Middletown transcript., 1871-09-02
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MippLgrowS, DEL Aug 30, 1871.
Townsend. Aug Is, 1871.


M. Edtior II send you this articl,
foi publication knowing that your are ey.
cr ready 10 cspouse the cause OF the peach
grower, ana feel that whatever is their in
tcrest is yours, because they are mutual
You arc in great measure dependent on
them and they are in great measure de-
pendent on you. SO with all classes Of
people, They are dependent upon each
other, and all are dependent. either di.
rectly or indirectly. upon the ground for
maintenance. Blu. we are On the subject
Of peaches and are diverging
This has been an extremely bad season
on peach growers They have been al.
most worked to death, aud have realized
very little The railroads. commission
men, and middle men, so aptly and hon
cstly described in late issue OF your pa
per under the head of Peter funksm,
have pycketed nearly all the proceeds of the
peach crop. aud the poor growers. vino
have done the ioiling, sweating. swearing
and freting, are left, in many instances.
without enough TO pay for their labor
Sow, is j, right that the Railroad Com
panies should make 50 nlucl, and the peach
growers 80 little? You know of the large
receipts of the r. Il. Companies. You
know that from this station alone, this
year. there have already been shipped over
300 900 baskets of peaches, and those tina,
are to come will swell il To the enorm-
Gus sum Of near. il not over. 400 900 bas-
ke,s. which. n, 30 cents per basket, will
make $50 900 from one station ulunc il,
about five weeks-onough 10 build five
miles Of railroad. Over the whole road
there will, perhaps, be shipped two aud u
half millions baskets, amounting in freigh,
TO about 5000. 900. Think Of il .-enoup b
to build fifty miles Of railroad through this
country. But the railroad is n good thing
1t has has advanced the value of property
and has done wonders for our little State
But sometimes, Mr.. Editor. We get good
things too dear. We can buy gold too
high, and it is the mos, precious of all
metals. So with our railroads. They arc
good things, but We have to pay too dear.
ly for our privileges. Certainly in doing
the enormous business they do in peach
season, they can afford to carry our peach
cs to market much lower ihan they do
aud in all my intercourse with peach grow.
crs. which is continual, being a grower
myself, find every man sore over the n
mount Of money he has to pay for freight.
ing his peaches To market. The thing is
being generally talked over now, Of asking
the railrond to refund US the small sun
Of 6vc cents per basket. 1t would in re.
ali,y be small TO them. but it would caus,
many nm overworked mud poorly pait
grower to rejoice and exclaim "how mag
unanimous in the railrond to help us out,
and thousands would be friendly to the road
who now curse and oppose it, becau,e they
say it is \ monopoly and extortions OF
them. honestly think it would max,
the railroad more friends aud more dollar,
than any other step II could take. say
more dollars. because the people would b,
encouraged to work aud extend their or
chards, and thus increase the freights o
the road. There are many spcculationl
in regard TO the railroad refunding Some
who arc terribly down on the Del. road
say they will think that Heaven and cartl
are coming together when tho railroad re
funds anything. nnd such like rmarks
but feel that they can afford to help US
and having the good fortune to know mos
Of tho officers Of the road, can say in al
cnndor, that I have always found them fni
and reasonable mon. and must believe tina
IL the proper steps are taken they will
gree TO refund Us some Of the money pait
them. We would not ask. or expect It
were il not oil ouc-sidcd thing. Thcy
get nearly all. and We. on account OF ths
immense crop. got little or nothing Yor
easily zee that the heavier The crop th,
more freight they get snd The lower tb.
prices Nc receive. II The railroad, on be.