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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
May 28, 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. 
Publisher’s Desk is always glad to be 
able to help individuals to avoid losses 
and to secure redress for the individual 
when possible, but its broader purpose is 
to discourage deception and through pub¬ 
lic information and publicity to create a 
public sentiment to prevent fraud. Mil¬ 
lions of dollars have been annually allured 
from the people who worked and saved to 
acquire it. in exchange for nicely printed 
stocks and bonds and certificates which 
had little or no value. So-called “blue 
sky” laws have been enacted in some 
States in recent years to check the fraud¬ 
ulent sale of these certificates; but these 
laws simply require that the promoter 
file statements, and in some cases this 
gave the promoter a sort of State sanc¬ 
tion, and the law in a measure gave en¬ 
couragement to the fraud. Neither the 
State nor anyone else could get exact 
proof of fraud until the luckless investor 
had lost his money, ai d even then it was 
often difficult to get legal proof to con¬ 
vict. In any evefit, the victims had lost 
their money, and conviction and imprison¬ 
ment of the promoter would not restore it. 
Governor Miller has just signed the 
Martin bill, which promises better results 
in New York Stale. This bill makes it 
the duty of the Attorney-General to in¬ 
vestigate any offering of stocks or bonds 
which are under suspicion. He may act 
on his own initiative or on complaint of 
others, and he is clothed with authority 
to demand full information and to bring 
action if the public interest demands it. 
The law will not prevent deception and 
fraud in the sale of worthless securities 
in itself. Neither will a vigorous enforce¬ 
ment of the law entirely safeguard the 
careless and inexperienced investor; but 
the law does furnish the means by which 
the legal machinery of the State may be 
used to stop flagrant abuses. The law 
was enacted in response to a public need, 
and we are glad to feel that. Publisher’s 
Desk did its part in the development of 
a worthy sentiment. 
I have taken The Rural New-Yorker 
since about 186 !). when it was under the 
D. D. T. Moore management. J. T. r. 
Florida. 
Just keep the paper a-humming and 
a-eoming. for life, I expect. G. E. A. 
Long Island. 
Most 70 years, and ?>0 years or more a 
member of the great R. N.-Y. family of 
interested readers, we look for the weekly 
visits of The R. N.-Y. with much pleasure 
and read it thoroughly, and all the ad¬ 
vertisements, too, because we feel that 
every page is pure, clean and trustworthy. 
Massachusetts. H. n. s. 
These three notes were the first papers 
on our desk Monday morning. The 
sources are widely different, but the sen¬ 
timents are the same. Our hope is to 
justify the confidence of such loyal 
friends. 
A man from Buffalo is selling stock in 
a company that is managed and promoted 
by a Mr. Everhard at Kenwood, a suburb 
of Buffalo. He sells five shares of stock 
at .$50 per share. This lot of stock is for 
one street of 84 lots in Kenwood, and is 
to be sold for $20,000. After that amount 
of stock is sold the company is to sell the 
lots at a profit of about $20,000 and is 
to return to the investors their $250 and 
a profit of about $200. and is to make 
this profit in from one to four years. 
They have already sold about $2,000 
worth of stock and have more interested; 
and if it is all right, then 1 have nothing 
to say. h. d. s. 
New York. 
This is* a beautiful money-making 
scheme if it works out as the promoter 
plans it. But avc should expect that, the 
promoter would want to keep so good 
a thing for himself and his friends! To 
say the least, the promoter is counting his 
chickens before they are hatched, and 
those who rely on the advice of The R. 
N.-Y. will allow others to reap all the 
easy money from this project. 
