Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 September 1907 — A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION. [ARTICLE]

A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION.

There seems to be a difference of opinion among farmers who have bought those general purpose farm jacks regarding the quality of iron they are made of and their durability, most of them stating that they are all right and are not easily broken; that with exercising ordinary judgment in using them they will last a lifetime. It is reported that about 700 of the jacks were sold in this county and that about a dozen farmers and others have bought county rights—or, rather, bought so many machines and been given a county to sell them in, as patent rights seem to have been looked upon by our law-makers as something of a swindle, and it is illegal, we are told, to sell territory. This is avoided by selling a number of machines and giving the buyer the territory. About S2OO was paid lh each case, we understand, for the number of machines given with a county. But no matter what merit these machines possess, we doubt if any of the purchasers ever sell enough of them to get their money back. It takes a smooth-tongued canvasser to sell such things, and a farmer or any one else that has had no experience in this line will ninety-nine times out of a hundred lose about all he puts into it. Take The Democrat’s advice and don’t listen to the man with a patent right to sell. We have seen hundreds of men who “bought territory” but have never seen one who made a dollar out of it.