks. The small investor is at great 
disadvantage, and he will find Liberty 
bonds safer for his money. 
I am enclosing a card of the Allen Nur¬ 
sery Company, R jchester, N. Y. Are 
they a reliable nursery company? I never 
heard of them before, but they are selling 
large lots of nursery stock here. I have 
also just given them an order for 30 pear 
and five, apple trees at $3 apiece. Are 
these prices exorbitant? c. G. 
Ohio. 
We do not know the above-named nur¬ 
sery concern, but the price of $3 per tree 
is certainly exorbitant in the extreme. 
We recently saw a price list of another 
concern selling nursery stock through 
agents, quoting best grade of standard 
apples at $2 each, and pears at $2.75. 
We do not call these nursery houses be¬ 
cause many of those selling through 
these agents grow no stock. The price 
lists of three good, reliable nursery houses 
growing their own stock and selling direct 
quote standard first quality apple trees 
at 95e to $1, and pears from $1 to as 
high as $1.50. These prices are from 
houses than which there are no better in 
the country. Why anyone should pay 
from $1.50 to $2 per tree more to agents 
representing unknown concerns is more 
than we can understand, unless the “guff” 
emitted by the agent is worth the differ¬ 
ence. 
Will you give me the best possible 
legal advice on the following real estate 
transaction? The O. L. Schwenke Land 
Investment Co., 277 Broadway, New York 
City, are canvassing this section, and are 
taking thousands of dollars out of the 
country. They pretend to sell lots on 
Long Island, take $100 down on four 
lots, and the balance on installments. 
They offer to refund the money any time. 
They present a very flowery prospect, and 
may be all right, but I have my doubts. 
Please investigate and let me hear from 
you as soon as possible, for the parties 
interested will have to make another pay¬ 
ment about the 20th. These operators 
will have taken bread from the mouths 
of hard-working people if they are in¬ 
sincere. E. G. n. 
West Virginia. 
Vht RURAL NEW-YORKER 
We do not know the O. L. Schwenke 
Land Investment Co. or -where the Long 
Island lots may be located. We do know 
there are thousands of acres of waste 
sandy land on Long Island, and this is 
located far from transportation, which 
serves the purpose of land sharks to per¬ 
fection. An option is secured on pro¬ 
perty, divided up into lots and repre¬ 
sented to people as a suburb of New York 
City and sure to make the purchaser rich 
by holding it for a short time. We are 
told that the lots of many of these devel¬ 
opments have* been sold several times, 
each purchaser, when he discovers that 
he has been duped, refusing to make fur¬ 
ther payments and dropping the money 
paid on the contract. There have prob¬ 
ably been millions of dollars squandered 
in this way by frugal people from one end 
of the country to the other on these Long 
Island development schemes. If the lots 
being sold by the agents of this company 
had any prospect it Avould not be neces¬ 
sary to go to West Virginia to market 
them. The point is those located near 
enough to the property to know or learn 
the true conditions are not likely to get 
caught on the bait. 
Judging by the enclosed letter, it looks 
as though Quisenberry and Palmer had 
found their proper calling. A word of 
warning may save some of your readers 
some money. P. s. p. 
Pennsylvania. 
Wo have previously referred to Prof. 
Quisenberry capitalizing his reputation 
as a poultry expert to promote a cor-* 
respondence school course in poultry hus¬ 
bandry. Now it appears from the liter¬ 
ature forwarded by the subscriber that 
his name is being used to promote a wild¬ 
cat oil company, to be called National 
Poultrymen’s Oil Company. Kansas City, 
Mo. The promoter, Russel F. Palmer, 
we do not know, but he refers to Prof. 
Quisenberry as one of the trustees, and 
apparently his connection is the excuse 
for the name “Poultrymen’s” Oil Com¬ 
pany. The company is apparently in a 
formative state. It is not proposed to 
drill oil wells, but only secure leases on 
land and either contract with drilling con¬ 
cerns on a 50-50 basis or wait until oth¬ 
ers have discovered oil in the vicinity, 
when their leases would become very val¬ 
uable. A very pretty prospect, which we 
feel poultrymen will do well to pass by. 
Poultrymeu have troubles enough without 
contributing to oil schemes of this sort. 
In response to many inquiries we pub¬ 
lished in October 0 issue our views of 
the stock of the Jones Oil Engine Co., 
Syracuse, N. Y., as an investment for the 
savings of our subscribers. The Finan¬ 
cial World indorses our estimate with 
the following: 
“As much as $7,800 is to be given away 
as prizes by the Jones Oil Engine Co., 
of Syracuse. X. Y.. among its stock¬ 
holders who secure the greatest number 
of new subscribers. However, it is not 
in cash, but in the company’s stock. No 
one is to go unrewarded, for every share¬ 
holder will receive one share of common 
stock for every new subscriber secured, 
and this includes his own subscription if 
lie does not succeed in getting one from 
a friend. This proposition is not an im¬ 
pressive one; rather it creates the impres¬ 
sion that a stock which can be handed 
out so freely cannot possess much intrin¬ 
sic value. In this instance, it is unfor¬ 
tunate, for it appears that the company 
has a good board of directors, men who 
evidently believe they have in their en¬ 
gine something that might be developed 
into more than a prospect.” 
The Interstate Commerce Commission 
has just authorized another increase in 
express rates. The increase is 13.5 per 
cent, which with the previous 12.5 per 
cent advance, makes a total of 26 per 
cent. In computing the rates fractions 
of less than one-lmlf are discarded, but 
of one-half or more are counted as one 
cent. With, this increase going into ef 
feet, the shippei’s will be justified in ex¬ 
pecting decided improvement in service. 
The small damages and losses farmers are 
compelled to suffer should be eliminated, 
and when the shipments are properly pre¬ 
pared and accepted the shipper should be 
fully reimbursed, and without so much 
delay. Enter claims promptly and fol¬ 
low them up persistently. 
The Telephone: “I’m going to cost 
you more.” Householder: “Why?” The 
Telephone: “Oh, the usual reason—in¬ 
creasing inefficiency.”—Norfolk (Va.) 
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