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August  4,  1923 
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TO  WITHDRAW — simply  sign  your  name  to  a  check  on  this 
bank  or  mail  us  a  letter  telling  us  to  send  you  New  York  exchange 
for  so  much  or  the  entire  balance  of  your  account  including 
interest — and  New  York  Draft  will  be  sent  to  you. 
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You  can  deposit  money  in  this  bank  payable  at  all  times  to  either 
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of  unnecessary  trouble  by  opening  a  joint  account  to  be  used  by 
her  in  many  cases  of  illness  or  other  emergencies. 
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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. 
Some  time  since  you  gave  me  some  val¬ 
uable  aid  in  securing  a  settlement  of  a 
claim  I  had  against  a  mail  order  con¬ 
cern,  for  which  I  was  duly  grateful.  I 
again  wish  to  ask  you  to  investigate  a 
concern  in  South  Bend,  Ind.,  doing  busi¬ 
ness  through  the  mails  as  the  Super 
Tread  Tire  Co.  I  purchased  an  automo¬ 
bile  tire  from  this  concern  that  fell  to 
pieces  with  the  first  mile  it  was  used.  I 
wrote,  asking  the  privilege  of  sending  it 
to  them  at  my  expense,  so  they  could  see 
how  inferior  the  tire  was.  They  refuse 
to  answer  my  letter.  I  called  our  post¬ 
master’s  attention  to  the  tire  at  the  time 
I  put  it  on  the  car  and  again  when  it 
was  taken  off.  I  do  not  think  this  con¬ 
cern  should  have  the  right  to  use  the 
mails  to  advertise  an  article  that  is  less 
than  worthless.  This  tire  is  in  my  pos¬ 
session  and  I  will  he  glad  to  send  it  for 
examination.  Will  be  glad  to  hear  from 
you  in  case  you  can  do  anything  to  secure 
an  adjustment  of  this  claim.  Bear  in 
mind  that  the  main  object  in  making  this 
complaint  is  to  prevent  this  concern  from 
continuing  selling  their  tires  by  mail,  or 
otherwise  defrauding  the  people,  c.  A.  T. 
West  Virginia. 
Our  letters  to  the  Super  Tread  Tire 
Company  are  reaching  them,  but  they 
make  no  response  whatever,  and  we  are 
giving  the  subscriber’s  experience  with 
them  for  the  benefit  of  any  others  who 
may  be  inclined  to  deal  with  the  Super 
Tread  Tire  Company.  It  is  customary 
for  adjustments  to  be  made  on  transac¬ 
tions  of  this  kind  and,  at  the  least,  cour¬ 
tesy  would  demand  some  response  to  both 
the  subscriber’s  inquiries  and  ours. 
I  very  greatly  appreciate  the  service 
you  have  rendered  me  in  adjusting  my 
difficulty  with  - - - .  Six  months’ 
correspondence  availed  me  nothing  ;  your 
one  letter  brought  them  to  time.  I  was 
on  the  way  to  a  lawyer  when  my  wife 
suggested  that  I  try  the  service  you 
have  so  ably  rendered  others.  You  are 
ace-higli  for  everything  in  my  neighbor¬ 
hood  up  in  the  country.  E.  F.  s. 
New  York. 
We  were  able  to  bring  about  an  ad¬ 
justment  of  a  complicated  complaint  with 
a  perfectly  responsible  house,  and  we  are 
certainly  more  than  repaid  by  the  kind 
words  of  the  subscriber.  If  houses  could 
only  realize  how  much  better  an  impres¬ 
sion  they  would  establish  by  making 
prompt  reply  to  correspondents  and  as 
early  an  adjustment  as  possible,  they 
would  reap  their  reward  in  increased 
patronage  and  find  it  a  good  form  of 
advertising. 
I  asked  your  advice  about  two  years 
ago  in  regard  to  investing  in  the  Con¬ 
tinental  Grocery  Chain  Stores,  and  had 
I  taken  your  advice  I  would  be  $112.50 
to  the  good.  This  company  has  never 
paid  a  cent  dividend,  but  was  always 
promising  to  mail  them  and  asking  for 
more  money,  telling  what  a  good  invest¬ 
ment  it  was.  I  have  voted  for  the  re¬ 
ceivers  to  close  up  the  business,  as  it 
looks  as  though  it  will  be  lost  anyway. 
