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The  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
October  20,  1923 
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. 
A  voluntary  petition  in  bankruptcy 
was  filed  today  by  the  Consolidated  Gas 
and  Gasoline  Engine  Company  which 
manufactures  and  sells  gasoline  engines, 
with  offices  at  33  Park  Place.  George 
II.  Scanlan  is  president  of  the  company. 
Assets  are  listed  at  .$440,049  and  liabili¬ 
ties  at  $120,220.  Sixteen  creditors  are 
named,  the  two  principal  ones  being 
George  H.  Scanlan,  president  of  the  com¬ 
pany,  who  says  that  the  corporation  owes 
him  $07,700,  and  the  Buffalo  Pitts  Com¬ 
pany  of  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  creditors  for  $40,- 
000.  The  company  lias  only  $5.99  in  the 
bank,  according  to  the  papers  filed.  The 
rest  of  the  assets  consist  of  unliquidated 
claims,  the  principal  ones  being  two 
counter  claims  of  the  company  against 
the  Buffalo  Pitts  Company,  one  for 
$210, (XX)  and  the  other  for  $197,700,  and 
a  counter  claim  against  Cecil,  Parreti  & 
Cecil  of  Richmond,  Va.,  for  $32,133. — 
Evening  Sun. 
This  is  the  second  failure  of  George  H. 
Scanlan,  he  having  gone  through  bank¬ 
ruptcy  years  ago  when  operating  in  Port¬ 
land,  Me.  Consolidated  Gas  and  Gaso¬ 
line  Engine  Company  was  not  a  manu¬ 
facturer  of  gasoline  engines.  Its  busi¬ 
ness  was  that  of  a  jobber  or  dealer.  The 
concern  also  had  made  a  small  tractor 
which  Mr.  Scanlan  designed  called  “Do¬ 
lt-All.”  This  tractor  did  not  give  satis¬ 
faction  and  we  suspect  that  this  tractor 
was  the  cause  of  the  bankruptcy  pro¬ 
ceedings.  The  R.  N.-Y.  files  holds  a 
bundle  of  complaints  from  purchasers  of 
this  tractor  Little  satisfaction  could  be 
secured  by  the  purchasers.  Mr.  Sean- 
lan’s  attitude  is  always  that  the  tractor 
is  all  right  and  the  customer  all  wrong. 
The  bankruptcy  proceedings  only  shows 
once  more  that  any  business  that  is  not 
based  on  satisfaction  to  its  customers 
cannot  long  endure. 
I  do  not  like  to  be  without  The  Rural 
New-Yorker.  I  receive  a  great  deal  of 
information  from  it.  I  saved  $1,000  by 
writing  to  you  about  the  Rollings  Co. 
Pennsylvania.  T.  b.  e. 
We  have  heard  from  several  subscrib¬ 
ers  who  declined  to  invest  their  savings 
with  R.  L.  Rollings  &  Co.  on  the  strength 
of  The  R.  N.-Y.’s  advice.  If  the  de¬ 
partment  saved  only  one  farmer  from  a 
wildcat  investment  in  the  course  of  a 
year  we  should  consider  Publisher’s 
Desk  Department  had  justified  its  ex¬ 
istence.  That  it  has  actually  saved  a 
million  for.  our  readers  each  year  would 
be  a  conservative  estimate.  It  pays  to 
“investigate  before  you  invest.” 
I  received  full  settlement  from  A.  J. 
Kirstin  Company,  Escanaba,  Mich.,  on  a 
stump-puller  claim,  check  $23.15,  and 
$69.45  on  May  28,  total  $92.60.  My 
claim  is  now  paid,  and  I  thank  you  for 
your  trouble.  J.  P. 
Florida. 
We  publish  the  above  note  in  order  to 
give  A.  J.  Kirstin  Company  credit  for 
having  made  full  and  satisfactory  settle¬ 
ment  with  the  customer.  The  stump- 
puller  v  \>st  by  the  railroad  when  re¬ 
turned  t  .he  purchaser,  and  because  of 
the  machine  having  been  used  for  trial 
the  railroad  company  only  made  75  per 
cent  settlement.  Kirstin  Company  in 
May  made  good  on  the  basis  of  settlement 
made  by  the  railroad,  but  finally  refunded 
the  balance  of  the  purchase  price,  as  pro¬ 
vided  in  the  guarantee  at  time  of  sale. 
I  ordered  a  carload  of  egg  cases  from 
the  Claremont  Egg  Case  Co.,  Bronx, 
N.  Y„  February  28,  and  paid  for  them 
in  advance  with  check  for  $S9  and  so 
far  have  not  received  them  and  have 
been  unable  to  hear  from  them.  I  have 
the  returned  check  which  they  drew 
money  on  March  5.  I  also  have  the  ac¬ 
knowledgment  of  order  and  letter  where 
they  promised  to  make  shipment  but 
have  failed  to  do  so.  w.  H.  B. 
