American Agriculturist, November 17,1923 
shipped on June 25. I replied on July 
24 that they had not arrived and that 
I would refuse them should they arrive 
at that late date. The rabbits were 
billed out of New York on August 8, 
and arrived, one of them dead, on 
August 13. On August 14, I refused 
the -shipment, naturally. The agent 
returned them the next day, on his own 
responsibility, as he no ‘doubt didp’t 
want a lot of dead rabbits on his hands. 
I. wrote the Standard Company a very 
civil letter, stating my case and asking 
for my refund, as they had filled a six 
months’ old order against my repeated 
demands for cancellation and refund. 
Ihey reply with a ‘sassy’ letter, saying 
they have filled their part of the agree¬ 
ment.—‘Just like that.’ 
“I still need my money, what can you 
do for me?” 
The foregoing are but a few of 
many complaints received about this 
company. The American Agriculturist 
has numerous of these complaints. We 
have tried repeatedly to get this com¬ 
pany to live up to its agreements and 
in some cases, after considerable effort 
on our part, we have succeeded. Look¬ 
ing over our correspondence at random, 
we find the following statements from 
some of our subscribers, after we have 
succeeded in securing adjustment. One 
subscriber writes that if it had not been 
for our efforts “I am sure I would never 
have got anything but talk.” 
. In another case we finally- succeeded 
in securing the return of money in 
January, 1923, and the subscriber 
writes“I have been trying to get this 
since last August, and I feel I would 
not have received it only for your kind 
help.” 
In various other cases, even after 
hard work on our part, we too have 
been unable to get this company to make 
adjustment and we have various letters 
in our files addressed to this company 
which are unanswered for months and 
months. 
Naturally,. we have refused to accept 
any advertising from.this company and 
have warned our readers against it. 
We think you will find it clear why 
we have refused to accept its adver- 
. you feel that the company 
is fulfilling its promise of “treating its 
customers fairly ? Let us know your 
experience with the Standard Food & 
Fur Association. ✓ 
. Remember that even though adver¬ 
tising of some kinds contains no direct 
misstatement, nevertheless, it may be 
misleading. The Penal Law of the 
State of New York provides that it is 
a crime for any person who offers goods 
for sale, to publish any announcement 
statement or advertisement of any sort 
regarding merchandise offered to the 
public “which advertisement contains 
any assertion, representation or state¬ 
ment of fact which is untrue, deceptive or 
misleading.” 
“A Woman’s Home Is Her 
• Castle” 
(Continued from.page 335) 
the farmer’s lament paraphrased in the 
words of the comic opera—“Animal 
King” ; 
The elephant' ate all night 
And the elephant ate all day; 
Every cent of his earnings went 
To keep that beast in hay, 
Till he envied the lot of a Hottentot 
On Africa’s burning sands; 
And he cursed the whim that had saddled him 
With an elephant on his hands. 
Perhaps the most significant recent 
change in the whole attitude of women 
toward the problems of living is illus¬ 
trated by the sign on the wall of the 
office of a Kentucky farmer—“No com¬ 
plaints received here unless accompan¬ 
ied by a remedy”. Formerly we 
protested against conditions only by 
complaining. To-day we are endeavor¬ 
ing to become enlightened enough to 
discover whether we can accompany the 
complaint with a sane, rather than an 
hysterical remedy—and we are not un¬ 
mindful of the fact that sane remedies 
take time and therefore cannot be dis¬ 
covered, applied and made effective 
overnight. 
One of the interesting signs of the 
times is everywhere evident in the effort 
of advertisers to appeal to the intelli¬ 
gent housewife. Realizing that the 
interest in the nutritive side of the food 
question is widespread, the producer 
is couching his appeal in terms of that 
interest, and realizing also that the 
scientifically trained housewife is look¬ 
ing for facts and not fancies, he is even 
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writing his advertisement in terms,of 
price per pound as being the only fair 
basis for comparison of costs. 
To-day, a lack of knowledge of house¬ 
hold affairs is no sign of wealth and 
distinction. Modern studies of the phy¬ 
sical welfare of the family have brought 
out as never before the need for clear¬ 
headed supervision of the home and for 
a revival of knowledge not only of the 
arts of housekeeping but of the scien¬ 
tific principles underlying the arts. A 
well-balanced combination of the arts 
and the sciences related to housekeep¬ 
ing will make of home-making a real 
vocation and will add td the sum total 
of better and happier homes through¬ 
out this country of ours. 
