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January 1, 1921 
The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
All letters to Publisher’s Desk depart¬ 
ment must be signed with writer’s fufll 
name and address given. Many inquiries 
are answered by mail instead of printing 
inquiry and answer, hence unsigned let¬ 
ters receive no consideration. 
Happy New Year 
This number begins the volume of The 
Rubai, New-Yorker for the year 1921. 
with substantially two hundred thousand 
subscribers, which is the largest circula¬ 
tion in the history of the paper. For the 
thirty-odd years of the present manage¬ 
ment each succeeding year has brought 
an increase in circulation, more pages of 
reading matter and increased advertising 
patronage. For this growth and develop¬ 
ment we are indebted to the interest and 
friendship of a great army of faithful 
friends. Without them it would have 
been impossible, and our ambition has 
been to merit their confidence and friend¬ 
ship. With us it has been a work of love 
and pleasure. No pastime has ever been 
so fascinating as the steady, exacting 
work of making a paper which, no mat¬ 
ter how imperfect, has had its one ideal 
in honest service to the farm. During 
the years that are past we have given 
the best that was in us. We can offer no 
more for the year to come, but we hope 
with the experience of the past and by 
the counsel and help of good friends to 
make the present volume and the service 
for 1921 the best that we have yet pro¬ 
duced. With that hope go our best wishes 
to all for a happy and prosperous New 
Year. 
Our old friends will recall that we 
always have an ambition to start off the 
new year with a larger subscription mail 
than the year before. It comes like a 
new inspiration for the work ahead. 1 bis 
year the first business day will be on 
Monday, the third of January. There is 
just time to catch the mail for that da\. 
We thank in advance those who indulge 
our pride in the first day’s mail by send¬ 
ing the renewal now for the 1921 record. 
On January 24 I ordered a tank beater, 
advertised in The R. N.-Y., from, the 
Moline Tank Heater Company of Moline. 
Ill to be shipped by express. The heater 
was not satisfactory for reasons given in 
mv letter of February 24. The corre¬ 
spondence which I enclose I consider 
self-explanatory. In their 
March 16, received March 19, they stat> 
her do not understand from my letters 
in wbat way the heater is unsatisfactory. 
I have tried to make this as plain as 
possible, and my only conclusion is that 
“none are so blind as those that von t 
see ” Mv opinion is that from then- first 
letter of February 14 regarding shipment 
of heater to the final one of March 16 
they show evidence of had faith. I * 
that the beater does not conform to the 
description in the circular matter, and in 
case your •opinion is in accord with mine, 
I would gladly appreciate your taking the 
matter up with them. The fact that the 
heater may be giving satisfaction to them 
sands is of no importance to me. nor do 1 
consider it has any bearing on the case 
if it does not give me the satisfaction 
that I have a right to expect from the 
descriptive circular. s - c - B - 
Massachusetts. 
The correspondence accompanying the 
above letter shows that S. C. B. endeav¬ 
ored to operate this tank heater in ac¬ 
cordance with the directions, and found 
that the heater was not as described in 
the circular matter, and he was unable 
to get any satisfactory service from it. 
and, therefore, asked the Moline Tank 
Heater Company to accept the return of 
the heater find refund his remittance. 
This the company refused at first to do. 
but after considerable correspondence the 
firm consented to the customer’s demands. 
After nearly a year has past, the tank 
heater was returned as directed by the 
company and a refund of the purchase 
price was made, less freight, storage 
charges and 10 per cent for recleaning 
and repairing the heater. The purchaser 
never got any satisfactory service from 
the heater, so that he is out several dol¬ 
lars on the transaction, in addition to 
the annoyance and correspondence in¬ 
volved in the case. We have discon¬ 
tinued the advertising of this firm in the 
columns of The R. N.-Y., and we are 
publishing this brief record in the case 
for the information of other subscribers 
and farmers generally. The moving spirit 
of this company seems to be H. S. Busby, 
who is also operating in the tank heater 
business at Washington, la., under the 
name of C. W. Busby Manufacturing 
Company, as well as some other enter¬ 
prises which will receive our attention 
later. 
I wish to inform you that I received 
today a check for $1,353.60. the full 
amount of my claim against the American 
Railway Express Company for the bundle 
of furs that were lost in transit. I 
wish to express my sincere thanks for 
your efforts in helping me to bring this 
matter to this satisfactory close. I had 
tried for eight months without success. 
Kindly let me know how much I am in 
debt to you. h. h. 
New Jersey. 
This shipment of furs was made on 
January 27, 1920, and the settlement 
December 4, 1920. The express company 
disputed the quality of the furs, delayed 
adjustment on one excuse and another, 
until the shipper was discouraged and 
brought it to us. There was a declared 
valuation of $1,400, but adjustment was 
made on the actual value of the furs. 
The express company adds no credit to 
its reputation by-delaying payment of a 
just claim of this kind. We are pleased 
to have succeeded ultimately in getting a 
settlement. 
Having been a reader of your paper 
for many years, I do not feel that I could 
get along without it, now that almost 80 
years have passed over my head. Your 
‘‘Publisher’s Desk” to my mind is worth 
many times the price of subscription to 
any family. It surely does my old frame 
good to learn how you do expose the 
trickery and rascality of the legions, of 
fakers that our country is cursed with. 
I wish you a merry Christmas and a 
prosperous and happy New Year. 
Pennsylvania. w. F. B. 
