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Iht RURAL NEW-YORKER 
July 26, 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. 
In our issue of June 21 we published 
a letter from a subscriber wbo has been 
solicited to enter into an oil lease by a 
party by the name of M. S. Lupher, and 
it was alleged that Mr. Lupher was in 
some way connected with the Union 
Natural Gas Corporation of Pittsburgh, 
Pa. In our response to the inquiry we 
said that so far as we could ascertain, 
Mr. Lupher or the Union Natural Gas 
Corpox-ation had no financial responsi¬ 
bility. This was in error as far as the 
Union Natural Gas Corporation was con¬ 
cerned. Further investigation shows the 
firm has a high financial standing, 
but since it appeared from the let¬ 
ter that Mr. Lupher was the only 
party signing the contract, the responsi¬ 
bility' of the Union Natural Gas Corpor¬ 
ation was not important as far as the 
gas lease is concerned. We, however, 
wish to straighten the record with re¬ 
gal'd to the responsibility of the Union 
Natural Gas Corporation. 
Can you give me any information 
about the Glen Rock Nursery and Stock 
Farm, H. W. Cobb, manager, Ridge¬ 
wood, N. J. ? Is it a good reliable con¬ 
cern? I sent to them two months ago 
for 100 chicks, sent them the money 
when I sent for the chicks. I have not 
got the chickens yet, and they have not 
sent my money back. Will you let me 
know if they are reliable or not? 
Connecticut. N. I. s. 
This letter speaks for itself as to the 
reliability of H. W. Cobb and the Glen 
Rock Nursery and Stock Farm. As we 
have pretvfiohisly advised (readers, Mr. 
Cobb is a poultry “gyp.” He doesn't 
hatch chicks or breed poultry to any 
extent, but advertises in a large way and 
then sends his orders to hatcheries or 
poultrymen at a distance to be filled. He 
and others ai'e securing orders and money 
under what is virtually “false pre¬ 
tenses,” whether his plan of action 
comes under that caption in a legal sense 
or not. These “gyps” of the poultry 
trade cannot advertise in The R. N.-Y., 
but make use of the daily papers and 
some farm papers that are not particu¬ 
lar how their readers are treated. Prob- 
ably Mr. Cobb sent this man’s order to 
some hatchery in Ohio or other distant 
point and doesn’t know whether the 
chicks were shipped or not. 
Will you inform me about the Belfast 
Textile Company, manufacturers and 
wholesalers of stamped and embroidered 
linens, Huntington, Ind.? I have received 
a letter from them in reply to my inquiry 
concerning home work, which letter I am 
inclosing for your inspection. I wish to 
know if they are reliable. mrs. l. c. w. 
New York. 
Just another of the work-at-home 
schemes! Belfast Textile Company asks 
the worker to send .$7.25 for a sample 
outfit. The houses that really desire to 
secure home workers do not require an 
advance deposit. We have repeatedly 
said that these work-at-liome frauds are 
the meanest fakes in the land, because 
they rob widows and other needy women 
of their small savings. 
In March I enrolled in the West Angus 
show card business. The first payment 
was $10 for the first four lessons, and the 
balance was $2.50 per week each week. I 
was to send in a leswon for correction, 
also $2.50, and get another lesson, until 
the balance of $30 was paid. I sent the 
first payment and they sent the lessons. 
The outfit that th<y sent would not cost 
over $3 anywhere. I looked the lessons 
over; also tried to do the first one. I 
cannot do them. I find it would take a 
skilled draftsman to do the work. The 
company claimed you did not have to 
have any experience in drawing or writ¬ 
ing to do the work. I never sent any les¬ 
son in; now they write every week, de¬ 
manding the balance of the money. I 
am inclosing some of their letters. I 
want to do what is right, but I certainly 
don’t want to pay for something that is 
no good to me. My husband is a one- 
armed man, and I thought I could help 
out by getting some work to do at home. 
My little boy is only three and I cannot 
go out to work. The books are in perfect 
condition, and I sent them back, and if 
the $10 that I sent for the first payment 
will stop them from writing letters and 
sending me bills they certainly can keep 
it. I am inclosing the contract that I 
signed when I enrolled. Would you let 
me know what to do as soon as possible? 
I am quite worried about this. 
New York. mrs. k. e. f. 
This is just the class of women that 
these show card and other work at home 
easy-money schemes find easy victims. 
They are anxious to help out the family 
exchequer by earning a little money on 
the side, and fail to see the barb on the 
hook until their money is gone. There is 
no possibility of getting the return of 
any money sent to these work-at-home 
pii'ates. Neither is there any means of 
shutting off the annoyance of the threat¬ 
ening letters for more money, but we have 
yet Jo hear of any such schemers going 
into court to enforce their demands. 
On June 6 I ordered a course from the 
Perfect Penman Institute. St. Louis, Mo. 
It arrived on the 12th and did not prove 
to be what they claimed, so I returned it 
on the 14th. Then I received a letter 
from them, stating that I kept the course 
over two weeks, and they could not re¬ 
fund my money in that case (which is 
$5). I wrote them another, stating the 
facts about the length of time and de¬ 
manded the money refunded, and then I 
received another which I inclose. I have 
receipt proving I did not send money un¬ 
til June G, and I would like your advice 
as to what is possible to do. I don’t mind 
the $5 so badly, but I do hate the idea of 
being swindled out of the money, and 
would like the institute shown up in its 
true colors. Please advise me of what I 
can do. M. E. M. 
Yii’ginia. 
