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•Zht RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
December 4, 1020 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
All letters tc 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. 
Associated Advertising Clubs of the 
World has issued a bulletin on the subject 
of “Rebuilt Tires,” with special reference 
to the Ford Tire & Rubber Company, 
Erie. Pjj. It would appear that the com¬ 
pany is trading on the name of the auto¬ 
mobile manufacturer of the same name— 
there is said to be a real estate operator 
of the name in some way connected with 
the company. It will be remembered that 
the promoter of the Ford Tractor Com¬ 
pany of Minneapolis searched the city 
directory, found a man of the name, and 
hired him to furnish a plausible excuse 
for adopting the mystic name. The bul¬ 
letin clearly indicates the inadvisability 
of investing in the stock of this concern 
or placing confidence in the rebuilt tir*» 
concerns generally, or their products. 
Can you give me any information in 
regard to a group of people who are 
going about the country selling a book 
entitled “Library of Health?” The group 
consists of a doctor and three or four 
nurses, sent out by the Government, so 
they represent, to give little talks on 
health to the women in the home. The 
reason the Government sends them is on 
account of. the high death rate among 
children and the shortage of nurses and 
doctors during the recent influenza epi¬ 
demics. They hardly talk their seven 
minutes when they draw out a book 
skeleton or a sort of synopsis of the book 
they have to.sell, and begin to tell you 
of the different sections and the valuable 
information it gives, and the price is $18. 
I think, or $4 down and $2 a month for 
eight months on the installment plan. 
The nurse who called on me was certainly 
a very good talker. I asked her how I 
was to know who she was or that she 
represented the Government, and she 
managed to evade a direct answer. I 
signed up on the installment plan, and 
after the doctor came along in his car 
and delivered the book and had gone on 
I got to thinking that they had not shown 
any proof of having been sent by the 
Government. The book may have much 
merit in it. I was so disgusted with my¬ 
self I have not looked into it yet. Do 
you know anything of these parties? 
When buying anything like that on the 
installment plan, if one fails to make the 
payments, what happens? Could I re¬ 
turn the book to them and forfeit the $4? 
With this book were blanks to fill out 
when one wanted medical advice, which 
is to be given free for any member of my 
family, for two years, by a Dr. B. Frank 
Scholl. 1420 N. Seventeenth Street. Phil¬ 
adelphia. This is the first time I have 
ever felt as though I had been fooled by 
any agent. I usually send them on with¬ 
out listening to them. If they have 
fooled me. I would like, to know it. and 
how to get out of it if I can. 
New York. mrs. j. r. r. 
We know nothing about the parties 
mentioned in the above letter, but it is 
safe to say that the Government is not 
sending out lecturers on health, with a 
book agency deal on the side. It would 
■appear that this woman was induced to 
sign the order for the books through mis¬ 
representation amounting to fraud, and 
on these grounds would be justified in 
repudiating the order given. The initial 
payment would be sacrificed, as it would 
cost more to secure the refund than the 
amount involved would warrant. This 
would seem to be the slickest lot of book 
agents that have been turned loose in a 
country district in recent, years. 
In the mouth of September, 1019, I 
sent an order for plants to Sheerin’s 
Wholesale Nurseries. Dansville, N. Y., 
with check for the amount of same. On 
December 3. 1919. they wrote to me that 
they were unable to complete my order, 
and they would ship the same in the 
early Spring. On .Tune 17, 1920, another 
letter advised me that owing to the 
switchmen’s strike, embargoes and other 
delays, etc., they were unable to com¬ 
plete the order. Do you think that I 
have lost my $10.25? c. p. 
New York. 
We have had a great many complaints 
of this kind from customers of Sheeriu’s 
Wholesale Nurseries during the past year 
or two. The same is true of Wells 
Wholesale Nursery, Dansville. N. Y.. and 
the Pomona Nurseries, Dansville, N. Y. 
Mr. II. W. Wells does business under 
these three titles. We have written 
Sheeriu’s Wholesale Nurseries twice ask¬ 
ing for the refund in behalf of the sub¬ 
scriber. G. P., but our letters have been 
ignored There can certainly be no good 
reason why an adjustment should not be 
made on account of an order and remit¬ 
tance sent in September, 1919, at this 
late date. 
