Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-02-27
HOWE'S STANDARD SCALES
VS..
FAIRBANKS SCALES.
HONESTY is THE BEST POLICY
OR:
Honesty is better than any Policy.
CHICAGO. JUNO 17th. 1861.

CHICAGO, June 18th, 1861.
DEAR SIR After the conversation we had about the
remarks made by Mr. Grecnieaf Of the firm of Fairbanks
Greehei touching the Scale we put up for NJ. B. ar-
den Of Abingdon, H., wrote u Mr. Harden and enclose
"a you his reply. You will from this letter that the
representations by Greenieaf 10 you false, he
must have been laboring under great mistake want
you write house here exactly what Mr. Grepneaf
stated to you, this il first time that they ira
deced our scales and We are determined 10 place them in
Their true position before the public
f# s Respectfully yours,
NANDERVOORT DItkEIl-,jN X CO,
Per :, &. HOOKER.
..--- ABINGDON, H.. June IIth, 1861
NANRERNOORT, DICKINSON & 60,
DEAR Ss Yours ct the 18th inst nj hand and con.
tents noted and In reply would say that the Howe
scales you put up for works like charm since YOU
were here, and any statement u the contrary by the
Agent al Fairbanks Scales any other party, must
have been made rona false impression made by some
Interested party, or from disposition las part ilIre
the reputation of the scales by ,l<e statement, Al AN
events, the whole thing Is fabrication, the Scales
thus far, works to my satisfaction as well as 10 the
satisfaction al all other parties who have witnessed their
weight yet and would like keep il some time longer
Mr. Jesse Burr has purchased Scales yet and proba
Oily VIII not for some time, account Of the hard times
Yours respectfully, b. b. HARi EN-.
:, KEwAyEE, June 18th, 1861.
Mcssrs 'ANDERVOoRT, DlCkEiiSON & CO,
dESriEnEN in answer tn your letter Of June nth
enclosing letter toyonr house from Mr. NJ q Harden
OF Abingdon dated June l4th would saw thai after /
ie sVu stfc, called at the establishment at Me-sTS.
Fairbanks Greenlcaf about the 18th Of June and
inquired Of them the lowest price they would sell me
Ton Scale, and mentioned at the time that I
td been hooking at the HIVES Scales thought something
M purchasing "ne OF them Mr. Greenlcai thea gave me
ther prices and spoke OF Howe's Scales "a being very
imperfect and poor Scale, and that there were many
them tiint would not work and mentioned Inc that
scale near by where lived badly out of order and
would net work at all. tbs Scale he SAID was at Abng-
con, III, and had ben bought 10y MIR, NJ h. Harden and
was worth nothing for weighing aud had been abandoned
al 81 which tended o. discourage from purchas ing the
Hawe's scale, and after mentioning this matter 10 your
Agent Mr. Hooker, and he denied the same and stated
H. me that Mr. Grerfeaf was not a man of yeracity as
ne had detected him very recently ia several falschos
began t. doabthis yeracry. since have seen the let
ter from Nj. NJ H. Harden, at Abingdon dated june l4th
ah Inclined To- think Il was all said b. trccncaf for the
purpose OF Encouraging me- and thai il MAS FALSE AS
the enclosed letter of Harden in contradiction to Green
heal statement Tn nae, and think this unfair
competition ought Ia be- discountenauccd a. there j.
nothing ike iiir play and truth trade. Hoping this
explanation Is satisfactory,
am respectfully yours
q. T. GRAVES.