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January 22, 1921 
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. 
Inclosed find a clipping showing the 
work of a precious pair of crooks who 
are away from home when they are out 
of prison. I did not happen to meet 
them, but I know of others who met them 
to their sorrow. The crooks are prob¬ 
ably working their game in pastures 
green, and ought to be exposed. E. K. 
New York. 
The above refers to two stock salesmen 
claiming to represent the stock brokerage 
house of Bryan McCormack & Co., 49 
Maiden Lane, New York, promoting the 
stock of U. S. Metal Cap & Seal Co. The 
item from the Walton Reporter states 
that those investing in the stock with 
these salesmen have been unable to get 
the stock, and the salesmen gave others 
worthless checks. The stock of the com¬ 
pany in question might be considered a 
legitimate speculation; but the salesmen 
are in a class by themselves which other 
communities would do well to beware of. 
Again, the danger of having anything to 
do with strangers in such matters. 
I am enclosing circulars from a concern 
which. I believe, is one of the many 
causes of the plight that* farmers find 
themselves in today. Is there no law in 
existence that will stop this class, of para¬ 
sites from gambling in and manipulation 
of the necessities of life? Not being sat¬ 
isfied with betting their own money, they 
seek to drag others down to their own 
levels. C. F. M. 
Georgia. 
There seems to be no law to prevent 
gambling in the necessities of life under 
the guise of investment. Senator Capper, 
of Kansas, proposes enacting Federal leg¬ 
islation to prevent the gambling in grain 
and other farm products. The R. N.-Y. 
will throw all the influence it may possess 
in support of such a measure. 
A number of Millville. N. J.. parties 
have received notice from one of the 
banks that their notes for $10 in favor 
of a Brooklyn firm are due and that a 
prompt attention on., a specified date will 
save protest fees. The peculiar feature 
of the cases is that the persons receiving 
the notices claim that they know of no 
such notes, and charge that if any notes 
are held against them it is a forgery. It 
is stated by one of those who received a 
notice that a young man came to their 
place of business and told the story that 
he was anxious to go through college, 
and asked that subscriptions be taken to 
two magazines for $4. offering a pre¬ 
mium of a fine set of. volumes of the 
world war. The magazines"* 'ived. and 
so did the volumes. The latter, however, 
it is claimed, were in nowise as repre¬ 
sented, and were promptly sent back.— 
Local paper. 
Our reports from this section indicate 
that the above item refers to the opera¬ 
tions of an agent of TIoosier Publishing 
Company, Brooklyn, N. Y. Assuming 
the signatures are genuine, there must 
have been some sleight-of-hand used to 
secure the signature of individuals in that 
vicinity to notes for the amount of $16 
without tliejr knowledge or consent. The 
case illustrates again that country 
people cannot be too careful about sign¬ 
ing papers for strangers without carefully 
reading and digesting every word the 
paper contains. 
Do you consider an investment in the 
“Bankers Union tor Foreign Commerce 
and Finance” to be wise? The stock is 
being offered by “National Service. In¬ 
corporated.” 25 Huntington Avenue, Bos¬ 
ton. Mass. D. w. 
Pennsylvania. 
In the January 1 issue the Financial 
World gives the following advice on this 
investment: 
“The Bankers’ Union for Foreign Com¬ 
merce and Finance, stock of which the 
H. V. Greene concern is endeavoring to 
sell investors, is a very imposing propo¬ 
sition, but it is a scheme the public 
should leave alone. Financially stronger 
companies have not yet succeeded ’> th:°. 
field because of the collapse of the export 
business. The company is one of the 
numerous ones Greene & Co. are pro¬ 
moting. They also have a big bank and 
some commercial discount companies, so 
that they have their han.e full. But 
with t-e promoter as long as such enter¬ 
prises keep the stock mill going the more 
the merrier. Greene cannot sell his stocks 
in Maine, the Blue Sky Commissioner 
forbidding it after investigating his high 
pressure stock-selling methods. Investors 
‘The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
should be careful before venturing into 
this green field of financing.” 
This is just to wish you the happy 
New Year you deserve and to tell you 
that through our advertisement in your 
paper we sold about $250 worth of maple 
syrup and sugar. A little of this was 
lost or stolen, but not one complaint have 
we received in regard to the quality. 
Most of our customers came from New 
York and New Jersey. One large order 
came from West Virginia. Your paper 
must have a wide circulation, w. H. w. 
Vermont. 
We publish this letter as an indication 
of the market for farm produce in the 
homes of It. N.-Y. readers. Farmers 
who specialize along certain lines are fre¬ 
quently good customers for other farm 
products. The “Subscribers’ Exchange” 
department is conducted as a service to 
our readers. The charge for the classi¬ 
fied advertisements does not cover the 
cost of production. Subscribers are in¬ 
vited to make use of the service when¬ 
ever they have a message to deliver to 
their fellow farmers. 
Do you know anything about the 
Standard Food & Fur Association, Inc., 
409 Broadway, New York City? I have 
circulars from them and a contract and 
agreement where they agree to buy back 
all hares raised from stock bought from 
them, and pay $7 to $18.50 a pair for 
them when six to eight months of age. 