Enclosed please find a contract of In¬ 
terstate Co-operative Corporation, Wil¬ 
mington, Del., that is well worded and 
printed. Can you tell me anything about 
such plans? I have had good induce¬ 
ments made to introduce prospects, but 
hesitate in doing so, as I have never 
recommended something to a friend that 
I cannot buy myself, although this is 
tempting. Have you any records of such 
an enterprise, and if so, what have been 
the general results? In regard to Pub¬ 
lisher’s Desk, I must say that alone is 
worth many times the price you ask for 
The R. N.-Y., and while you never get a 
financial return from it. I feel that the 
pleasure that must come to you in the 
knowledge of the good work it does for 
your fellow man is more than money can 
buy. Money is good for some purposes, 
but good works are a monument that can¬ 
not be bought. F. w. 
New York. 
The contract referred to is the old “hog 
ranch” scheme that has been exposed so 
many times. A number of these proposi¬ 
tions sprung up in Pennsylvania about 
two years ago, and some of the promoters 
are, we believe, yet in the penitentiary as 
a result of the swindle. A similar enter¬ 
prise was located at Nortbport, L. I., 
some time ago, but we have heard nothing 
of it recently. These plausible schemes 
bring some easy money for a time, and 
then evaporate. Of course, no swine 
breeder would take them seriously. F. W. 
seems to have grasped the spirit of the 
work in Publisher’s Desk. No publisher 
could undertake the work with hope of 
financial gain. Some have made feeble 
attempt to duplicate it, but have not long 
persevered. It is only the love of justice 
and a “square deal” in which the pub¬ 
lisher can find reward for this sort of 
service. 
What do you think of enclosed papers 
of TTunderpriced Mail Order House, Inc., 
Haverhill. Mass.? Were the shoes only 
a blind? s. F. 
Virginia. 
This is one of the mail order houses 
that have been offering shoes and other 
articles through our advertising columns. 
This customer sends us a circular letter 
from the firm soliciting subscriptions for 
the stock of the concern, and as an in¬ 
ducement offers five per cent discount to 
stockholders on purchases. The principal 
argument advanced for the investment in 
the stock is the success of Sears, Roe¬ 
buck & Co. and a few other well-known 
mail order houses. For every successful 
mail order house we can name a dozen 
failures, so that the argument has no 
force. We would not advise investment 
in the stock of the Underpriced Mail Or¬ 
der House, Inc., and it is contrary to our 
policy to carry the advertising of any 
concern selling stock to country people 
in this way. To do so would be indirectly 
advertising the stock. The advertising of 
this firm will not appear in the columns 
of The Rural New-Yorker again. 
Will you inform me whether it would 
be safe to invest in the Dickerson Cord 
Tire Corporation, 220-280 19th Street, 
New York City? There are agents from 
our own community selling the stock, and 
have sold quite some already. They claim 
they will put the tire making machine on 
the market in .Tune. C. H. 
New York. 
We know nothing of the Dickerson 
Cord Tire Corporation, but investing 
money in any concern the product of 
which is not yet on the market is reckless, 
to say the least. St ocks sold by agents in 
this way rarely have any real value. It 
is only because such stocks do not appeal 
to experienced investors that, the promo¬ 
ters go to country districts to get money. 
IT. L. Barber, editor of “Investing for 
Profit,” Chicago, offers for sale a block 
of stock of the Instant Heat Company, 
located in Chicago. I want your advice 
about investing in this company. 
West Virginia. a. g. z. 
If anyone ever invested with H. L. 
Barber with “profit” to anyone but Bar¬ 
ber, we should like to hear of it. 
The enclosed postal speaks for itself. 
These are being mailed broadcast, and 
while they -may be perfectly harmless, it 
is my opinion that our rural population 
should hesitate before engaging in such a 
venture. It may be of use to you for 
Publisher’s Desk. L. G. T. 
New Jersey. 
The postal referred to is sent out by 
George II. Perkins & Co., Philadelphia, 
soliciting the recipient to buy six months’ 
options on German marks. The propo¬ 
sition is purely a gamble. 
“Yes, we were pals during the war,” 
said the blonde young man. “Buddies, 
eh?” “I suppose you’d call us that. I 
was exempted on account of dependent 
relatives and he on account of a depend¬ 
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