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November 2G, 1021 
Vht 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. 
Can you give me any information in 
regard to the reliability of John J. Black 
Peal Estate Agency of Chippewa Falls, 
W is. lie is sending me blanks to till out 
for description of my property. Would 
you advise me to let him handle it or not? 
I would be glad to bear from you at your 
earliest convenience. j. j. b. 
New York. 
It would seem that no matter how often 
we expose these real estate fakers there 
are always some who are not aware of the 
nature of the scheme. Mr. Black is ad¬ 
vertising in local papers all over the 
country, asking to hear from those hav¬ 
ing farms for sale. The advertisement is 
so worded as to lead anyone to expect 
that Mr. Black is a prospective purchaser 
of a farm in the vicinity. lie represents 
himself as a real estate broker and asks 
for $10 advance fee. alleging the favorable 
prospect of his being able to furnish a 
buyer. Such real estate agents do not 
make an honest effort to sell farm prop¬ 
erty. but simply pocket the $10. The 
scheme has been worked for years, and 
gets by the Postoffice Department per¬ 
haps for lack of evidence of intent to de¬ 
fraud. 
In your paper, page 1318. you mention 
my name as being a partner of the Vine- 
land Farmers’ Corp.. 332 Greenwich St. 
Wherever you got tin 1 information, they 
misinformed you. as I have not been con¬ 
nected with that concern since July 1. 
1921. and whoever informed you to the 
contrary made a very grave mistake. 
T trust that you will correct this error 
and put me right before your readers. 
NATHAN KLIPSTEIN. 
We are glad to publish Mr. Klipstein’s 
letter in which he states that he is no 
longer connected with the Vineland Farm¬ 
ers’ Corporation. Our recent reports con¬ 
firm Mr. Klipstein’s statement. The in¬ 
dividual actively behind the concern now 
is Mr. Samuel Schatten. We placed the 
claim of the subscriber referred to in the 
November 3 issue in the hands of our at¬ 
torney for collection, and Mr. Schatten 
has settled for the two cases of eggs, 
which disproves his fictitious claim that 
he was justified in refusing to pay for 
the two cases of eggs on the ground that 
they were an offset for shortage in pre¬ 
vious shipments. It is not to his credit 
that he was forced to make the settle¬ 
ment. As we pointed out before, the as¬ 
sumption of the name “Vineland Farm¬ 
ers’ Corporation.” is intended to deceive 
shippers, leading them to believe that the 
company is controlled by poultrymen in 
the vicinity of Vineland. N. J. 
Your letter and the check for $100 re¬ 
ceived safely. Words cannot express my 
thanks for your kindness. Only for you 
I would never have got it back, as the 
New York World did not answer my let¬ 
ters. It is good to know there are such 
fine people in the world as you must be. 
to take such interest in my case as to 
call personally on the mail order house 
and persuade them to return the money. 
1 do not know how to thank you. and can 
only wish you and The It. N.-Y. every 
success. MRS. J. n. 
New York. 
This was a case where worthless stock 
was sold to a woman by the usual arts of 
the stock salesman. After much persu¬ 
asion we induced the mail order concern 
to refund the $100 to the woman. We 
are publishing the record hi the case as a 
warning to country people against invest¬ 
ing their savings in propositions promot¬ 
ed by stock salesmen traveling about the 
country. The rule is. stock sold in this 
way has no value. It is usually sold on 
“prospects” which exist only in the imag¬ 
ination of tlm salesman. We can imagine 
no form of gambling that is more likely 
to result in loss of money than to invest 
in stocks on the strength of the “guff” 
and oily words of stock peddlers. 
Gan you give me any information con¬ 
cerning the United Guaranty Corpora¬ 
tion. 807-12 Stock Exchange Building. 
Philadelphia. Pa.? They have represen¬ 
tatives traveling through Atlantic and 
Cape May counties selling shares of com¬ 
mon stock of the United Auto Stores. 
Inc. They claim to have between 40 and 
30 stores established already, and want, to 
place a store in every fair-sized town in 
the county. The purchaser must agree 
to pay for four shares of common stock 
$200, at the rate of $30 per share. $07 
cash, $00 30 days, $07 90 days. My father 
is a regular subscriber to your paper and 
both he and I think it is worth many 
times the subscription price and would 
not be without it. r. g. 
New Jersey. 
