Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1868-05-22
COUNTER STATEMENT
BosTos. March q, 1868

GENTLEMEN.-1Our letter addressed 10 me
| through several Vermont papers of recent date,
needs my attention. You still seem disposed to
misead the public mind in preference to my Super |
Phosphate OF Lime, and you even insinuate that |
| grass, weeds &C., washed upon my grounds by |
the tide, are eventually worked into my Super
Phosphate, as you have seen such materials near |
my factory, which had the appearance of being |
moved back and thrown into heaps to heat.
| If you have been to my Factory at Weymouth |
you have seen such stuff as you describe. 1t was |
sea weed. have many tons every year washed |
upon my beach, and give farmer in the neigh |
borhOod half oft for throwing it back into heaps.
use my half In the place of straw bedding tor
my horses, and the farmer carts his half away |
and does what he pleases with it. have never |
watched him to see what use he made of it, but
have no idea he uses it to make Super Phosphate |
You probably noticed at this visit to my Fac |
tory, large pile of lumber, many thousands of
brick, granite, and other building material. Why
did you not conclude that all these materials |
were to be worked into my Super-Phosphate? l
should quite as soon think of using lumber,
| brick or granite, as should sea weed or muck,
in making Super-PhOsphate.
| Now about ''humus "-surely you know that
it is moulG-that it is organic matter, either
animal or vegetable, in state of decay or fermen
tation, and one of the most valuable nitrogen
GUS substances it is possible to put into the SOIL
| 1t is not muck or peat. If you do not know
| ask any chemist Do you suppose DIR. Hays
would write "humus when he meant muck
Just ask ham, | really think you would make
|
| Why do you not give the actual definition of hu-
mus as you found it in Webster's dictionary
| He tells you that humuS is a pulverent brown
sHnRSap6f vegetable taf 4P q tbs AlE 8R S9a
stituent of soils. You carefully avoid saying
anything about animal matter for fear as | sup
pose the farmers might see where the humus in
| my Phosphate came from, which Dr. Hayes re-
ported in his analysis and which you refer to in
your letter. We are told that certain large
portion of your Super Phosphate will dissolve in
| Int not told how much of the really
valuable substances will dissolve in rain water.
| Why not tell us?
all the virtue in a Super-Phosphate, is hidden
like the copper in an ore. Nothing will prove
its presence but practical trial. or a true chem
ical analysis. If you have such wonderful
Phosphate why do you not publish full analysis.
| have correct analysis OF your Phosphate, and
will publish it if you desire me to, and L Will be
responsible tor the correctness ofthe same. ShGH
/ do itf
You say that you regret that any misunder-
standing has existed, but feel confident l will &C
cept your apology.
believe YOU do regret it. but fail to see your
apology, and would advise you hereafter not TO
undertake to introduce your manu- tacture, by
trying to run down your neighbors. This is bad
policy, even # YOU have an article of equal mer-
lit; and doubIy so when you have an article,
worth less than half and costing less than halt as
much as the one you are trying to destroy, by
misrepresentation.
You know. and the agricultural community
phate has gained al unprecedented reputation, as
the STANDARD PHOSPHATE of the country.
and you might as well undertake to run the Fair
banks scale out of the market by representing
that all the bearings to their scales were lead, as
10 drive me out of the market, by saying that
use muck in my Phosphate ONE WOULD BE
AS TRUE AS THE OTHER. Fairbanks scales
hold the same position a scale, that my Phos-
phate docs Phosphate and it is for this rea-
son that unprinciped men try TO run both down,
10 introduce their own inferior manufacture.
| give below such proof as deem necessary TO
convince disnerested and should cO7eUtface inter
eSted parties, that do not use muck in my Super
Phosphate.
Should this not be satisfactory can give more
than one hundred additional names of men in my
employment that these certificates are true
WIN. L. BRADLEY,
Manufacturer of BRADLEY's PATENT SUPER
PHOSPHATE of LINE, IN tOhich no muck eUer toai
or eUer toiU be used.
20 STATE STREET. BosToN, March %, 1868
WIN. l.. BRADLEY, ESQ, DEAR SIR In reply
TO your inquiry OF yesterday, have been 1alnli
ar with your fertilizer for several years, and hav'
analyized il in its different stages of manufacture
when finished, when sold, and frequently for 9th
er parties who are purchasers.
