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<D* RURAL NEW-YORKER 
December 1", 1924 
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. 
Will you kindly send my R. N.-Y. to 
me at the following address, instead of to 
Washington, N. J.? I seem to hanker 
after something w r hen I don’t get my 
paper, and somehow I’ve just found out 
why I have a continuous grouch on—go¬ 
ing without my R. 'N.-Y. It’s the best 
cure for grouchy people I know of—bet¬ 
ter than pills and 'plasters. With best 
wishes, sincerely yours, F. E. M. 
New Y'ork. 
We know of nothing more harmful to 
an individual or displeasing to his friends 
than a “grouch.” As a cure for this 
state of mind Tiie R. N.-Y. appears in a 
new role. There is a suggestion here for 
all who may have friends or relatives 
afflicted with “a grouch.” There is no 
shortage of supply of the remedy. 
Several weeks ago we received a pack¬ 
age of neckties from E. P. Beaumont, 
Lincoln Building, Buffalo, N. Y. We 
decided there was some mistake and re¬ 
turned them at our expense. About two 
weeks ago our postman delivered another 
package, and told me he had delivered 
over 200 such packages. I do not want to 
be dishonest, but am tired of being called 
to the mail box for something I did not 
order. I returned the first bunch ; let me 
know what to do. I think if several keep 
the ties it would break up sending out 
things without orders. c. M. B. 
Maryland. 
There is no reason why country people 
should be put to the trouble and expense 
of returning goods sent out in this way, 
without having been ordered. To put an 
end to the practice the receiver will he 
justified in holding the articles until the 
sender calls for them. If any use is 
made of the goods the receiver would be 
legally responsible for the purchase price. 
Is the Jas. W. Houck & Co., farm 
agency, of Tiffin, O., reliable? They 
wish to list my farm for sale. b. w. 
New York. 
Jas. W. Houck is employing the same 
“listing fee” scheme that has been ex¬ 
posed in The R. N.-Y. persistently since 
this fradudulent practice was conceived 
by W. M. Ostrander 25 years ago. The 
latest attempt to rob farm owners of 
New York State on this scheme was 
quashed by the New Y’ork State Tax 
Department about a year ago, by revok¬ 
ing the license of the New York State 
Farm Sales Co. of Utica,. N. Y. 
On November 10 I mailed my check 
for $2 to Astrological Extension Associa¬ 
tion, Dept. 130, 41 East 29th St., New 
York City, for set of books. On Novem¬ 
ber 18 received same and returned them 
on same date, with the request to return 
my money, plus postage. Not hearing 
from them after writing two letters, I 
wrote to the Psychology Magazine two 
letters also, and to date have heard noth¬ 
ing from them. Anything that you. can 
do in regard to this will be appreciated 
by one of your readers. w. H. B. 
New Jersey. 
This so-called association advertises a 
book or course in three volumes, “Be 
Your Own Astrologist,” $1.97, with the 
offer of “money back if not worth three 
times the price.” The association shows 
no disposition to make good the adver¬ 
tised terms, and the publication in ques¬ 
tion also ignores the subscriber’s letters. 
The incident once more illustrates the 
unwisdom of reading or patronizing pub¬ 
lications printing advertisements of un¬ 
scrupulous houses. 
The trial of Edward R. Tryon. Harry 
P. Daugherty. F. G. Leary and William 
C. Grav, officials of the Tryon Knitter 
Corporation of Lowell, on charges of con¬ 
spiring to use the mails to defraud., ended 
last night, when the jury, after deliberat¬ 
ing the evidence for more than eight 
hours, failed to agree on a verdict, and a 
mistrial was declared by Judge Morton. 
The case went to trial on Tuesday, and 
the evidence was given to the jury at 
2:40 p. m. yesterday. It was after 11 
o’clock last night when the foreman re¬ 
ported to Judge Morton that all efforts to 
arrive at a verdict had failed, the jurors 
being evenly divided on every ballot 
taken. The judge then dismissed the jury 
and held the defendants in their previous 
bail. The case will be placed on the 
court docket for trial later. 
