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The 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. 
It is with much appreciation that I 
acknowledge check of American Railway 
Express for $75 in settlement of a claim 
of $85.50 which has been pending without 
any success regarding settlement for the 
past two years. It really seems injustice 
after you comply with the law, as in this 
case, having the shipment insured (as 
you think) to protect it, then have to fight 
two years for what honestly belongs to 
you. But you surely brought them up 
with a round turn. A. .T. K. 
New York. 
The express company is evidently be¬ 
ginning to realize this themselves. For 
October they have adopted the slogan 
‘ Protection First.” One instruction to 
their employees is: 
Speed in transportation which express 
service represents is useless without pro¬ 
tection. The shipment must reach des¬ 
tination and be in good order on arrival to 
satisfy the shipper and the consignee. We 
can render good service in no other way. 
Make it a test. Always send out your 
shipments carefully packed and plainly 
marked and the responsibility of perfect 
delivery will be up to the express com¬ 
pany. The express company seems to be 
making an earnest attempt to correct past 
evils, but cases such as the above still 
come up. It is an injustice to ask a ship¬ 
per to insure his goods and then ignore 
his claim. In this case the claim was de¬ 
clined, and it was only by going to the 
higher officials that the shipper received 
the settlement. 
As a contrast we print the following. 
Prompt adjustment should be the rule, 
not the exception. 
Everybody has had cause to kick about 
how the express companies delay in pay¬ 
ing claims. I have waited nearlv two 
years for the longest, but I enclose record 
of a claim that was paid in five davs. 
That is certainly a record with me. Can 
you beat it? 1 think they should have 
credit for such promptness. w. h. t. 
Maryland. 
Received your kind letter and check of 
$40.72 which is final payment on the bill 
of $265.72. This pays the bill in full, in¬ 
cluding interest. We thank you so much 
for your kindness and for taking so much 
of your time to collect it. We are sure 
we would have had a hard time getting 
it. I am trying to get subscribers for 
The Rural New-Yorker, but all the 
farmers around here know what a good 
paper it is, and therefore they all have it. 
We think your paper is worth much more 
than $1 a year. T. w. 
New York. 
This bill was for eggs shipped to a New 
York dealer and had been allowed to run 
to quite large proportions. We were suc¬ 
cessful in making the collection, but it is 
not wise to let bills accumulate. If pay¬ 
ments cannot be made promptly it is time 
to look up another house. A concern 
may be reliable and good, but if misfor¬ 
tune comes, and they are not able to take 
care of their accounts, losses are«apt to 
follow. A farmer making shipments to 
New York markets is entitled to his 
money without so much delay. 
approve the vitamine articles. We would 
fail of our purpose if medical journals or 
any journals beat The R. N.-Y. on the 
subjects it discusses. Our purpose is to 
give simple truth, and unless we fail in 
our purpose no one can beat us. Some¬ 
times it takes a long time for truth to be 
recognized and accepted, but it always 
wins in the end for those who rely on it. 
This dollar cost me considerably more 
than 100 lbs. of potatoes or four dozen 
eggs at what I can get for them. But I 
know of no way to get better value for 
the dollar than to send it to you for a 
year’s subscription. I think this about 
the thirty-fifth dollar I have spent that 
wa - v - B. vv. B. 
Colorado. 
Some of our friends think we kept the 
subscription price of the paper too low; 
but when we measure the products of the 
farm that must be given this year for the 
dollar, the price seems high enough. We 
have some pride in an unbroken chain of 
85 annual subscriptions from Colorado. 
We would like to feel that we could merit 
the confidence for 35 years more. 
