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The  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
November  17,  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, 
I  have  a  bill  of  $19.89  against  R.  E. 
Iledden,  62  Harrison  St.,  East  Orange, 
N.  J.,  for  eggs.  Will  you  try  to  collect 
same?  J.  A.  T. 
New  York. 
We  could  not  collect  this  account.  Mr. 
Iledden  found  it  more  convenient  to  de¬ 
part  without  leaving  bis  address  than  to 
pay  a  just  bill. 
Phillipsburg,  N.  J.,  Oct.  25. — To  be 
swindled  out  of  $450  for  a  fake  eye  op¬ 
eration  is  the  lot  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Garrett 
Vanhorn,  farmer  folk  of  Pope,  N.  J. 
Two  men  came  to  the  Vanhorn  home 
yesterday  afternoon  in  a  closed  car  and 
said  they  were  eye  specialists  and  had 
“dropped  in”  after  having  “performed  a 
successful  eye  operation  on  a  wealthy 
Easton  woman,”  saying  they  were  asso¬ 
ciated  with  a  physician  from  Belvidere, 
nearby. 
The  strangers,  who  gave  their  names  as 
Dr.  Beil  of  New  York,  and  Dr.  Baker  of 
Easton,  Pa.,  told  Mrs.  Vanhorn  that  un¬ 
less  she  had  an  operation  on  her  eyes  at 
once  she  would  have  a  stroke  of  apoplexy 
at  any  time.  Their  “operation”  consist¬ 
ed  of  “dopes”  and  “radium”  in  the  eyes, 
and  after  it  had  been  performed  they  ob¬ 
tained  a  check  from  Mr.  Vanhorn  for 
$450. 
This  morning  the  victim  of  the 
ers  learned  he  had  been  swindled  and  no¬ 
tified  Prosecutor  S.  C.  Smith,  Jr.  The 
State  police  are  hunting  for  the  crooks. 
Mrs.  Vanhorn’s  eyes  were  not  injured. 
The  above  newspaper  report  shows  that 
the  fake  eye  doctor  is  becoming  numerous, 
and  it  behooves  country  people  to  be  on 
their  guard  against  such  tricksters  and 
swindlers.  The  game  invariably  is  to 
frighten  the  individual  by  making  him  or 
her  believe  that  unless  immediate  opera¬ 
tion  is  performed  the  loss  of  sight  or 
some  other  dire  calamity  will  result.  We 
hope  the  next  prospective  victim  will 
have  the  swindlers  jailed. 
Albany,  Oct.  10. — The  Angola  Tire  and 
Rubber  Company  of  Buffalo  and  its  sub¬ 
sidiaries  have  agreed  by  corporate  stipu¬ 
lation  to  cease  selling  stock  and  member¬ 
ships  as  the  result  of  investigation  and 
action  of  the  Attorney  General’s  depart¬ 
ment,  Attorney  General  Sherman  an¬ 
nounced  today. 
Investigation,  the  announcement  said, 
disclosed  that  the  company,  incorporated 
in  1917  with  a  capital  of  $1,000,000  to 
manufacture  automobile  tires  and  acces¬ 
sories,  never  has  manufactured  either, 
but  to  December  31  of  last  year  has  sold 
$746,530  worth  of  stock. 
Alfred  C.  Bidwell  of  Buffalo,  directing 
force  of  the  company,  it  was  charged,  re¬ 
ceived  $43.50  out  of  every  $100  in  stock 
sales.  He  is  alleged  to  have  maintained 
two  automobiles,  with  liveried  chauf¬ 
feur.  the  upkeep  being  paid  by  the  Angola 
Tire  and  Rubber  Company. — Daily  paper. 
This  is  the  way  these  stock  selling 
schemes  go.  The  Attorney  General  is  do¬ 
ing  vigilant  work,  but  in  the  meantime 
Bidwell  has  gotten  possession  of  nearly 
three-quarters  of  a  million  dollars  of 
other  people’s  money. 
