1170 
September 24, 1921 
Tfit RURAL NEW-YORKER 
| 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. 
While we already take several farm 
papers, if you could assure me you were 
able to collect money due me for a case 
of eggs I would send money for one year’s 
subscription to The Rural New-Yorker. 
New York. p. h. 
The above is one of our most discour¬ 
aging letters. The saving clause is that 
it comes in good faith from one who 
knows nothing, except possibly by hear¬ 
say, of the paper and its purposes. We 
are always ready to welcome a subscrip¬ 
tion, but we could accept none on these 
terms. If a farmer, whether a subscriber 
or not, needs our service, we are glad to 
help him on general principles, but there 
are no strings tied to the service. 
In reading your paper I notice what 
you are doing for different people. I 
wonder if you can give me any informa¬ 
tion on John C. Blume Co., commission 
merchants, of Pittsburgh, Pa. In Feb¬ 
ruary, March and April. 1020, I shipped 
them hothouse radishes to the extent of 
NOS dozen, for which they sent me check 
for $02.87 in settlement of 393 dozen. I 
am unable to get further settlement. In 
duly I had my lawyer write to them, and 
they promised to take care of it if we 
would grant them time, which we did, 
giving them until September 12. Since 
then we have been unable to get even an 
answer from them. Would appreciate it 
if you can do anything in regard to this. 
New York. w. e. c. 
There was a balance of $26.46 due the 
subscriber. Blume & Co. sent a check for 
this amount, but the check was protested 
because of insufficient funds to take care 
of it. Thus far we have been unable to 
get a new check, and with such an ex¬ 
perience our readers will want to pass up 
any requests for shipments from John C. 
Blume Co., Pittsburgh, Pa. Later advice 
is that the firm has gone into the hands 
of a receiver 
Here it to be true. In fact, his record 
is such that we have no confidence in any 
statement he might make on any subject. 
Those who jump at the potash mine bait 
are doomed to the same disappointment 
that has awaited the dupes of Cox oil 
promotions. 
April 26 I shipped Kassell Poultry 
Company, Philadelphia, 105 pounds 
Springers, April 27 110 pounds. You see 
by bills I am enclosing how much they 
lost in weight, also the firm’s letter saying 
if I would make another shipment would 
pay me or allow me for 15 pounds. I 
still claim for 15 pounds. Will you col¬ 
lect this, or tell me how to go about it to 
collect both bills? j. w. G. 
Maryland. 
Kassell Poultry Company ignore our 
letters about this complaint. If the ship¬ 
per did not receive returns for all the 
poultry shipped the adjustment should not 
be dependent upon making another ship¬ 
ment to the house. On the other hand, 
if Kassell Poultry Company made returns 
for all the poultry received there would 
be no good reason for allowing the 15 
pounds on a subsequent shipment. The 
silence of Kassell Poultry Company on 
the subject is not well intended to inspire 
the confidence of shippers of farm pro¬ 
duce. 
I have been having some literature from 
the American Show Card School of 
Toronto, Canada. They claim that a per¬ 
son can earn from $1 to $2 per hour 
writing show cards after they become pro¬ 
ficient. Is there anything to it? If so, 
do you think there is plenty of work? 
Are the people of said school reliable and 
square? E. G. w. 
Delaware. 
This is another “easy money” scheme. 
If there’s so much money to be made in 
writing show cards the promoter of this 
correspondence course ought to go after 
it. Evidently he finds it more profitable 
to sell his dope to those whom he can 
mislead into believing that they can find 
profitable employment after studying his 
lessons. In the first place, it is practi¬ 
cally impossible for anyone to become 
proficient in such work through a mail 
course, and we know of no great demand 
for show card writers. 
Take an Inventory 
of Your Land! 
ARE you making as much money as you can 
/"X out of your farm? Just stop and do a little 
figuring for a moment. This table will make 
figuring easier. Pill in the proper figures: 
Acre* Profit Loss 
1. Under cultivation. 
2. Stump and swamp land. 
3. This same idle land (2) cleared pro¬ 
ducing profit per acre equal to(l) 
4 . Present total profit (1-2). 
5. Possible total profit (1+3). 
Is it not just plain good business to make idle 
stump and swamp land into producing land—to 
shift it from the loss column to the profit column? 
The dynamite method is the usual method 
today for stump and boulder blasting, ditching 
and tree-planting as well. 
But to make sure of the best results in land 
clearing always use 
DYNAMITE 
It is the most reliable, efficient and economical 
explosive on the market. Constant improvement, 
through over a hundred years of manufacture 
has made it so. 
