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The  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
March  31,  1923 
[■inclosed  find  .$1  for  The  R.  N.-Y.  for 
the  year  of  1923.  I  find  it  as  necessary 
in  rny  home  as  I  do  the  fire  in  the  stove. 
New  Jersey.  a.  f. 
In  these  times  of  scarce  coal,  this  good 
friend  pays  The  R.  N.-Y.  a  high  compli¬ 
ment.  Anyway,  he  will  be  more  sure  of 
his  paper  than  most  of  us  will  be  this 
year  of  a  full  supply  of  fuel. 
PUBLISHER’S  DESK 
Twenty-five  farmers  signed  contracts 
with  Higbie  &  Company,  Rochester,  for 
seed  oats;  received  no  copy  of  contract. 
Oats  arrived;  farmers  declare  they  are 
discolored,  poor  .  and  unlike  samples ; 
do  not  want  to  take  them.  Contract 
reads :  “No  warranty,  express  or  im¬ 
plied,  as  to  description,  purity  or  other¬ 
wise.’’  What  has  been  done  elsewhere? 
Please  send  information  immediately. 
WILLIAM  I.  HOE, 
County  Agricultural  Agent. 
New  York. 
Regardless  of  the  non-warranty  of  the 
Uigbie  contract,  farmers  are  under  no 
legal  or  moral  obligation  to  accept  or  pay 
for  seed  not  in  accordance  with  sample 
shown  at  time  of  signing  the  order,  or 
oats  that  are  not  suitable  for  seed  pur¬ 
poses.  These  farmers  under  above  con¬ 
ditions  can  safely  refuse  to  accept  the 
oats  or  pay  for  them.  A  number  of 
farmers  in  Pennsylvania  took  similar  ac¬ 
tion  a  few  years  ago,  and  Higbie  made 
bluffs  of  bringing  a  suit  to  collect  for  the 
seed,  but  never  did  so.  The  crippled 
agent  seems  to  be  Higbie  &  Company’s 
biggest  asset  in  securing  orders  from 
farmers. 
For  the  past  six  months  I  have  been 
selling  honey  in  small  lots  to  II.  W. 
Whiting.  222  West  127th  Street,  New 
York  City,  or  Vermont  Maple  Sugar  and 
Syrup  Company.  I  sent  him  a  good-sized 
order  January  20  or  21.  I  have  written 
him  three  or  four  times  since,  sent  him 
bills,  etc.,  but  he  does  not  reply.  Will 
you  investigate  him  for  me?  I  have  every 
reason  to  believe  be  is  honest  and  means 
well,  as  he  alvCays  sent  me  amount  due. 
His  balance  is  $82.98.  I  am  willing  to 
pay  any  expense  in  connection  with  this 
investigation.  If  in  your  belief  he  is  <>. 
K„  do  not  approach  him  for  the  money. 
I  am  sending  you  the  last  letter  I  had 
from  him  ;  kindly  return  this  to  me. 
New  York.  H,  j.  G. 
H.  W.  Whiting  is  a  notorious  “dead 
beat.”  We  have  claims  against  him  of 
many  years’  standing,  so  we  see  no  pros¬ 
pect  of  collecting  for  this  subscriber. 
This  is  a  case  of  investigating  when  it  is 
too  late,  or  like  locking  the  barn  door 
after  the  horse  is  stolen. 
In  the  Country  Gentleman  there  ap¬ 
peared  an  advertisement  before  the  new’ 
year  from  the  Standard  Food  and  Fur 
Association,  Inc..  409  Broadway,  New 
York  City,  entitled  “Money  in  Hares,”  so 
T  answered  the  advertisement,  and  finally 
sent  an  order  for  $62.10.  After  receiving 
order  card  was  forwarded  to  me  stating 
stock  vrould  follow  as  quickly  as  possible, 
so  I  w'aited  patiently  36  days  and  re¬ 
ceived  no  letter  or  stock,  so  I  wrote  them 
again,  and  by  return  mail  they  said,  in 
substance,  that  it  would  pay  me  to  wait 
until  they  filled  this  order,  but  if  not, 
that  is,  if  I  could  not  wait,  they  would 
return  me  the  money;  so  I  wrote  them  to 
return  money  and  I  would  order  later  in 
the  Summer.  I  have  not  had  a  letter 
from  them  since  of  any  kind.  Are  they 
a  reputable  concern,  or  am  I  stung?  I 
expected  advertisements  run  in  the 
Country  Gentleman  were  of  high  order, 
but  this  makes  me  doubtful.  n.  m.  r. 
