998 
Tht RURAL NEW-YORKER 
July 12, 1921 
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. 
We have long been subscribers to Tiie 
R. N.-Y ; now must come for help. We 
sent a crate of fine large white eggs to 
Adam Rheinhardt, Spring Valley, Rock¬ 
land Co., N. Y.; have not heard from 
him since; wrote at time of shipment, 
and again some 10 days later. No reply. 
He and family have boarded in this 
neighborhood several Summers, bought 
eggs and poultry, and had a good reputa¬ 
tion. Last Fall he asked us to ship eggs 
to him, as he returned check for highest 
market price on day received ; was not a 
commission merchant. The man where 
he boarded said we should not be afraid 
to trust him, as he was all right. 
New York. L. ii. t. 
I shipped a case of eggs to A. Rhein¬ 
hardt of Spring Valley, N. Y., and have 
not received any returns. Could you do 
anything for me in this case? B. H. F. 
New York. 
We have been unable to make collec¬ 
tion of these accounts for our subscribers, 
and we are publishing the records so that 
other shippers will not send eggs to Mr. 
Rheinhardt. We have exhausted every 
means to make collections and as Mr. 
Rheinhardt neglects all suggestions for 
settlement and has no regard for nis 
standing, it will be well to divert ship¬ 
ments to other dealers who feel some re¬ 
sponsibility about making the necessary 
returns. 
An agent of the Purtell Nursery Com¬ 
pany, Rochester. N. Y., is around book¬ 
ing orders for Fall delivery. They are 
selling their stock on a strong replace¬ 
ment guarantee. Who are their officers, 
and are they a reliable firm? G. c. 
New York. 
Purtell Nursery Company, Rochester, 
N. Y., was established by Arthur T. Pur¬ 
tell, who' *as formerly employed by an¬ 
other agency house. We learn F. T. 
Burke has recently associated himself 
with the concern, and now operates under 
the name of Purtell-Burke Nursery . Com¬ 
pany. The concern is not listed or rated 
by Bradstreet’s. The value of the “strong 
replacement guarantee’ will depend on 
their ability to show responsibility. 
Otherwise it is a mere scrap of 
paper. There are numerous so-called 
“nurseries” operating from Rochester, 
Geneva and Newark, N. Y., which 
do not grow or own a tree. They send out 
agents to take orders and then buy the 
stock from some grower, usually where it 
can be bought the cheapest, regardless of 
quality. Such nurseries might be said to 
secure orders under false pretenses, while 
perhaps from a legal standpoint such 
concerns might be classed “nurseries.” 
We should like to see a court ruling on a 
case. 
In April, 1922, I sold three truckloads 
of potatoes to Salins Bros., New York 
and Pacific Aves., Atlantic City, N. J. 
One of the brothers called for the po¬ 
tatoes. They have paid me for all but 20 
bags, which I let him have for $20, and 
the last time I asked about the payment 
was advised that the father rvould settle 
for them. I called on the father when I 
was at Atlantic City, and he said he gave 
the son money to pay and supposed he 
had paid me. but if he did not, he, the 
father, would. He, however, has not 
done cfo. There is another man in our 
neighborhood who has been out money on 
the same kind of a transaction, and 
Salins Bros, have ed him longer than 
they have me. Is there anything you can 
do to get this $20 for my potatoes? 
New Jersey. w. F. H. 
Salins Bros, maintained absolute si¬ 
lence and we were forced to give the ac¬ 
count to our attorney. We found that 
oue of the brothers had gone to Cali¬ 
fornia, and it was impossible to get in 
touch with him. The other brother makes 
no attempt to adjust it, nor has the 
father assumed the account, as promised. 
The attorney, therefore, sent it back to 
us as worthless. We are giving the his¬ 
tory so that New Jersey farmers will not 
have a repetition of this experience. 
Quite a while ago I paid $45 for a cor¬ 
respondence course in dressmaking to the 
Women’s College of Arts and Science, 
Philadelphia, Pa., and was getting along 
fine with lessons until sickness stopped 
me for a time, and when I wrote in re¬ 
gard to finishing the course they do not 
answer my letters. I have written three 
letters now, and no reply from them. 
There are 11 lessons due me. Is there 
any way I can get the lessons I have paid 
for ? mbs. b. p. 
Connecticut. 
Letters addressed to the Women’s Col¬ 
lege of Arts and Science, Philadelphia, are 
returned by the Post Office Department 
with the information that this concern 
cannot be located. Their advertisement, 
which formerly appeared in some of the 
leading women’s publications, has been 
discontinued. We should advise our peo¬ 
ple to make extended investigation before 
putting money in such propositions. 
