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November 19, 1021 
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. 
According to the Bureau of Weights 
and Measures, which is now a part of 
the State Department of Foods and Mar¬ 
kets, one-half of the 100 gasoline pumps 
recently examined, give short measure. 
In the purchase of three gallons of gaso¬ 
line at 100 places in the State 47 places 
gave from a half pint to a gallon short 
measure. The greatest shortage was one- 
third of the purchase. A similar con¬ 
dition was reported six months ago. A 
warning was then issued. We must con¬ 
fess that we have little patience with 
this form of petty swindle. It should be 
treated individually and publicly like any 
other form of stealing. It is reported 
that the department has passed the worst 
of the cases on to the Attorney-General 
for prosecution. But why protect de¬ 
liberate cheats, large or small, in red 
tape, long-drawn-out State suits, the de¬ 
tails of which rarely, if ever, get to th'e 
public? So long as men make big gains 
they will take big chances on court fines. 
The man who pays for three quarts of 
gasoline and gets only two not only never 
gets back his money for the quart he did 
not get, but he gets no protection from 
future losses. If the department will 
furnish Publisher’s Desk with the in¬ 
formation it will publish the name and 
location of every short measure cheat 
found in the State, and by this method of 
direct publicity we will guarantee to stop 
the general practice of short measure of 
gasoline in short order. 
S. E. J. Cox. a professional promoter 
of Houston, Tex., whose advertising' has 
more than once been the subject of com¬ 
ment and investigation, has again ap¬ 
peared in the limelight. He is busy cap¬ 
italizing in his usual style the reported 
discoveries o’f potash in West Texas. In 
his potash literature he has gone further 
than even Cox ever dared go before. The 
mails have recently been flooded with 
Cox circulars and alleged clippings an¬ 
nouncing in the most extravagant terms 
that in drilling an oil well on the Cox 
Realization Company’s holdings in Mar¬ 
tin Coounty, Texas, an enormous bed of 
potash has been discovered. A reproduc¬ 
tion of an article from the Texan Oil 
Ledger, a journal which appears to be a 
happy hunting ground for wildcat pro¬ 
moters, is one of the mailings. 
ASSOC. ADV. Cl.UBS BULLETIN. 
The bulletin goes on to show how all 
the claims of Cox are essentially false, 
just as we should expect. The old adage, 
“A leopard cannot change his spots,” is 
confirmed again in Cox. Knowing his 
record, we advised our people as soon as 
the potash scheme was launched that it 
was a fraud. Coming from Cox it could 
not be otherwise. 
On November 1, 1920, I shipped to 
Mrs. I. Nelson, Lenard avenue, Freeport, 
L. I., one barrel of A grade Baldwin ap¬ 
ples, which she had purchased from me 
for $7.50. I have written her numerous 
letters asking for a settlement, but I do 
not receive any answers. Please try to 
collect this claim for me. F. s. 
New York. 
We have been unable to get any re¬ 
sponse from Mrs. Nelson and are forced 
to conclude that she is willing to supply 
her needs at the farmers’ expense. Our 
attorney tried to get the adjustment, but 
Mrs. Nelson refused to pay the bill. 
There is no reason given for the refusal, 
and it simply confirms our oft-repeated 
advice that it is wise to make shipments 
only to people with good credit standing. 
About two months ago I saw an adver¬ 
tisement of Superior Tire Company, 033 
First avenue, New York City, in the 
Good fitories paper, published by the 
Vickery & Ilill Co., Augusta, Me, adver¬ 
tising auto tires. I sent for a 87x4^-in. 
tire, and sent them $2 and $10.75, or 
$12.75 in all, as I received tire. When 
I got the tire home it was several sizes 
too small, so I sent it back, and they gent 
me the right size. I put this tire on. and 
in 10 miles it went all to pieces, and in 
the paper they guarantee 0,000 miles, 
cord tires. I returned that tire and wrote 
them to send me a. satisfactory tire or 
refund the $12.75. I waited two weeks, 
but received no answer. Then I wrote to 
the Vickery & Hill Publishing Company 
and they answered my letter, saying that 
they wrote to the Superior Tire Onci>pi»ny 
and said that they hoped they would settle 
the business at once. I waited two weeks 
longer, but heard nothing from the Su¬ 
perior Tire Company. I wish you would 
try to collect this claim for me, or make 
them send me a tire that comes up to the 
37x4Vc or 86x4, and up to the money or 
refund the $12.75. h ir 
New York. 
