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November  3,  1923 
The  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
PUBLISHER’S  DESK 
“Organized  *Co-operation”  is  a  mighty 
readable  little  book,  which  ought  to  be 
in  the  hands  of  the  organizers  and  officers 
of  all  farmers’  associations,  owing  to  the 
simple  but  effective  way  it  explains  the 
difference  between  true  and  false  co-oper¬ 
ation.  R.  INGALLS. 
New  York. 
This  is  a  real  compliment.  Mr.  Ingalls 
has  made  a  personal  study  of  co-opera¬ 
tion  in  Europe  and  has  written  freely  on 
the  subject.  Ambassador  Ilerrick  relied 
on  his  information  for  much  of  the  detail 
in  his  well-known  book  on  co-operation. 
Mr.  Ingalls  is  an  authority  in  co-opera¬ 
tive  principles,  and  his  endorsement  of 
“Organized  Co-operation”  is  worth  while. 
In  the  August  4  issue  of  The  It.  N.-Y., 
we  published  the  complaint  of  a  sub¬ 
scriber  who  purchased  burners  from  the 
agent  of  the  Oliver  Oil-Gas  Burner  Co. 
of  'St.  Louis.  The  burners  did  not  prove 
satisfactory,  and  the  subscriber  could  up 
to  that  time  get  no  satisfaction '  from 
either  the  agent,  who  sold  the  burners, 
or  from  the  Oliver  Co.  We  now  have  a 
report  from  the  subscriber  in  question 
saying  that  the  company  has  finally  ac¬ 
cepted  the  return  of  the  burners  and  re¬ 
funded  the  purchase  price,  and  we  there¬ 
fore  give  the  concern  credit  for  having 
made  the  belated  adjustment  on  the 
transaction. 
I  saw  an  advertisement  in  Grit  for  tires 
at  $3  apiece ;  send  $1  down  with  each  or¬ 
der,  balance  c.  o.  d.  I  sent  for  two  tires 
and  sent  $2  money  order.  About  four 
days  after  I  received  a  card  saying  they 
had  received  my  order,  and  in  about  six 
days  I  received  a  letter  with  a  written 
guarantee,  saying  the  tires  had  been 
shipped  and  I  would  receive  them  in  a 
few  days.  I  have  waited  two  weeks  and 
three  days  since  then,  and  no  tires.  They 
ran  the  advertisement  in  Grit  for  four 
weeks,  then  took  it  out.  Some  neighbors 
of  mine  sent  for  four  tires;  different 
company,  but  in  the  same  city  where  I 
sent  for  mine,  and  they  never  came ; 
neither  did  they  receive  their  money  back. 
Are  they  all  fakes?  I  thought  maybe  it 
was  all  the  same  company,  only  adver¬ 
tising  under  different  names,  to  swindle 
the  people.  I  am  sending  you  last  week’s 
advertisement ;  it  says  there  only  $1  down 
with  each  order.  It  is  not  in  this  week’s 
Grit,  but  there  is  a  new  one  with  about 
the  same  advertisement,  only  the  Capital 
Tire  Company.  E.  L. 
Pennsylvania. 
This  subscriber  has  not  profited  by  the 
advice  so  many  times  given  in  Publisher’s 
Desk  department  with  regard  to  “gyp” 
tire  concerns.  The  advertisements  in¬ 
closed  are  frauds  on  the  face.  The  dis¬ 
play  heading  of  one  reads:  “New  30x314 
cord,  $2.00,”  with  the  word  “values”  un¬ 
der  the  “new”  in  much  smaller  type. 
Only  those  familiar  with  the  tricks  of 
fake  advertisers  could  discover  from  the 
display  heading  that  the  tires  are  old 
ones.  The  fraud  in  these  advertisements 
is  evident,  but  as  it  is  explained  in  small 
type  in  the  body  of  the  advertisement  that 
the  tires  are  slightly  used,  the  “gyps” 
have  not  left  themselves  liable  to  criminal 
prosecution.  The  people  taking  such  bait 
are  perhaps  better  off  not  to  receive  the 
tires  ordered,  as  we  should  expect  old 
tires  sold  by  such  deceptions  to  be  more 
of  an  annoyance  than  they  are  worth. 
