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May 31, 1024 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
All letters to Publisher’s Desk depart¬ 
ment must be signed with writer’s full 
name and address raven. Many inquiries 
are answered by mail instead of printing 
inquiry and answer, hence unsigned let¬ 
ters receive no consideration. 
There is more real information for a 
farmer in one issue of The It. N.-Y. than 
all other farm papers combined. The- 
subscription price should be $10 per year. 
Ohio. F. B. 
The above letter from the Ohio sub¬ 
scriber renewing his subscription voices 
the sentiments of a large number of The 
R. N.-Y. family. We, however, desire to 
keep the subscription price within the 
reach of every farmer, regardless of his 
circumstances. Our desire to make the 
paper useful and helpful to farm people 
is stronger than for the increased rev¬ 
enue. And the farmer who can only af¬ 
ford to pay $1 is perhaps more in need 
of the service than those who would will¬ 
ingly pay $10 per year. 
We have been honored by a call in this 
vicinity from Whiting of Geneva Nur¬ 
sery fame. He got a cool reception here. 
About seven years ago I had the pleasure 
of meeting him and telling him some 
things The R. N.-Y. knew of his meth¬ 
ods of business. Evidently Mr. Whiting 
has prospered through the years, as he 
rides in a big sedan, with a chauffeur to 
drive for him. F. H. 
New York. 
We publish the above report merely to 
remind our readers that H. M. Whiting, 
Geneva, N. Y., is on the road again, so¬ 
liciting orders for nursery stock. His 
powers of persuasion are such that if 
farmers do not watch out he will have 
their signatures to orders for trees at 
double the prices the best growers are 
charging. The R. N.-Y. insists Whiting 
is not a nurseryman. * He buys the stock 
after it is grown to fill orders. He fre¬ 
quently induces farmers to sign orders 
on the strength of false representation, 
and on this charge his license to sell nur¬ 
sery stock was cancelled by the State of 
Pennsylvania a few years ago. As a re¬ 
sult of The R. N.-Y.’s exposures of Whit¬ 
ing’s methods he is no longer a member of 
the American Association of Nurserymen. 
Whiting will tell you he resigned. Those 
who sign orders with Whiting cannot 
cancel them without danger of at least a 
threatened lawsuit. 
I am inclosing a bunch of advertising 
from the Franklin Paint Company of 
Cleveland. O. About a year ago I re¬ 
ceived a similar letter. It all sounded so 
good, espeeiallv “You will not owe us a 
penny,” “We' will cancel all charges,” 
etc., that I ordered a barrel of the Saveall 
product. I tried this on a new asbestos 
paper roof that was laid in cold weather 
and had cracked from being handled in 
the cold. It did not stop it leaking. I 
tried the second coat thicker, and still 
the roof leaked. I wrote the E rauklin 
paint people to advise disposal of ma¬ 
terial, as I was not satisfied. They wrote 
me back they did not want the stuff, they 
wanted their money, $37.50. I wrote 
again, refusing to pay the bill. It tan on 
for a month or so, then lawyers began to 
write us for the amount of the bill. Each 
one in turn was refused. The bank no¬ 
tified us they had a sight draft against us 
for it; that was refused, and finally a 
judge came to us and said he had been 
notified to take legal action unless we 
paid him. We explained it to him and 
told him to go ahead with legal actions, 
but showed him a bill of storage we had 
against the company for $50 for material. 
We have not heard anything further from 
the company, and probably never shall, 
but I think they should be exposed, as 
they do not live up to what they print in 
such bold letters in their advertisement. 
Even after all this dealing with them this 
advertis ment came to us through the 
mail. They might scare the next fellow 
into paying for the stuff, so help stop 
them. 
Your Publisher’s Desk is the most use¬ 
ful part of the paper, for some of these 
schemes today are so clever it is hard to 
see how they could be anything but 
O. K. F. J. o. 
New York. 
This plain statement of the farmer 
scarcely requires comment. Here is the 
offer of Franklin Paint Company, in its 
circular letter soliciting orders: 
“You get four full months to try Save¬ 
all. and if at the end of this time you are 
not entirely satisfied, just advise us; we 
will cancel all charges and you will not 
owe us a cent.” 