This is another “gyp” tire transaction 
Superior Tire Company sells rebuilt tires, 
and we can neither induce the concern to 
refund the money of this victim or send 
him a tire of any value. Again we say, 
avoid the “tire gyp” and the publications 
carrying such advertising. 
Would you give your opinion as to the 
reliability of the Union Trust Company 
and the First National Company of Hous¬ 
ton, Tex., who are soliciting people to 
take shares in their companies? They are 
drilling for oil in that locality. Would 
greatly appreciate your opinion on this 
subject. m. N. c. 
Ohio. 
Those names would indicate banking 
institutions of some kind, but in fact they 
are only adjuncts to promotion schemes 
for “wildcat” oil stocks. Houston, Tex., 
is a hotbed of get-rich-quick stock pro¬ 
motions, and the public is justified in 
looking with suspicion on anything in the 
way of investments emanating from that 
section. 
In response to your letter of December 
19, 1919, I am enclosing five notes, 
amounting to $1,500. each dated May 1. 
1917. and signed by P. A. Appleton, and 
ask that you place them in the hands of 
your attorney for collection. These notes 
were given me to cover money that I put 
up in an attempt to start an advertising 
proposition in Jamestown, N. Y. The 
management of this business was in the 
hands of Paul A. Appleton, and he guar¬ 
anteed to reimburse me for all money I 
put in if the. business was not a success. 
He has promised many times to pay these 
notes as soon as he could, but I am satis¬ 
fied he. never will pay unless forced to do 
so. Ilis address is Paul A. Appleton, 304 
Madison Ave., care The Safe-Cabinet Co. 
Pennsylvania. f. d. ii. 
We cannot collect this account, as Mr. 
Appleton has moved several times since 
we undertook to make the collection. He 
has left no forwarding address, and our 
attorney has made every effort to locate 
him, but has been unsuccessful. If any 
of our readers hear of such a party we 
will be glad to have the address as $1,500 
is too much for a person to lose. This 
again shows that it is better to establish 
responsibility before entering into nego¬ 
tiations with anyone. 
In response to many inquiries about 
the advisability of investing in foreign 
securities, the following dispatch from 
Washington to a daily paper will serve as 
a guide to those who are tempted to risk 
their savings: 
American investors were warned to¬ 
night by the Commerce Department to ex¬ 
ercise care in purchasing foreign bonds 
payable in depreciated currencies in the 
expectation of realizing enormous profits 
when exchange values return to normal. 
Certain concerns in this country, the 
department said, are offering for sale 
national, municipal and industrial issues 
expressed in depreciated currencies 
which represent only a small fraction of 
their normal exchange value. This, the 
department added, is the case with the 
currencies of Germany, Austria, Poland. 
Czechoslovakia, Rumania, Jugoslavia 
and Hungary. 
In some cases, the department said, the 
prices at which these securities are of¬ 
fered are unduly high in view of the ac¬ 
tual exchange rate of the given currency. 
We have an account against Petes 
Fruit & Vegetable Companv for celery 
and lettuce shipped them October 5. 1920. 
They have failed to pay for it. Can you 
help us get payment? A. L. w. 
New York. 
■This concern promised to pay from 
time to time, but failed to keep their 
promises. We sent the account to our 
attorney, who brought suit against them, 
and finally received the full amount of 
the bill. This is another case that shows 
the advisability of looking up credit 
standings before sending out shipments. 
It has taken nearly a year to get the 
account, and the shipper has been out of 
his money and had some little expense 
before getting the final settlement. 
How doyou buy 
your Cattle? 
Sick, scrub cattle cost as much to 
keep as healthy ones of good stock 
—and take twice as much care.vpc 
So with a scrub furnace. Poor com 
struction means short life and a big 
coal eater. Buy your furnaces as 
you do your cattle. The pedigree 
means much. “Healthy” construction 
means more. Whether they are prof' 
itable or not in service rendered for 
fuel used is the real test. 
M P Sterling Furnace 
The One Register Furnace 
that is built right. It costs a few dollars 
more but more than repays this cost by 
saving in fuel bills and the long life of 
the furnace. 
Let us tell you in detail the merits 
of Sterling construction. A postal 
will bring full information. 
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