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The  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
December  8,  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. 
Dr.  Frederick  A.  Cook  was  sentenced 
on  Nov.  21  to  14  years  and  nine  months 
in  prison,  and  to  pay  a  fine  of  $12,000, 
in  connection  with  the  fraudulent  promo¬ 
tion  of  the  Petroleum  Producers’  Asso¬ 
ciation,  Fort  Worth,  Tex.  Also,  the 
notorious  swindler,  S.  E.  J.  Cox,  was 
sentenced  to  eight  years  and  $8,000  fine, 
and  a  dozen  associates  to  a  lesser  term. 
This  get-rich-quick  oil  promotion  was  de¬ 
nounced  in  Publisher’s  Desk  department 
long  before  the  government  took  action 
against  the  oil  pirates.  In  sentencing  Dr. 
Cook,  Judge  Killitts  is  quoted  as  having 
made  the  following  arraignment  of  Cook  : 
“You  have  at  last  reached  the  point,” 
said  the  judge,  “where  your  hypnotic  per¬ 
sonality  that  duped  thousands  and  made 
young  men  work  for  you  will  avail  you 
nothing.  This  deal  is  so  damnably 
crooked  that  the  lawyers  who  defended 
you  must  have  had  to  hold  handkerchiefs 
to  their  noses.  You’re  too  dangerous  to 
run  at  large.  Undoubtedly  you  have  got 
much  ill-gotten  wealth  hidden — money  be¬ 
longing  to  the  poor  people  of  the  United 
States.  Oh,  God,  Cook,  haven’t  you  any 
decency?  Are  you  haunted  at  nights? 
Can  you  sleep?  But  I’m  foolish  to  talk. 
What  I  say  doesn’t  sting  you,”  the  judge 
added  as  he  ended  his  denunciation  and 
pronounced  sentence. 
Let  us  hope  that  the  public  is  rid  of 
the  fake  promotion  of  these  two  arch 
pirates,  during  the  period  of  their  sen¬ 
tences,  at  any  rate. 
This  week  there  was  an  agent  through 
this  neighborhood  taking  orders  for  the 
Chicago  Portrait  Company,  509  S.  Wa¬ 
bash  Ave.,  Chicago,  Ill.,  to  enlarge  photo¬ 
graphs  to  be  delivered  about  Dec.'  10, 
1923,  at  $4.95  each.  Are  they  a  good,  re¬ 
liable  company,  or  not?  MRS.  H.  c.  t. 
The  fake  schemes  employed  by  the 
agents  of  the  Chicago  Portrait  Company 
have  been  exposed  in  these  columns  nu¬ 
merous  times.  The  Federal  Trade  Com¬ 
mission  ordered  the  concern  to  discon¬ 
tinue  the  “lucky  envelope  scheme,”  by 
which  so  many  people  were  duped  into 
signing  an  order.  The  R.  N.-Y.  has 
many  times  advised  its  readers  to  beware 
of  all  portrait  agents.  If  there  be  any 
that  secure  orders  in  a  fair  and  legiti¬ 
mate  way  we  have  not  heard  of  it. 
Can  you  give  me  any  information  in 
Publisher’s  Desk  about  the  Associated 
Flour  Mills,  headquarters  at  Owego,  N. 
Y.?  They  are  a  chain  of  mills  under  one 
management,  and  they  have  taken  over  a 
mill  here  and  are  around  selling  stock. 
They  want  you  to  go  to  the  bank  here  and 
investigate  them  before  investing.  I  think 
some  people  had  enough  of  the  “Steele 
Stores”  not  to  chance  any  more  chain 
wildcat  schemes.  e.  a.  h. 
New  York. 
We  learn  that  the  Associated  Flour 
Mills  was  recently  formed  to  purchase  a 
chain  of  flour  mills  in  the  States  of  New 
York,  Pennsylvania  and  Maryland,  on  the 
theory  that  they  could  be  operated  and 
managed  more  economically  than  by  indi¬ 
vidual  ownership.  This  may  or  may  not 
be  true,  but  at  any  rate  we  would  not  ad¬ 
vise  you  to  invest  any  money  in  the  en¬ 
terprise  until  it  has  demonstrated  its 
ability  to  make  good.  The  chain  store 
idea,  as  the  subscriber  suggests,  got  some¬ 
what  of  a  black  eye  through  the  Steele 
and  Piggly  Wiggly  promotions,  but  this 
was  due  to  the  fact  that  fake  promoters 
grasped  the  chain  store  idea  as  a  means 
of  fleecing  the  public.  This  is  no  reflec¬ 
tion  on  chain  store  enterprises  as  a 
whole.  But  promoters  of  such  enter¬ 
prises  should  be  allowed  to  finance  their 
own  hazards  ;  farmers  should  not  consider 
risking  their  savings  in  such  undertak¬ 
ings. 