We reciprocate the subscriber’s good 
wishes of the season, and hope that he 
may enjoy many Christmas seasons yet 
to come. This 80-year-old subscriber ex¬ 
presses clearly and forcibly the purpose 
of Publisher’s Desk. We start the new 
year with the firm purpose of heading off 
rascals with schemes to swindle farmers 
whenever possible, being ever cautious 
not to utter a word of criticism of any 
worthy man or organizatiop. 
A postal money order was sent to the 
Moore Seed Co.. 125 Market Street, Phil- 
a'delphia. Pa., May 11, 1920. for two 
packets of seed corn, and I have not as 
yet heard a word or received the seed. I 
also wrote two letters since, which they 
also ignore. If you can collect it. do so 
with my orders, and let same apply to a 
subscription to me. The order was for 
$1.95. »• E. s. 
Delaware. 
We have written Moore Seed Co. sev¬ 
eral times about this order, without re¬ 
sult. Another seed season is near at 
hand. We hope the little experience of 
R. E. S. may save other subscribers from 
a similar fate. We have found this seed 
house notoriously undependable for many 
years back. 
It would appear from the reports in 
the Boston papers that the investors in the 
H. V. Green Company have come to 
grief sooner than was anticipated, even 
by the critics of Mr. Green's promotion 
methods. A stockholders’ committee, con¬ 
sisting of Samuel L. Powers, George S. 
Baldwin and John H. Sherburne, has 
been investigating the affairs of the com¬ 
mercial finance and' mutual finance 
corporations promoted by H. V. Green 
Company. The flBminittee charges mis¬ 
management and refers to one specific 
loss of $493,792.50 as a result of the 
bankruptcy of the Massachusetts Motors, 
Inc. Some of the debtors of the com¬ 
pany are said to have absconded or are 
insolvent, and the collateral in many 
cases is missing or has depreciated in 
value and is now inadequate. These en¬ 
terprises, it will be remembered, were 
organized for the purpose of financing the 
purchasing of automobiles, motors, trucks, 
etc. While business conditions were 
favorable, these companies were able to 
make a showing of profits, on which 
basis the army of salesmen employed by 
the Green Company sold these stocks to 
people of small means throughout the 
country. The State of Maine forbade the 
sale of these securities within its borders 
during the past Summer. The present 
situation shows the wisdom of the Maine 
officers in taking this action. The R. 
N.-Y. has repeatedly advised its subscrib¬ 
ers against putting their money into 
this class of securities, and we gave pub¬ 
licity to the action of the Maine officials 
for their further guidance. 
1991 Prices 
Quality—Higher Price—Lower 
You may now purchase 
your favorite type of 
Champion Spark Plug 
anywhere in the United 
States at these prices— 
Champion X ( Ford ) $ .75 formerly $ .90 
Champion Regular $ .90 formerly $1.00 
Champion Heavy Stone $1.00 formerly $1.25 
Over 30,000,000 Champion Plugs 
sold this past year. 
Champion Spark Plug Co. 
Toledo, Ohio 
ampion 
Dependable Spark Plugs 
ost Honey 
] FOR YOUR RAW 
FURS 
Joseph Ullmann, Inc. did the 
most toward stabilizing the Raw Fur 
market during the crisis of this sum¬ 
mer and fall. This meant higher prices 
for you and every other Raw Fur ship¬ 
per and trapper. 
We are always in the market for Raw Furs, 
no matter whether prices are high or low. We 
always pay the highest market prices, and a 
trial shipment will convince you that you get 
full value for your skins and a prompt settle¬ 
ment. We charge no commission, pay all ex¬ 
press charges and refund postage on mail ship¬ 
ments. 
REFERENCES: Any bank in the United 
States. Establishments in all the important 
fur markets. 
Write for price list and shipping tags 
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JOSEPH ULLHANN, Inc. 
11-tO-n W. 10th St., 
NEW YORK CITY. N. Y. 
Dept. 80 
Silos at Pre-War Prices 
I will sell my present stock 
of silos, as long as they last, 
at PRE-WAR PRICES. Get 
your order in early and save 
money. Silos are all new, 
of well-known make, and 
furnished in the genuine 
Clear Oregon Fir, the most 
durable material used for 
silos. Quality guaranteed. 
You deal direct with me. No 
agents, no salesmen to come 
between us. 
M. L. SMITH 
113 Flood Building 
Meadville Pennsylvania 
SAW YOUR WOOD 
and latest improvements. First oraer secures agency 
Folding Sawing Mach* Co#* 161W# Harruon St.* Chicago, U# 
It’s Hard to Keep Cows Clean 
when they are stabled, but clipping makes it 
easy. Takes only five minutes a mouth to clip 
flanks and udder of each cow. then wiping with 
a damp cloth quickly cleans before milking. 
Keeps dirt and filth out of the pail. Clipped 
cows give better and cleaner milk. The Stewart 
No. 1 Machine is best. Clips horses also. Only 
$14 complete at your dealer’s, or send $2 and 
pav balance on arrival. 
CHICAGO FLEXIBLE SHAFT COMPANY 
Dept. At 41,5600 Roosovolt Read, Chicago, III. 
CANVAS 
COVERS 
Waeon and Hay Covers with 
eyelets, Medium and Heavy 
Weights. Plain and Water¬ 
proofed, made of a superior 
grade of Canvas. Best work¬ 
manship. Prompt deliveries 
to all parts of U. S. Money 
refunded if not satisfied. Send 
postal for prices and samples 
AMERICAN SAILMAKING CORPORATION 
Dept. R, 49 & 51 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
AGENTS WANTED arv, to’ take subscrip- j| 
tions for Rural New-Yorkkr in Ohio. Prefer 
men who Have horse or auto. Address 
J. C. MULHOLLAND. General Delivery. Columbus. Ohio 
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