New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-08-29
LETTERSFROM THE PEOPLE,

PROF. MAPEs IN STANDARDIZATION.
To ne Edito, Of Tie y, y. Tyi5rne
SIR: In your paper Of the 22d inst. you published
letter from the editors of The COsntry Gentleman
charging me with being connected with the man
ufacture and sale of an article called Chilian
Guane, etc On the 23d l sent you an article in
reply, which | supposed you would have favored
with the same publicity yOu had given to their let
ter. In this have beea disappointed, as my reply
has not rs yet appeared in your paper. l would
now distinctly state that the letter referred 10 does
not contain one pertinen. fact that was not d.
Iectly or Indirectly interested in the sale OF this
article, nor do | know of any sales ever having
been made BY the owners but thirty tuns have
ever left Newark, and ttat quantity, was in.
formed had been distributed for trial in Maryland
and elsewhere, merely for the purpose of testing
its quality practically. | was not party in any
way to the branding OF this article 80 Gillian
Gusno. nor didI ever give certificate ind0rsing
such paternity. My only connection with the
affair was to rent to the owners the use of mills
for the grinding of the Mexican guano, of which It'll
chiefly composed, aud to prepare and psckit in
bags under their direction. The composition Of
this article as given by the editors of The Country
GenfL man, is not true and the item of IA per cent
Eor-nitrogenouS organic matter is without the
slightest foundation.
This attempt ON the part of those editors TO
brand honorable men with infamy by their false
accusations is beneath contempt. A reference to
Tie Uorkisg Farmer for August will show you
that neither the other parties nor myself have been
guilty OF any of the charges made against them or
me- | do not believe that DR.. Hayes ever ind0rsed
this euapo as coming from Chill. aud L am sure
never gave any certificate to that effect, nor did
approve of such brand, although the intention of
the owners in so branding IL was doubtless wi IN
tie view of having il tried without pre- Ldice, no
Gillian euano ever having been in this market,
or any other in the United States and they
probably supposed that under such title it would
meet with fair trial / am not aware Of their ever
selling one bag. and from the small quantity re-
moved from tie storehouse of the Newark dock,
where they stored il, l rather suppose il has
merely been distributed for trial Some, | know,
hiss been so distributed and with results entirely
different from those stated BY the inscriptions
editors or The Country Gentleman.
To charge me With being Interested in the sale
or manufacture Of this manure with desire 10
proft is ridiculous for these editors well know
that | am connected with the manufacture Of
improved super phosphate Of lime, which is sold
at $50 per tun and hat every tun OF the prepared
Mexican guanO sold must interfere with my inter
est--my come ctioR VAS simply miller, and my
charge Only the cost; my object to obliye the i'm
pOrters Of the Mexican guano, and thus assist In
rendering this guano useful to the farmer. | have
used one tun OF so called Gillian guaLo myself on
various crops and have found it admirable
manure, and when the editors OF The Country
GenHemGn shall understand the difference in value
between carbonate of lime, arising from the de-
composition OF birds bones and that resulting
from lime changed 10 carbonate from exposure,
they possibly will comprehend the value If Mexi
can gusno, after being treated with suphuric acid
and supplied with proper quantities of ammonia
and nifrOppuOus organic matter.
JAMES MAPES,
Editor Of The Working Farmer.