Ike RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
This offer is so liberal and clean-cut 
that no one finding the goods unsatisfac¬ 
tory would expect to be threatened with 
a lawsuit to enforce payment. This man 
was not frightened, but a threat of a law¬ 
suit will cause most farmers to lose sev¬ 
eral nights’ sleep. 
The Brennan Show Card Company 
of Buffalo, N. Y., and eight of its officers 
were indicted on 17 counts by the Fed- 
eral Grand Jury in its final report before 
Judge John R. Hazel late yesterday. The 
indicted officers were J. V. and G. C. 
Graham, IT. IT. Brennan, A. Gordon, 
John Weeks, David McDonald. A. Mc- 
Lellan and J. C. O’Connor. Federal au¬ 
thorities said they were in Canada. The 
indictments charged use of the mails to 
defraud in connection with a correspond¬ 
ence course alleged to have been offered 
by the company in show card writing. . 
Publisher’s Desk has been warning the 
public against these show card corre¬ 
spondence school “easy money” schemes 
for the past two years. Several of these 
frauds have been advertising big money 
that could be made at home by show card 
writing. The scheme is a first cousin to 
the knitting machine home work ! 
New Haven, May 12.—Trving R. 
Hough of Meriden and of the Hough Fur 
Trading Company, was given two years 
in the Federal Penitentiary by Federal 
Judge Howe today on a charge of swind¬ 
ling fur trappers in various parts of the 
country. 
•Charles J. Doherty, who had been on 
trial also on a similar charge, was dis¬ 
charged after the court had said that an 
employe who for the paltry sum of $25 a 
week aided and abetted in the act of de¬ 
frauding customers “was more to be 
pitied than jailed.” The company was 
fined $1, in order, the court said, that its 
funds may be preserved to pay off those 
who have claims, Hough having promised 
to make good on checks sent to persons 
who dealt with him. Hough is sole own¬ 
er of the business. 
It will be remembered that The R. 
N.-Y. warned raw fur shippers against 
this crook several times last Winter, be¬ 
fore the Post Office authorities got on his 
trail. One victim, a woman, came all the 
way from Nebraska to give testimony 
against Hough. Judge ITowe is credited 
with some vigorous language at the trial 
that so well expresses the sentiments of 
Publisher’s Desk that we will quote the 
judge, as follows: 
I am satisfied that the defendant’s 
scheme was to swindle everyone he could. 
That kind of a swindler is worse than a 
highway robber. We have a chance to 
defend ourselves from a highwayman. 
Worse than a burglar at night. We can 
lock our doors against a burglar, but 
there is no way to lock doors against 
men of the Hough stamp. 
Have just received a rug from the Art 
Works, Inc., Syracuse, N. 1". It is of 
excellent quality, weight and workman¬ 
ship. Had I received one like it in the 
first place, made from my own rags, I 
should have had no cause for complaint. 
Since you published a letter from me, 
stating my case, will you kindly publish 
my statement that they, through your 
efforts, adjusted the matter to my satis¬ 
faction? MRS. II. s. K. 
New York. 
We are glad to give the Art Works, 
Inc., credit for eventually adjusting the 
case to the satisfaction of the customer. 
This vicinity is being flooded with ad¬ 
vertising from the Duplex Motion Pic¬ 
ture Co., 1819 Broadway, New York 
City. I am enclosing one of their cir¬ 
culars. Will you advise as to their stand¬ 
ing? Some may wish to buy stock of 
this company, as it reads very alluring. 
Your paper has done so much for farm¬ 
ers in warning them of fakers, I should 
hate to be without your paper. 
New York. b. w. S. 
This motion picture project has no 
standing that would warrant country 
people considering an investment in it. 
On the contrary, it has the ear-marks of 
a dangerous investment scheme. The mo¬ 
tion picture industry is an uncertain one 
at best, and the propositions that have 
anything to commend them, do not need 
to appeal to country people for financial 
assistance. 
Our attention has been called to the 
bankruptcy proceedings against the for¬ 
mer commission firm of ITodupp-Evans 
Co.. Inc., of 7-9 Harrison TSt., New York 
City. Notices have been published in 
two commercial papers, and all claims 
must be filed immediately, accompanied 
by a sworn affidavit in order that action 
can be taken. 
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