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‘Ike RURAL NEW-YORKER 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
All letters to Publisher’s Desk depart* 
rnent 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. 
» ,The American University of Arts. 230 
Market St., Newark, N. .7., has two pic- 
of my children to be enlarged. 
\\ lien they brought the pictures with the 
trame (which we did not order, and they 
were not worth $1) they wanted $10 
apiece for them.^ They would not let me 
nave my little pictures or big ones, which 
belong to us because we paid them $3.98 
apiece, which makes $7.90 in all. I 
would like to have my four pictures, two 
itt e ones and two big ones. One is a 
little girl four years old, the other is a 
little boy two years old. mrs. h. n 
New Jersey. 
The above report is typical of the 
schemes employed by portrait houses. We 
presented the complaint to the American 
Institute of Art (?) and demanded that 
the pictures belonging to these women 
be returned to them. The attitude of 
the firm is expressed in the following: 
Hut as long as you have already judged 
us and you accept it for granted that we 
have forced those people to buy frames 
from us. then we say to you, keep on de¬ 
manding to your heart’s content, (live 
us all the publicity that you want to. 
Our friend, the Chicago Portrait Com¬ 
pany. like it ; so do we, and if you think 
.von are big enough to force us to do 
your bidding, then you are greatly mis¬ 
taken. 
ago without good reason. The reports 
which we are receiving indicate that we 
did it none too soon. 
• * s the first dollar I have earned 
P P T , . , \ bn ' ]S - J " nt ? Christmas 
piesent, laid off at the Maline plant at 
Poughkeepsm, N. Y. I call it a lock-out. 
New Jersey. F . s . r. 
When a man is out of work for four 
months and invests the first dollar he 
earns afterwards in a subscription to 
The R. N.-Y. we feel that we accept the 
dollar with some responsibilities. We 
hope to make the subscription a good in¬ 
vestment for him. Anyway, we will try 
to make it so. 
Can you give me any information con¬ 
cerning the Dictator Fountain Pen Com- 
pany with offices at 300 Madison Ave, 
New York City? The officers are Farron 
Betts, president; J. Douglas Turner, 
vice-president; Arthur Winter, treasurer 
A tnend of mine asked me to buy some 
of the stock at $10 a share, but as I have 
no money to burn I thought I would ask 
your advice whether lo buy or leave it 
alone. T 
New York. 
H.v all means leave it alone. Putting 
money into the stocks of unknown or un¬ 
established concerns in 90 cases out of 
100 means (lie loss of the entire amount 
invested. 
October 22, 1921 
“Propagated” Ditching 
Perhaps the (Chicago Portrait Company 
also likes the complaint that has now been 
entered against it by the Federal Trade 
Commission of Washington, D. C. We, 
however, are not concerned whether these 
porlraitconcern* like the publicity or not 
what we print, is solely for the benefit 
and guidance of our readers. 
Regarding that bill I sent you to try 
to collect from the Big Four'Syndicate. 
1 he.v sent me a check on October 3 
dated October 1, for the full amount of 
t he bill. I got t In* check cashed; if it 
does not. go to protest am all right for 
my money. I knew the National Food 
and Fur Association was no good, but 
was not aware that this concern was 
operating under another name. If T had 
they would never have gotten any of my 
stock Just “thank you” does not seem 
enough pay for the great good work you 
have done for me in helping me get that 
hill; would feel much better if von 
would accept some pay for your time and 
trouble. I would never have got it, I 
think, if T had not turned it over to you 
lor collection, f shall always feel grate¬ 
ful toward the Rural Publishing Gom- 
puny for this kind act. Any charges will 
be cheerfully paid if you will advise me 
how much it is. A I{ w 
New Jersey, 
M e have no charge to make, of course. 
Tile appreciation expressed in this letter 
more than compensates us for our efforts 
in the subscriber’s behalf, aside from the 
satisfaction felt in securing settlement 
due the farmer. 
