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RURAL NEW-YORKER 
April 30, 1921 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
All letters to Publisher’s Desk depart- 
nvnt 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. 
Albert Gibson, Nyaek, N. Y., has been 
arrested, charged with grand larceny. In 
advertisements he offered investment in a 
picture concern, and met his victims in 
the offices of the Torraine Motion Picture 
Company. One party was induced to in¬ 
vest $1,500 on an agreement that he was 
to receive a salary of $100 a week. Be¬ 
coming suspicious, he demanded a return 
of his money, and was given a check for 
$1,500 signed by Gibson. When check 
was presented at the bank it was found 
that there was a balance of only SO cents 
to Gibson’s credit. Seeing a similar ad¬ 
vertisement, the victim, accompanied by a 
detective, went to the new address and 
identified Gibson, who was placed under 
arrest. Gibson is said to have served 
terms in prison for forgery and robbery. 
The attention of the National Vigilance 
Committee has several times been called 
to advertising of the Durable Tire & Rub¬ 
ber Company, Wabash Avenue, Chicago, 
Ill. This company advertises cord type 
tires. They stipulate that it is not sewed, 
patched or retreaded. They call it an 
8,000-inile tire, and guarantee it for 5.000 
miles. The out accompanying the adver¬ 
tisement is that of a well-known standard 
make of tire. 
There is no such thing as a cord type 
tire. Tires are either cord tires or they 
are not. 
There is no such thing as an 8,000-mile 
tire guaranteed for 5,000 miles. 
Our investigation reveals the fact that 
the tire being sold by the Durable Tire & 
Rubber Company is a rebuilt tire, and 
notwithstanding their contrary statement, 
it is retreaded, and in the opinion of the 
National Vigilance Committee it is no 
better than other rebuilt tires on the mar¬ 
ket. 
The Durable Tire & Rubber Company 
have stated in a letter to the Committee 
that there is no connection between their 
company and the Economy Tire & Rub¬ 
ber Company, but we note that their let¬ 
terheads are similar and their advertising 
is almost identical. We have traced 
material shipped to the Economy Com¬ 
pany into the hands of the Durable, and 
our Chicago correspondent informs us 
that the address given by each company 
is occupied by the same tenant. 
The above letter of the Associated Ad¬ 
vertising Clubs to publishers is self-ex¬ 
planatory. The Rural New-Yorker 
does not carry “gyp” tire advertising 
Our files show the Economy Tire & Rub¬ 
ber Co. advertising was refused March 0, 
1920; the Durable Tire & Rubber Co 
was refused on December 20, 1920, and 
again February 24. 1921. There can now 
be no excuse for any publisher presenting 
this misleading advertising to his readers. 
East Spring I sold my hay to a man 
named Ginder, who was buying for C. W. 
Bosler Co. of Hollidaysburg, Pa. They 
were to get the hay from my barn and 
pay cash. In July they came after the 
hay, giving me check dated May 2S. 1920, 
for $344 on the Farmers’ & Merchants’ 
National Bank of Williamsburg. I’a.. 
signed by C. W. Rosier Co. I took the 
check to my bank and had it cashed In 
about a week I got a notice from the bank 
to come and pay the check, as it had been 
returned from the Williamsburg bank. 
“Payment stopped.” with $2 20 charges. 
We wrote C. W. Bosler Co about it. 
August 24. they wrote they would bo al 
my place the next week and settle it 
Again. September IS they wrote to me 
that they would be out to see me in the 
near future and pay everything They 
have not come yet. If you can collect 
this for me. I am willing to pay you for 
all trouble. s. s. 
New York. 
This is the second case that has come 
to our attention where C. W. Rosier Co 
has purchased hay of farmers and failed 
to pay for it. This firm also gives an 
address at Albany, N. Y. We are pub¬ 
lishing the above record for the protec¬ 
tion of other farmers. 
orders and that I would have to make 
room in my incubators for the eggs at 
some future date. We are now at dead¬ 
lock. I cannot make room in my ma¬ 
chines for the eggs, and he absolutely re¬ 
fuses to refund my money. In consider¬ 
ation of the fact that he refused the order 
for delivery on the date desired, I cannot 
understand how he can, with any moral 
decency or business courtesy, fail to re¬ 
fund. The cancellation was on his jiart 
more than on mine, as his refusal de¬ 
manded it. I have written him several 
times since, but it is useless. I will take 
it as a great favor if you will see what 
you can do with him. b. s. o. 
New Jersey. 
We have known C. C. Shoemaker of 
Freeport, Ill., for the past 25 years as a 
poultryman and incubator manufacturer. 
In view of the above we felt confident, 
that Mr. Shoemaker would accept cancel¬ 
lation of order and refund the remit¬ 
tance. After writing him the second time 
he responded to our letter to the effect 
that in his catalogue he states he will not 
accept cancellation of orders if the 
weather conditions are such that he can¬ 
not fill the orders at the time specified, 
or if the weather is too cold for shipment. 
In other words, Mr. Shoemaker reserves 
to himself the right to fill orders when 
he gets good and ready, and the customer 
has no redress unless he brings suit in 
court to force the refund. Whether Mr. 
Shoemaker is within bis legal rights in 
holding the customer’s remittance or not, 
we think few poultryraen will approve of 
such methods. We merely want our 
other subscribers to know what they may 
expect when sending orders to this poul¬ 
tryman. 
