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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. 
Referring to the transaction between 
S. C. B. of Massachusetts and the Moline 
Tank Heater Co., Moline, Ill., referred to 
in last week’s issue, we desire to give the 
firm credit for a further refund of $5.08 
to cover freight charges and the 10 per 
cent deducted for repairs. These deduc¬ 
tions should not have been made from the 
original refund, but the case is closed fiow 
to the satisfaction of the customer. 
A friend of mine has asked me to se¬ 
cure for him. if possible, information con¬ 
cerning the reliability of a concern which 
is called the Hydro-United Tire Company, 
whose principal place of business is Phil¬ 
adelphia. I think that this company sells 
automobile tires by mail. If you have any 
information concerning this, enterprise, 
particularly as to whether it is legiti¬ 
mate one or not, I will appreciate it. 
California. a. d. S. 
The Hydro-United Tire Company of 
Philadelphia is incorporated for $1,000,- 
000, all common stock, value of shares $1. 
The moving spirit V the enterprise is J. 
II. Phillips, president, who was formerly 
associated with the Mead Cycle Com¬ 
pany of Chicago. The company is report¬ 
ed to have no manufacturing plant, but 
has a working agreement with the Na¬ 
tional Rubber Company of Pottstown, Pa. 
The literature soliciting stock subscrip¬ 
tions is characteristic or many of the 
other automobile tire propositions that 
have nothing substantial back of them 
and are trying to sell'stock in the com¬ 
pany on future prospects. The company 
was organized in September, 1919, so that 
it is only a little more than a year old. 
In the appeal for stock investment there 
is no statement as to the amount of busi¬ 
ness done during the past year or whether 
any profits were made. The records of 
the officials of the company all seem to be 
clear, with the exception of the treasurer, 
who filed a petition in bankruptcy in 1916 
for the business he conducted as the U. S. 
Double Tread Tire Company of Philadel¬ 
phia, with a schedule showing liabilities 
of over $100,000 and assets of a little 
more than $7,000. Previous to this time 
Mr. Lindemann was engaged in the jew¬ 
elry business, in which he also scored a 
failure. The enterprise can only be con¬ 
sidered a prospect, and in view of the 
present condition in the tire trade, not a 
particularly favorable one. 
On December 11. 1919, C. W. Ellis, 
Jr.. Cortland, N. Y., sold a carload of 
registered Holstein cattle in the neighbor- 
ing town of New Oxford. These cattle 
were shipped in from New York State, 
were tuberculin tested and were supposed 
to have passed. A lot did not look alto¬ 
gether good to me. and I called Mr. Ellis 
to the side, and in the presence of Messrs. 
Ovler and Spangler of this place, asked 
him whether he would stand the loss in 
case of a reactor within 60 days, should 
I make any purchases. To this Mr. El¬ 
lis agreed : consequently I bought a cow 
and had her re-tested within the time 
limit, resulting in a reactor and a tuber¬ 
culous cow. as she proved to be on post¬ 
mortem examination. I_ took the matter 
up at once with Mr. Ellis, and all that I 
have been able to get out of him was a 
check for $50, and having received $40 
for the carcass, ■would make a credit of 
$90. which, deducted from the purchase 
price of 8190. would leave a difference in 
my favor’ of $100. which I have not been 
able to collect. Mr. Ellis does not answer 
my letters, and when he did, simply made 
promises that he never fulfilled. I am 
eending you a copy of Mr. Ellis’ adver¬ 
tisement.' also a letter of Mr. Benninger s 
consignment sale, where I notice he is 
one of the consignors, which goes to show 
that he is still at it. J- c - B - 
Pennsylvania. 
This letter tells its own story. We 
have numerous complaints from farmers 
who have had transactions with Mr. El¬ 
lis. and his advertising has long been re¬ 
fused. Mr. Ellis writes in response to 
our appeal for adjustment in the case in 
a non-committal way and suggests that 
the transaction is no concern of The 
Rural New-Yorker. The record should 
prove sufficient for the guidance of our 
farmer friends. 
