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Tie RURAL NEW-YORKER 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
All letters to Publisher's J >esk 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. 
We appreciate The R. N.-Y.’s policies, 
so here is another year’s subscription. 
Your fight for the rural school is well 
put up and we want to say “Those are 
our sentiments.” The Hope Farm man’s 
views on education and educators is good 
straight horse sense born of experience. 
That slur against his lack (?) of an edu¬ 
cation shows the party did not know a 
really educated person. The editor’s 
writings show him to be an educated 
man of rich and varied experiences. This 
Is the candid opinion of some who can 
only judge the man by his writings. 
Wisconsin. w. F. K. 
One notion of education is to establish 
a curriculum or list of studies and impart 
this volume of education to large blocks 
of pupils in big schools, turning the fin¬ 
ished products out in factory style in 
standardized lots. As opposed to this poli¬ 
cy of equalization of intellectual attain¬ 
ment we have the notion that education 
is not the amount of copying of other 
minds a pupil can do, but the power he 
has developed to think straight for him¬ 
self. The first plan makes imitators. 
The other policy develops men. 
Columbus, O. Mar. 10.—William G. 
Benham and Dwight Harrison, officials of 
the former R. L. Dollings Company, who 
were tried in United States Court on 
charges of using the mails to defraud, 
were each sentenced today to 20 years in 
Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary and to 
pay a fine of $5,000, by Judge John E. 
Safer. 
We print the above by way of warning 
to country people to beware of the slick- 
tongued stock salesmen offering various 
forms of securities in country districts. 
There may be exceptions, but the rule is 
stocks peddled by salesmen in this way 
are not the sort that have any established 
value. Sound securities are not peddled 
in country districts. To get them you 
have to go after them where sold. 
Is there anything that you can do. or 
at least what is your advice, in regard to 
inv experience with Salem D. Towue 
Company, 202-203 Sudbury Building, 
Boston, Mass.? In December. 1922. I re¬ 
ceived from them circulars through the 
mail regarding Christmas cards and fold- 
era I ordered $8 worth of them. They 
did not send them, and I wrote about 
them and was told that there had been 
an accident in their plant; that part of 
their machinery was broken and that it 
would be impossible for them to fill my 
order. They wanted to substitute some- 
ting else. I wrote to them that I did 
not want anything else, and for them to 
refund my money. I wrote four or five 
times and they kept putting me off by 
saying that Mr. Towne, the treasurer, 
was sick, and that when he was able to 
attend to business he would refund my 
money. I took it up with the Post Office 
Department, and their report was that 
in their judgment the company was not 
using the mails to defraud, but that the 
department had no jurisdiction in aiding 
me to recover my money. I have not re¬ 
ceived it as yet. Is there^ no way on 
earth to handle such people? w. I. K. 
Maryland. 
This subscriber has been patiently wait¬ 
ing for his money for 15 months. The 
Towne company refused to deal with The 
R. N.-Y., stating they handled their com¬ 
plaints personally. Fine; a great idea, if 
they really adhered to their business 
promises. The postal inspectors state 
that previous complaints have been lodged 
against the company, but the facts dis¬ 
closed did not prove intent to defraud. 
There is absolutely no reason why this or 
any other company should try to force 
merchandise on a customer and withhold 
the refund when all facts prove that it is 
legitimately due him. It is unnecessary 
to add that further orders would prob¬ 
ably be handled in like manner. 
I had an order with the Art Rug 
Works of Syracuse, N. Y., recently, and 
the work which they did was very unsat¬ 
isfactory. I am wondering if you could 
help me get a better adjustment. Their 
agent. W. R. Austin, took an order for a 
3x5 ft. rug from me last Summer, and I 
furnished four pounds of sewed rags for 
it. I was to pay $3.50 for the rug. and 
it was represented to be heavier and of 
better workmanship than could be made 
by a local weaver on a hand loom. 
I received the rug Jan. 16, c.o.d. by 
parcel post, and paid $3.71 for it. Upon 
examining it I found that it was made of 
light faded rags instead of the good dark- 
colored ones I had furnished. It was also 
a light-weight rug and the weaving was 
poorly done. In fact it was no better 
than a local weaver would have done and 
charged perhaps $2 for making. I wrote 
to the company and expressed my dissat¬ 
isfaction. I asked them to exchange it 
for a dark rug of better quality or refund 
my money. I received no answer from 
them. Then I wrote to Mr. Austin. I 
am enclosing the letter which he wrote 
in reply. mrs. ii. s. k. 
New York. 