Canada. 
We  have  many  complaints  from  those 
having  dealings  with  this  concern,  the 
methods  of  which  have  been  commented 
upon  a  number  of  times.  We  can  get  no 
satisfaction  for  country  people  from  the 
Standard  Food  and  Fur  Association.  Of 
late  our  letters  are  turned  over  to  a  firm 
of  attorneys  for  reply.  We  believe  the 
other  publication  mentioned  will  yet  be¬ 
come  convinced  of  the  undesirable  char¬ 
acter  of  this  concern  and  drop  the  adver¬ 
tising. 
Last  November  a  young  man  came  to 
the  door  wanting  to  know  if  I  would 
help  him  to  get  a  free  college  course  by 
subscribing  for  Woman's  Home  Journal, 
East  Liverpool.  O.  I  was  about  to  re¬ 
fuse,  as  I  had  taken  one  that  way  from 
another  man  a  few  days  before,  and  did 
not  feel  that  I  could  afford  to  take  an¬ 
other,  but  he  went  on  to  say  that  all  I 
had  to  pay  was  99  cents  postage,  and 
the  paper  would  help  him.  and  I  was  to 
get  36  issues  of  the  Woman's  Home  Jour¬ 
nal.  so  of  course  I  gave  him  the  99  cents 
and  he  gave  me  a  card  that  I  was  to  fill 
out  and  send  to  the  publishers  in  Ohio; 
also  there  was  a  stub  on  the  end  that  I 
was  to  tear  off  and  keep  as  a  receipt, 
which  I  did.  and  which  I  am  sending  to 
you.  I  waited  for  the  paper  until  about 
three  weeks  ago ;  then  I  sent  them  a 
letter  explaining  all  about  it  and  giving 
number  and  name  of  stub,  but  they  have 
not  sent  me  a  word  one  way  or  another. 
Do  you  know  anything  about  this  paper? 
If  you  can  find  out  anything  about  it  I 
would  like  to  know  what  the  trouble  is. 
New  Jersey.  mrs.  e.  ii.  m. 
We  have  had  a  number  of  complaints 
from  subscribers  who  have  paid  money 
for  this  magazine.  We  have  never  seen 
a  copy  of  the  magazine,  however,  and 
there  is  no  such  publication  listed  in 
Ayers’  Directory,  which  contains  infor¬ 
mation  on  all  publications  in  the  United 
States.  It  may  be  that  it  is  a  new  pro¬ 
ject  and  the  paper  has  not  yet  been 
issued.  At  any  rate,  it  has  been  our  ex¬ 
perience  that  young  men  soliciting  sub¬ 
scriptions  on  this  basis  are  fakes.  Young 
men  who  are  sincere  in  their  efforts  to 
earn  their  way  through  college  have  too 
much  self  respect  to  play  on  the  sym¬ 
pathies  of  the  public,  and  they  can  find 
honest  employment  instead  of  working  a 
scheme  of  this  kind. 
If  this  petty  swindle  was  operated 
through  the  mails  it  would  be  shut  off 
by  complaint  to  the  Post  Office  Depart¬ 
ment.  but  we  know  of  no  means  of 
getting  any  satisfaction  in  schemes  of 
this  kind  that  are  worked  through  can¬ 
vassers.  Don’t  subscribe  for  publications 
with  canvassers  claiming  to  be  “earning 
their  way  through  college.” 