Can you give me any information re¬ 
garding* the financial standing of the 
Eastern Potash Company of New Bruns¬ 
wick. N. J.? I have been approached by 
salesman selling this stock. He tells 
Tkt RURAL NEW-YORKER 
a story of the wonderful deposits _ of 
potash in the locality of New Brunswick, 
and of the remarkable possibilities of an 
investment in the stock of this company. 
I would be very glad if you would inform 
me whether there is any foundation in 
fact for stories of potash deposits in the 
State of New Jersey. w. c. w/ 
New York. 
There is a green sand marl in the 
vicinity of New Brunswick, N. J., con¬ 
taining 5-8 per cent of potash. The pro¬ 
cess of extracting the potash is pretty 
expensive, but with the “sky high” prices 
during the war it was possible to procure 
it profitably. With the free access to the 
markets of German and French supplies 
we doubt the Eastern Potash Company 
will be able to compete with the foreign 
supply. Until it is demonstrated that the 
concern can produce and sell the goods 
profitably in competition with other 
sources of supply we could not advise 
farmers to part with their savings on the 
prospects for this stock. 
I am enclosing a circular. Is this firm 
a reliable party to do business with? I 
am going to buy quite a few chicks in the 
Spring, and if these people are O. K. I 
will do business with them. J. w. L. 
New Jersey. 
The National Chick Company, Kansas 
City, is a name assumed by Marshal H. 
Mason, whom, it appears, is not a poul- 
tryman, and, so far as we can learn, has 
no hatchery. He is offering chicks of all 
breeds and in any quantities at bargain 
prices. The only responsibility w T e can 
find for this party or the company is a 
fair-sized bank account. It 5« to be as¬ 
sumed that Mr. Mason has made ar¬ 
rangement with hatcheries to fill orders 
which he may receive. There are possi¬ 
bilities enough for trouble over baby 
chick transactions in direct dealings, 
where the man who receives the order 
knows something about the chicks. To 
entrust orders to a company of this kind 
we should regard inviting trouble. It 
will be good business for J. W. L. to 
patronize some New Jersey hatchery and 
avoid the danger in long-distance de¬ 
liveries. 
Enclosed find circular of sex indicator 
and egg tester, which is not expensive, 
but looks to me as impossible. What say 
you? We dislike to encourage fakers, 
and appreciate your “Publisher’s Desk.” 
Massachusetts. a. r. H. 
The claims made for these “sex indi¬ 
cators are preposterous as w’ell as im¬ 
possible. The ouija board might just as 
reasonably be expected to tell the sex of 
a chick which will be hatched from an 
egg as these contrivances which are being 
sold or offered for sale. We haven’t yet 
heard from anyone foolisli enough to buy 
one. 
I am enclosing a form letter which I 
received from the Poll-Ells Corporation 
of Buffalo, N. Y. How are they rated, 
and what advice can you give me on the 
subject? a. K. 
New York. 
From the letterhead Poll-Ells Corpor¬ 
ation manufactures airplanes and motors, 
with capital of $5,000,000. The corpor¬ 
ation claims to have a capacity at the 
Buffalo plant of one airplane every 30 
minutes, and another plant with four 
times this capacity. A. K. is offered a 
position with the company with the con¬ 
dition that he purchase at least $500 
worth of the stock. The corporation is 
not rated by our commercial agency, and 
we are suspicious, at any rate, of any 
concern offering employment with a stock 
purchase. 
The quickest way to get rid of an agent 
faker, or the near fakers, is just to men¬ 
tion The R. N.-Y., and they fade right 
away. F. c. B. 
New York. 
The R. N.-Y. never claimed universal 
approval. It never di<^ enjoy the ap¬ 
proval of fakers, or near fakers, and to 
be entirely frank about it, we never felt 
that we merited their approval. Thirty 
years ago it was asserted by publishers 
of the time that we could not survive a 
policy of open publicity of their schemes 
and robberies. It was claimed that our 
policy of publicity for them would offend 
and hurt all classes of advertisers; but 
all honest advertisers now are in open 
league against the faker, and some of the 
publishers who predicted ruin 30 years 
ago are themselves now excluding fakers. 
The R. N -Y. is not liked by its enemies, 
but it is entirely content with the confi¬ 
dence and devotion of its friends. 
January 8, 1921 
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