I  am  sending  you  some  papers.  I  sent 
Brown  &  Lester,  134  Ridge  St.,  New 
York,  three  crates  of  eggs  after  receiving 
their  circular  letter.  I  guess  I  am  a 
“softhead.”  I  wrote  them  and  the  letter 
was  returned.  What  can  you  do? 
New  York.  z.  w. 
All  we  could  do  was  to  give  the  infor¬ 
mation  to  the  Post  Office  Department  for 
investigation.  Brown  &  Lester  closed  up 
their  place  of  business  and  thus  far  can¬ 
not  be  located.  They  followed  the  usual 
custom  of  such  houses  in  acknowledging 
receipt  of  first  shipments,  and  in  one  case 
asked  if  58  cents  a  dozen  would  be  sat¬ 
isfactory  for  the  eggs,  and  while  shipper 
had  expected  60  cents,  he  agreed  to  take 
5S  cents.  What  he  reoeived,  however, 
was  his  letter  returned  undelivered. 
Some  of  our  people  tell  us  they  know 
they  should  “look  up”  the  houses  to  whom 
they  ship,  but  they  like  to  think  all  the 
world  honest.  It  would  be  comforting  if 
this  belief  could  be  indulged  in.  but  at 
times  they  pay  high  for  the  experience. 
There  is  so  much  of  this  unscrupulous 
work  going  on  it  is  timely  to  repeat  the 
usual  warning  to  look  up  references.  The 
situation  is  so  prevalent  in  Florida  that 
the  Commissioner  of  the  Florida  State 
Marketing  Bureau  has  issued  a  warning 
regarding  ‘^fly-by-night”  solicitors,  many 
of  whom  “make  Florida  a  camping 
ground  for  crooked  operators.”  He  urges 
shippers  to  be  on  their  guard  for  irre¬ 
sponsible  dealers,  representatives  of 
shady  commission  houses,  and  crooks,  and 
to  beware  of  stuffed  market  quotations, 
or  offerings  from  houses  without  financial 
or  commercial  ability.  “Make  the  oily- 
tongued  solicitor  produce  evidence  of  his 
honesty — remember  the  reputable  house 
invites  and  welcomes  investigation.”  This 
is  good  advice  for  Northern  shippers,  as 
well  as  our  Southern  friends,  and  is 
worth  heeding. 
Received  your  letter  of  Oct.  17,  with 
the  inclosed  clipping  with  your  stated 
views  of  the  Corn  Belt  Fruit  and  For¬ 
estry  Association,  Bloomington,  Ill.  Sorry 
I  had  not  received  the  information  be¬ 
fore  I  fell  a  prey  to  such  a  scheme.  My 
purchases  from  these  people  consisted  of 
two  sweet  cherry  trees,  a  wonder  variety  ; 
200  everbearing  strawberry  plants,  de¬ 
scribed  to  me  just  the  same  as  descrip¬ 
tion  given  on  the  clipping;  and  25  as¬ 
paragus  roots,  totalling  $31.50.  The 
cherry  trees  have  proven  to  be  sour  ones ; 
the  strawberries  are  worthless  and  the 
asparagus  never  did  grow.  This  is  how 
my  purchases  from  these  people  turned 
out.  I  have  written  them  several  letters 
hoping  that  I  could  get  an  adjustment, 
but  have  failed  to  get  a  single  reply. 
Ohio.  L-  a.  c. 
The  Corn  Belt  Fruit  and  Forestry 
Association  is  financially  responsible  and 
no  doubt  L.  A.  C.  could  secure  redress 
by  legal  process.  The  trouble  is  that 
the  cost  of  doing  so  would  probably 
amount  to  several  times  the  $31.50. 