One hundred page book, “Farmers’ Handbook 
of Explosives,” giving complete instructions for 
the use of dynamite on the farm, sent on request. 
Your letter from F. B. in issue of Sep¬ 
tember 10, concerning the machine sold 
under the automatic knitter advertise¬ 
ments, was of interest to me. I had oc¬ 
casion to try to start one for some women 
who purchased them to help out in the 
war. I also, when sick of puttering with 
it, sent my best man to help out, as the 
ladies were very anxious to make it go. 
It is possible, occasionally, to make a good 
stocking, but to close the toe after the 
machine has finished its work is a longer 
job than making the stocking. All good 
machines are made of hardened steel to 
withstand the wear of the needles. This 
machine is not even as good as cast iron, 
as it is made from a metal as soft as type 
metal, and can be scratched with the fin¬ 
ger nail; I would not buy one for 15 
cents with the idea of getting anything 
out of it. Jr. k. E. 
Connecticut. 
The above from a practical machinist 
corroborates the experience of 'the woman 
whose letter appeared in the September 10 
issue. We have no prejudice- against 
knitting machines, but we do not want 
our readers to invest their money in then) 
under any misapprehension as to what 
may reasonably be expected from the ma¬ 
chines. We shall be glad to hear from 
others of our subscribers having experi¬ 
ence with these machines, whether favor¬ 
able or otherwise. We want the truth 
about them. 
Do you know anything about S. E. J. 
Cox. president of the Cox Realization 
Company, Houston, Texas? It is an oil 
company, and they now claim to have 
found potash in great quantities ou their 
holdings, and are offering to sell it. to the 
stockholders of their company. I have a 
friend who has invested in this company 
and has received no dividends, but many 
hard luck stories and requests for more 
money. He is ready to buy potash, but 
has agreed to wait until I can get your 
advice, as I have no faith in the com¬ 
pany. r. r. c. 
Now York. 
Yes, we know S. E. J. Cox as a dan¬ 
gerous type of promoter. Like E. G. 
Lewis, he is always on the verge of mak¬ 
ing investors rich through one scheme or 
another. His specialty has been oil. 
When he worked one proposition out 
there is always another on tap to lure the 
money of investors. We have no definite 
information whether Cox has or has not 
discovered a potash mine. But we should 
have to have better evidence than the 
testimony of Cox before we should be- 
I enclose letter just received from 
Charles Abromson. His last address 
seems to be 44 Rutgers Street, New York 
City. His stands are not very long in 
any one place. I hope this will assist in 
collecting accounts against him. 
New York. c. R. w. 
This is the same Charles Abromson. a 
former convict, who operated in a cellar 
at 320 West 17th Street, and has hac 
several addresses since that time. He 
was receiving cases of eggs from up-State 
shippers. lie is an old offender, and in 
1016 used the name of H. Glass, Jersey 
City; also J. S. Samuels, Newark, N. J., 
and J. & S. Samuels. 102 Broome Street, 
New York. He was sentenced to the 
Atlanta Penitentiary for 13 months on a 
charge of using the mails to defraud, but 
the sentence was suspended on the prom¬ 
ise of good behavior and bis bail con¬ 
tinued. We are receiving new complaints 
against him now, and it will be well to 
refrain from shipping to any Charles 
Abromson. 
The Associated Advertising Clubs have 
issued a bulletin on the subject of the 
stock promotion activities of Victor Page 
Motor Corporation. 522 Fifth Ave., New 
York City. The advertising and circu¬ 
lars of the company lead prospective pur¬ 
chasers to believe that a car was being 
manufactured and its merits and sales 
prospects were painted in glowing terms. 
As a matter of fact the bulletin points out 
that at the time this advertising was 
issued the company had not even pro¬ 
duced a single car. In the present state 
of the industry it would require consid¬ 
erable courage or gambling spirit to put 
money into any new automobile organiza¬ 
tion. This scheme to sell stock on the 
basis of a car that has no existence ex¬ 
cept in the imagination of the promotor 
indicates the danger of country people 
considering investments in concerns 
which they know nothing about, but rely 
upon the printed word or the oily tongue 
of some stock salesman. 
“Mamma.” said Elsie, “I wish I had a 
real baby to wheel in the go-cart.” 
“Why?” asked the mother. “You have 
your dolls, haven’t you?” “Yes. but the 
dolls are always getting broke when it 
tips over.”—Pearson’s. 
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