There has never been any muck or peat Il
it. has any such constituent ever be IN found Il
r, 1t in this laboratory "Humus is present but tina
Il il is derived from 4" muck" is an erroneous belle
and without foundation. Respectfully,
S DANA HAYES, Site Assayer of Boston
Mass.
TO sojton tt may concern This IS TO ceriif
that have frequently visited VIM. L. Bradley
Super Phosphate of Lime Mandatory, and hav
seen the materials used, and have never see
muck about his establishment.
, have made many analysis of his Super Pho
phate, and have never discovered muck in the a
tice, but the analyS es have always proved thi
the materials I;haye seen at his factory were ii
articles which composed his Super-Phosphate
Lime.
CHAS T JACKSON, NJ. D., State Assayer. Mas
presume Ors Hayes both father and son, an
DR.. Jackson, do not require any endorsement
satisfy you OF their ability to analyze fertilizers
To ,ohon At may concern: This is to certi
that have for seven years past been with WI
L. Bradley since he co mmenced his present bu
mess, as agent and General Superintendent
his Supher-PhOSphate of Lime mandatory, an
DO hereby testify that no muck has ever bee
used in his establishment, in any way, shape
manner.
CHAS. COE.
BosToN, March "a, 1858
To ichoma 1t may concern: This is to certi
that | have been in the employment of VIM.
Bradley for more than four years, and most
- that time have been at said Bradley Super Pho
phate Of Lime mandatory, at RoXbury, Mas
and am able to testify from positive knowled
that no muck has been used by said Bradley
any shape or manner, in the manufacture of S
per-Phosphate of Lime.
WALTER NJ. ROGERS.
BosToN, March 81, 1868
To tohona 1t may concern This is to cert
that have been with VIM. L. Bradley as fol
man. for nearly five years, both at his Sup
. Phosphate of Lime Mandatory, at RoXbuI
and at Weymouth.
have constantly mixed and weighed the n
terials myself, and have never mixed or weigh
or seen mixed or weighed, single pound
muck, and know positively that no muck b
been nsed by said Bradley IN his Super-PhC
phate of Lime. GUST. GLOVER.
NORTH WEYMOUTH, Mass, March q, 1867;
To tchOm 1t may concern: This is to cert
that have been with Bradley for neatly thu
years, as superintendent of his Phosphate and
id works, at Weymouth, Mass, and am at pr
ent there No muck is ever used by said Bradl
in manufacturing Super-Phosphate or Lime.
LEVI B. CURTIS
To BENJAMIN F. EATON M. D.-DEAR SIR
l notice your certificate dated Barnet Feb.
1868, and published in sundry newspape
wherein you state that Bradley Super hoSph
is one third muck.
In reply would say will give you one tho
and dollars ISL ,000) if you will show any su
results and prove the same true.
You say that you find at least twenty-five
cent. more soluble matter in Paddock, Dear
Co.'s Phosphate than you do in Bradley's,
In reply to this l will give you one thousa
rs, dollars ($l,0OO) If you will show me an analy
of Paddock, Dean & Co.'s Phosphate that v
show twenty-five per cent. more soluble mat
than Bradley's Patent, or Bradley's XII Su
Phosphate, that has been made within the i
two years.
1 will give you one thousand dollars (Sl, o
more if l cannot prove by scientific analysis t
either of the above brands of my Super-Ph
phate (Which has been made within the last I
years, contains more than twenty-five per &c
more valuable soluble matter than Paddo
TIC Dean & Co.'s Vermont Raw Bone Super-Ph
=, plate of Lime ESQ caled) contains.
do not make these offers with the understa
ing that water is soluble matter, but with the
&Ia%xx Iar
er, and soluble matter must be valuable solu
matter, as this is the usual and only correct v
of dealing with the agricultural community.
| make these offers based upon the gror
that Paddock. Dean g. Co.'s statement as to
quality of their Supher-Phosphate being
quality, is true
regret to feel obliged to meet you. a scient
gentleman, SO decidedly, and have to offer as