Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1863-03-05
HOWE'S STANDARD SCALES
FAIRBANKS SCALES.
HONESTY is THE BEST POLICY"
Or:
Honesty is better than any Policy.

CHICAGO, June 18th, 1861
DEAR SIR After the conversation we had about the
remarks made by Mr. Greeneaf Of the firm of Fairbanks
Greenleaf, touching the Scale put mp for NJ b. Har
10 you his reply You will from this letter that tbs
representations by Grecnleaf 10 you were false h.
must have been laboring under great mistake. wan
you 10 write house here exactly what Mr. Greenea
stated 10 you, this is not the that they ira
duced our Scales and determined to place them in
their true position before the public.
Respectfully yours,
vANDERvOORT DlCRERSON CO.,
Per 5. q. HOOKER.
AmNGpoN, IiI-, June l4th, 1861.
vANRERvOORT, DlCKE1sSoN & CO.,
DEAR SIRs Yours Of the 18th inst Is hand and con
tents noted, and in reply would say that the Howe's
Scales you put up for works like charm since you
were here and any statement ~ the contrary by thu
Agent OF Fairbanks Scales, any other party, mus
have been made from false impression made by
interested party from disposition his part ur,
the reputation Of the Scales by false statement Al al
events the whole thing Is fabrication, the Scales
thus lar works ~ my entire satisfaction well 10 tn,
satisfaction Of all other parties who have witnessed the
working since you here have the INV pound
weight yet and would like 70 keep time longer
Mr. Jesse Burr has not purchased Scales yet and poba
bly, will not for some time account Of the hard times
Yours respectfully, H. b HARDEN.
KEwaSKE, June 10Th, 1861
| Messrs. VANDERv0ORT, DlCKERsON co,
GENTLEMEN In answer TO your letter Of June 18th
enclosing letter to your house from Mr. N H. Harden
| II Abingdon, dated June lih I would say that after
LEFT your store, called at the establishment Of Messrs
Fairbanks Greenleaf about the llth OF June and
inquired OF them the lowest price they would sell
four ton Scale and mentioned at the time that
had been looking at the Howes scales thought something
OF purchasing one OF them Mr. Greenleaf then me
their prices and spoke Of Howes Scales being very
imperfect and poor Scale, and that there many o
them that would not work and mentioned 10 that
Scale near by where lived badly out OF order and
would not work at all This Scale he said Abing
don, H. and had been bought by Mr. NJ. h. Harden and
was worth nothing for weighing and had been abandoned
all Of which tended discourage from purchasing
Howes Scale aud after mentioning this matter your
Agent Mr. Hooker and he denied the same and stated
TO me that MIR. Greeneaf not Of veraciiy as
he had detected him very recently in several ilsehcods
began 10 doubt his vcracity Since have the let
ter from Mr.. NJ. Harden Of Abingdon, dated June 18th
am inclined to think all said by Greenleaf for tn.
purpose Of d1scouraging me, and that il FALSE,
the enclosed letter Of Harden is contradiction 30 Green
leaf statement to me, and think this unfair
competition ought 10 be discountenanced IA there l.
nothing like fair play and truth IN trade. Hoping th,
explanation Is satisfactory,
am respectfully yours,
q. I. GRAVES.