1418 
December 3, 1921 
Iht 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. 
The purpose of this note is to ask a 
favor of those readers whose subscriptions 
expire this month. In all there are about 
50.000 of them. With the new orders 
coining, there will be 60.000 to 70,000 
names to handle. If the renewals are 
sent promptly as the blanks are received, 
they will come in daily and spread the 
work over the whole month. Then our 
present force can take care of them and 
everyone will get the paper promptly, and 
there will be few, if any, errors to correct 
or to annoy subscribers. If the renewals 
should all come in the last part of the 
month, extra help would be necessary to 
handle the names. Inexperienced help 
would make mistakes, and some delay 
would follow in spite of all we could do. 
We have our system perfected to handle 
the work efficiently and economically, and 
if the renewals could be sent promptly 
when the blanks are received our me¬ 
chanical problem would be solved. For 
your convenience we will send you a 
blank and a return envelope by mail. A 
prompt return of it will be a favor that 
we will appreciate. Those who send a 
subscription to friends as a Christmas 
remembrance need not delay the renewal. 
We prepare a Christmas card promptly, 
but hold it to mail at the proper time for 
Christmas greeting. 
At the State Fair Grounds in Syracuse 
this year I was attracted by a lively dis¬ 
pute between an exhibitor and a sturdy 
farmer. I was just in time to hear the 
farmer say: “I’ll bet you $10 right now 
that you cannot get your advertisement in 
The Rurat, New-Yorker.” How could 
he know what advertisement you would 
refuse to accept? I., m. 
New Jersey. 
It is possible that something had been 
said about the advertisement in Pub¬ 
lisher’s Desk. Any subscriber would 
know that the advertisement would not be 
accepted if the proposition was not sound. 
That sense of the reader’s confidence 
is the source of our greatest pride. It 
does not come gratuitously. It ac¬ 
tually costs money. Every day we re¬ 
fuse advertising that does not measure 
up to our requirements. In a single issue 
of a farm paper last week we counted 
fourteen advertisements that we had re¬ 
fused to print. Business is dull now, and 
some papers are accepting questionable 
business; but, while an occasional farmer 
will get stung on such advertisement, 
none of them will wager any money on 
the policy of the publishers of them. It 
takes long years of consistent record to 
establish public confidence. There is op¬ 
portunity and temptation every day to 
destroy it. 
I am writing you in regard to Travilla 
Tire Company, Maywood. III. On .Tune 
11, 1921, I sent my check for $6.42 for a 
used auto tire, and I gave them shipping 
directions. The check was cashed June 
17, 1921. I have written to this company 
several times, but received no reply. I 
wrote the postmaster at Maywood, and 
he informed me the coinoau.v would at 
once adjust this matter. That is over a 
month ago. In case they send a tire it 
would not be worth anything, no doubt, 
and I have been obliged to pay out more 
money for tires to take the place of the 
tire I ordered from them. For this rea¬ 
son 1^would rather have the money I sent 
them. j! j. n. 
New York. 
IVe have been unable to get any ad¬ 
justment for the subscriber. The letters 
to the company have been returned by the 
Postoffice Department. Later, they locat¬ 
ed Mr. Travilla, the manager, who prom¬ 
ised to take care of the account immedi¬ 
ately. He neglected to do so. and the 
information is now that he has gone to 
California, and it is impossible to locate 
him. He is evidently in the “gyp” class 
of advertisers, and it is a good rule to 
purchase tires from the established com¬ 
panies rather than from these irrespon¬ 
sible concerns. 
ruling of the Federal Trade Commission 
in Washington has ordered that the L. B. 
Silver Company of Salem. O., its officers, 
directors, agents and employes “cease and 
desist from representing, in interstate 
commerce, to the public by circulars, 
pamphlets, catalogs, trade journals, news¬ 
papers or otherwise, that the so-called 
Ohio Improved Chesters, or O. I. C.’s, or 
Famous O. I. C.’s. are a breed of hogs 
separate and distinct from the Chester- 
White breed of hogs.” 
The ruling is the final decision on the 
case which was started about a year ago 
in the Federal Trade Commission at 
Cleveland, O., at which time evidence was 
taken from a number of prominent O. I. 
C. breeders, Secretary Vernon, Editor 
Worster of the Guide, some prominent 
swine experts and others. Besides con¬ 
tending that the (). I. C. was not a breed, 
the attorney for the commission, who had 
the case of the Chester White men. it 
was alleged that the L. II. Silver Com¬ 
pany was using unfair methods of com¬ 
petition in interstate commerce in claim¬ 
ing that O. I. C.’s were a breed of hogs 
separate and apart from the Chester 
Whites.—O. I. C. Swine Breeders’ Guide. 