I  saw  the  inclosed  advertisement  of 
American  Music'  Company,  1658  Broad¬ 
way,  New  York  City,  in  a  local  paper 
and  answered  it.  I  am  inclosing  the 
answer  which  I  received.  Will  you  tell 
me  what  ypu  think  about  it?  If  you 
think  it  is*  all  right,  please  return  their 
letter.  MRS.  W.  A.  s. 
New  York. 
It  is  regrettable  that  so  many  local 
papers  either  have  no  regard  as  to  the 
character  of  the  advertising  they  print — 
otherwise  are  unable  to  differentiate  be¬ 
tween  honest  and  fraudulent  advertising. 
We  have  twice  exposed  the  fake  scheme 
of  American  Music  Company,  The  ad¬ 
vertisement  and  circular  letter  is  a  clever 
deception,  which  can  only  be  discovered 
by  careful  reading  with  the  mind  intent 
on  discovering  the  fraud.  The  applicant 
for  work  is  first  asked  to  send  10  cent9 
for  information,  and  then  $2  for  an  out¬ 
fit.  The  work  is  represented  as  address¬ 
ing  and  mailing  circulars  and  music.  For 
each  copy  of  music  addressed  the  party 
is  allowed  10  cents.  The  “joker”  is  that 
the  person  must  sell  the  music  before  be¬ 
ing  entitled  to  any  reward.  It  is  an  in¬ 
tentional  and  deliberate  fraud,  but  the 
perpetrators  are  no  doubt  smart  enough 
not  to  leave  themselves  liable  to  criminal 
prosecution. 
I  just  wanted  to  advise  you,  so  that 
you  could  warn  your  readers,  not  to  sell 
anything  to  a  W.  L.  Stevenson,  of  Moers, 
N.  Y.,  or  any  other  address.  During  last 
Winter  I  sent  him  two  shipments  of 
honey  amounting  to  $40,  and  could  not 
cellect  any  money  from  him.  A  lawyer 
in  Albany  advises  me  that  he  has  nothing 
to  collect  from.  Mr.  Wilcox,  a  friend  of 
mine,  who  sells  honey,  too,  could  also  ad¬ 
vise  you  that  he  lost  a  small  account. 
b.  f.  w. 
We  publish  this  warning  as  requested, 
as  the  account  is  absolutely  worthless. 
Our  attorney  remarks:  “It  is  beyond 
comprehension  to  us  how  he  (Stevenson) 
can  trim  so  many  people,  when  the  most 
casual  inquiry  on  their  part  before  ex¬ 
tending  the  line  of  credit,  would  have 
readily  disclosed  his  actual  condition.” 
There  are  many  judgments  against  him 
that  cannot  be  satisfied  and  new  claims 
coming  to  the  attorneys  continually.  This 
is  a  confirmation  of  our  advice  to  look 
up  the  responsibility  before  transactions, 
not  after. 
As  a  subscriber  to  your  valuable  paper 
I  write  you  in  regard  to  a  pair  of  horses 
killed  on  September  4,  1920,  by  the  Le¬ 
high  Valley  train  whose  track  runs 
through  my  farm.  They  did  not  have 
a  proper  fastener  on  the  gate.  I  put  in 
a  claim  of  $150  damage.  They  claim 
they  were  not  responsible.  The  section 
men  made  a  loop  of  wire  and  drove  a 
railroad  spike  in  the  gate  post  and 
hooked  the  loop  over  the  spike.  A  pres¬ 
sure  would  unhook  it.  I  had  complained 
to  the  boss  of  the  section  and  got  only 
promises.  Is  there  any  way  of  getting 
something  from  them?  A.  J.  P. 
New  York. 
We  have  been  unable  to  make  a  collec¬ 
tion  of  this  damage.  The  railroad  claims 
that  the  type  of  the  fastener  used  on  the 
gate  was  the  kind  that  is  in  general  use 
for  right-of-way  gates  and  is  consid¬ 
ered  satisfactory.  They  insist  it  was  in 
good  order  after  the  horses  got  through 
the  gate.  The  subscriber  claims  that  the 
drop  catch  was  broken  and  the  company 
had  promised  to  repair  it,  but  had  not 
done  so.  Since  the  railroad  refuses  to 
recognize  its  responsibility,  the  only 
means  left  the  farmer  is  to  bring  suit  for 
the  value  of  the  horses.  If  the  farmer 
is  in  a  position  to  prove  his  contentions, 
he  would  probably  recover  damages.  The 
railroad,  however,  could  and  probably 
would  make  litigation  expensive  by  ap¬ 
peals  to  higher  courts.  The  farmer’s  re¬ 
luctance  to  go  to  court  is  probably  one 
reason  why  the  corporation  refuses  re¬ 
dress.  As  a  rule  we  like  to  keep  farm¬ 
ers  out  of  law  suits,  but  there  are  times 
when  he  must  fight  as  a  principle  for 
his  rights.  It  is  the  business  of  the  rail¬ 
road  to  keep  its  right-of-way  fences  in 
order,  and  when  it  neglects  to  do  so  after 
warning,  complaint  should  be  made  to 
the  Public  Service  Commission. 