I would like to go into that business on 
a small scale, but so far as I can learn 
most of those whom I have heard of have 
made a failure of the business on ac¬ 
count of not being able to find a good 
market. If this firm is reliable and lives 
up to its agreements that difficulty would 
seem to be overcome by buying stock from 
them. I have b«en reading the Pub¬ 
lisher’s Desk for a good while, and have 
never seen anything about that firm in 
it. but I see you do not carry their ad¬ 
vertisement. and that fact makes me 
doubt their being reliable. E. P. C. 
New Jersey. 
All there is to the Standard Food & 
Fur Association is an individual who 
buys and sells hares. lie sells a pair of 
hares to one party, and in some cases 
when the offspring of that pair of hares 
is old enough to breed and he has an 
order from someone else he sends it to 
the original customer to make shipment 
on the order. So long as the demand for 
breeding stock keeps up no doubt this 
advertiser will _ontinue to find a market 
for some of the offspring of the stock pur- 
ehasow from him : but the scheme is essen¬ 
tially a “bait” to sell the original stock 
at an inflated price, and there is no 
security that this concern or the others 
operating on this basis will be willing or 
able to carry out the agreement under ad¬ 
verse conditions. Tiie Rt'Kat, New- 
Yorkeb has steadfastly refused all this 
class of advertising. If anyone desires to 
take up the breeding of rabbits or other 
pet stock our advice is to go to some real 
breeder and get the foundation stock, 
without the “bait” of agreeing to pur¬ 
chase the offspring. 
Can you tell me anything about the 
Consolidated Gas & Gasoline Engine Co. 
of 202 Fulton Street, New York City? 
This firm puts out the “Do-It-All” gar¬ 
den tractor, rated 2% to 6 horsepower, 
and pulling a 10-inch plow. Last Spring 
a farmer in this county purchased one of 
these tractors at $700, but has not been 
able to make it work, and upon applica¬ 
tion to the company they diagnosed the 
trouble by mail and sent him a new 
clutch. They refused to send a man to 
repair the tractor unless the purchaser 
paid his (the mechanic’s) expenses both 
ways in advance. This the farmer agreed 
tc do, but the repair man has never put 
in his appearance, although the company 
promised him every week. The whole 
deal seems to be unfair to the farmer. I 
have written to the company, but cannot 
make anything out of their lengthy, com¬ 
plicated letter. Would appreciate any 
information you can give me. 
S. C. PAINTER, 
North Hero, Vt. County Agent. 
We are in receipt of a number of com¬ 
plaints about this *‘Do-It-All” tractor 
and the service of the Consolidated Gas 
& Gasoline Engine Co. in connection with 
it. Whether this is due to the fault of 
the tractor Itself, or the service, or both, 
we shall leave to the discernment of the 
reader. The Vermont farmer has now. 
we understand, placed his claim against 
the company in the hands or an attorney. 
We are printing the report for the guid¬ 
ance of other readers. 
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Builder of the Original Pipeless Furnace 
S . D. STRONG invented and himself built the first Homer 
Pipeless Furnace in 1909. 
Today he heads the largest Exclusive Pipeless Furnace Fac¬ 
tory in America—manufacturing thousands of Homer Original 
Patented Pipeless Furnaces every year. 
The wonderful growth,the nation-wide success of the Homer 
Pipeless Furnace is the result of service, and service alone. 
The justly famous Homer Thermo-Seal Inner Lining that 
keeps heat from being wasted by surface radiation—the rust- 
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these are features that you find only in the Homer Original 
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HOMER FURNACE CO., Coldwater, Mich. 
Cotton Seed Meal 
Is Our Specialty 
Service 
is our long suit 
Quality 
is our pride 
46 Years In the Line 
You are trading at Headquarters when you 
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or wire us at our expense for prices. 
F. W.BRODE & CO. 
MEMPHIS, TENN. 
Established 1875 Incorporated 191S 
The GRIMM MAPLE SUGAR 
MAKING UTENSILS 
Our new booklet that illustrates and describes our utensils is ready. 
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of our outfits made thirty years ago will boil sap next season. 
G. H. GRIMM ESTATE, RUTLAND, VT. 
MAY PRESSES 
I Durable, easy to 
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Opacities. Many 
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V 0ver „^ 
r 175,000 1 
New Butter¬ 
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TO 
CLEAH 
For any Size—Direct from Factory 
You can now get one of these splendid money-making, labor- 
saving machines on apian whereby it will earn its own cost and 
more before you pay. You won’t feel the cost at all. 
New BUTTERFLY Sep arator at 
0 m m No. 2% Junior —a light-rturning, easy- 
M M cleaning, close-skimming, durable, fullyi 
“ Mm Mm guaranteed separator. Skims 120 quarts I 
per hour. We also make four other sizes 
■ ■ up to our big 800 lb. capacity machine ^ 
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You can have 30 days’ free trial and see for yourself how easily one of 
these splendid machines will earn its own cost and more before you pay. 
Try it alongside of any separator you wish. Keep it if pleased. If not, 
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pay the freight charges both ways. You won’t be out one penny. You 
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ALBAUGH-DOVER COMPANY, 2171 Marshall Blvd.. Chicago, lit 
Boy : “You have a vacancy for a boy, 
I believe, sir?” Employe *: “ v es; but 
he must be a bov who new tells a lie, i 
never swears and never gives a discour- | 
teous answer.” Boy: “I’ll send my 
cousin. He’s deaf and dumb.”—Life. 
When you write advertisers mention The R. N.-Y. and you’ll get a 
quick reply and a “square deal.” See guarantee editorial page. 