The government’s case alleged that the 
men were interested in the sale of knit¬ 
ting machines, which they offered for sale 
to the public by means of mail advertis¬ 
ing. All four were indicted on charges 
that such advertising was not in accord 
with the facts. 
Tryon was president of the company, 
Daugherty, superintendent of streets in 
Lowell, was treasurer; Leary, a member 
of the public service commission of Low¬ 
ell, was vice-president, and Gray acted as 
secretary of the concern.—Daily Paper. 
This will perhaps end the prosecution 
of these individuals in connection with 
the knitting machine scheme. Regardless 
of the technicalities of the law, The R. 
N.-Y. has regarded this work-at-home 
scheme to sell knitting machines as a de¬ 
lusion and a snare. Many women report 
they are unable to operate the machines 
after parting with $60 to $75 for them, 
often borrowing the money in the vain 
hope of being able to earn a livelihood 
with the machine. This applies to all the 
knitting machines as well as the Tryon. 
Many of the publications "that at one 
time accepted the advertising of the knit¬ 
ting machine schemes now refuse it. 
The R. N.-Y. never published a line of 
this advertising, and we predict that the 
time is not far distant when the scheme 
will disappear from all publications mak¬ 
ing any pretense of decency. 
Will you give me information regard¬ 
ing the company bearing the name of 
Metal Cast Products Company, 1696 
Boston Road, New York City? They 
are manufacturers of metal toys and nov¬ 
elties. I would like to know whether 
they are reliable to do business with. 
They sell casting forms and agree to take 
all or a part of the product. F. m. b. 
Massachusetts. 
This work-at-home scheme bobs up at 
this season every year. The object is to 
sell the molds for making the toys. The 
proposition is very similar to the knitting 
machine schemes. Enough said ! 
I inclose a letter and circular of the 
Eastern Aluminum Company, soliciting 
my services as their agent. This looks 
like sucker bait, not for me as much as 
my neighbors. I fail to see how it is 
possible for them to give so much for the 
money and pay such salaries. If this is 
worth investigating, please go after them. 
Connecticut. A. c. I. 
The circular forwarded by this sub¬ 
scriber starts out with offering $15 set 
of dishes, silverware or aluminum ware 
free! This is liberal, surely ! But let us 
see about the “free” part of it. You are 
asked to form a club among your friends, 
consisting of six members. Each member 
is to pay $1 a week for 12 weeks. For 
your services in getting up the club you 
are to get what is supposed to be $15 
worth of goods, and each member receives 
$15 worth, and a premium besides. Ac¬ 
cording to the representations of the 
Eastern Aluminum Company, it delivers 
$105 worth of goods and a premium to 
each member besides, for $72. The prop¬ 
osition is a self-evident deception. There 
is nothing “free” as represented in the 
circular, and the goods cannot be worth 
the price stated. Otherwise the company 
would be in bankruptcy in short order. 
At the first of the school year two 
agents came to the school where I am 
teaching. It is a small rural school. 
These two women were selling “Standard 
Reference Work and Loose Leaf Exten¬ 
sion Service.” They were the third agent 
that day, and I signed up for them. I 
knew as soon as they were gone that I 
shouldn’t have done it. I was to pay in 
installments. The books soon came, but 
the loose leaf holders did not. I am not 
yet 21. Must I pay for these books if I 
do not want them? The price is $71.26. 
The address of the company is Standard 
Education Society, 189 W. Madison St., 
Chicago, Ill. c. G. 
New York. 
The stock in trade of agents for con¬ 
cerns of this kind seems to be to take ad¬ 
vantage of the youth and inexperience of 
teachers in country schools. Since this 
girl is under 21 she has no legal respon¬ 
sibility in the contract >she signed, and if 
the methods used by the agents of the 
Standard Education Society were those 
criticized by the Federal Trade Commis¬ 
sion, we should regard that she has no 
moral responsibility either. When an or¬ 
der or contract is entered into on a fair 
and equitable basis by both parties to it, 
The R. N.-Y. regards such a contract 
sacred and should be lived up to at any 
cost, but where the signature to an order 
is secured by deceit and trickery it is 
quite another matter. 
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Order from your dealer. If he hasn’t 
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