The chain store idea applied to auto¬ 
mobile accessories is to our mind a haz¬ 
ardous undertaking. The field is already 
well filled with supply stores, and there 
have been some significant failures in 
this line of business. Selling stock 
through salesmen traveling through coun¬ 
try districts is an expensive operation, 
which is never resorted to where the 
proposition appeals favorably to men <»!' 
means. Where capitalists cannot be in¬ 
duced to back an enterprise, then this 
means of securing money is used. After 
the big commissions paid the salesmen 
and the finance organization, the portion 
of the investment going into the treasury 
of the company is so small as to put the 
company under a severe handicap, which 
only those most favorably situated other¬ 
wise can hope to overcome. Our records 
show a comparatively few concerns 
financed in this way that have ever be¬ 
come firmly established. 
I am enclosing some papers received 
from Railway Educational Association, 
227 Monroe St.. Brooklyn. N. Y., and 
would like your opinion of this school. 
Do they get you a job after taking their 
course, or is it a scheme to get our 
money? A. D. 
New Hampshire. 
We regard all this class of schools as 
easy money schemes. The specialty of the 
Railway Educational Association is to 
instruct men how to become locomotive 
firemen, at $20 each, and after the course 
of instruction has been completed the 
association agrees to “recommend” the 
student for a position. Some years ag«> 
the promoter of this concern was up on 
charges for fraudulent use of the mails. 
Since that time the suggestions of secur¬ 
ing positions for those taking the instruc¬ 
tions are more moderate. Ask any rail¬ 
road man whether you can become an 
efficient fireman by taking such a course 
of instructions. 
T am sending you. under separate cover, 
a book of the “Florida Orange Grove 
Corporation.” of Pittsburgh. Pa., and 
Ocala. Fla. T feel sure this is a very 
poor place to put our savings, but a 
friend has already bought one acre and 
others are likely to. 'I wish you would 
give this scheme space as soon as you 
can: I think it will save at least one 
friend money. r. T. H. 
Pen nsylvania. 
The book reveals another unit orcha”d 
scheme. The company sells the land, de¬ 
velops it. plants the orange grove, sprays 
and cares for it for six years. The price 
of 2*4 acres on this basis is $2,300. The 
plan is beautiful on paper, and our only 
objection to it is that tin* “unit orchard" 
promotions on this basis that we have 
known about have turned out disastrously 
for those who purchased the “units.” And 
we know of no better guide in such mat¬ 
ters than past experience. 
I enclose the latest dodge of the Gun- 
son people, trying to dupe me into get¬ 
ting their inferior seed. s. v. 
New York. 
The literature enclosed is of Gardner 
Reed Company, Rochester. N. Y.. which 
company succeeded R. J. Gunson & Co. 
Of the same place. L. P. Gunson & Co. 
is still in business in Rochester, also the 
George K. Tligbie Co., all three doing 
business on a similar basis, and. we are 
told, have the same source of seed supply. 
A new variety of potatoes, also of oats, 
are described in the circulars sent to this 
prospective salesman. The potato yields 
330 bushels per acre. Records are given 
for the oats of around 70 bushels yield 
from one bushel of seed. Gunson and 
Iligbie make the same sort of claims. 
Reports from R. N.-Y. readers pronounce 
the seeds of these concerns very ordinary, 
or inferior to well-known varieties. The 
subscriber sending this literature could 
not be induced by any consideration to j 
represent such seed concerns, and palm 
off seeds of unknown merit on his neigh¬ 
bors. The country will be overrun with \ 
such agents during the Winter, and it; 
behooves farmers to take warning and be 
prepared for the “guff” which is their 
stock in trade. 
“Only 500 
a minute 
and here’s what it means to you. 500 revolutions a 
minute is the speed of the engine that runs the Home 
Light Plant- a low speed. It saves wear on mov¬ 
ing parts and that’s why it costs you practically nothing 
to maintain. It simplifies the engine and that’s what 
makes it easy for you to keep your plant going. The 
dynamo is belted because it should run faster than 
the engine. 
And that isn’t all. There’s an extra power pulley on 
the engine that also runs at low speed —just right for 
driving your pump, separator, washer or any similar 
machine, either direct or through a line shaft. And 
while you’re running these machines, your battery 
is being charged. 
It’s the famous “Z” engine that drives this plant— 
mounted right on the same base as the dynamo. This 
makes a compact unit. The condensing radiator 
gives all the advantages of water-cooling—does the 
trick without tanks, piping or pumps. 
To start the plant simply push a button—you don’t 
have to crank it. And it’s just as easy to stop it. 
All in all, you certainly must admit that this HomeLight 
Plant is just made for you— simple, few parts, easy to 
run. And you can buy it at a new low price—complete A % 
and ready to give you an abundance of light and power. *^ 
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