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The  RURAL  NEW. YORKER 
May  5,  1923 
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Fort  Worth,  Tex.,  April  20. — Ninety- 
two  oil  promoters  were  indicted  here  to¬ 
day  by  the  Federal  Grand  Jury  on 
charges  of  using  the  mails  to  defraud. 
The  oil  companies  involved  have  taken 
in  more  than  $7,000,000  in  cash,  and  into 
three  of  the  companies  were  merged  458 
companies  which  had  sold  $136,000,000  in 
stock,  investigation  showed,  said  United 
States  Attorney  Zweifel.  Approximately 
2004,000  persons  were  stockholders  in 
the  merged  companies,  and  the  companies 
named  in  the  indictments.  Among  those 
indicted  whose  names  were  made  public 
were : 
Marshall  Spoonts,  former  County  At¬ 
torney. 
10.  C.  Kingsbury,  aspirant  and  Repub¬ 
lican  choice  for  the  Fort  Worth  post- 
mastership. 
Dr.  Frederick  A.  Cook,  “Arctic  ex¬ 
plorer.”  sole  trustee  and  president  of  the 
Petroleum  Producers’  Association. 
S.  10.  J.  Cox.  aviator  oil  man.  formerly 
of  Houston  and  New  York,  employee  of 
the  Petroleum  Producers’  Association, 
known  as  the  “arch  pirate’’  of  wildcat 
oil. — Daily  papers. 
When  it  is  realized  that  the  Fort  Worth 
promoters  represent  only  a  very  small 
portion  of  the  wildcat  oil  schemes,  the 
number  of  victims  of  the  game  is  legion, 
and  the  amount  of  money  the  confiding 
public  is  swindled  out  of  in  the  course  of 
a  year  cannot  be  accurately  estimated. 
These  prosecutions  of  the  most  notorious 
swindles  should  afford  the  public  suficient 
swindles  should  afford  the  public  sufficient 
swindles  and  speculations. 
This  Spring  I  ordered  fruit  trees  from 
Knight  &  Bostwick,  Newark,  N.  Y. 
Shortly  after  1  had  ordered  stock  I  got 
a  chance  to  sell,  and  sold.  Then  I  noti¬ 
fied  them  not  to  ship  the  stock  for  I  had 
sold  out  and  had  no  place  to  plant  them. 
I  have  received  two  letters  from  them, 
and  if  there  is  any  way  to  stop  them 
from  shipping  and  causing  any  trouble,  I 
I  would  bp  more  than  pleased  to  have 
you  do  so.  If  I  were  going  to  buy  an¬ 
other  place  near  by  this  Spring,  I  would 
feel  different  about  it.  H.S.  n. 
New  York. 
The  class  of  sales  agencies  operating 
from  Newark.  N.  Y.,  never  accept  can¬ 
cellation  of  an  order  for  any  reason. 
We  have  written  Knight  &  Bostwick 
twice  in  the  matter,  but  have  received  no 
reply  to  our  letters.  The  incident  illus¬ 
trates  one  good  reason  why  nursery 
agents  should  be  given  a  cold  shoulder. 
A  few  weeks  ago  I  saw  an  advertise¬ 
ment  in  our  paper  of  a  man  named  John 
J.  Black,  who  wanted  a  farm ;  was  to 
give  particulars  and  lowest  price.  I  did 
so,  and  received  letter  and  real  estate 
agent's  book  in  return,  saying  he  would 
sell  farm  on  two  percent  commission,  but 
on  listing  one  had  to  send  him  $10.  He 
is  in  Chippewa  Falls,  Wis.  Is  this  all 
right?  I  do  not  want  to  list  property 
with  any  fakes.  H.  N. 
New  l"ork. 
It  seems  to  be  necessary  to  expose  the 
“listing  fee”  scheme  of  real  estate  agents 
once  more.  J.  J.  Black  is  looking  for 
$10  easy  money,  and  has  no  more  pros¬ 
pect  of  selling  your  farm  than  the  man 
in  the  moon.  When  he  gets  the  $10  his 
interest  in  your  farm  ceases,  and  he  goes 
after  another  sucker.  _ 
I  am  in  receipt  of  the  enclosed  letter 
from  Hungary.  I  thought  that  possibly 
this  one  might  interest  you.  as  undoubt¬ 
edly  many  of  the  poultry  advertisers  are 
receiving  them.  It  appears  to  be  a  form 
letter,  printed  in  thousands,  and  undoubt¬ 
edly  sold  for  a  small  sum  to  people 
throughout  Hungary,  who  are  also  sup¬ 
plied  with  a  rubber  stamp  with  their  name 
and  address,  which  they  affix  to  the  bot¬ 
tom  of  the  letter.  The  offer  may  be  all 
right,  but  I  have  my  doubts,  and  if  you 
think  it  worth  while,  I  am  willing  to 
gamble  a  dollar  and  see  what  I  get  for 
my  money.  b.  e.  p. 
New  York. 
We  are  in  receipt  of  a  number  of  these 
letters  playing  on  the  sympathies  of  the 
party  addressed  to  buy  “Art  Ilande- 
broderies.”  represented  to  be  worth  $5, 
for  $1.  on  the  score  that  the  woman 
whose  name  is  signed  to  the  letter  with 
rubber  stamp  is  a  sick  mother  with  two 
small  children.  The  letter  doesn't  ring 
true,  and  strongly  suggests  the  old  Span¬ 
ish  prisoner  game. 