Such  annoyance  and  loss  is  the  penalty 
paid  for  reading  publications  supporting 
fake  advertising  for  a  share  of  the  spoils. 
Could  you  give  me  any  information 
concerning  American  Drug  Stores,  Inc., 
Richard  L.  Lester  their  fiscal  agent,  of 
Philadelphia,  Pa.  He  is  now  canvassing 
our  community  to  get  the  people  to  take 
shares  in  a  chain  store  in  our  home  town. 
Please  let  me  know  if  they  are  reliable. 
Maryland.  J.  w.  s. 
It  is  our  understanding  that  the  Ameri¬ 
can  Drug  Stores  have  now  taken  over  the 
Miller-Strong  Corp.  of  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 
through  which  a  large  number  of  New 
York  State  people  were  swindled  out  of 
their  money.  Putting  money  into  an 
enterprise  of  this  kind  is  very  inadvis¬ 
able,  and  we  unhesitatingly  advise  our 
Maryland  readers  or  readers  in  other 
sections  where  the  agents  of  this  enter¬ 
prise  are  selling  stock,  not  to  part  with 
a  penny  for  this  stock. 
What  do  you  think  of  the  New  York 
State  Farm  Sales  Co.,  Utica.  N.  Y .?  They 
had  an  advertisement  in  one  of  the  Bing¬ 
hamton  papers  and  I  answered  it.  as  I 
would  like  to  sell  my  farm.  They  sent 
a  representative  here ;  he  at  first  said 
there  was  no  contract  to  be  signed,  then 
he  said  they  charge  1  per  cent  for  listing 
farm,  $25.  I  was  to  pay  him  cash  and  $5 
a  month  till  I  paid  him  £55,  which 
was  1  per  cent  and  that  was  all  I  was 
to  pay ;  the  buyer  pays  the  rest,  9  per 
cent.  He  promised  to  sell  the  farm  in 
IS  months;  if  not  sold  in  18  months  I 
would  get  my  money  back.  Then  he  said 
I  was  to  sign  a  paper  and  I  told  him  it 
was  the  contract,  and  he  said  it  could 
be  withdrawn  any  time.  He  got  one  of 
my  neighbors  to  list  his  farm  in  that 
way.  It  sounds  too  much  like  sucker 
bait  to  me.  p.  a.  w. 
New  York. 
This  nefarious  scheme  has  been  re¬ 
ferred  to  several  times  in  this  depart¬ 
ment.  New  York  State  Farm  Sales  Co. 
has  taken  up  this  plan  to  mulct  farm 
owners  on  an  advanced  fee  where  D.  B. 
Cornell  left  off.  The  farmers  who  get 
bitten  cannot  blame  The  R.  N.-Y.  for 
getting  caught.  This  is  our  fourth  warn¬ 
ing  on  this  particular  scheme  and  ire 
hare  many  times  cautioned  against  pay¬ 
ing  advance  fee  for  the  sale  of  a  farm 
on  any  pretext  or  under  any  circum¬ 
stances. 
I  received  the  check  for  $598.22  in  full 
payment  for  my  fruit.  Whatever  charge 
there  is  for  collecting  this,  kindly  send 
me  your  bill  and  I  shall  be  glad  to  send 
you  a  check  for  collecting,  by  return 
mail.  Without  your  aid  I  would  not 
have  been  able  to  collect  it.  t.  c. 
New  York. 
This  bill  covered  a  shipment  of  fruit 
to  a  New  York  house,  payment  for  which 
was  delayed  nearly  a  year  with  no  very 
good  excuse  for  the  delay.  It  took  us 
three  months  to  get  the  settlement,  and 
besides  losing  interest  on  his  money  the 
shipper  had  the  unfortunate  experience. 
