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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
May 17, 1924 
Own Your Own Thresher 
Be MONEY AHEAD at the End of the Season 
T HRESH when your grain is in the best condition—when the weather is 
just right. Waiting a single day often means a loss. Sell early if the 
market is right. Or thresh early and be ready to sell when you think 
the price is right. Have all the advantages on your side. You can do it this 
year by “threshing your own” with an 
ADVANCE-RUMELY 
Steel Separator 
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. 
I can think of just three services 
where we get more than our money’s 
worth : 
1. The Rural New-Yorker. 
2. The New York subways (20 miles’ 
ride for 5 cents). 
3. *Tlie United States mails (2 cents 
around the world). 
The subways and the mails are run at 
a lose. I sincerely hope that The R. 
N.-Y'. publishers are able to make their 
just and well-earned profit. With free 
legal advice, claims collected and certi¬ 
fied advertisements, to say nothing of a 
clean, well-written and authoritative pa¬ 
per. I would subscribe for it even were I 
a Chinese laundryman. I would feel re¬ 
lieved if I were sure that the publishers 
were able to find some loose change in the 
till after all expenses are paid, because 
the happy and easy way of falling back 
on the taxpayers to make up the deficits 
which the subways and mails enjoy is not 
available to your paper. E. e. r. 
Ulster Co., N. Y. 
Here is an appreciation of the service 
of The Rural New-Yorker expressed 
in an unusual way. Many subscribers 
have expressed the same thought in ask¬ 
ing how we are able to produce such a 
paper at $1 per year, and recommending 
that the subscription price be doubled. 
Fakers and schemers may appear to be 
successful for a time, but prosperity on 
an unsound basis cannot last. It is rare¬ 
ly that an honest attempt to render the 
public an unselfish service does not prove 
a financial success. The R. N.-Y. boasts 
of the loyalty of more than 200.000 farm¬ 
ers, a large proportion of which would 
voluntarily come to the rescue were the 
paper in financial difficulty. Happily 
there is no occasion for this, as our rev¬ 
enue has always been sufficient to “keep 
the sheriff from the door.” and such vol¬ 
untary appreciations we value more high¬ 
ly than any possible array of figures in 
a bank account. 
with the business in when he called. 
This is one of the detestable types of the 
mushroom variety of radio houses which 
give the buying public such raw deals in 
the trade. Our efforts in behalf of our 
subscriber have availed us nothing, and 
as a final analysis the case is being 
placed in the hands of the postal inspec¬ 
tors, for fraudulent use of the United 
States mails. 
What about the reliability of National 
Association of Automobiles of Jersey 
City, Tube Concourse Bldg., and 280 
Madison Ave., New York City? An 
agent from this association, Jersey City 
branch, called on my husband in my ab¬ 
sence and about convinced him that it 
would be a fine thing, as he would get 
insurance, free towing, discount on sup¬ 
plies, and a number of other good things. 
However, we never decide on such things 
without talking it over together, so he 
told the man to come back later. As soon 
as I saw the papers he left here I said, 
“I believe that’s what ‘Publisher’s Desk’ 
has warned against, and before you do 
anything let me write to them.” The 
man came back the same day I got home, 
and I told him I was writing to you. 
He went away very much disgruntled 
and asked us to let him hear from us if 
we decided to join the association. Mem¬ 
bership fee is $12 a year. 
Whenever anyone comes with anything 
at all, I say, “Does The R. N.-Y. carry 
your advertisement? If not, then I don’t 
want your fruit trees,” or whatever it is 
he is selling. It’s a fine thing to know 
that ,in this material world where so 
many sharks swim among the gullible, 
there is one source of honest, dependable 
information open to all. MRS. K. H. 
New Jersey. 
We have referred to these “service con¬ 
tracts” a number of times in this depart¬ 
ment. This subscriber mentions “insur¬ 
ance” as one of the benefits under the 
contract. None of the service contracts 
providing for free towing, etc., provide 
for insurance. Many people have signed 
these contracts believing they are pur¬ 
chasing insurance. This so-called “as¬ 
sociation” has not sufficient financial rat¬ 
ing to warrant country people entering 
into a contract with it; and, as before 
stated, we regard these “service con¬ 
tracts” as of questionable value anyhow. 
Automobile owners desiring protection 
should take out insurance in some well- 
established insurance company. 
This all-steel, “individual” separator 
is, first of all, a Rumely. Operates 
on the same time - tested principles 
that have made the Rumely Ideal 
Separator the pride of professional 
threshermen for years. At saving 
grain and cleaning grain it has no 
real rival. 
The ideal size for a two-plow tractor. 
Light - running, handles easily, has 
unusual capacity for its size. 
Some Important Features 
Practically 100% steel construction. 
Heavy galvanized iron predominates. 
All metal parts painted and var¬ 
nished for additional protection. 
Fireproof construction, no warping 
no matter how long you leave it out 
of doors. 