A  friend  of  mine  has  $1,200  invested 
in  the  National  Battery  Company.  He 
has  a  letter  from  the  treasurer,  Herbert 
Coolidge  of  Boston,  saying  if  he  does  not 
send  20  per  cent  more  to  reorganize  the 
company  by  April  20  he  will  lose  all. 
Would  you  advise  putting  more  money  in 
this?  C.  H.  B. 
Connecticut. 
Sending  money  for  the  reorganization 
of  failures  invariably  results  in  further 
loss.  It  is  wiser  to  charge  the  original 
investment  up  to  experience,  and  not 
throw  any  good  money  after  it. 
Max  Jossel,  48  Monroe  street.  Roches¬ 
ter,  N.  Y.,  owes  us  for  three  crates  and 
a  half  and  one  quart  of  strawberries,  at 
$5  a  crate,  on  the  11121  crop,  $17.65.  Can 
you  collect  it  for  us?  A.  s. 
New  York. 
Max  Jossel  failed  to  respond  to  our  de¬ 
mands  for  payment.  We  gave  the  account 
to  our  attorney,  but  he  reports  that  he  can 
get  no  adjustment.  In  a  similar  claim 
he  secured  a  judgment,  but  this  was  re¬ 
turned  unsatisfied.  This  record  will  be 
sufficient  advice  to  our  people  to  divert 
strawberry  shipments  in  other  channels. 
Last  Summer  my  wife  and  daughter 
saw  an  advertisement  that  O.  E.  Brooks 
of  Plymouth,  Pa.,  would  send  gingham 
dress  goods  for  10  cents  per  yard.  They 
sent  for  samples,  which  were  very  nice. 
Others  here  sent  also.  August  7,  they 
sent  a  money  order,  $2.60  for  20  yards, 
and  the  postage,  as  one  had  to  order  10 
yards  to  get  them  for  10  cents.  The  goods 
have  never  been  received.  E.  a.  c. 
New  York. 
There  are  more  schemes  to  get  other 
peoples’  money  than  we  are  able  to  count. 
The  amount  is  not  large  in  the  present 
instance,  but  the  subscriber’s  experience 
will  serve  to  convince  readers  that  it  is 
wise  to  pass  up  some  of  these  alluring 
propositions.  If  Mr.  Brooks  appears 
again  in  Plymouth,  let  him  go  without 
your  orders.  He  has  disappeared  from 
Plymouth,  Pa.,  and  we  are  unable  to  lo¬ 
cate  him. 
Could  you  give  me  any  information 
about  the  Radio  Products  Corporation  of 
America,  144-146  West  18th  street.  New 
York  City?  Their  address  was  formerly 
55  Broadway.  I  ordered  a  radiophone 
receiver  from  them  on  December  30,  but 
have  had  no  reply  from  them  since  De¬ 
cember  16.  They  had  booked  my  order 
on  that  date,  December  16.  Are  they  a 
going  concern  or  not?  I.  L.  w. 
Pennsylvania. 
The  Radio  Products  Corporation  is 
evidently  a  “going”  concern,  and  have 
such  a  good  start  they  have  kept  on  and 
lost  themselves.  They  moved  from  their 
last  location,  and  we  are  unable  to  get 
further  trace  of  them.  The  well-known 
radio  houses  are  not  acquainted  with 
them,  and  the  subscriber’s  money  is  lost. 
The  established  houses  are  cheaper  in 
the  end.  and  with  so  many  cheap  and 
unreliable  concerns  starting  up  in  this 
line,  we  advise  caution  in  sending  orders 
before  looking  up  any  concern. 
I  sent  10  cases  of  currants  to  Henry 
Martin  Company,  produce  house.  They 
were  taken  by  the  boat  from  South 
Michigan,  to  Chicago,  were  signed  for, 
and  that  is  as  far  as  we  can  get.  There 
are  a  number  of  other  fruit  growers  who 
have  done  the  same,  and  have  received  no 
word,  either.  Can  you  help  us  out  in 
(his  matter?  IWe  have  taken  your  paper 
for  many  years ;  can’t  keep  house  without 
it.  so  as  I  see  you  have  helped  others  am 
making  bold  to  ask  a  little  help. 
Michigan.  N.  S.  H. 
The  subscriber  stands  to  lose  the  en¬ 
tire  amount  involved.  'We  were  unable 
to  get  any  adjustment  from  Henry  Mar¬ 
tin.  The  account  was  given  to  an  attor¬ 
ney,  and  he  reports  that  the  conceim  has 
been  out  of  business  for  six  months  past, 
and  there  is  no  possibility  of  locating 
them  at  this  time.  An  experience  such 
as  this  shows  the  advisability  of  investi¬ 
gating  the  financial  standing  and  respon¬ 
sibility  before  making  shipments  of  any 
size. 
Better  Business  Bureau.  New  York 
City,  has  brought  complaint  before  a  mag¬ 
istrate’s  court  against  the  real  estate 
firm  of  Rowell  &  Graves,  who  have  been 
promoting  the  sale  of  lots  in  the  vicinity 
of  the  Muscle  Shoals  project.  The  Bu¬ 
reau  alleges  the  real  estate  concern  has 
taken  in  something  like  $600,000  on  land 
that  cost  $24,000.  Tiie  R.  N.-Y.  brought 
this  scheme  to  the  attention  of  its  readers 
several  months  ago,  and  showed  that 
the  magic  name  of  Henry  Ford  was  used 
in  connection  with  the  promotion  without 
his  knowledge  or  consent.  This  fact  was 
sufficient  to  indicate  the  undesirable 
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