This seems to be a fair sample of the 
manner in which the Art Rug Co., Syra¬ 
cuse, N. Y., treats its customers. As 
on previous occasions we received no re¬ 
sponse to our letter in behalf of this 
customer. The agent referred to alleges 
that he discontinued work for the Art 
Rug Co. on account of dissatisfaction of 
customers and for whom he could secure 
no satisfactory adjustments. 
I enclose an acknowledgment of an 
order for three cans of carbide sent to 
Standard Carbide Sales Co., New York, 
which I paid for by check and I have 
never received it yet. I wrote them 
about it in December and they again 
wrote me they had forwarded the order 
to Maryland. I wrote them again about 
three weeks ago and have not heard 
from them since. Can you do anything 
for me in this case? D. H. 
New Jersey. 
The Standard Carbide Sales Co. is a 
subsidiary of the Farmers’ Standard 
Carbide Co. of New York City and 
Plattsburg. The order and remittance 
was acknowledged on September 25, 
1923. The order was not filled and after 
several inquiries by The R. N.-Y., the 
money was returned without explana¬ 
tion on March 3. 1924. It will be re¬ 
membered that /since its organization 
Publisher’s Desk has denounced the 
Farmers’ Standard Carbide Co. as a 
stock-selling scheme. The concern, how¬ 
ever, did for a time manufacture carbide 
and filled orders of stockholders. 
I bought a GOO-egg “Queen” from a 
local hardware dealer, of Queen Incu¬ 
bator Company, Lincoln, Neb. It was 
sold with company guarantee of satisfac¬ 
tion or replacement. The machine was 
not satisfactory, because of uneven tem¬ 
perature throughout. They were so ad¬ 
vised, but declined to replace it. Corre¬ 
spondence was carried on for nearly a 
year, but to no avail. The R. N.-Y. very 
willingly lent its aid to effect an adjust¬ 
ment. but to no avail. Turning the mat¬ 
ter back to agent, I informed him that 
since company practically refused to make 
good I would expect him to do so. He im¬ 
mediately wrote Queen company, re the 
matter, and waited three weeks for an 
answer, but none came. Then he, feeling 
compelled to do so, since he had guaran¬ 
teed machine, took it out and replaced it 
with another make, which is running to 
perfection. Two of my neighbors also 
bought 600-egg “Queens” last Spring and 
had the same experience as I did in oper¬ 
ating, but unfortunately they have re¬ 
ceived no adjustment, they buying their 
machines from another agent, and he 
would not make good. C, M. G. 
New Jersey. 
This poultryman is fortunate in having 
purchased the machine from an agent or 
dealer who recognizes his responsibility 
in the transaction and makes good when 
the manufacturer refused to do so. Too 
many of the incubator manufacturers only 
use their guarantee to promote sales, 
and all the satisfaction customers can get 
when they complain that the machine does 
not live up to the guarantee under which 
it was purchased is long letters to the 
effect that the machine cannot be to 
blame, and that the lack of success is due 
to the poultryman’s not properly handling 
the machine. This class of incubator man¬ 
ufacturers is not permitted to advertise 
in The R. N.-Y. 
I am enclosing a bill for collection if 
possible against the Ocean City Green¬ 
houses, Ocean City, N. J.. for Gladiolus 
blooms shipped them in 1919. The total 
bill was $79, and he sent me a check for 
$9 and the balance is still coming. Your 
attention to this matter will be appre¬ 
ciated. J. D. S. 
New Jersey. 
To our repeated demands for settle¬ 
ment. this concern has flatly refused to 
answer any letters, and the subscriber 
may wait indefinitely for the money le¬ 
gitimately due him. We would certainly 
not recommend transactions with busi¬ 
ness houses of this kind. 
March 29, 19521 
Guiding the hay to the right spot 
Your Hay Fork Outfit 
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The hay fork was a wonderful invention. It 
forever did away with expensive hand pitching 
from the load. But no hay fork on the market 
is more than half complete because it dumps 
the hay in the center of the mow. The hardest 
job of all, putting away the hay, still remains 
to be done. For that you need a 
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The Callahan Hay Guide puts the hay just 
where it is wanted. With it a fourteen-year- 
old boy can put away as much hay as three 
strong men and the job will be better done. 
The hay can be evenly distributed throughout 
the mow. It will come out much easier. And 
the hay will be of better quality — free from 
mow-burning, so often caused by the hard- 
packed center. 
A Callahan Hay Guide will repay its cost in a 
single week. Two years’ practical use has 
proved its value beyond question. You can 
test it in your own barn under our Money- 
back Guarantee. If you do not find the outfit 
worth its cost many times over, return it in 
good order within 10 days; your money will 
be refunded. This offer expires June 1st. 
Ask your dealer. If he does not have the Callahan Hay 
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