Litchfield enquirer., 1869-01-21


 Railroad fare from t}"< tl fr'f Canaan to Pitts d'iw .449n5ea-E LA
 olher hsda eanensss ana oaek' ii s 5O 5o mol Canaan to Step ~, .-s''} '' '-'.'tf's3 E
 ney and back, ad570 tat# sEraiE Other expenses, r. a 30 ,.f tg...t.,f nssa '
 '4 ''' .''i<' ''' s22.7o, per day s2.sl 'a.a a1Lt15. ef3tp a.t ga,z;4-.}a 2ol fe $4O.Ol q This $4O.O1 is besides what it is admitted to be worth to do the platform work, whicf is conceded to be a''i' , i'''i 4 @ sS' 24f $28 8( yad 1@9aD i1o sI aAf ui Jssai43no4 s-------- alT erm~a4oit.i aat yd ehl.a II $6s.8l But 10 cents can would give us in ,i1.
 all only ''.'' ..> .'-''',' '''''" 57.6( Not enough to pay expenses by aa $11.21 , a day on this estimate. lat fo y:f. etll gC And no allowance has yet been made fo, g great deal of expense by Messrs. Bake, < Co.,; nothing for ice and other items like that. We paid last season about $500 fol Ice. Nor anything for a reasonable sur plus above expenses for profits to us; moi a copper for the risks and losses incident to the guarantee. If it is thought that any item is large, we are willing it should be reduced as much as any reasonable and fail minded man will say it ought to be, after acquainting himself thoroughly with the labor and expense required to do the busi. ness. HHf't}' +ui t9 HaWet@: ~lg
 It is true, not as much has been paid heretofore as is stated, because the Rail roads, the Housatonic all the time, and the N. Y. and N. H. about one half of the time, have allowed free pass for one man over the road once in IA days, and return, to encourage and help on the enterprise, just as Mir. Goodrich has furnished free passes to and from many milk meetings, and to some who have been to New York and to other places on the road to promote the milk interests. The free pass is entire ly withdrawn on the N. Y. & N. H. Road, but through the anxiety that MT. Goodrich has for the success of this business, we are yet allowed pass on the Housatonic Road. Railroad fares are legitimate item of ex- pense in this business, as in anything, and of course must be paid. oe Mir. Goodrich has been very liberal in starting this thing, being anxi0qs t2 4r 4 eNaaEye etbin9 he possi-
 We are confident no one who willinvestl- gate this matter thoroughly, will be able to reduce the items that make up the sum of $40. O1 as much as $11.21, and unless they arc reduced more than that, not one cent will be left above the cost. 4 -.iJgsoI a,4aG :.
 Now what would be fair compensation to us as profit? We leave others to an- swer this question. And what is it worth to take the risk and guarantee the $2O, ,966. 40 every two weeks, which Is to be distrib- uted all about the cities of New York and Brooklyn, in milk, and collected back in small sums, in money, and then got safely into the hands of the farmers railroads. And what business is more risky than sell ing milk to many of the milkmen in New York? To guarantee sales to them as a class, is worth considerable. The risk is greater than the commission business will average. A commission of 21a per cent. for guaranteeing sales made to milkmen, would seem to be small Two and half per cent on $16, 128 co would be $403. 20.
 Five cents can on 576 cans daily, would amount to precisely this same sum, viz:- $403 20 in IA days. li'' '' e'.' 5"- tt'-'a3.
 A guarantee of 11 per cent. would be just equal to 21d cents 8 can. -ss.,..fi ,t
 Nobody will say it should be less than this, certainly. We think it will prove to be more than three per cent, or six cents a can. IA guarantee on commission busi' ness generally, costs 52 per cent). ...r
 But call it IA, or 21a cents a can, and we say it is reasonably certain that tho ac. tual cost of doing the work, added to this guarantee commission of 2H cents a car for platform work, will bring the whole uI to 121s cents can, without allowing any thing for compensation to us. ; e'5aant
 It is very easy to figure up what a com mission of 121l cents can on 576 cans, ol four car loads a day, would amount to in { 1 year. It would amount to SIP. % day, o $26, ,28O Q year. This looks like Q larg' sum, and it is, and many are deceived b! supposing it goes into the pocket of th' Agents. But whoever undertakes to d' this business for this commission, will yer, certainly find at the end of the year, tha very little, if any of it, will be left. . ,s
 Such are the facts judging from our ex perience so far. We have done the bes we could. We have doubtless made mis takes, as all of us have. We have foun' many things to contend with in starting
 business new to us all. One thing VI know, sos made poor business of itSthe frs year, nothing like fair day wages. 4p.. Another thing we know, which is, tha that the farmers have received the full ave rage market price for the year. Milk, fo reasons known to all. averaged low las year, but there is no reason to suppose will average as low another year by consid . erable. .-...s-z..s.. i l If there is no disposition to continue t i send milk to us on better terms than thos named by the committees, we nshal! b
 obliged to make arrangements to withdra'
 from the business before the lowest rate are reached, for we are confident that V |cannot continue it at those rates. withou
 loss. fe Whether it would be right under a
 the circumstances to insist on terms whlc
 we cannot accept, because we know tha T we cannot live by them, we cheerfuiy ieav j to you to decide. We of course feel atna live ought to have the business at Ayln prices, but shall never regret having star : ed 1t, even if we should receive little or personal benefit fron1it, for we think gre. al good will come from 1t in the end both
 milk producers and the public. .s.F,a. J We are willing that all milk producer who wish to go to Now York and look ) customers for their own dairies. outside
 our customers, not, interfering with ot customers in the least, should do so, ar D we will allow them the benefit Of our col
 tract on freight, and we will do their pla