798 
June 4, 1921 
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. 
Some time ago we made reference in 
this department to the Commonwealth 
Financial Corporation being in “financial 
difficulties.” Our basis for the statement 
was the fact of receivers having been ap¬ 
pointed by the courts previous to the 
publication of the article. We now learn 
that the receivers were appointed as a 
result an action of dissatisfied officials 
of the company. The receivers appointed 
never acted as such and were removed 
upon proper evidence of the solvency of 
the company. This statement will cor¬ 
rect any erroneous impression regarding 
the solvency of the concern. 
Fast June I ordered from .T. C. Schmidt, 
Bristol, Pa. (an advertiser in The R. 
N.-Y.), 5.000 White Plume celery plants. 
I received one box of plants, and after 
setting and counting them I found there 
were less than 1,500 plants. It is obvious 
that 5.000 white celery plants could not 
be sent in a box 12x25x4 ft. When I 
notified Mr. Schmidt of shortage he said 
more than one box was shipped. His ex¬ 
press receipt shows only one box shipped, 
and he insists 5.000 plants were in the 
box. All he offered to do was send me 
more plants in August. Of what use 
were celery plants then? Also I ordered 
White Plume, and I find now that the 
variety he sent is Giant Pascal. The 
Giant Pascal is of less value to me than 
White Plume, so I am out 3.500 plants 
and put to more trouble with the Giant 
Pascal so far as my trade is concerned. 
I do not know that you can get any 
satisfaction from Mr. Schmidt, but as he 
is one of your advertisers I think it is 
well that you know bow he does business. 
I consider the transaction has lost me 
more than the value of the young plants 
he did not send. R. c. G. 
New York. 
The above experience is timely for 
those who may be in the market for 
plants during the coming season. We 
have had quite a number of complaints 
from the customers of Mr. Schmidt, and 
while inclined to give him the benefit, of 
every doubt as far as his intentions are 
concerned, we shall not accept bis adver¬ 
tising in the future. 
Isn’t it wonderful how much they love 
us? Just, think, here they are getting 24 
per cent on the investment, and perfectly 
willing to pass by Wall Street with its 
millions to give a poor humble preacher 
a chance; not to invest his last dollar, 
for they are too high-minded to ask him 
to risk all, though why tliev should be, 
with such a glittering opportunity, I 
can’t see, and doing it all because they 
love me so. Fortunately, or unfortu¬ 
nately, I have a total wealth represented 
by an underscored zero mark, so I cannot 
invest. For the benefit, of some of your 
subscribers who may have the same won¬ 
derful opportunity thrust upon them. T 
am sending this to the good old R. N.-Y., 
God bless it. (rev.) ii. M. e. 
Rhode Island. 
The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
The firm refuses to admit that the skin 
sent the subscriber is other than the one 
received from him. E. L., when unable 
to get the skin which he considered be¬ 
longed to him, agreed to allow the Crosby 
Frisian Fur Company to keep the skin on 
condition that the tanning charges were 
refunded. This was done and controversy 
closed on this basis. The firm’s advertis¬ 
ing was excluded from The R. N.-Y. more 
than two years ago on account of unsat¬ 
isfactory relations with customers. 
The latest scheme attempted to be 
worked in Erie County, N. Y., is the sale 
of trees to farmers, the leaves of which 
are to be used to raise silkworms. The 
name of the company is the Osigian Silk 
Corporation of New York, with head¬ 
quarters at Akron, N. Y. If you have 
heard of these people before, or if you can 
give me any information, I would appre¬ 
ciate hearing from you. It might also be 
well to publish a warning in your paper. 
ERIE COUNTY FARM BUREAU, 
Richard F. Fricke, Manager. 
, The trees no doubt can be grown to feed 
the worms, but we doubt that it is prac¬ 
tical to attempt to grow silkworms in the 
locality of Erie County. Perhaps the 
seller of the trees is not much concerned 
in the result so long as the farmers pay 
for the trees. 
For some time I have been interested in 
the egg sterilizing outfit marketed or 
leased by the Guaranty Egg Corporation, 
10S Sylvan Avenue, Newark, N. .T. In 
your opinion do you consider the process 
a complete success, and would you advise 
the purchase of their common stock at $10 
per share? w. s. s. 
