Middletown transcript., 1870-03-19
For he M6dzsto,sn Transcript.

For the Ai6dletoicn 3'rdnScript.
Mr.. EDITOR ;---Some person forwarded me the
Rural New Yorker of the 26th of February. In |
it sec communication signed Now and |
Then, speaking of the peach trade of Delaware |
the farmers claims for baskets, and their dishou-
esty in general, with regard to the peach busi- |
ness. Now, sir, rs Delaware peach grower and
farmer propose TO say few words in your pa |
per, in reply to this saint of Washington Market |
who sets himself up as an injured man God
help the Delaware peach growers and farmers
when they sink SO low rs to deserve lecture
from the hucksters of Washington Market Some
OF these gentry, at the commencement of the
peach business, formed themselves into n close
corporation, sent on their agents to PHILADELPHIA
and ruled the market, as there was no outlet then
TO New ork, only by the Camden and Amboy
line. Ihese men, who this ''Now and Them
represents brought on with them TO Philadelphia
what is known as the pony baskets, and for eve
ry hundred Delaware baskets, these honest hucl-
sters would fill one hundred and ten or twenty
baskets Not satisfied with controlling the price
of peaches in Philadelphia, they would stick their
small pony baskets on New York as n basket of
peaches. After the Del. Rail Road was made aud
the large orchards along it came into bearing,
determined 10 flank this combination of N. York
hucksters, who controlled and monopoiZed the
Philadelphia market. | went to see the compa-
mics owning the rail roads between here and Jer-
sey City, and never ceased my efforts. got up
meetings, and those meetings combined the Del
aware peach growers. We were finally sucCc css-
full. You old monopoists of Philadelphia know
me, and l perfectly recollcct your bragadocia
threats that you would spend large amount of
money to prevent me and others from sending
peaches to Jersey City, and unknown to us you
tried TO assume guardianship over us, and signed
your names to a petition to the Camden and Am
boy Co. saying it was the best route to bring
peaches to N. York, and when we met the Pres-
dent OF the Q. & A Co. (who also was opposed
to our peaches going TO Jersey City, for the rea-
son that the New Jersey r. R. Co. would get the
freight from New Brunswick to Jersey City, the
said President showed us your petition, which
proved you TO be willing tools of the Camden
and Amboy Co. to keep US from going to Jersey
CITY, and at the same time getting clear of your
Philadelphia monopoly. l asked Mr. Welsh, the
President of the G. & A. r. r. to let me look at
your petition, and had it copied and have your
names to-day, and may yet have Your photo
graphs taken, to hang up in the room of our As
ISOLATION, as so many honest disimerested peach
statesmen, of Washington Market.
Now, Mr.. Now and Then" for your benefit
and these you represent, will just say this that
from the first hour we got the peach line estab-
lished to Jersey City, we have been and always
will continue 10 be clear and independent of all
attempted monopoles of Washington Market
hucksters. ] know there are enough honest, de-
cent peach statesmen, in and around said market,
TO sell all our peaches, and when they make
bargain with us to charge the persons buying the
peaches % cents extra for each basket to insure
the return of said basket, and for all baskets or
parts of baskets not so returned to us to pay us
for; and, for the purpose Of protecting both them
and ourselves, we last week, when we arranged
the freight schedule for this year with the p W g..
& b. and Q, Il a. Co. New Jersey, also arranged
with them for a person or persons at Jersay CITY,
! to receipt to the statesmen for all empty 6uskets
nut in the ears. Aud further say to Mr.. "Now
| and Then" that all the dishonest huckstcrs or
leach statesmen may unite rs soon as they please,
| we neither lear nor care for them, nor do we the
| peach growers intend 10 employ any salesman
| who will not agree TO our tern,c; for | wish ii
| known that we the Delaware peach growers and
shippers, are the Law and the Prophets, so - as
this peach trade is concerned. We intend to
make the terms on which our peaches shall be
sold, and any salesman is at perfect liberty to
agree TO or refuse our terms. And, further
| will say in time to all peach statesmen, that a
large number, although acting as statesmen for
the Delaware growers, are at the same time indi-
rectly concerned in shipping peaches beyond N
| York and in our baskets, and therefore not onl y
are some of them concerned in keeping the prices
| Of peaches down, as salssmen selling Delaware
peaches TO McmselUesl TO ship beyond New York
using cur baskets or capital to carry on theil
business, ana when we demand the baskets OIL
the pay they have got for them, this Now and
Then" accuses the Delaware peach grower o.
dishonesty. Since the season closed we have re-
ceived baskets that came from Chicago. Now,
does any honest or fair salesman suppose it is
either honest or fair, for growers TO lind baskets
TO ship beyond New York; We growers, this
year, Shall demand of all statesmen we employ
that none OF our baskets shall GO beyond New
York city, or Ge longer than three days in re-
turning all empty baskets. And, further, tht
Delaware peach growers who ship 10 Jersey City
do not intend 10 pay carriage on peaches sold IL
Jersey City, All that cannot be sold to advan
tage there, We are willing to pay for h0uliHg oye
to the stands for retail. Last year we shpreC
2, 900, 900 baskets, and at least thrce-iourths o
them were sold iu Jersey tity and that amour
at cents per basket would make $50, 900, ant
then ~ per cent was charged on this amount a
sales, wnen really it Was only freight. Tha
makes on the $50, 900, $4,000, in all $66, 900
robbed out of these dishonest" Delaware farm
ers by the Saints of Washington Market and vi
cinity and their shipping partners beyond New
ork city. You Saints may as well lie quiet
= you can neither scare nor force US 10 your terms
# We do not wish expect TO interfere with III
| 10 per cent commission, but all other matters re
lating TO the peach business, we claim and inten
8 TO exercise the right of regulating us we please
e We do not want 10 cheat you out OF one cent, AN
!, we intend, as far as We can prevent, that yo
{ shall not cheat ps as we hope, in a short tilnt
to cross car loads Of peaches from Jersey City I
the Shore Line II. r. so that we can send the Cal
= loaded with peaches in Delaware to all the prir
n cipal towns north and east OF New York city
'f without unloading the cars by the way; that Il
It ship direct from the orchards in Delaware TO sal
e lowns as we do now TO Jersey City. Therefor,
e Mr.. snow and Them" you may get up you
combination us soon as you please; we will 500
i. find out their names, and not one basket will the
i, get ON commission. SAMUEL townsend.
u 4GWnstnd, March 18th, 1870.
: 7. S.-The above communication was write
'' for the Rural New Yorker, but being very bus.
p did not get II ready for the paper last week. un
d therefore send 1t 10 the Middletown Transcript
n paper published iu the great peach growing dI
iriGt; and us see BY the last weeks issue that
peach salesman OF New \ ork has sent II reply
Y II former communication OF mine. l was glad
see such notice, US II proves that the Transcr
&c has u circulation in New \ ork, and that NJ
NOW and Them" OF The Rural New orker, al
" his peach-seling associates, can US well be reac
Y, ed through the Transcript as the Rural New o
v er, and further advise the peach sAlesmen
New ork to subscribe for the Middletown Ira
script, as in it they will find more useful iufc
OF maton in regard 10 the peach trade and pea
r growing OF Delaware than in any other pape
or IRON the fact that II is published in the gre