We  make  no  charge  for  our  service,  as 
we  are  always  ready  and  willing  to  do 
what  we  can  to  bring  about  an  adjust¬ 
ment  of  a  dispute  of  payment  of  an  ac¬ 
count.  We  may  not  always  succeed  as 
well  as  we  did  in  this  case,  but  our  fail¬ 
ure  will  not  be  for  want  of  just  as  stren¬ 
uous  an  effort.  Semper  paratus  (always 
ready)  is  the  motto  of  Publisher’s  Desk. 
On  March  7,  1923,  I  inclosed  a  check 
for  $15.50  to  the  Montague  Company, 
Inc.,  Newark,  N.  ,T.,  for  a  pair  of  high 
power  aviation  glasses.  I  saw  their  ad. 
in  the  American  Fruit  Grower ,  February 
number.  I  promptly  received  a  card 
from  the  Montague  Company,  Inc.,  ac¬ 
knowledging  the  receipt  of  my  order. 
They  stated  there  would  be  a  delay,  but 
would  ship  same  very  shortly.  I  waited 
till  April  10  and  then  wrote  them.  The 
inclosed  letter  gives  their  reply.  I  waited 
three  months  more,  which  was  July  10, 
and  then  I  wrote  them  that  I  would  be 
pleased  to  have  them  fill  the  order,  and  if 
there  was  no  possibility  or  probability  of 
their  doing  so.  to  refund  the  amount  of 
m.v  check,  which  is  $15.50. 
Receiving  no  reply  to  this  letter,  I 
wrote  them  again  August  1,  inclosing  a 
copy  of  the  letter  of  July  10,  and  a  self- 
addressed  envelope,  stamped,  and  request¬ 
ed  a  reply  to  the  letter  of  July  10,  but  yet 
no  reply.  My  name  and  address  were  on 
the  envelopes,  so  I  believe  they  would 
have  been  returned  if  not  delivered.  It 
now  begins  to  look  somewhat  “shady”  to 
me  and  that  the  ad.  was  inserted  in  the 
American  Fruit  Grower  to  catch  one  un¬ 
suspecting,  to  get  a  little  “easy  money.” 
I  shall  be  pleased  if  you  can  have  them 
fill  this  order  or  refund  the  amount  I 
sent  them,  which  was  $15.50.  E.  r.  s. 
Virginia. 
Montague  &  Co.  have  hade  repeated  ex¬ 
planations  of  the  delay  and  promises  to 
make  shipment  shortly ;  but  the  firm  re¬ 
fuses  to  honor  the  request  of  the  cus¬ 
tomer  for  a  refund  of  the  money.  Taking 
seven  months  to  fill  a  simple  order  of  this 
kind  doesn’t  speak  very  well  for  the  con¬ 
cern,  even  giving  it  credit  for  the  best  of 
intentions. 
An  agent  selling  stock  of  Central  Cop¬ 
per  Co.  of  Arizona,  with  New  York  office 
at  71  Broadway,  New’  York  City,  called 
on  me  to  buy  some.  Nothing  doing,  but 
he  showed  a  large  number  of  my  friends 
had  bought  from  $100  to  $1,000  worth. 
I  would  be  pleased  to  receive  any  infor¬ 
mation  you  could  give.  n.  l.  p. 
Massachusetts. 
Central  Copper  Company  has  not  yet 
reached  the  production  stage,  while  the 
stock  selling  campaign  has  been  in  prog¬ 
ress  for  a  couple  of  years  or  more.  The 
original  plan  was  not  to  sell  more  than 
$100  of  stock  to  any  one  person,  but  the 
above  report  indicates  that  the  limit  has 
been  raised.  The  copper  market  seems 
to  be  oversupplied  of  recent  years,  and 
whether  this  oomp.fny  will  ever  produce 
copper  from  its  properties  on  a  profitable 
basis  only  the  future  can  answrer.  Any¬ 
one  putting  money  into  such  undeveloped 
projects  should  realize  that  they  are  tak¬ 
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