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PUBLISHER’S DESK 
W* RURAL NEW-YORKER 
placed in the contentions of a man guilty 
of such deliberate deception? 
November 12, 1921 
ah i ^ The R. N.-Y. is all right for the 
All letters to Publisher s Desk depart- farmers, but it is “rough on rats” for the 
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. 
Chicago Portrait Company’s agents. When 
one of the agents calls on us we tell him 
that we read Tiie R. N.-Y. Then he 
gets mad right quick and goes, but we 
tell him first that we will give him a 
little free advertising over the ’phone. 
And we do it, too. e. p. k. 
Ohio. 
Under other circumstances it might not 
be complimentary to be compared to 
“rough on rats,” but we consider this 
reference entirely in a complimentary 
light. 
The enclosed letter of Sun Manufactur¬ 
ing Company, Chicago, came to our little 
A grand jury in the State of Nebraska 
has just returned indictments against 97 
individuals who sold worthless paper cer¬ 
tificates to the people of the State to the 
amount of $250,000,000. Three years ago 
the State was flush with ready money, re¬ 
ceived from the sale of grain and live 
stock at war prices. The stock salesmen _ ___ _ 
and promoters of wild stock enterprises nine-year-old daughter recently, and I am 
saw their opportunity and reaped their of'',.«;' u Tn’ f f 1 is a case 
money harvest. The captains of the big Some time ago this firm sent her a pack- 
promotions, who occupied luxuriously fur- nge of postal cards to sell. I presume 
nished offices and drove $10,000 limou- you ar ® familiar with this sort of case, 
sines, all with money contributed bv the « 1 do not /™ e mber ever seeing such 
’ f * mo “ ey connit) ntea by tne ? firm exposed by your paper, and I think 
present victims, have recently left the it should be, for many persons would send 
States, and are now in Canada, Mexico the $3 rather than have any trouble. The 
and Europe. The lure of easy money was 8 father would not allow her to 
™ „ - 4 • i j u • i seU tbe cards, and I told her we would 
so alluring it involved business men, law- not return them at our expense, for I think 
yers and bankers. These are the men the postage would be about 3c. They 
who must now stand trial on charges of have written her several letters, urging 
embezzlement. The result of these crim- 2S r se " d them the 
. , . . . . . . ^ >M, and now tins threatening letter comes, 
inal indictments is not important. The You will notice they say they have her 
experience is an expensive lesson for the written order. She never ordered any 
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The Portable Electric Light and Power Plant 
NOT THE LOWEST PRICE BUT THE CHEAPEST AND BEST 
Weight: 100 Pounds 
Capacity: 400 Watts 
people of Nebraska. It should serve as a 
warning to people everywhere. 
In September, 1910, I had my sewing 
machine shipped by express, as I intended 
to do my sewing w’hile on a visit to my 
daughter. The machine was not de¬ 
livered, and after three weeks I returned 
home without having the use of it, and 
some three weeks later, or six weeks 
after shipment, the machine was delivered 
marked “smashed.” It was of no use 
whatever to me. I entered my claim, 
and finally one of the express company’s 
representatives called and induced me to 
settle for $25, although I could not get 
a machine like it for twice the amount. 
I accepted it, thinking it would be set¬ 
tled right away. I have waited now nine 
months and have not received payment. 
Can you get it for me? E. b. 
New York. 
We took up this claim for our sub¬ 
scriber, and have succeeded in getting the 
$25 for the machine, but coming two 
years after the accident we do not call it 
fair treatment by the express company. 
The machine was valued at $00, and the 
subscriber has been without the use of it 
for two years. The express company is 
making a point of settling claims 
promptly, and we would caution our 
readers about letting them drag. Report 
cards or anything else of them, and of 
course we will pay no attention whatever 
to the letters. This firm should not be 
allowed to do business this way. A num¬ 
ber of times children have come to our 
house asking us to buy such cards. We 
always, buy to please the children, though 
the price asked for the cards is much 
more than they are worth, and we do not 
care to be bothered and would not allow 
our child to bother our neighbors with 
such things. I think your subscribers 
should be warned against such a firm. 
