214 
February 5, 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. 
The work of Publisher’s Desk has 
grown to quite large proportions, and has 
been pursued with even greater vigor last 
year. Many of these claims would have 
been a total loss if we had not under¬ 
taken the collection and in most cases the 
subscribers had exhausted their efforts be¬ 
fore sending the claims to us. Some of 
them were small, but we spared no effort 
to make the collection. The year’s record 
is as follows: 
We received 2.700 claims for collection 
amounting to $61,614.70. 
We have collected 2,493 claims, 
amounting to $45,592.74; 1,032 were ex¬ 
press claims, amounting to $20,014.03. 
and 1,461 miscellaneous claims, amount¬ 
ing to $25,578.71. 
We wrote 35,240 letters in our efforts 
to collect these claims, and in addition 
wrote 24,508 letters replying to inquiries 
for addresses and ratings of various con¬ 
cerns and advice in regard to investments. 
This makes a total of 59.748 letters, 
on which the postage alone cost $1,194.96. 
The record since 1910 is as follows: 
1910— 400 claims 
1911— 539 “ 
1912— 558 “ 
1913— 743 “ 
1914— 800 “ 
1915— 921 
1916— 1.192 “ 
1917— 1.630 “ 
1918— 2.232 “ 
1919— 2,506 
1920— 2,493 
The grand total 
looted, amounting 0 
collected. .$ 9,665.45 
“ 12,110.63 
“ 10,926.51 
“ 10.112.91 
“ 10,665.50 
“ 13,021.12 
“ 18,131.54 
“ 23,961.21 
“ 37.425.54 
“ 44,684.29 
“ 45,592.74 
is 14,014 claims col- 
$245,297.44. 
I am enclosing herewith some valu¬ 
able (?) information from Rev. George 
I-’. Hull, Ph. D., Chicago. lie seems to 
be in great haste. Perhaps a little of 
your kind of advertising (?) might be of 
advantage to the poor fellows ol the cloth 
who might not even get the “sorghum 
. . . sixteen months from date.” 
have no money “to plant,' so I am not 
interested in his proposition for myself. 
Appreciating your work more than I 
can make my typewriter tell you. I re¬ 
main. (rev.) c. w. h. 
Maryland. 
This ex-minister seems to be promot¬ 
ing a Florida land scheme, and is appeal¬ 
ing to ministers for loans, promising 16 
per cent, or one per cent a month, with 
a bonus of “sorghum.” It appears that 
ho was at one time the prime mover in a 
Louisiana development under the name 
of the Chicago Texas Land & Lumber 
Company, which company was declared 
bankrupt in 1905. It is said that many 
of Hall’s former parishioners of small 
means lost their savings in this enter¬ 
prise. The record is not one that would 
encourage those appealed to now to en¬ 
trust their savings to the tender mercies 
of the Rev. George F. Hall. 
I wish to ask any assistance you can 
give in the following case: Nearly three 
months ago I sent an auto tire to be 
unified by the Equity Rubber Company 
of New York, through Arthur Moran of 
Ilonkinton. who is a tire repairer in a 
small way. After a month’s time tire 
was returned by parcel post and $19 was 
paid. Said tire was covered by enclosed 
guarantee. We put tire on auto and it 
only went three miles. I took it to Arthur 
Moran, who promptly shipped it hack 
to the company. They have not refund¬ 
ed any money or returned the tire, and 
do not answer or give any satisfaction to 
Moran’s letters. Moran acted in good 
faith, supposing them t<> he a reliable firm. 
Please see if you can get any results. 
Massachusetts, a. e. p. 
We can get no satisfaction from the 
Equity Rubber Company in this case. 
In the circular the company agrees to fit 
the tire with a reliner. The statement 
df the repair man who forwarded the tire 
confirms the owner’s contention that the 
reliner was not done as agreed. Rebuilt 
tires, or “unified” as the Equity Rubber 
Company calls them, can reasonably b<* 
expected to give good service if the fabric 
of the tire is perfect, and then if the 
work is properly done. The Equity Rub¬ 
ber Company should not have attempted 
to retread the tire in question if the 
fabric was not in such condition as to 
give a fair amount of mileage. 
The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
I notice an inquiry about the National 
Chick Company, Kansas City. Mo. This 
man. Mr. Mason, beat me out of $20 last 
Summer. I gave them an order for 200 
chicks, but did not get any chicks nor my 
money back. They went by the name of 
Quality Chick Company. Des Moines, la., 
last season. A. H. 