Virginia. 
We  have  had  numerous  complaints 
against  this  company,  and  upon  taking 
up  this  claim  with  M.  Robinson,  the 
proprietor  of  the  company,  we  learned 
from  him  that  he  had  received  one  check, 
but  had  sold  his  interest  in  the  business 
to  Mitchell  Egg  Crate  Co,  They  were 
operating  from  an  apartment,  also  hav¬ 
ing  a  post  office  box  for  their  mail.  After 
two  months  of  effort  we  have  succeeded 
in  having  Mr.  Robinson  make  the  ship¬ 
ment  as  the  bill  of  lading  has  been  re¬ 
ceived  by  the  (subscriber.  This  only 
serves  to  emphasize  the  warning  which 
we  have  many  times  published  against 
sending  orders  and  remittances  to  these 
second-hand  egg-case  dealers. 
I  wish  to  extend  my  appreciation  to 
The  R.  N.-Y.  for  having  satisfactorily 
settled  my  claim  against  the  Colorado 
and  Southern  Railroad  ;  said  claim  hav¬ 
ing  arisen  from  a  railroad  official  mis¬ 
directing  me  at  Cheyenne,  Wyo.,  causing 
me  to  spend  a  great  deal  of  extra  money, 
and  to  journey  250  miles  off  my  route. 
The  amount  of  money  <hey  offered  as 
settlement  was  $60,  which  did  not  ex¬ 
actly  recompense  for  my  anxiety  and  dis¬ 
tress  in  being  so  misinformed,  but  which 
did  cover  the  expense  to  which  I  was 
put.  I  was  very  glad  to  accept  the  check 
and  call  it  square.  I  was  a  reader  of 
The  R.  N.-Y.  while  a  resident  of  old 
York  State,  and  though  we  are  not  farm¬ 
ers,  am  certai'ijy  glad  to  welcome  it  out 
here  in  this  strange  Western  country. 
Its  weekly  advent  is  like  greeting  an  old 
friend  from  “back  home.”  Thank  you 
once  again.  c.  A.  M. 
Wyoming. 
We  were  gratified  to  be  able  to  present 
this  matter  to  the  president  of  the  rail¬ 
road  in  such  a  way  that  he  reversed  the 
decision  of  the  traffic  manager,  who  in¬ 
sisted  there  was  no  liability  on  their  part. 
It  emphasizes  the  point  we  have  tried  to 
make  that  all  agents  and  all  connected 
with  railroads  should  have  accurate  in¬ 
formation  for  travelers  or  get  it  for  then.. 
To  mislead  a  poor  woman  as  was  done  in 
this  case  is  little  short  of  villainous,  but 
we  are  glad  the  president  did  something 
to  right  the  wrong. 
Willi  you  give  me  information  about 
the  Press  Reporting  Syndicate,  St.  Louis, 
Mo.?  Orvin  R.  Coile  is  given  as  manag¬ 
ing  editor.  Their  advertisement  was  in 
the  New  Y'ork  World,  stating  that  they 
gave  information  how  to  write  for  pay. 
Ap  their  information  is  not  free,  I  would 
thank  you  for  any  light  on  the  subject. 
I  have  received  literature  from  them,  and 
they  picture  things  in  a  very  favorable 
light.  MRS.  A.  L. 
New  York. 
These  are  schemes  to  get  an  advance 
fee  from  authors  on  one  pretext  or  an¬ 
other.  The  prospect  held  out  to  the 
author  is  that  after  paying  for  the  in¬ 
structions  of  the  Press  Reporting  Syn¬ 
dicate  a  market  will  be  found  for  the  au¬ 
thor’s  writings.  This  hope  proves  a  de¬ 
lusion  and  a  snare.  The  scheme  preys 
upon  the  credulity  of  authors  and  a  laud¬ 
able  ambition  to  see  their  writings  in 
print.  It  is  in  the  same  class  as  the 
music  publishers’  scheme  so  often  referred 
to. 
Buffalo  Better  Business  Commission 
issued  another  bulletin  during  September 
on  the  subject  of  the  promotions  of  A. 
C.  Bidwell.  The  bulletin  gives  the  fol¬ 
lowing  facts  on  Bidwell’s  record  : 
A.  C.  Bidwell’s  promotion,  the  Angola 
Tire  and  Rubber  Company  and  the  An¬ 
gola  Automobile  Club,  are  said  to  be 
progressing  rapidly.  A  plant  at  North 
Division  Street,  Buffalo,  N.  Y..  is  in  ex¬ 
istence,  but  $200,000  worth  of  stock  is 
being  offered  to  investors  in  order  to 
purchase  raw  materials.  We  understand 
over  $600,000  worth  of  stock  has  already 
been  sold,  besides  some  S.000  member¬ 
ships  in  the  Angola  Automobile  Club. 