Do  you  recommend  any  of  the  com¬ 
panies  which  advertise  for  sale  machines 
for  knitting  socks  at  home?  The  com¬ 
panies  offer  to  buy  all  socks  up  to  stan¬ 
dard  that  the  home  knitter  makes.  Do 
any  of  them  do  this,  and  is  it  at  such  a 
price  that  one  could  clear  any  money? 
Pennsylvania.  MRS.  T.  j.  n. 
No,  we  do  not  recommend  the  purchase 
of  any  of  the  home  knitting  machines. 
The  R.  N.-Y.  has  never  advertised  them. 
Reports  from  those  who  have  purchased 
the  machines*  are  in  effect  they  are  diffi¬ 
cult  to  operate,  many  not  being  able  to 
knit  with  the  machines  at  all.  The  mails 
and  the  advertising  columns  of  cheap 
publications  are  filled  with  work  at  home 
schemes  at  this  season  of  the  year.  Few, 
if  any,  of  them  are  legitimate,  or  what 
the  propositions  seem  to  be  on  the  face 
of  the  advertising.  The  schemes  are  de¬ 
signed  to  relieve  the  country  people, 
looking  for  home  employment,  from  some 
cash  rather  than  to  offer  them  an  oppor¬ 
tunity  to  earn  money  to  help  out  the 
family  exchequer.  All  such  advertise-, 
ments  are  carefully  excluded  from  these 
columns. 
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‘‘I  set  out  to  build 
a  farm  engine 
that  would  have 
every  feature  the 
farmer  wanted 
and  none  he  did¬ 
n’t  want.  It  has 
now  been  on  the 
market  six  years. 
Thousands  of  sat¬ 
isfied  users  tell 
me  I’ve  succeed¬ 
ed.  I’m  proud  to 
have  this  engine 
bear  my  name.’’ 
—si.  Y.  Edwards 
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The  regular  power  j  obs  saw  sheller,  small  silo  filler, 
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engines  for  these  jobs,  anywhere  and  put  to  work 
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engines  in  one.  You  can  Purns  kerosene  or  gasoline. 
get  an  engine  that  will 
deliver  H.  P.  for  the 
little  jobs,  6  H.  P.  for  the 
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sired  power  in  between. 
You  can  change  power  as 
you  change  jobs — change 
power  instantly.  And  you 
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There  is  no  other  farm 
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Itpumps, 
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funs  an 
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30-i  nch 
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Smooth  running.  No  vi¬ 
bration.  Safe — no  crank¬ 
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all  moving  parts  enclosed. 
Anyone  can  operate  it. 
What  Users  Say 
Fred  Dunderi,  Strath- 
cona,  Minn.,  says:  “  I  cer¬ 
tainly  like  my  Edwards 
Engine.  Runs  an  8-inch 
burr  mill  full  capacity. 
Has  plenty  of  power  and 
then  some.  It  certainly 
works  fine.  I  like  its  vary¬ 
ing  speed  and  power  and 
its  light  weight,  it  is  so 
easy  to  move  from  job  to 
job.  Best  and  handiest  en¬ 
gine  I  have  ever  seen  or 
used  and  wouldn't  part 
with  mine  at  any  price  if 
I  couldn't  get  another  one 
and  I  wouldn't  go  back  to 
the  old-fashioned  heavy 
type  engine  to  use  as  a  gift. 
The  Edwards  does  all  the 
company  claims  for  it. 
"One  of  my  neighbors 
was  looking  over  my  Ed¬ 
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and  changed  it  all  the  way 
from  1  to  6  H.  P.  He  will 
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using  a  4  H.  P.  at  present 
but  at  times  needs  6  H.  P. 
so  this  would  be  the  very 
engine  he  wants." 
A.  C.  Lukehart,  Dayton, 
Pa.,  say 3:  "Well  pleased 
with  my  Edwards  and 
would  not  trade  it  for  any 
other  kind  of  engine  that 
I  know  of  as  it  is  so  handy 
to  move  from  one  job  to 
another  and  the  company 
has  been  fair  and  square 
to  deal  with." 
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