The  tangled  affairs  of  the  Rogers  Milk 
Corporation  and  the  Rogers  Milk  Prod¬ 
ucts  Company  were,  in  a  measure,  aired 
yesterday  in  the  Federal  courts,  first 
before  Judge  Hand  and  then  before  Judge 
Winslow,  there  being  at  times,  from  the 
benches  occupied  by  stockholders  in  one 
of  the  concerns,  cries  of  “Hang  him !” 
meant  for  Frank  Rogers,  and  other  out¬ 
bursts  indicating  rage  on  the  part  of  in¬ 
vestors  who  lost  up  to  $1,500,000.  Their 
complaints  eventually  may  reach  the  Dis¬ 
trict  Attorney’s  office. 
The  receivers,  through  Irving  L.  Ernst, 
yesterday  asked  permission  to  sell  three 
of  the  plants.  Argument  on  the  motion 
to  sell  one  plant  for  $50,000  to  Leon  Mil¬ 
ler  was  heard  by  Judge  Winslow,  who,  at 
the  suggestion  of  the  irate  stockholders, 
put  the  matter  over  until  Dec.  10.  Where¬ 
upon  Miller  withdrew  his  offer. — City 
paper. 
The  above  record  is  another  justifica¬ 
tion  of  Publisher’s  Desk  in  its  repeated 
warning  against  the  Rogers  paper  invest¬ 
ments.  The  Rogers  concerns  went 
through  several  reorganizations,  and  milk 
producers  in  New  York  State  sent  us 
milk  bills  for  collection.  Finally  they 
launched  into  the  sale  of  stock  to  the 
public,  and  now.  like  all  promotions  of 
the  kind,  the  courts  are  called  upon  to 
unscramble  the  mess.  We  hope  our 
friends  took  our  advice  to  leave  the  stock 
alone.  We  believe  they  did.  It  is  bad 
enough  to  have  the  milk  bills  without  ad¬ 
vancing  money  besides. 
It  may  be  of  interest  to  you  to  know 
that  my  father  acted  as  agent  for  The 
R.N.-Y.  for  many  years,  taking  subscrip¬ 
tions  in  the  town  of ,  Centerville,  Alle¬ 
gany  Co.,  N.  Y.  At  that  time  the  paper 
was  published  in  Rochester,  N.  Y..  prob¬ 
ably  50  years  ago.  I  have  now  a  solid 
gold  pen  and  a  Waltham  watch,  silver, 
hunting  case,  both  in  good  order,  that  he 
received  as  rewards  for  sending  in  sub¬ 
scriptions.  We  did  not  see  the  paper 
much  for  some  years,  but  it  comes  regu¬ 
larly  now.  and  we  intend  to  keep  it  com¬ 
ing.  L.  c.  w. 
New  York. 
It  is  a  coincidence  that  at  the  time  this 
letter  was  received,  the  treasurer  of  a 
large  and  prominent  manufacturing  com¬ 
pany  in  Central  New  York  told  us  he  yet 
owned  a  watch  that  his  father  earned 
soliciting  subscriptions  for  The  R.  N.-Y. 
and  gave  to  him  as  a  present  on  his  fif¬ 
teenth  birthday.  Whether  the  boys  stay 
on  the  farm  or  pursue  fortune  in  the 
city  they  carry  these  tokens  of  sentiment 
with  them.  Fifty  years  ago  subscriptions 
to  farm  papers  came  largely  through 
neighborhood  clubs,  and  a  reward  was 
given  the  club-raiser  for  his  part  of  the 
work.  The  system  has  changed  since, 
but  the  class  traditions  of  The  R.  N.-Y. 
have  always  been  right.  Even  50  years 
ago  there  was  no  cheap  junk  worked  off 
in  exchange  for  service.  Solid  gold  and 
standard  grades  were  the  awards.  We 
recall  these  traditions  with  satisfaction 
and  maintain  them  with  pride. 