Can  you  investigate  and  see  if  a  receiver 
has  been  appointed,  or  is  it  one  of  the 
schemes  to  get  more  money  out  of  the 
stockholders?  Some  of  my  friends  have 
invested  heavily  in  the  chain  store;  we 
have  one  in  our  town  which  seems  to 
be  doing  a  good  business,  but  I  do  not 
want  any  more  stock  in  chain  stores. 
They  have  missed  this  dividend  and  say 
they  will  raise  stock  to  $25  per  share  and 
open  more  stores.  E.  S. 
Pennsylvania. 
The  only  thing  to  do  is  to  charge  this 
investment  up  to  experience.  This  com¬ 
pany  seemed  to  be  heavily  involved  for 
the  past  two  years,  and  recent  reports  in¬ 
dicate  that  judgments  have  been  entered 
against  the  company  and  the  assets  have 
been  sold.  There  were  many  creditors 
and  no  prospect  for  return  of  any  part 
of  the  money  to  those  who  invested  in 
the  stock.  The  chain  store  propositions 
are  overworked,  and  we  would  caution 
against  putting  money  in  any  of  them. 
I  answered  an  advertisement  in  a 
paper  regarding  a  dress  to  be  sent  C.  O. 
D.,  and  upon  receiving  the  dress  on  ap¬ 
proval  and  also  sending  money  as  agreed, 
the  dress  proved  to  be  very  unsatisfactory 
for  the  price,  which  was  $6.  I  returned 
the  dress,  carefully  wrapped,  asking  for 
the  return  of  the  money,  which  in  their 
advertisement  they  agreed  to  return  if  the 
dress  was  not  all  right.  The  money  I 
now  cannot  get ;  have  written  for  it 
twice,  and  they  won’t  answer.  Will  you 
please  write  or  see  if  you  can  get  the 
money  for  me?  The  amount  is  $6. 
New  York.  m.  s. 
The  Well  Made  Manufacturing  Com¬ 
pany,  130  East  25th  St.,  New  York,  have 
moved  very  frequently  during  the  past 
few  months,  and  some  few  weeks  ago 
went  into  bankruptcy  with  no  available 
assets,  and  moved  away  leaving  no  in¬ 
formation  as  to  where  they  were  going  to 
locate.  In  this  connection  we  want  to 
warn  our  readers  not  to  send  them  any 
money  if  by  any  chance  they  start  up 
again  and  solicit  orders.  We  will  be  glad 
to  have  their  new  address.  Such  con¬ 
cerns  are  very  apt  to  work  the  same 
scheme  from  a  new  address. 
Having  noticed  that  B.  Kalmanson  had 
been  sentenced  to  a  year  and  a  day  in  the 
Atlanta  Penitentiary,  I  was  surprised 
still  to  receive  word  from  him  soliciting 
shipments.  Evidently  his  son  (if  he  has 
one)  or  his  clerks  still  continue  to  do 
business,  and  in  the  same  persuasive 
style.  Apparently  it  will  take  more  than 
a  year  in  jail  to  frighten  them  into  the 
straight  and  narrow  path.  I  inclose  his 
correspondence.  I  have  never  shipped 
him  anything,  and  hope  never  to  become 
so  weak-minded  as  to  forget.  E.  M. 
New  York. 
Ben  Kalmanson  was  sentenced  to  a 
year  and  a  day  in  Atlanta  Penitentiary, 
but  only  began  serving  his  sentence  on 
May  24.  lie  had  been  released  on  a  sus¬ 
pended  sentence,  and  continued  in  the 
egg  business  in  the  meantime.  Kalman¬ 
son  was  convicted  of  defrauding  the  gov¬ 
ernment  by  entering  freight  claims  for  egg 
breakage  in  parcel  post  shipments.  The 
express  company  had  similar  experiences 
with  him,  and  suffered  considerable  loss. 
We  have  had  many  complaints  for  some 
years  back,  and  we  trust  the  enforced  re¬ 
tirement  will  show  Mr.  Kalmanson  the 
value  of  proper  conduct  of  his  business. 
His  past  record  will  not  inspire  shippers 
to  deal  with  him. 
Last  Fall  I  bought  an  oil  burner  from 
the  Oliver  Oil  Gas  Burner  Co.,  St. 