Memberships  in  the  Angola  Club  sell 
for  $15  and  entitle  members,  according 
to  its  prospectus,  to  secure  “tires  at  cost 
of  manufacture.”  The  company  is  not 
using  its  plant  at  the  present  time,  Mr. 
Bidwell  informed  a  representative  of 
the  Commission  but  is  purchasing  its 
tires  from  the  Vulcan  Rubber  Company, 
Erie,  Pa. 
Mr.  Bidwell  is  selling  stock  at  par 
which  is  $10  a  share.  Some  of  the  first 
stock  with  par  of  $10,  we  are  told,  sold 
as  high  as  $100  a  share.  This  stock, 
brokers  declare,  can  be  purchased  in  the 
open  market  from  $4.50  to  $5  a  share. 
Bidwell,  in  1917,  was  convicted  of  using 
the  mails  in  a  scheme  to  defraud.  His 
fine  was  $2,000.  He  was  at  the  time 
president  of  the  International  Automo¬ 
bile  League  and  the  International  Auto¬ 
mobile  League  Tire  Company. 
Joe  Hass  tells  about  a  tin  roof  of  a 
Kansas  store  that  was  torn  off  and  rolled 
into  a  compact  bundle  by  a  cyclone. 
Having  a  sense  of  humor,  the  owner 
wrapped  a  few  strands  of  baling  wire 
around  the  ruin  and  shipped  it  to  Henry 
Ford.  In  due  time  came  a  communica¬ 
tion  saying:  “It  will  cost  you  $48.50  to 
have  your  car  repaired.  For  heaven 
sakes.  tell  us  what  hit  you.” — The  Cres¬ 
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CAMP  DIX 
At  Wrightstown,  New  Jersey,  Near  Trenton 
Water  $4 
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Plant 
Six  Light 
SASH 
34"x3  W 
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DOORS 
*  Hardware 
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ROOFING 
Per  Square 
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LAST— BEST— BIGGEST 
Army  Camp  Bargains 
We  bought  three  !  enormous  Army 
Camps  from  the  U.  S:  Government  for  cash. 
Camp  Dix,  Camp  Meade  and  Camp  Grant.  That’s  why  we 
give  you  such  amazing  money-saving  prices  on  lumber 
and  building  materials  now!  If  you  have  any  intention  of 
building  a  house,  barn,  shed  or  other  building  this  year  or 
even  next  year.  Buy  Now! 
During  this  Gigantic  Sale  our  prices  are 
the  lowest  since  the  war.  We  say  above  that  you 
save  $150  to  $350  on  every  carload,  but  this  is  conservative. 
Hundreds  of  keen  buyers  have  already  found  that  we  do 
save  them  more.  Even  if  you  cannot  use  a  whole  carload 
we  save  you  just  as  much  in  proportion. 
Wallboard 
Per  Square 
60c  ip" 
Build  Now!  Material  Prices  Smashed! 
Just  think  of  three  enormous  Army  Camps  each  with  over  1000 
buildings  containing  75,000,000  feet  of  lumber  of  all  kinds,  such  as  Dimension,  Timbers, 
Flooring,  Sheathing,  Dropsiding,  Boards,  Battens,  Beaded  Ceiling,  etc,,  all  offered  during! 
this  Gigantic  Sale  at  prices  ranging  up  from  $16  PER  THOUSAND.  You  can  even  buy  a| 
complete  house  or  stable  as  it  stands  and  we  will  load  it  on  cars  for  you.  1 
In  addition  there  are  over  200,000  high  grade  sash,  doors  and  windows,  100,000  rolls 
of  roofing,  60,000  squaresof  wallboard.  Miles  of  galvanized  and  black  pipe,  Electric  wire. 
Cattle  Troughs,  Ventilators,  Soil  Pipe,  and  other 
materials  too  numerous  to  mention. 
Mail  Coupon  Todays 
for  Free  Bargain  Catalog! 
Just  mail  this  coupon  to  get  our  Free 
Bargain  Catalog  which  gives  prices  and  actual 
photographs  of  everything  at  these  [camps.  In¬ 
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repairs. 
FREIGHT  PAID  PRICES 
GIVEN  FREE! 
To  save  time  send  us  a  list  of  your 
lumber  and  material  needs  when  you  mail  the 
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Brown’ 
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Jacket 
SOLUTION  OF  THE  MYSTERY 
THAT  HAS  COST  FARMERS 
MILLIONS  OF  DOLLARS 
A  cedar  post  outlasts  a  pine, so  I 
two  rolls  of  wire  fence  may  I 
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It  gives  the  wear  and  the  warmth 
that  the  outdoor  worker  wants. 
Made  with  wool  4ieece  lining  and 
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We  Pay  the  Freight.  Write  for  Free 
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