1878 
December 11, 1920 
The 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 daily papers now annouuce a re¬ 
ceivership has been appointed for the 
East Coast Fisheries of Maine, the stock 
of which has been promoted by I. M. Tay¬ 
lor & Co., 120 Broadway, New York. 
The concern was capitalized for $10,000,- 
000. which gave ample opportunity for a 
stock-selling enterprise, regardless of 
whether fish were sold or not. No men¬ 
tion is made in the reports of the bait 
used to catch fish—the promise of 7 per¬ 
cent dividends on the preferred stock was 
the “bait” which caught investors. Those 
who asked our advice, if followed, have 
nothing to regret. 
Can you give me any information con¬ 
cerning the Air-friction Carburetor Co. 
of Dayton. O., who claim, according to 
the enclosed advertisement, to have a new 
invention in the line of carburetors that 
will save gasoline? Do you know any¬ 
thing about this new carburetor? Is it 
any good, or just a fake? w. c. s. 
New York. 
We have had no personal experience 
with this carburetor, but a number of 
subscribers have reported very unsatis¬ 
factory results from it, and that the com¬ 
pany studiously avoided making good on 
their guarantee. The advertising of the 
Air-friction Carburetor has been refused 
by The B. N.-Y. The advertisement is 
in reading form, as though written by 
the editor of the publication in which it 
appeared, but ends with “advertisement.” 
as required by postal requirements. The 
advertisement makes the claim that this 
carburetor increases the power of all 
motors 30 to 50 per cent. Also that Ford 
owners report as high as 40 to 50 miles 
to a gallon of gasoline. Are such claims 
believable? 
I thought I would send my $1 in time 
to avoid loss of papers this year. I have 
taken papers I did not miss, but I did 
miss The R. N.-Y. sadly last February. 
Maine. E. c. 
This is a couple of mouths ahead on 
renewal, but it is a nice precaution for 
the subscriber, and the source of great 
saving of time and expense to us. If 
every subscriber renewed promptly before 
expiration it would save thousands of 
dollars that we could put right back into 
the paper in extra value and service. 
My delay in acknowledging the receipt 
of the $40 from the American Railway 
Express Company was not due to the 
lack of gratitude. I am sure that I have 
not words to express my surprise and 
gratefulness. I really had given up the 
money as lost; then I thought of the suc¬ 
cess that you have in collecting debts for 
your subscribers, so I sent it to you be¬ 
lieving that the “pen is mightier than the 
sword.” _ MRS. F. S. B. 
West Virginia. 
I received the voucher for $21.57 for 
the case of eggs lost August 27. This 
certainly beats filing claims with the ex¬ 
press company and waiting from one to 
two years for payment. Thank you man¬ 
ifold for your service. H. F. G. 
Pennsylvania. 
In this case the “pen” did the work, 
and there is great opportunity to use it 
again to urge the passage of some legis¬ 
lation during the coming session that will 
force the transportation companies to 
pay claims within a reasonable time. 
Sixty days is sufficient for the usual 
claims. Also urge them to insist upon 
correction of the unjust ruling adopted by 
the express company in regard to egg 
breakage. They maintain the right to 
break 18 eggs out of every 30-dozen crate. 
When Mr. Dillon was Commissioner of 
the Department of Foods and Markets 
he brought suit through the Public Ser¬ 
vice Commission, and this 5 per cent 
breakage ruling was declared illegal, and 
the express company was given 10 days 
to withdraw it. They have gone back 
to it again, however, and have included 
it in their official classification filed with 
the Interstate Commerce Commission. 
The express companies insist upon certaiu 
requirements before accepting a shipment, 
and charge a high rate for their service. 
Shippers have the same right to insist 
upon careful handling, prompt payment 
for just claims, and no deduction for ex¬ 
cessive breakage. If a dozen eggs are 
broken in a 30-dozen shipment, it indi¬ 
cates carelessness, and prompt payment 
should be made. Take these matters up 
with your representatives in Albany. Tell 
them legislation is needed on these two 
points, at least, and is needed promptly. 
Gilman & Co., Inc., Fort Wayne, Ind., 
recently sent The R. N.-Y., through an 
advertising agency, an advertisement so¬ 
liciting shipments of hides and furs from 
families. Here is the offer that, the ad¬ 
vertisement makes: 
We trust you for the first grading, as 
we take it for granted that, you are just 
as well qualified to judge the quality of 
your furs as we are. and as well informed 
as to prices and market conditions. 