On May 24 I shipped one crate, 30 
dozen eggs to Harry Bleatler, Philadel¬ 
phia, Pa. I have heard nothing from him 
since. I wrote to him about a week ago 
demanding a reply, but got neither reply 
nor money for eggs. I inclose his let¬ 
ter. If there is anything you can do 
in the way of collecting that money or 
exposing him, I think the public should 
know of him. c. E. L. 
Pennsylvania. 
Mr. Bleatler disputed the receipt of 
this shipment, but we got the clear rec¬ 
ord from the express company and it is 
evident that the eggs were delivered to 
him on the day following shipment. He, 
however, ignores the adjustment. We 
gave the account to our attorney, and 
Mr. Bleatler maintains a discreet silence, 
We merely refer to the matter so that 
our readers will not send him eggs and 
run the risk of a similar loss. 
New York City promoters must imag¬ 
ine that country automobile owners are 
the simplest kind of suckers. I inclose 
some of the literature the Consumers’ 
Battery Corporation, 152 West 42d St., 
New York City, is broadcasting at pres¬ 
ent. Don’t you think they will find bet¬ 
ter angling within a radius of 10 miles 
of their office? F. A. S. 
New York. 
Human nature averages about the same 
whether in city or country districts. We 
should say that about the same percent¬ 
age of 100 people located in New York 
City would fall for this sucker bait as in 
an equal number of farmers. This prop¬ 
osition in short is that if you buy a share 
of stock in the company you will then be 
privileged to buy batteries from the com¬ 
pany at half retail price. An old, old 
form of sucker bait! The company is 
capitalized at $2,000,000 and has no man¬ 
ufacturing plant, and the location of the 
proposed plant does not seem to be se¬ 
lected. This is a case for the attention of 
our efficient State Attorney General. 
Could you assist me to recover the 
money or the goods sent to the Chicago 
Salvage Stock Stores, 509 S. State St., 
Chicago, Ill.? On May 16, 1923, I or¬ 
dered from the above firm radio parts to 
the amount of $15, sending a post office 
money order, the goods to be sent to AV. 
P. Monaghan, care of Marvin Moore, 
Vanceboro, Me., which have not been re- 
ceived. On June 19 I wrote them about 
it and received no reply. Aug. 10 again 
wrote them, registering the letter, and 
sent an addressed envelope for reply, 
which was not answered. Sept. 29 again 
wrote them, asking them to forward the 
goods or refund the money ; no reply. I 
am inclosing the receipt for the money 
oi'der and traeei\ Hope you will be able 
to fix this matter up. T. G. A. 
Canada. 
Our efforts in behalf of our subscriber 
have been purposely ignored by the Sal¬ 
vage Stock Stores, and their method of 
handling orders does not speak well for 
the satisfaction of the buying public. 
They claim their files are not open as far 
back as May, and that even registered 
letters have not been received. Even with 
the tracer which accompanied the com¬ 
plaint, showing that the money was paid 
to the company, they refuse either to ful¬ 
fill the order or refund the money which 
is legitimately due the customer. This 
case goes to the Post Office Inspectors in 
order to see whether or not the public is 
entitled to the rights which they pay for 
under the laws, as the mails were used 
in the transmitting of the money. Cour¬ 
teous service is what the American public 
pays for, but it was certainly not given 
in this transaction. 
Weaky Tbaveler : “I want to catch 
the last train to Tipperary—how far is 
it to the station?” Native Rustic: 
“About a mile and a half, sorr. Shure 
ye’ve plenty of toime and no need to 
hurry at all if ye run like blazes!”— 
Passing Show. 
Paints 
and also 
Disinfects 
Dries White 
Think What That Means 
With Carbola, the Disinfecting 
White Paint, you can paint AND 
disinfect the interiors of stock 
barns, hog pens, poultry houses, 
cellars, etc., in one easy opera¬ 
tion. Just think what that means 
in time, labor and money saving! 
Instead of going to the ex¬ 
pense of buying whitewash and 
disinfectants separately — you 
can get a better whitewash and 
a powerful disinfectant BOTH 
in a single package of Carbola. 
Instead of whitewashing your 
building interiors and then going 
over them again with a disinfec¬ 
tant, you can do both jobs at 
once with Carbola. 
Carbola is a white paint and 
a strong disinfectant combined 
in powder form. Just mix it 
with water and it’s ready to be 
applied. No waiting, no strain¬ 
ing, no slaking necessary. Car¬ 
bola does not blister, flake or 
peel off and will not spoil even 
after it is mixed with water. A 
pound covers 100 square feet. 
The dry Carbola powder makes 
an excellent and inexpensive 
louse powder. 
Get Carbola from your hardware, feed, seed, poultry sup¬ 
ply or drug dealer. He has it or can get it. If not, order 
direct. Your money back if you’re not satisfied. 
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50jbs. $5.00 delivered 200 lbs. $18.00 delivered 
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In the Wisconsin University Tests the GEHL Disc Type 
machine cut and elevated into the silo at the rate of 16 tons 
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