The  enclosed  letter  of  Tourists’  Asso¬ 
ciation  of  America,  Rochester,  N.  Y., 
came  addressed  to  my  wife.  During  the 
Summer  months  she  takes  an  occasional 
boarder,  which  gives  her  a  small  inde¬ 
pendent  income.  She  was  taken  at  once 
with  the  idea  and  was  for  answering  at 
once,  enclosing  the  $10,  but  to  this  I 
would  not  listen  until  I  had  written  to 
you  for  your  opinion  of  such  a  proposi¬ 
tion,  though  it  does  sound  very  reason¬ 
able.  But  there  is  so  much  “sucker  bait” 
floating  around  these  days  it  is  almost 
impossible  to  tell  what  is  sound  and  what 
is  not.  s.  F.  w. 
New  York. 
The  $10  asked  for  is  to  list  the  name 
of  the  house  and  the  address  in  a  pro-  j 
posed  directory  to  furnish  accommoda- 1 
tions  for  tourists.  In  addition  a  sign  is  i 
to  be  furnished  for  the  house  to  show ; 
travelers  that  accommodations  will  be 
furnished.  We  think  this  association  is 
largely  imaginary.  The  proposition,  on 
the  whole,  seems  to  us  very  much  like  an 
easy  money  scheme  to  get  $10  from  peo¬ 
ple  situated  along  the  State  roads.  We 
have  advised  a  number  of  people  to  have 
nothing  to  do  with  it. 
I  received  a  letter  from  Joseph  Bartke. 
Leeds  N.  Y.,  and  ordered  one  barrel 
Baldwins  to  be  shipped  by  freight.  The 
apples  came  by  express  Saturday  and 
were  delivered  Monday  (today)  ;  barrel 
was  about  four-fifths  full,  soft,  rotten, 
specked,  wormy  and  mostly  any  variety 
except  Baldwins.  I  am  sending  you  by 
parcel  post  a  sample  of  them ;  also  am 
writing  Mr.  Bartke  that  the  apples  are 
here  and  will  be  disposed  of  as  he  directs. 
Deals  like  this  discourage  dealings  be¬ 
tween  producer  and  consumer. 
Pennsylvania.  G.  M  B. 
We  have  had  several  complaints  of 
this  kind  from  those  ordering  apples  from 
Mr.  Bartke,  and  we  can  get  no  satisfac¬ 
tion  from  him.  Mr.  Bartke  is  not  only 
doing  his  customers  an  injustice  by  ship¬ 
ping  such  fruit  as  above  described,  but 
also  he  is  a  menace  to  the  fruit  interests 
in  New  York  State. 
Will  you  advise  me  what  to  do  in  this 
case?  I  have  a  nephew  in  Germany,  and 
have  sent  him  a  food  package  through 
George  Kammerer,  294-296  Bowery, 
New  York.  The  money  ($5.25)  he  ac¬ 
knowledged  by  clerk,  and  wrote  that  my 
nephew  will  be  much  pleased.  I  have 
received  two  letters  from  him  stating  that 
he  never  received  any  package.  I  wrote 
to  George  Kammerer  twice  about  ex¬ 
planation,  and  he  never  favored  me  with 
.a  reply.  Will  you  assist  me  in  this 
matter  ?  j.  e.  s. 
Virginia. 
We  learn  that  the  business  of  George 
Kammerer  is  in  bankruptcy,  and  that 
Mr.  Kammerer  himself  has  been  in  jail 
for  the  past  six  weeks  on  charges  of 
grand  larceny  in  connection  with  his  ac¬ 
tivities  in  securing  money  in  this  way 
and  failing  to  carry  out  orders.  The  re¬ 
ceiver  for  George  Kammerer  is  William 
Lazarus,  136  liberty  Street,  New  York 
City,  and  anyone  having  claims  against 
the  said  Kammerer  will  do  well  to  go 
before  a  notary  public  and  make  affidavit 
to  his  claim  and  send  it  to  the  receiver. 
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