New York. mbs. f. n. f. 
We quite agree with the subscriber that 
such schemes for the sale of cards or 
other articles are a menace to country 
people. And children selling such articles 
are a nuisance, while most of us, like this 
woman, will buy to please the child. 
I have a claim against the Rig Four 
Company at Chicago. Ill. I sent in an 
order one. year ago this past month, and 
only received two letters and no goods 
at all. The money was paid at the office 
and I cannot hear from them at all. I 
want aid from you. c. H. w. 
Ohio. 
The subscriber will have to charge this 
$12.48 up to experience. The Rig Four 
Grocery is out of business and there is 
no possibility of getting either groceries 
or a refund of his remittance. This was 
damage promptly and enter your claim. one of the concerns that offered sugar and 
If we can help, send them on to us. 
Having noticed recently, a couple of 
times, mention of Arthur Lee, Riverhead, 
L. I., in your department, reminds me 
that for a number of years back I have 
had orders from him, but would never bite 
at his bait. I used to write him for re¬ 
mittance, but would never hear anything 
further from him. I know of those who 
have sent him stock which they never re¬ 
ceived pay for. In August, 1917. I spent 
a couple of days on Long Island and 
stayed over night at the hotel in River- 
head. I inquired there about this man 
other staple articles of food at about half 
the market price in order to catch suckers 
on an order for other cheap groceries. 
When we exposed the fraud some readers 
protested that they were getting bargains 
on the scheme. Those who think they 
can win in such a game are only fooling 
themselves. 
I shipped a case (30 dozen) of eggs to 
the Lily Rutter & Egg C 0 ., 220 West 
116th St., on the 24th of March. T was 
supposed to get top quotation on fancy 
eggs on the day received. I have written 
Lee. and was informed that lie sold -them a number of times, but can get no 
plants, bulbs, etc., in season, but at the 
time I was there he was a bartender in a 
saloon in Riverhead. There are a great 
many florists engaged in other lines of 
business, but the combination of florist 
and saloonkeeper is the limit, s. w. p. 
Illinois. 
We are referring to Arthur Lee fre¬ 
quently, as we want to save our readers 
from losses similar to those reported. 
The above is a typical case. Keep the 
name on a list of those to be avoided and 
you will save money. 
Wanted to Ruy—An improved New 
England farm. Give description and low¬ 
est cash price. O. F. Turner, Powers, 
Mich. 
The above shows the way fake real es¬ 
tate agents advertise to get in communi¬ 
cation with farmers desiring to sell their 
property. Turner doesn’t want to buy a 
farm in New England or anywhere else— 
he simply wants to get $10 advance fee 
from the farm owner; the same old 
Ostrander scheme which others of his ilk 
have employed for years. When he writes 
to the farm owner he calls himself Clover- 
land Farm Agency and represents that he 
has several buyers ready to do business. 
It is impossible to prove these claims un¬ 
true ; but 
reply. Enclosed you will find letter show 
ing that they received the eggs. Would 
you see jf you can collect same for me? 
New York. n. m. f. 
We are advised that the Lily Rutter & 
Egg Co. have gone into bankruptcy. This 
was a recent action taken, and they have 
had the use of our subscriber’s money 
ever since last March. If they start in 
business again, we would advise our read¬ 
ers to be cautious about trusting them 
with their goods. 
That dairy company has paid up in 
full, $5S2.SO, and I am very grateful to 
you for your services.. b. e. h. 
New Jersey. 
We are glad to help any of our sub¬ 
scribers, and while we may not always 
be as successful as in this case, our fail¬ 
ure is through no lack of effort. 
A Question of Nationality 
My parents were German. I was born 
in Connecticut in 1S55. I claim I am 
an American from the crown of ray head 
to the soles of my feet; the other' party 
says I am German, but American-born. 
Who is right? b. e. 
Connecticut. 
If you were born in this country and 
have never been naturalized elsewhere, 
you are an American—no matter where 
bow can any confidence be your parents came from. 
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