New Jersey. 
We do not know whether the “process” 
is practical or not; but at any rate we 
would not advise investing in the stock of 
such an enterprise. When the process 
and the corporation have proved success¬ 
ful it will be time enough to give the in¬ 
vestment consideration. Until such time 
it should only be regarded as a stock sell¬ 
ing scheme. 
I shipped my empty oil barrel to Amer¬ 
ican Independent Oil Company, Indiana, 
I*a., to have refilled and returned to me, 
and also a bill for same. I have written 
several letters to have them make the 
shipment or return empty barrel and can¬ 
not get any answer from them. Barrel 
delivered to them on June 11, 1920. 
Please look it up. j. r. z. 
Pennsylvania. 
This company is reported to be out of 
business and left no address. All letters 
are returned, as they cannot be located, 
and the reader will have to charge the 
amount due to experience. Another case 
where money would have been saved by 
looking up the rating before having busi¬ 
ness dealings with the concern. 
The circular letter forwarded by this 
minister is so unusual among oil promo¬ 
tion literature that it deserves considera¬ 
tion in this department. It is supposed 
to be written by a clergyman. The letter¬ 
head is as follows: “The Minister’s 
Study, 337 Adelphi Street, Brooklyn, N. 
Y.” The letter goes on to tell how the 
writer was a minister for 20 years and 
learned to “hate promoters.” But now 
he has 'found a “promoting corporation 
with a conscience,” etc. It is so con¬ 
scientious that it. wouldn’t take all the 
money a minister had—half is the limit. 
All this is to sell stock of the Hart Oil 
Corporation. It is the cleverest piece of 
“confidence dope” we have seen in a long 
time. Our only criticism of it on thit-' 
score is that it is a bit. overdone! 
A year ago last March we sent the 
Crosby-Frisian Fur Company, Rochester, 
N. Y.. a very nice black-backed old fox- 
skin to be fanned. Wo waited until the 
next August, when we wrote them. They 
returned to us a young fox skin, probably 
worth $2, and charged us $3.91 for tan¬ 
ning and mounting head and feet. The 
skin they sent us had no feet. The men 
who saw both say there is no resemblance 
between them in size, c* r or quality. 
If you can get our f’ or the pay for it 
we shall be very grateful. e. m. l. 
New York. 
We receive so many complaints similar 
to the above that we cannot but consider 
the Crosby Frisian Fur Company at fault. 
Ho you know anything about the Ord- 
way Art College, Newark, N. J., and 
whether they are a reliable firm? An 
agent came here January 25 getting small 
pictures to paint, and he told me he was 
doing this for soldiers who were wounded. 
As I had a son across sea and several 
relatives that were in the army, I let him 
have a picture, as I thought I was help¬ 
ing the soldiers. About a month later 
another man came with the portrait, and 
he was to bring it here four weeks later, 
after the exhibition, and I received a card 
that he would be here in a few days, but 
I have not received the picture or heard 
from them since. Several people here who 
ordered the pictures have received them. 
New York. MRS. J. r. o. 
The Ordway Art College promise to 
make delivery of the painting in two or 
three weeks. But the agents of this con¬ 
cern seem to be working the “soldier 
sympathy” racket to secure orders. We 
do not advise patronizing these so-called 
art houses sending out canvassers to se¬ 
cure orders to enlarge pictures. All of 
them we have ever heard of rely upon 
some scheme besides the merits of their 
work to secure the order. Many of this 
class of houses deliver the picture with a 
cheap frame which they sell at an exorbi¬ 
tant price. The big profits are in these 
frames, which the owner of the picture is 
cajoled into buying. 
The burglar, cornered under her bed 
by the spinster with the silver candle¬ 
stick and the determined eye, was about, 
to crawl out. “Never mind apologizing,” 
directed the lady, as she moved toward 
the door, “and don’t move. I want to 
call brother Jonas to take a look at you. 
He's laughed at me for 20 years for look¬ 
ing under my bed every night, and now, 
at last. I’ve got. something to show him.” 
—Everybody’s Magazine. 
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