We are Not Less Spiritual 
(Continued from page 341) 
thought and consideration of “worth¬ 
while” things, is no sign that we are 
“less spiritual” than our parents, or 
that we don’t strive for high ideals. 
The automobile, the phonograph, the 
moving pictures and low price of good 
literature are the things we can easily 
see that have reduced the attendance at 
our ftiral churches. The kind of men 
that used to be the good old-fashioned 
dominies are now found in fields of 
endeavor where they can reach a hun¬ 
dred people to a possible one in a 
church. We get their message through 
books and editorials in our papers and 
magazines. We get better music from 
our phonographs than any rural church 
could hope for. The element of so¬ 
ciability is made up in various ways, 
and from the number of times central 
says “line’s busy,” I think the telephone 
is a God-send for the ladies. There are 
other things, less tangible, but no less 
important, that have made the younger 
generation seem to drift away from 
the church. 
I have but one suggestion as to a 
remedy. Lift the veil mystery from 
the church and from religion. To love 
God is the most profound of human 
experiences. Furthermore, it is the 
result of a natural mental growth and 
spiritual development from within. It 
is entirely a personal and individual 
matter. It cannot be taught, but it 
can be aided by the church if we make 
our church a place of free expression. 
Let us learn to want to be brotherly 
rather than that we ought to be broth¬ 
erly.— Wendal C. Bull, Orange Co., 
N. Y. _ 
Your paper, it seems to me, is get¬ 
ting better and better. “She Hath 
Done What She Could” and “The King 
Is Dead,” in August 18 issue, are deep 
and touching. So really helpful and good. 
There have been many fine things.— 
Mrs. Mary Gourley, Meadville, Pa. 
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Easy, Now, For One Man 
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YOU CAN HAVE NY LOG SAW & 
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15 Cords a Day at $3 a Cord Would Bring $45 
Any honest man can get my Log Saw on such easy terms 
that the outfit pays for itself as he uses it—because OTTAWA 
Log Saws cut more wood, are easiest to move—have 4 H-P. Motor 
(and you need all this power). If you have wood to 
saw it is cheaper to own an OTTAWA than to be 
without one. No previous experience needed. Write 
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story and the LIBERAL PLANS upon whiph I sell. 
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a Barrow 
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Down 
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OTTAWA 
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Logs 
you satisfied to saw 
wood the back-breaking 
way? If bo, don’t waste your 
time reading further. If you 
and your boys are satisfied to 
fall trees, saw up logs and 
chop up limbs by hand and take 
10 or 15 days of the hardest 
work to cut a small supply of 
wood, then you do not want 
my saw. But, if you have 
land to clear, saw-logs to get 
out, or your wood supply to 
cut, and want to cut wood to 
sell when prices are high, 
then you’ll want an OTTAWA. 
Write me bo I can tell you 
why I am not afraid to let 
any honest man have my 
Log Saw on trial. 
Habry C. Overman. 
One Man 
IOC SAW 
Now Selling At Very Low Prices 
Coal is high priced. Wood will be used in larger 
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dollars if you cut it and sell it this year. Start now! ————-- 
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lots are shipped to our branch houses— 
ONE IS NEAR YOU. You can have the 
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‘0ne man cuts 20 cords a day.”— G.Heisman.Ohio. 
'Use it to sharpen fence posts.”— F.Brainerd.N.Y. 
“ You can buy in full confidence. F.Bennett.N.C. 
Co. more than square with me.”— F. Sears, Minn. 
Saws fir on side hill.”—3. Cable. Mont. 
„In no time paid for the saw.”—V/. Shaw, Mo. 
Make $10.00 a day.”— G. Autry, Ky. 
Consider them a bargain.”—A. Gould, Me. 
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no honest man need be without an OTTAWA. 
Before You Cut Another Stick of Wood 
Send For My Money Saving Offer ^ e 7 
Harry C. Overman 
Ottawa Mfg. Co. 
Room 807-P 
Magee Bldg. 
Pittsburgh, Pa. 
Without obligation to - 
me. mail your latest book, | 
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HARRY C. OVERMAN y Name. 
of selling. 
OTTAWA MFG. CO. ^ Address.. 
Room 807-P f 
6 Seconds to Change 
from Tree Faller to Log Saw and Back Again 
Magee Bldg., Pittsburgh, Pa. 
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