Indiana. 
When we advised against dealing with 
National Chick Company, Kansas City, 
we did not know Of the record of the 
proprietor, Mr. Mason, at Des Moines. 
We are advised that Mason has been ar¬ 
rested by the postal authorities as an out¬ 
come of his operations under the name of 
Quality Chick Company, and that his 
case will come to trial in May. 
Enclosed find check for renewal of my 
paper. I have had it for 38 years, and 
guess I will take it the rest of my life. 
The compliments of the season to you and 
you re. A. c. L. 
Indiana. 
Thirty-eight years is not a bad record. 
May there be 38 years more, and may 
each succeeding new year bring you new 
sources of joy and happiness. 
December 16 I sent for shirts to Wear- 
well Company, Philadelphia, as described 
in their .advertisement. When I received 
them they were all cotton of the poorest 
quality. I returned them and they sent a 
card saying they would adjust the matter 
in 10 days. 1 asked for the return of my 
money. They did not send it or make any 
reply to my last letter. R. G. n. 
New York. 
We assume this mail order firm will 
make refund eventually; but the experi¬ 
ence of this farmer may prove valuable to 
others. The Wearwell Company adver¬ 
tising was offered The R. N.-Y. a year 
ago. We discovered the goods offered 
were misrepresented and therefore refused 
it. The advertising is appearing in a 
number of farm papers this season. 
What can you tell me about the Penn¬ 
sylvania Sales Company, Tunkhannock, 
Pa.7 They have agents around here sell¬ 
ing the “Keystone” carbide cooking and 
lighting plant. The agents try to coax 
the farmers into buying the plants by 
offering to give a stove and iron free, also 
giving anywhere from six months to a 
year’s time without interest on one’s note. 
They get a local farmer to take them 
around a neighborhood by offering him 
one of the plants or a pipeless heater if 
they sell 10 through him. The pros¬ 
pective customer, seeing his neighbor with 
these fellows, does listen to their coax¬ 
ing. and sometimes signs their contract 
without reading it over or knowing any¬ 
thing about the plant except a hand gen¬ 
erator they have to demonstrate the 
light. I signed the contract for these 
men after allowing them to talk for two 
hours or more, knowing and telling them 
that I did not want the outfit. The next 
day or two I wrote the company not to 
ship it. as I cannot use it and do not 
want it now. They wrote that the 
machine would be sent and I would have 
to take it. Can they compel me to ac¬ 
cept it and haul it from the railroad 
freight station? They claim they can. 
Is the machine any good, and made of 
such material as to be worth the money? 
The generator price is $250 and fixtures 
$151. ,T. M. s. 
New Jersey. 
We do not know the Pennsylvania 
Sales Company, but the firm is credited 
with a fair financial rating. The gener¬ 
ator. we assume, is as good as any. 
The letter of .1. M. S. fairly illustrates 
the sale methods of the acetylene light 
trade. We have similar complaints about 
the acknowledged leaders in the business, 
and in many cases misrepresentations are 
made by the salesmen in order to secure 
signatures to the order. The sales are 
conducted on about the same plan as the 
creamery sharks of 25 years ago, or the 
more recent St. Louis stove pirates. 
These manufacturers of acetylene gener¬ 
ators will recognize no promises or agree¬ 
ment made by the salesmen—only the 
printed contract is recognized, which 
usually the agent takes care that the 
purchaser has no opportunity to read. 
Once the farmer signs the dotted line he 
is held for the purchase price of the out¬ 
fit. whether he can use it or not. Of 
course, no one should be persuaded to 
sign an order for anything until satisfied 
that the purchase is desirable; but the 
acetylene lighting manufacturers are de¬ 
scending to the level of the book agents, 
correspondence schools and nursery 
agents in forcing their outfits on the 
farm public through “strong-arm” sales¬ 
manship and refusing to accept cancella¬ 
tions after a man has once signed the 
order. We are printing this record for 
the benefit of farmer* who may be ap¬ 
proached by agents for any of the acety¬ 
lene gas machines. 
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International Engine owners know that if there is 
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give it a chance. 
In accomplishing this, International Engines use 
low-grade fuels. They are simple to operate—many farmer 
boys not yet in their teens start and operate International 
Engines with ease. 
International Engines have built-in magnetos, re¬ 
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hopper-cooled, and have many other valuable features. 
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Send a postal for an engine pamphlet. 
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