About three months ago an agent tak¬ 
ing subscriptions for Woman's Weekly 
called, asking me to subscribe. I said 
“No, the paper would be of no use to 
me.” He then asked me ‘to buy a maga¬ 
zine for fancy work he had with him, 50 
cents. On account of his continued urg¬ 
ing. and to get rid of him. I bought the 
fancy work book, paying him 50 cents, 
thinking I could give that away. He said 
to get that he would need to have my 
signature on a card he presented, which 
thoughtlessly I signed (for this fancy 
work number, or book). Yesterdav an¬ 
other boy. or agent, called to collect $4.50 
for the Woman's Weekly. I could not at 
first think what he meant, but he was not 
at all backward in explaining to me in a 
most positive manner. I told him the 
circumstances and refused to pay, much 
to his disgust, and he said he would have 
a man after me every 10 days till I paid 
the additional $4.50 he claimed. In the 
first place only three copies of the mag¬ 
azine came (I find this morning), not 
having seen them before, and am return¬ 
ing them today, also writing a card of 
explanation to the firm, located a't 431 
Dearborn St.. Chicago. Mrs. g. e. p. 
Pennsylvania. 
We know of nothing more despicable 
than the sort of tricks outlined above 
practiced by subscription agents of this 
class of publications. Many country peo¬ 
ple are deceived by agents claiming they 
are “earning their way through college,” 
and subscribe 'to cheap papers in order 
to help the young man to secure an edu¬ 
cation. (Such agents, we have found as a 
rule to be fraudulent. Many complain 
they do not get the publications for which 
they subscribe, and, considering the char¬ 
acter of the publications sold in this way, 
they are just as well off. 
October 15, 1921 
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Would you inform me whether Kelsey 
Motor Company. 25 Bromford Place, 
Newark, N. .T., is a good investment? 
They are selling shares in Boston and 
are making a friction drive car. r. M. 
Massachusetts. 
Kelsey Motor seems to have no estab¬ 
lished financial standing, and the friction 
drive principle has not proved to be wor¬ 
thy of adoption by established manufac¬ 
turers. It would be reckless indeed to put 
money in such a concern at any time, and 
in the present state of the industry we 
cannot advise too strongly against such 
disposition of farmers’ savings. 
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I received from the Durable Tire and 
Rubber Company, Chicago. Ill., $10.50 
which I had sent them for a tire. I 
tried every way to get the money or tire, 
but they would not settle. I sent for tire 
December 1. 1920, and have only received 
the money September 22, 1921. I would 
not have received it yet but for The R. 
N.-Y. I put it in the hands of notary 
public and attorney, and he could not get 
it, but The R. N.-Y. did, and I appre¬ 
ciate your kindness and thank your for 
your great favor. M. w. R. 
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It is gratifying to know that this class 
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R. N.-Y. when all other means of justice 
fail. The record as it stands should be 
sufficient warning to others to avoid this 
class of bargain houses. 
I am sending my renewal, as I get good 
value for my money. The agricultural in¬ 
formation is O. K., and I surely appre¬ 
ciate the able discussions of timely topics, 
vitamines and economics, for instance. 
Our physician tells me that the articles 
on vitamines were fully as good as any¬ 
thing in the medical journals. Wishing 
you many years of successful and useful 
work. L. E. g. 
Vermont. 
We are pleased to have the physicians 
I sent some hides to the Crosby Frisian 
Fur Co., Rochester, New York. The 
shipment consisted of sheep, goat and 
beef hide, with instructions to hold for 
making up. Instead they ship and send 
black and white skin when mine were 
pure white. To me it looks as if they 
were housecleaning at the expense of 
their customers, or else there is someone 
keeping a good man out of a job. They 
pay no attention to correspondence, as 
their letters I have on file will show. As 
a matter of principle, I feel like taking 
it up with an attorney friend of mine in 
Rochester. I would not gain much, but 
it might help the other fellow. j. c. G. 
Pennsylvania. 
This only confirms previous reports. 
Crosby Frisian Fur Co. resents the ef¬ 
forts of The R. N.-Y r . to adjust such 
cases. We shall therefore only give the 
experience of J. C. G. for the guidance 
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