CAMP  DIX 
At  Wrightstown,  New  Jersey,  Near  Trenton 
Water 
Closets 
Warm  Air  $ 
Furnace 
Heating  $j 
Plant 
Six  Light 
SASH 
S4"x  3414" 
95c 
DOORS 
&  Hardware 
2'6"x6'  8" 
$*95 
^£ach 
ROOFING 
Per  Square 
89c 
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,  ham,  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. 
Wall  board 
Per  Square 
60cr/ 
Radiators 
Per  Sq.  Foot 
27c 
PIPE 
Va,”  Per  Foot 
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  i 
this  Gigantic  Sale  at  prices  ranging  up  from  $16  PER  THOUSAND.  You  can  even  buys] 
complete  house  or  stable  as  it  stands  and  we  will  load  it  on  cars  for  you. 
In  addition  there  are  over  200,000  high  grade  sash,  doors  and  windows,  100,000  roll* 
of  roofing,  60,000  squares  of  wallboard.  Miles  of  galvanized  and  black  pipe.  Electric  wire. 
Cattle  Troughs.  Ventilator*,  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¬ 
tensely  interesting  to  everyone  who  builds  and 
repairs. 
FREIGHT  PAID  PRICES 
GIVEN  FREE! 
To  save  time  send  us  a  list  of  your 
lumber  and  material  needs  when  you  mail  the 
coupon.  Our  expert  estimators  will  then  send  you 
free  with  the  Catalog  a  Complete  Freight  Paid 
Price  on  your  requirements, _ 
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Freight  Prepaid  prices  on  the  lumber 
and  material  list  which  I  enclose. 
1  Name. 
_  Address _ 
Dept. 
WRIGHTSTOWN,  NEW  JERSEY 
Before  you  buy  send  for  prices  and 
literature  on  Unadilla  W ater  Storage 
or  Cooling  Tanks,  Tubs  or  Vats  in 
Spruce,  White  Pine,  Oregon  Fir  or 
Cypress. 
Strongly  built  of  best  stock,  cor¬ 
rectly  beveled,  bound  with  steel, 
adjustable  hoops  or  bars.  Made  in 
round  Water  Tubs,  Oblong  Cooling 
Vats  and  Upright  Storage  Tanks. 
UNADILLA  SILO  CO. 
Box  N  Unadilla,  N.  Y. 
Write  today  for  my 
NEW  Bargain  Catalog  of 
Fence,  Gates,  Steel  Poets.  Roofing  and 
Paint,  Low  Factory  Prices  and 
I  Pay  the  Freight 
SB  Book  Bavea  you  a  lot  of  money.  Prices  rock  bot¬ 
tom,  Quality  &  satisfaction  Ruaranteed.  Write, 
BROWN  FENCE  &  WIRE  CO. Dept,4302Cleveland,O. 
‘The  Truth  About  Wire  Fence” 
Write  for  a  copy  today. 
BOND  STEEL  POST  CO., 
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  [ 
look  alike,  and  cost  the  same,  I 
yet  one  will  last  twice  as  loner  I 
as  the  other.  Our  circular  I 
solves  the  puzzle  and  shows  I 
you  how  to  save  that  100  per  I 
cent.  You  can  know  what  you  I 
are  baying  just  as  surely  as  I 
you  can  tell  Oak  from  Poplar. 
38  East  Maumee  St,  ADRIAN.  MICH. 
KITSELMAN  FENCE 
“I  Saved  26&o  a  Rod,”  says  J.  E. 
Londry,  Weedsport,  N.  Y.  You  also  save. 
We  Pay  the  Freight.  Write  for  Free 
Catalog  of  Farm,  Poultry,  Lawn  Fence. 
KITSELMAN  BROS.  Dept. 230 MUNCIE,  IND. 
TOWER'S  FISH  BRAND 
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Patented, Features  make 
//ir  Big  DifFe  rence 
EVERYWHERE  '  TOWERS^/ 
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K.  BOSTON 