Thus the old controversy between Ches¬ 
ter Whites and O. I. C.’s comes out in the 
open, and a judicial decision has been 
passed upon the merits of it. The decis¬ 
ion of the Federal Trade Commission con¬ 
firms the opinion of all disinterested 
breeders whose opinion we have secured. 
O. I. C. breeders cannot be considered 
disinterested, but at least one of our ad¬ 
vertisers discontinued calling his stock 
O. I. C. some time ago. We did not ob¬ 
ject to Mr. Silver advertising his strain 
as O. T. C., but we refused his advertis¬ 
ing several years ago because of his prac¬ 
tice of offering both Chester Whites and 
O. I. C. in such a way as to reflect on 
the Chester White breed, and make it 
appear inferior. It is reported that the 
L. B. Silver Company will appeal from 
the decision and carry the case to the 
courts. 
On March 31. 1920. I sent a crate of 
eggs to party whose letter I enclose. I 
received no returns from him : the letter 
bearing his address had been destroyed, 
and the express company failed to put 
his address on the receipt. I put in a 
claim against the express company, but it 
refused to pay for them because we did 
not know the consignee’s street address. 
A short time ago we received more of 
his cards and we wrote to him : he said he 
had not received the eggs. If you couid 
in any way help me to get claims for 
above I should sincerely appreciate it. 
New York. p. g. W. 
On November 10, 1921. the express 
company paid full valuation for the ship¬ 
ment. The records were clear that de¬ 
livery was not made, and responsibility 
wholly theirs. It is wise to keen all re¬ 
ceipts and letters until payment is re¬ 
ceived. The lack of evidence often pre¬ 
vents adjustment of a perfectly legitimate 
claim. If payment is not received in two 
weeks, write the consignee. If he fails to 
respond, have your agent, trace the ship¬ 
ment. If delivered, insist upon payment 
from the consignee. If undelivered, enter 
your claim against the express company. 
It appears that the great bulk of claims 
collected would be total losses but for 
your “know-how” methods. What rankles 
me is that so many, though grateful in 
recovering lost money, ease over the prac¬ 
tical feature. No one should expect ex¬ 
pensive service for nothing, and should 
not accept same even if so tendered. We 
are all human. Your heart evidently is 
in the worth of The R. N.-Y.. which in¬ 
creases with expansion of circulation; 
increases financially, increases also the 
paper’s power to do good. There are a few 
who show supreme gratitude; the grati¬ 
tude that costs something; the gratitude 
of dollars and cents. When I read of one 
sending a percentage of a recovered claim 
for trial subscriptions or prepayment for 
several years in advance of his own. I feel 
like jumping State bounds to shake him 
by the hand. He is one of nature’s noble¬ 
men—.a friend. f. n. p. 
Massachusetts. 
We are always anxious to extend the 
influence of The R. N.-Y., as the corre¬ 
spondent states, but the satisfaction and 
joy of defeating the aims of unscrupulous 
men and securing justice for farm people 
is all the compensation we ask or expect 
for such services as we may be able to 
render subscribers. We are glad to give 
voice to the forceful sentiments from Mas¬ 
sachusetts. 
The Guide has received a copy of the 
ruling of the Federal Trade Commission 
in the nation-wide controversv between 
breeders of Chester White Swine and 
Ohio Improved Chester swine. The suit 
was brought by prominent members of a 
Chester White association against the L. 
B. Silver Company of Salem. O., and the 
Little Beatrice (to her father) : 
Daddy, do you know what I’m going to 
give you for your birthday?” Father: 
No. dear; what are you going: to give 
me ! Beatrice: “A new shaving mug 
with gold flowers all around the top.” 
rather: “But I have one just like that, 
my dear.” Beatrice: “Oh—er—no, von 
haven’t; you see, I just dropped it.”— 
Credit Lost. 
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SIZE 
Style 
Bead 
PRICE 
FABRIC 
CORD 
28 x 3 
Clin 
$ 7.50 
30 x 3 
44 
— 
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30 x V/z 
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— 
9.50 
15.00 
32 x V/z 
44 
ss 
12.50 
34 x V/z 
44 
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13.50 
31 x 4 
44 
— 
14 50 
32 x 4 
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15.50 
29.00 
33 x 4 
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16.50 
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34x4 
-- 
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17.50 
31.00 
35 x 4 
— - 
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18.50 
36 x 4 
JClin 
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20 00 
32 x V/z 
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23.00 
33 x V/z 
— 
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25.00 
34 x 41 / 2 
— 
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27.50 
35 x V/ 2 
— 
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28.50 
36 x V/z 
— 
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29.00 
37 x 4'/ 2 
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35 x 5 
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THE 
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BATAVIA 
STREET 
Tire makers for 
IS years 
RUBBER COMPANY 
- - - BATAVIA, N. Y. 
Reference : 
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Batavia, N. Y. 
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udder and flanks every three or four weeks. With the hair short the parts 
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