I am enclosing a letter from the Com¬ 
monwealth Co-operative Realty Company 
of Trenton, N. .1.. for your advice on 
same, as I think it is a fake. When I 
signed my name at the fair they would 
not say what it was for; all they said 
was that I would hear from them later. 
New York. H. n. C. 
The circular letter enclosed advises 
II. X. C. that he signed a “Building Lot 
Card.” by virtue of which his name has 
been selected to receive a building lot at 
Green Curve Heights at $39. This is 
an old scheme of real estate promoters 
to lead prospects to believe that in some 
mysterious way or for some reason they 
are able to get a lot at a nominal price. 
All such propositions are to be avoided— 
and it is a dangerous thing for farmers 
to sign their name to anything at the 
solicitation of strangers. 
The appearance of a man here selling a 
combination set of aluminum dishes for 
$4.95, while the same artic'e is obtain¬ 
able at local stores at $2.50, recalls my 
experience with a map peddler. I de¬ 
clined to put my name down until I could 
examine the map, and when he brought 
it I was extremely busy dressing poultry. 
I noticed he unrolled the map in a very 
gingerly manner, and in trying to look 
at it from a better light I inadvertently 
touched it, leaving a spot of blood. That, 
of course, spoiled the map, and I noticed 
that as soon as he received his pay he de¬ 
parted without any delay. Later, when 
I had occasion to look at. the map, I found 
the entire northern part of the State had 
been omitted. f. c. c. 
Maine. 
Undue anxiety to get a contract or 
paper signed usually warrants a careful 
investigation into the offer that is pre¬ 
sented. The general rule is that there is 
a flaw or catch in the proposition. The 
same article can be procured from regu¬ 
lar sources at lower cost, in the majority 
of cases. At any rate, make a careful 
examination of the article before signing 
any papers. 
Here is a new one, the Express Oil 
Company. One gets lots of these oppor¬ 
tunities to invest $10 to get rich. As I 
do not care to invest, they request I hand 
it to some of my friends, and as The 
R. N.-Y. is the best friend I have to 
handle such matters, I turn it over to 
you. A. J. K. 
New York. 
Please note enclosed subscription blank 
of the Railroad Employees Oil Company 
and advise me as soon as possible if this 
company really has the land, is working 
and what the standing is of the people 
that are behind it. I understand there 
is a certain risk in all such deals. 
New York. h. s. 
Both propositions are solicitations to 
buy oil stock. One party represents him¬ 
self as an old express agent, and wants 
to give his co-workers an opportunity to 
get in on the ground floor. The other 
proposition makes direct appeal to rail¬ 
road men, giving them first opportunity 
to invest. Oklahoma and Texas are swim¬ 
ming in oil, if one is to believe the pro¬ 
moters of these stock-selling companies. 
They are pure speculations or gambles, 
and for small investors the risk is too 
great. Our advi'ee is to leave them alone. 
Last Fall I shipped to the Rochester 
Poultry Co., Rochester, N. Y., seven 
crates of poultry. They returned four of 
my crates and kept three of them, and 
would not return pay for them. They 
would not answer my letters when I 
asked for return of crates. Would you 
try to get them to settle for those three 
crates? They were new ones and cost 
me $1.75 each. The firm paid me such a 
low price for the chickens and fowls that 
I just about came out even on the deal 
if they had returned the crates. If you 
can stir them up, do so. Other shippers 
here tell me they had the same luck as 
I had. L. T. H. 
New York. 
It is just possible the crates were re¬ 
turned .and miscarried by the transporta¬ 
tion company, but there is no reason why 
a fair-minded concern should not send 
other crates or make good the loss if they 
valued the trade of a shipper. The entire 
circumstance and report of similar loss 
by other shippers justifies reference to 
the transaction for the benefit of shippers 
generally. 
Boy Scout (to old lady) : “May I ac¬ 
company you across the street madame?" 
Old Lady : “Certainly, sonny. How long 
you been waitin' here for somebody to 
take you across?”—Judge. 
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