Very sturdy, and with reasonable 
care, will last a lifetime. 
Every adjustment, oil hole and grease 
cup is on the outside. A simple lever 
raises or lowers concaves. Blast, 
sieves and even the chaffer are han¬ 
dled from the outside. That is why 
it is so easy for “inexperienced” 
threshermen to handle. 
There are many features we cannot 
show here. Find out about them 
now. Write us for special catalog. 
Address Dept. ZZ. 
What do you think of the Duplex Mo¬ 
tion Picture Industries, Inc.. 1S19 Broad- 
wav. New York, as an investment? 
New York. h. d. j. 
We think the motion picture business 
•as a whole is a good one for country peo¬ 
ple to steer clear of, from an investment 
standpoint. This is particularly good ad¬ 
vice where the concern is not established 
on a profitable basis. The circular of 
this concern contains all the standard 
varieties of “get-rich-quick dope”—how 
millions were made in certain other en¬ 
terprises. No mention is made of the mil¬ 
lions lost in a host of others. 
I would like your opinion of Armour 
Tire and Rubber Company, Dayton, O. 
It doesn’t sound good to me. d. r. R. 
Michigan. 
This concern advertises “Most liberal 
tire guarantee ever written.” The com¬ 
pany claims in its advertising to be ac¬ 
tual manufacturers, but, strange, we find 
no rating for the concern in the commer¬ 
cial agency books. It is easy to write a 
“liberal guarantee” when there is nothing 
back of it. Such guarantees are worth 
little to the auto tire buyers. 
On May 28, 1023, a check for $35 was 
sent to the Broadway Electrical Novelty 
House (“radio and electrical goods of 
the cut price mail order house”), 134 
Third Ave., New York City. The order 
called for a Westinghouse Radiola tube 
set complete. The money was drawn on 
the check at our bank on June 2. but we 
have been unable to obtain any word 
from this company, nor have we received 
the set. Will you kindly assist us in our 
endeavor to obtain that which is legiti¬ 
mately due us? w - H - 
New York. 
After repeated nagging on the part of 
our subscriber, a set was sent out whica 
was very inferior and nothing as repre¬ 
sented. The set was immediately re¬ 
turned to the company and the request 
made that the order be fulfilled as ad¬ 
vertised, or the refund of the money made. 
To date nothing has been done, and the 
complaint has been in controversy since 
last May. This company occupies a small 
place in the basement of the above ad¬ 
dress and our representative could never 
find anyone who was actively connected 
Once more I come to you for a favor, 
for I did not live up to my ideal to buy 
only from parties advertising in your 
paper, and so I got stung, but I am sure 
it will not happen again. I ordered 600 
Ancona baby chicks from Rudolph Fueh¬ 
rer, Hillside Ave., Box 70, Jamaica. L. 
I. I sent him a check the first week in 
March for $108 and was to get the chicks 
the last of March. When I did not re¬ 
ceive the chicks I wrote him three times 
and he always answered saying I could 
expect the chicks anytime very soon, but 
they never came. I went out there yes¬ 
terday to find out what the trouble is 
and found he has no hatchery and does 
a mail order business. I shall be very 
thankful if you can help me out in this 
matter. I think this order is a case for 
the post office department. e. h. 
New Jersey. 
The R. N.-Y. is doing its best to keep 
the baby chick business free from “gyp” 
dealers, brokers or by whatever name this 
class of people advertising baby chicks 
and having no hatchery, may be rightly 
called. It’s a deliberate deception to ad¬ 
vertise chicks and send the order to some 
hatchery, perhaps hundreds of miles dis¬ 
tant, to be filled. We have repeatedly 
denounced these “gyp®” in the baby chick 
trade and the advertising of these brok¬ 
ers or dealers is never accepted. 
•Wv 
Could von advise about the Bullet 
Proof and Non-shatterable Glass Corp., 
45-57 South Spring St., Elizabeth, N. J. 
This corporation claims to have equipped 
10 United States government ships, with 
other orders on hand now. The stock 
selling is worked from friend to friend, 
nothing is sold to a stranger. The 
amount is limited. Some of my friends 
are well hooked, and they wish to let 
me in on that. I would like to hear 
from you before I invest. E. L. 
New York. 
Yes, we advise the subscriber to have 
nothing to do with the Bullet Proof and 
Non-shatterable Glass Corp. stock-selling 
scheme. The friends this subscriber re¬ 
fers to a® being well hooked we fear are 
doomed to disappointment, if they ever 
expect to see the money put into this 
proposition again. 
“How can I tell whether a politician is 
lying or not?” “Simply listen and learn 
if he is talking.” replied old Roswell 
Rasp.—Kansas City Star. 
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Advance-Rumely Line Includes tractors, steam engine*, 
grain and rice threshers* husker-shredders, alfalfa ana 
clover hullers* silo fillers and motor trucks. 
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