Middletown transcript., 1870-03-26
For he Nidazelown Transeript.

10 an anonymous communication in your pape
of last week. signed IA N. Y. Commission Deal
er." l seldom reply to or take any notice c
anonymous writers; but in this case, having bee
informed by you that you were at liberty TO Civ
the writer's name, and that it was G. W Idell
salesman in Greenwich street, New York, hay
concluded to say a few words, although my lat
communication in the Transcript of the 10th, ex
ploded, think, all the positions of these N. Y
peach statesmen. Nevertheless, shall say n fey
words to him, in reply. Mr.. ldell-in your com
mnnication, after beating around the bush n
while, you try to get off something smart ant
make in your opinion, strong hit You say
1t may not be generally Known that | send m,
son to New York every season to get good 10
cation, good prices, and also get back part of th
commission, by going into partnership with som
dealer who has but few or no peaches to sell, ant
that If | am robbed out of this cents carriage
my Son and his partners do it and if | don
want to he cheated, why do not give the order
to them, not to sell on those conditions. You
| think, no doubt you have dealt me quite n blow.
wonderful smartncss indeed AS to my SON. he
is there to see to my interest, and pay him
and the party he associates with him. 10 per ct
for selling my peaches; just as other shippers pay
their statesmen. You must presume greatly on
what you suppose 10 be the ignorance of the Del
| aware peach grower and shipper, to suppose they
cannot see through the drift of your reasoning;
or do you suppose any peach dealer thinks am
such fool rs to give such an order to my sales
men when all other statesmen were selling and
hauling over the river at their employers ex-
pense, TO shippers. Another beautiful PROPOSE
| ion is, you say let all shippers from one station
| give the order TO their statesmen not to sell the
peaches at Jersey City, TO be delivered in N. Y,
Now sir, this is equally nonsenscal; why did Won
not say-"Give this order from all stations to all
sdlesmen?'' That they, the growers and shippers.
would not pay further expenses on peaches sold
in Jersey City-had you said that, you would
hny hopD eatrirnf
what the growers and shippers intend to do this
year; and thank you for admitting the princi-
pie contcnd for, for if it is right for my son and
his partners, and also for the shippers from one
station, is it not right for all, and have you moi
admitted that Is. If the order was given from
all stations it would at once end this 4 cents
carriage robbery We, at our association in 1861
determined TO get clear of this 4 cents charge as
soon possible, and'in the fall of that wear an
pointed committee TO SO inform the salcsnen.
The next year, 1868, there was nearly total
failure Of the peach crop, the committee therefore
did not act but some of the committee, and my
self, (although not then a member of said com
mittec,) talked with commission peach statesmen
in New York on this subject. | found but one
firm opposed TO it. The settling of this matter
was delayed until the spring of 1862 Mr.. H.
Todd, who was chairman of said committee re-
ported to us at a meeting early in the spring,
that no doubt the matter would be arranged sat
laaclorllNi anu at tne meeting on the 18th of
June, he then reported, contrary to our expccta-
tions, that said arrangement was likely 10 fall
through. Harvest was then near at hand the
peach growers were too busy to call mcetinps
and much against our wish, went over and had
to submit, unwillingly, mud let my son and Mes
srs. billiard McMulkin, at Nos 800, $40, West
Washington Market, (who have sold nv peaches
for the last three years. doas others were doing.
But sir, this year, the peach growers and shin
pers intend by united order to our statesmen. to
end that cents robbery. The next great abuse
is that shippers beyond New York city are doiuo
business on our capital that is, using our basl
cts, when we, the growers need them at homo
The Peninsular Peach Growers Association was
gotten up purposely TO remedy all abuses, have
an interchange of opinion, and impart to each
other all information that in any way relates TO
the peach trade.
There are, of course, in New York, n great ma
ny trusty peach statesmen: My son and Mcssrs.
lillliard McMulkin, at 800 and $40 W. WASH
ington Market have sold for me the last three
years, and have no thought at the present time
of changing my business. ] formerly Skinned IN
Garmo, Vcrmilyn, Andrew Stewart and nv SON
No. w. Washington Market; afterwards 10 An,
drew Stewart and my son, aG8 W. Washinoton
Market; and Nlessrs Fielder, Mount 4 Unison
have sold for me; and recommend the old firm
as now composed Of Nermilya & Stewart. No
Washington Market, as good honest salcsnon
who will do justice to any Delaware grower VIVA
may ship 10 them; and also recommend Mossrs
Fielder Mount Jmsion, in the same way. and
several other firms in and around WasLiurtor
Market are good and deserving statesmen who
would do justice to growers shipping TO them
and no doubt will chccrfully carry out The wish,
es OF Delaware peach growers and shinners Il,
relieving them of this cents cartage rohhery
1t is neither good reason nor common sense that
Shippers after having sold their peaches IN Jcr-
sey City, should haul them over New York civ
TO the different lines of rail roads and stcamhoot
NO other branch of business does it: neither will
we do 1t. GU say some Others who shin ia \
Y. know as much as do, and if they sec nronor
to have their peaches sold on such conditions II
IS none OF my puSlheas. 1t is, sir, for they are
inIurng my business MS well as their own on1 I
claim the same light to warn them that I would
II saw them putting an obstruction on the Pail
Read track when a train of peach cars was in
sight, they would not only iniure their ncocbns
out mine also, II on the train. | also claim the
rieht us orolher peach grower in the same busi-
mes. The conduct of all who sold peaches Inet
year. their returns of sales, the amount they soId
peaches for, the number of empty baskets return
cd, and the time of returning them and all other
matters relating 10 the peach business. win he
discussed at our meeting. But, of these two
things you may rest assured that the Delaware
peach growers will not longer submit to this ct
robbery for hauling peaches over the river after
ihey nave been sold in Jersey City I'd. that we
VIII not allow our baskets TO 90 beyond Y
city or suburbs, which are all included in the citv
OF New York; nor shall buyer have more than
"a hours to return them to the person he bouobt
ilem OF at their stands or places of bus; ness in
l. Men who propose to do peirrh business be-
YONG n. T. city, will have ample time TO prepare
'or themselves baskets crates, or other means to
convey peaches. We growers expect to arrange
tor part of our crop to go on direct in the cars
10 Gi'les and towns beyond New York, without
,, S,I'pMPihS,.as M soon we can make arrangements
win the Shore Line Railroad to connect with the
New Jersey Railroad at Jersey City, by boats TO
laEe the cars either way without reshipping their
contents most of the shipping beyond N. York
Guy VIII be done by the Delaware peach growers,
ana nothing will force them to do it sooner. than
tlis cents charge for hauling peaches over for
the shippers beyond New York; for if we have to
maui the peaches over to tie railroad depots and
steamboats,, and then find baskets TO take the
peaches on with, we had far better send our A.
GEMS on and sell the peaches, and make the pro-
III that these men are making on our capital
You say | send my son on to New York in
peach time, TO attend to my interest. do, sir,
and advise all other heavy growers and ship