My son. Burr K. Elmendorf, sent $17.50 
for one Little Wonder stove to the com¬ 
pany at Detroit, Mich. They said if it 
was not satisfactory they would return 
the money. The stove was not satisfac¬ 
tory, and was shipped back. The firm 
claims it was badly damaged, and they 
wanted us to wait till they got adjust¬ 
ment by the express company, but that 
is nothing to do with us, as we shipped 
the stove back in good shape, and we are 
naturally looking for our money, as stove 
was not at all satisfactory to us. We 
wrote them the last of February a special 
delivery letter, and have not heard from 
them since. I am enclosing you the five 
letters showing the correspondence from 
last October until now, without success, 
and am asking you if you will try to col¬ 
lect it for us. H. c. E. 
Our efforts in this subscriber’s behalf 
resulted in the return of the purchase 
price, less “handling charges,” $4.40, and 
express charges of $1.22. A protest re¬ 
garding these deductions met with a curt 
reply, “this transaction is closed.” This 
is the way Little Wonder Stove Com¬ 
pany, Detroit, lives up to its guarantee. 
It will be “little wonder” if farmers de¬ 
cline to favor the concern with their 
patronage in the future. 
A man has been trying to interest me 
in buying shares for the expansion of 
Charles Weeghman’s chain lunch rooms 
of Chicago. I cannot see a thing wrong 
with their proposition, and they do not 
make any glaring statements as to future 
earnings. As T understand it, this busi¬ 
ness started in Chicago 20 vears ago, 
that they now have 10 or more lunch 
rooms in operation, and desire to spread 
their chain to other cities. The issue is 
being handled by L. R. Steel Service Cor¬ 
poration of New York. Any information 
which vou can give me about the honesty 
of these people and the investment they 
are handling will be greatly appreciated. 
Massachusetts. D. W. D. 
We see nothing wrong about the propo¬ 
sition for those who want to gamble with 
their savings It tho Charles Weeghman’s 
chain lunch rooms have been in business 
for 20 years, and successful, the organiza¬ 
tion should have some sort of a financial 
rating. We find none. It isn’t enough 
to ‘see nothing wrong” when one is to 
invest his money, but he should be able 
to see something very substantial in the 
way of assets and earnings before parting 
with lus money. Fortunes could be squan¬ 
dered in a short time by putting money 
into every prospect of this kind that come 
along. 
In January last I ordered 300 Barred 
Rock and 300 Rhode Island Red hatching 
eggs from C. C. Shoemaker of Freeport, 
Ill., who advertises in the leading poultry 
journals. I wished the eggs delivered in 
February, for a hatch to be taken off 
March 4, and I paid for the eggs in full, 
bill amounting to $79. lie wrote in reply 
on February 4 that he could not start 
shipping until March, and in plenty of 
time (on February 8) I cancelled the 
order and requested a refund. I did not 
want the eggs after the date specified, as 
my machines are full for the season. I 
was surprised to have him reply that he 
was not in the habit of cancelling Winter 
Holding Eggs in Water Glass 
Would you tell me how to put up eggs 
in Summer for Winter use? Can duck 
and guinea eggs be put away the same as 
chicken eggs? MRS. w. J.J. 
New Paris, Pa. 
This is the proper time for people to 
be considering the plan of preserving 
eggs. There are various preparations for 
doing it. Some use a thick lime water 
others pack the eggs in salt, while still 
others near large towns hire space in 
some cold storage and keep the eggs there. 
Our own plan is to put the eggs into a 
mixture of water glass. We have fol¬ 
lowed the plan for a number of years 
and find it very satisfactory. We use 
stone crocks or jars, although wooden 
buckets are good. The water is first 
boiled and permitted to cool. We use a 
mixture of one part of (be water glass to 
nine parts of the boiled water. Infertile 
eggs are best for this use. In any event, 
the eggs should be as fresh as possible, 
less than a week old. If the eggs are 
dirty, clean them carefully, then put 
them gently into the jar, packing them 
closely. We pack within about two 
inches of the top and then pour the water 
glass in over the eggs, planning to have 
at least one inch of the liquid above the 
top layer. The jars are then covered 
with a board or paper and put away in 
some cool place, usually in the cellar. 
Put them, if possible, in some place where 
the sun will not shine directly upon them. 
If the liquid evaporates, make sure that 
enough is poured in from time to time 
fully to cover the eggs. That is all there 
is to it. and a simple operation, easily 
understood after one or two trials. Fresh, 
clean egg« handled in this way have 
given us great satisfaction. They keep 
from six months to eight months without 
difficulty, and are good for practically all 
purposes where a fresh egg would be used. 
They cannot, of course, be sold as fresh 
eggs, and no one should attempt to dis¬ 
pose of them on the market without clear¬ 
ly stating just what they are. On the 
whole, thi« water-glass method is to be 
preferred to the use of either lime or salt. 
We have had some complaint of inferior j 
quality of water glass, and that seems 
to give poor results. Where the water 
glass is of good quality, however, there is 
generally very little trouble. In some 
cases where a very hard limestone water 
is used the water glass will thicken and 
form a sort of jelly, which does not, how¬ 
ever, injure the eggs. We have a good 
many questions from people who want to 
know if they can use the water-glass 
liquid year after year. This has been 
done, but we do not advise it. The cost 
of the water glass is not excessive, and 
we think it pays better to use a fresh 
supply each year. 
Among the instructions which a mis¬ 
tress had given her new maid from the 
country was one to bring in a glass of 
milk each evening at 7 o’clock. The first 
evening Jane brought the glass clasped 
tightly in her hand. “Don’t do that 
again; it's bad etiquette, Jane,” ordered 
the mistress. “Always bring it in on 
a tray.” “Next evening Jane appeared 
with a tray full of milk in her hand. 
“Excuse me, ma’am,” said the maid. “Do 
you want a spoon, or will you lap it up?” 
—New York Globe. 
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