Do you know anything in regard to the 
National Press Bureau of Buffalo, N. Y. 
of which I\ illiam A. ITeacock is manag¬ 
ing editor f! „ 
New York. ' ' 
The National Press Bureau and Wil¬ 
liam A. I lea cock might be said to contain 
several varieties of fraud. ITeacock is an 
old-time “easy-inoney” schemer. He has 
been working one scheme or another of 
the same character for the past 20 vears. 
Despite your repeated warnings as to 
the Crosby Frisian Fur Company, I sent 
them several sheep, cow and other skins 
for tanning. These came back after 
months of waiting. Is there anything I 
can do to recover the price of the raw 
hides? They are worthless to me in such 
a bad condition, and I hate to lose them 
all. I refused the shipment, which was 
sent me C. O. D. T did. however, wish 
to have one cow skin which was among 
the bunch and which was O. K. This 
they refused to let me have unless I took 
them all. If you want to see a fail* sum* 
pie of this company's work I will gladly 
pay the charges and send you some of 
them. It is the same old story. We 
farmers may mean well, think well and 
try to do well, but I’ve found that The 
K. N.-Y. hits the nail pretty square every 
tune. Crosby Frisian Company do not 
need to waste stamps to tell me to send 
hides elsewhere. I know mighty well I 
will if I have any more to send to any- 
bo< ].y- , w. r. 
Tsew York. 
Of course we did not throw the Crosby 
Frisian Fur Company advertising out of 
The R. N.-Y. some two and a half year* 
Is there •( company known as the 
I^im table Adjustment. Company, Inc., 
flatiron Building, New York? The 
above named company was doing a col¬ 
lecting agency business, and I sent them 
an account for collection ; they never sent 
me any money. I have recently found out 
that they did make a collection. I wrote 
them and they have not answered my let¬ 
ter. Please advise me if they are still 
doing that kind of business. w. b s 
New York. 
I lie company is still doing business at 
the above address. After repeated in¬ 
quiries they reported that they bad made 
a small collection on the account, and 
when it is settled in full the subscriber 
will have a check. Some accounts are 
difficult if not impossible to collect, but 
any agency that undertakes the work 
ought to reply to inquiries and make 
some report from time to time. If this is 
a burden they should not attempt the 
work. They resent our letters, but it was 
only through them that we got the infor¬ 
mation, but there has been no settlement 
as yet. It is not a record that would rec¬ 
ommend further business relations. 
I sent 30 dozen of eggs on February 22 
to Louis A. Rashkow, 309 Saratoga Ave., 
Brooklyn, Tv Y.. via the American Rail¬ 
way Fxpress. Have written to him a 
lew times but have never received an 
answer. Our agreement was that he 
vyas to pay 2 cents above top quotation on 
rlie day I shipped. T have his letters to 
this effect. The total was $17.70 to be 
COileoted. h. M. F. 
New York. 
Our letters to Mr. Rashkow were not 
delivered, but we sent the account to our 
attorney in the hope that he could locate 
Mr. Rashkow through his process ser¬ 
vice. He was unsuccessful, however, and 
through other sources we find that Mr. 
Rashkow has not been at this address for 
some time and is not known there. We 
were therefore unable to make the col¬ 
lection, but; the history of the transaction 
shows the absolute necessity of investigat¬ 
ing financial standing before making 
shipments. Houses agreeing to pay eo 
much over top quotations are the greatest 
ofieuders, and it is wise to look up their 
financial standing before trusting your 
goods to them. 
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Up to the present time this method could be 
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Bra bain Bank of Graham. Tex., 
of $200,000. who was identified by S B 
Hemphill, president of the Graham 
Bank at. a hearing before United States 
Commissioner Hitchcock in New York, 
the mystery concerning Douglas Dem- 
mon here has been solved, as McDowell 
went under that name while stopping in 
Greenwich. 
A number of our people were victims 
of the cattle transactions of this Douglas 
Demmon a year or more ago. We caused 
his arrest at that time, but. the authorities 
released him. This time he will no doubt 
he taken care of so that, he will not prove 
a menace to the farming public again for 
some time to come. 
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I jr putting on a show for the hoys 
from France, and I want something 
funny. \\ hat do you suggest?” “Show 
them some battle scenes from the war 
movies produced while they were away” 
—Life. 