About all the subscriber can do in this 
case is to charge the $5 up to experience, 
and avoid easy money cori-epondence 
schemes in the future. The guarantees 
of such concerns are made only to get 
the remittance from the prospect. It is 
only a “scrap of papei 1 ” afterward. 
On Oct. 20, 1923, we gave an order for 
hosiery to the Travelers’ Hosiery Com¬ 
pany, Reading, Pa., through their agent, 
E. ,T. Jones, amounting to nearly $10, and 
paid same to the agent. We never re¬ 
ceived hosiery, and have written several 
times to the firm, but our letters remain 
unanswered. The agent never left us our 
receipt. It was lying on the table when 
made out, but he evidently snatched it 
up in departing and was gone before we 
noticed it. It seems strange the firm does 
not answer our letters, unless they are 
working with the agent to defraud. If 
you can do anything for me shall be 
greatly obliged. c. H. s. 
Pennsylvania. 
The Travelers’ Hosiery Company of 
Reading. Pa., makes absolutely no re¬ 
sponse to our letters. They are getting 
our correspondence and disregarding it 
completely. For this reason we are giv¬ 
ing the history of this complaint, so that 
our other readers will not take advantage 
of the seemingly wonderful bargain of¬ 
fered by the agents of the company. It 
was a shrewd move on the part of the 
agent to take back the receipt so that the 
purchaser had nothing to show for his 
transaction. 
I am inclosing letter from Franklin 
Paint Company, Cleveland, O., so you can 
see what they will do to deceive the pub¬ 
lic. S. II. 
Ohio. 
Our readers will recall that the busi¬ 
ness methods of Franklin Paint Company 
have been criticized in Publishei-’s Desk 
department for many years past. The 
letter to this subscriber is dated June 24, 
and contains the following paragraph: 
“In addition to (his fact, please note that 
Tiie Rural New-Yorker has solicited us 
for advertising in their paper-—which we 
have not been pleased to give them.” 
This is a deliberate and unqualified false¬ 
hood. The Rural New-Yorker has 
never solicited the Franklin Paint Com¬ 
pany advertising, and our files contain 
correspondence with the advertising 
agency of the firm ui'ging us to accept the 
advertising. This we have declined to do. 
The willingness of the firm to make this 
deliberate falee statement in letters 
brands it as unworthy of confidence, if 
there were nothing else in the company’s 
record to confirm that conclusion. 
Lady : “I want a nice book for an in¬ 
valid !” Bookseller: “Yes, madam. Some¬ 
thing religious?” Lady: “Er-no-no-er 
he’s convalescent!”—London Mail. 
I §^£$0 
fsessom 
BOO additional silos todis-J 
tribute among the shrewd 
farmers from New York 
to Colorado in the next 60 
days. 
Our original quota of 
silos for the year has 
been sold since the be¬ 
ginning of the season— 
but on account of pres¬ 
ent extraordinary feed 
conditions whi»h is 
^creating unusual demand 
' for silos we secured ma- 
terial for BOO additional 
eilos to supply those who have delayed and now realize that they 
must have a silo and cheap feed for the winter. 
When these additional silos are gone we are done for the season, 
First come—first served—so get busy now—today. 
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and clean in the shortest time. It'a an event in the silo world that will 
open yonr eyes. A sale that every one of the 600 farmers who take ad¬ 
vantage of it will remember a lifetime. The Golden opport 1 
your feed problems cheaper—better-more satisfactory tt 
lore. It s aroma: to cost money to feed cattle this winter. If you buy high 
priced feed—it a like paying for a feed store and the other fellow owns it. 
Ir yon pay for a alio you have the benefit of cheapest feed—and have the 
silo left for future use. 
_ , BARGAIN prices-easy terms 
Champion Oil hilled Silos need no introduction. Thousands in use and 
now recognized everywhere as silo perfection, due to modern improve¬ 
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ibvery owner knows that Champion Silos are the cheapest—most depend¬ 
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Winner Plain Stave Silos are the biggest ordinary silo value money can 
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•mallest investment. 
Either one of these silos will pay for themselves in one year with money 
Bavea and money earned, and according to our terms you pay nothing 
Dntfi you begin to get benefits from the silo. 
If you want to buy for cash instead oflterms you can get a bet-, 
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Don’t wait. Solve "your silo' problem at 
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" 235 Mitchell Bldg. 
Springfield, 
Ohio 
best- 
Soft corn and poor hay cropsjlon’t ’worry 
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silo owners. A Champion or Winner Silo 
will save the full feeding value of the com 
crop even if it is soft. Why worry about 
your corn—ensilage makes 10 TONS OF 
FIRST-CLASS FEED PER ACRE. Silage 
will replace nearly all of the hay and reduce 
considerably the amount of grain required. 
With protein supplement in the ration, steera 
can be successfully fattened without hay— 
straw or stover being substituted for hay. 
Dairy cows require from 1/2 to 2/3 less hay 
when silage is fed. 
Hay is a short crop most everywhere. 
The condition of corn in the North¬ 
west is reported to be the worst in 
40 years. In much of the Corn Belt, 
it is the. poorest since 1903. This 
means high price for hay and com 
and other feeds. The scarcity and 
high price of feed during the com¬ 
ing season makes high price for beef 
and dairy products a certainty. 
We sell DIRECT FROM THE FACTORY. 
M IS Keep the salesman’s salary in your own pocket. 
Prices range from $144.00 up, depending on 
size and kind of wood. Special prices made if 
several in neighborhood order together. Our Silos 
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“The Silo With The Automatic Take-Up Hoop.” 
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For prices write 
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