Louis,  Mo.  I  received  a  receipt  from  the 
agent  who  sold  it  to  me,  giving  me  a 
trial  of  30  days,  and  if  not  entirely  sat¬ 
isfactory  could  return  in  that  time.  I 
used  the  burner  20  days  and  not  being 
satisfied  wrote  the  company  at  St.  Louis 
requesting  to  give  me  shipping  directions. 
I  registered  the  letter  but  received  no 
response  for  about  15  days,  then  instead 
of  giving  me  shipping  instructions, 
claimed  that  perhaps  I  had  not  installed 
correctly.  I  wrote  Mr.  Bertrand  the 
same,  registering  both  letters,  and  re¬ 
ceived  about  the  same  reply  from  him. 
Before  the  30  days  were  up,  I  shipped  the 
burner  by  prepaid  express  to  the.  Oliver 
Company  requesting  them  to  give  me 
credit  for  the  same  and  send  check.  (I 
paid  in  advance  for  the  burner).  I 
have  written  several  times  to  both  parties 
trying  to  get  my  money  back,  but  the 
Oliver  company  puts  the  responsibility  on 
Mr.  Bertrand  and  Mr.  Bertrand  lays  it 
to  the  Oliver  company.  I  can  name  four 
parties  here  who  got  the  same  deal  that 
I  did.  E.  K.  B. 
New  York. 
We  have  been  endeavoring  since  last 
March  to  get  some  adjustment  for  this 
subscriber,  without  success.  In  a  letter 
from  the  sales  manager  of  the  Oliver  Oil- 
Gas  Burner  and  Machine  Company,  he 
renounces  any  responsibility  under  the 
firm’s  30-day  guarantee  of  money  back 
because  the  purchase  was  made  through 
an  agent  or  dealer.  This  position  is  con¬ 
trary  to  the  assurances  given  The  R. 
N.-Y.  by  B.  M.  Oliver,  president  of  the 
company.  Under  the  “money  back  guar¬ 
antee”  the  firm  requires  the  purchaser 
first  report  the  difficulties  with  the  burner, 
when  definite  instructions  will  be  sent  to 
overcome  the  trouble.  Then,  if  the  pur¬ 
chaser  is  still  unable  to  make  the  burner 
function  and  reports  to  this  effect,  in¬ 
structions  will  be  sent  for  return  of  the 
burner  and  the  purchase  price  will  be  re¬ 
funded,  less  express  charges,  and,  in 
some  cases,  a  “service  fee”  has  been  de¬ 
ducted.  The  guarantee  does  not  provide 
for  refund  of  express  charges. 
The  following,  sent  in  by  a  Pennsyl¬ 
vania  subscriber,  is  a  fair  sample  of  the 
“bucket-shop”  tactics : 
Buy  Florence  Goldfield — -closing  quota¬ 
tion  on  New  York  curb,  55  cents  a  share. 
We  have  it  on  dependable  authority  that 
an  impending  move  based  on  official  mine 
news  not  made  public  will  send  the  price 
skyward.  Buy  all  you  can  conveniently 
pay  for.  Act  immediately  ;  answer. 
Boston.  G.  FREDMOND  &  CO. 
Those  who  nibble  on  such  bait  would 
he  no  worse  off  by  throwing  their  money 
into  the  fire. 
All  Wool  Hand  and  Machine  Knitting  Vam 
also  doing  custom  work  at  the  same  old  prices.  Write 
for  samples  and  particulars.  H.  A.  BARTLETT,  H.rmony,  Maine 
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New  York  State  Fair 
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Greatest  Agricultural  Exposition 
of  the  East 
Live  Stock  Premiums,  $65,000 
Live  Stock  Judging  Coliseum  to  be  Opened  this 
year— cost  $500,000.  Finest  Fair  Building  in  the 
World. 
Modern  sanitary  buildings  for  the  protection  of 
valuable  stock.  Excellent  shipping  facilities. 
Horse  Show  exhibitors  will  appreciate  the  en¬ 
larged  show  ring  with  splendid  footing.  All 
stables  fireproof. 
Greatest  attractions  in  the  land  —  including 
Western  Rodeo,  Grand  Circuit  Horse  Racing, 
Automobile  Racing,  Band  Concerts. 
W rite  Secretary  State  Fair  for  Premium  Boon 
SYRACUSE 
September  10,11,12,13,14,15, 1923 
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quick  reply  and  a  “square  deal.”  See  guarantee  editorial  page. 
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