The Dickinson press., 1911-10-14
CABINET" eo0Ds MAN no. :
WRITES ATTY R. N. ANDREWS

The little item in the PRESS two
weeks ago about The Farmers General
Service Co. and their operations south Of
Beach brings a demand for q retraction
for Attorney r. M. Andrews Of Beach.
This makes cabinet goods man.
No. 3. and his name is r. D. Cramer.
He writes as manager of the Empire
Realty & Investment Co.. ~(successors
to Gleaser & Co.. and gives the COM
pany's address as 22l Second Avenue
South. Minneapolis. Man No. /. A. W.
Bang. wrote the PRESS three weeks aso.
demanding a retraction. etc.. and man
No. 2. S. P. Lesselyouns,. wrote a COL
umn article to the Forum about the
PRESS and its publisher on October2.
A singular thing about The Farmers
General Service Co. is that on none of
their printed stationery is there any
street number or block indicated. If any
of their numerous contract-note subscri-
bers for $107. so out, this way should
want to find the cabinet goods people
in Minneapolis they would most likely
meet with considerable disappointment.
+ Minneapolis, MINI. Oct. 3rd, 1911.
r. NJ. Andrews. ESQ.,.
Beach, N. D.
Dear Sir
The following clipping has been sent
us by a note maker. 'At Beach the
people seem to be doing after the Farm
ers General Service Co. about right. At
torney r. M. Andrews has fifteen con-
tract notes in his possession and a gen.
eral call is published this week in the
local papers Tor q gathering in Beach
next Tuesday of those who have been
victimized. Attorney Andrews has been
on the trail of these cabinet dispen-
sers for some weeks and he says that if
the farmers will get together they can
easily stop payment on the notes. He
estimates that about IS people living
south of Beach contracted for the cabi-
net, of remedies and that most of them
are very much stirred up yer the mat
ter now"
We have taken this matter up with
the Farmers General Service Company
and they state that if you make the
statement that you have any of their
notes you are an out and out prevari-
Gator, and W know that your state
ments are false if you state that you
have in your possession any of the notes
which we havepurchased from the Farm
ers General Service Co. We there
fore demand that you make a retraction
of the article.
1t also appears to US that you must
have overlooked the penalty which the
laws for the practice of barratry.
Yours respectfully,
EMPIRE REALITY & INVESTMENT co.
By r. D. Cramer,
Mgr.
Beach, N. D. Oct. s, 1911.
Empire Reality & Investment Co..
Minneapolis. Minnesota.
Gentlemen =
Your favor of the Sd. inst, received
and noted. With respect thereto, would
say frankly that l have not made any
statement to the effect that I had con-
tract notes in my possession. but I do
have more than the number of contract
representatives mentioned in the
article, to which you refer. and repre-
sent more than the number of farmers.
who have signed your contract.
desire to say further that have
nothing whatsoever to do with the
article mentioned in your letter. Did
not authorize the publication, but did
have conversation with the editor of the
Dickinson Press.
As a matter of fact, your demand for
retraction. as far as l Inn concerned.
falls fiat, but so far as the claims of
your company, as 10 being bona-fde
transferee of the notes.. many of whom
represent. will oppose the enforcement
of collection of the same to the court
of last resort. do not wish you to
understand that l represent all of your
sianers of notes, whether procured by
fair means, or by fraud and misrepre-
sentation. l do wish to say however
that. irrespective of the Fargo Forum
advertising. you will encounter consider
able difficulty on enforced collection Of
these notes.
Thanking you very kindly for the
courtesy of the last letter l beg to remain
Yours very truly,
r. M. Andrews.
MIR. Gallagher stated to the PRESS this
week that he already had is people
from the Beach territory who had signed
up to fight The Farmers General Ser
vice Co.. Each man feels that through
fraud and Misrepresentation he was in
duced to sign q note for $1O7. so and
therefore. he will refuse to pay the
same.