It. would thus appear that Gilman & Co. 
were going to let. the shipper make his 
own price for the initial shipment, revers¬ 
ing the usual custom of the trade. That’s 
what the language of the offer means, 
but when we come to pin the firm down 
for assurance that there were “no strings” 
to the offer, we find that the shipper is 
sent a check in advance for 50 per cent 
of his valuation of the goods, which, when 
presented to the hank for payment, must 
be accompanied with invoice and shipping 
receipt, and settlement for the balance 
will be made on the basis of Gilman & 
Co.’s valuation. Nothing very liberal 
about the proposition after all when one 
gets to the bottom of the plan. Gilman & 
Co.. Inc., is a financially responsible house, 
and just how the firm figures to gain the 
confidence of farmers by the use of such 
misleading advertising is more than we 
can understand. The firm states that 
The R. N.-Y. is the- only paper which 
objects to the advertisement. If true, it 
is a hard indictment of the farm press. 
If any of The R. N.-Y. subscribers should 
see the advertisement in other publications 
we merely want them to know just what 
Gilman & Co. have up their sleeve that is 
not revealed in the advertisement. 
As a reader of The R. N.-Y. and a 
subscriber also, I understand I am en¬ 
titled to your service bureau. I bought 
some tire filler from the Essenkav Prod¬ 
ucts Company, Chicago. Ill., last Spring. 
I received it on 10 days’ free trial and 
.vour money back if not perfectly satis¬ 
fied. I put it into my tire and used it 
for a few days, or until the tire went 
flat. I sent it back within the 10 day’s, 
and as yet I have not received my money. 
I wrote to them aud told them I wanted 
my money, and they said I would get it 
hack, but not as soon as stipulated. Is 
there any way that you can possibly get 
this money, as we are poor farmers strug¬ 
gling to raise a family and educate them? 
New York. c. H. 
The . Essenka.v Products Company ig¬ 
nores our letters in behalf of the sub¬ 
scriber. Any form of tire filler, aside 
from air, seems to prove a delusion in 
the hands of automobile owners. They 
may in some cases give a certain amount 
of satisfaction, but if there were a prac¬ 
tical substitute for air inflation of tires 
it is reasonable to suppose that automo¬ 
bile manufacturers and automobile drivers 
would have discovered it before this late 
date. The failure of the manufacturer 
of this product is its own condemnation. 
The Pettyjohn Pure Products Co., 
Minneapolis, Minn., object to our refer¬ 
ence to their stock proposition as being 
“get-rich-quick scheme.” There are ele¬ 
ments in the promotion of this stock dur¬ 
ing the past few years justifying the con¬ 
clusion, but as the intent in the minds 
of the promoters is the determining fac¬ 
tor we desire to give the proposition the 
benefit of the doubt aud withdraw the 
term. 
The company was organized in South 
Dakota in 1916, capital $3,000,000, par 
value $1. The stock has been promoted 
largely on the basis of success of other 
cereal manufacturers. No information is 
given in the prospectus as to earnings or 
assets. The stock is being offered by 
stock salesmen at $2 per share, while it 
is currently quoted by unlisted stock 
brokers around 90 cents per share. The 
stock is at best a speculation of unknown 
value. 
Freddy had successfully pleaded stom¬ 
ach ache to keep him away from school, 
but his mother became suspicious when, 
just after the school hell had stopped 
ringing, his friends called for him to go 
for a swim. “But. Freddy, you can’t 
go swimming when on have the stomach 
ache.” protested his mother. “That’s all 
right.” said Ft-eddy. unabashed; ‘'I’ll 
swim on my back all the time.”—New 
York Globe. 
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Trade Mark 
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See”Hanes” Underwear at your dealer’s. It 
he cannot supply you, write us at once. 
Read Hanes Guarantee: 
"We guarantee Hanes underwear ab¬ 
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button. We guarantee to return your 
money or give you a new garment if 
any seam breaks 
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Winston-Salem, N. C. 
New York Office: 366 Broadway 
Next Summer - You’ll want to 
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[Farmers who owned ordinary tank heaters “are 
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ask for spare hour, 
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I WAS FED ON RELCMARD'S 
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