Middletown transcript., 1871-08-19
For the !Niddi,fown 7'vanseript

For the Middi,fown Transeript.
Mn. Ep,rom Whilst lying down, yesterday,
reading the papers and resting from the effects OF
last week peach business, my eyes rested ON an
article in the Sasser Journal, headed Tho
Thieves" and for the benefit of peach men who
| wish to read It, send il TO you to be republishsd
with this communication.
About the commencement Of the peach season,
long communication appeared In tho Nsw York
7imes, giving about two columns Of gratuisoss
advice TO the supposed isnorsmuses who grow
and shin peaches from Delaware; and now fol-
lows another article, from the Susser Journa!,
y paper published at Georgetown, Del. This
writer says tho amour, stolen, every year. from
the peach growers Of this State, would pay the
interest on the State deb, and create a sinking
fund which would in few ycars liquidate the
debt; aud then goes on 10 say the ~ i. Times
shows up ''thc ways that are dark" OF tho COM
mission merchants OF New York. II 10 very con-
song, indeed, 10 We poor peach growers, VINO
gather peaches, with the thermometer from 80
iO0e, to know tina, We have little sympathy and
any amount Of advice from the outside world.
viii the SUSSEX journal please inform us, why, ON
the vote, one OF their Senators abscntcd himself,
and allowed law 10 pass, taxing, or giving The
r. Il. Co. the right, without any law OF fhindrnnee,
10 tax each car load Of peaches shipped In Dcla-
ware, $3.50, which will this year tax tho peach
growers about $40, 900, or about one half enough
10 pay the State tax, ou, Of peaches grown along
aad shipped by the Railroad? When you come
to talk Of peach thieves" cosamencc ut home
with our Legislature. And part OF these Drla-
ware stcalings TO pay interest on the Sussex Hail
Road, in case it wiihholds, as II did year ago,
Interest on bonds guaranteed by the State. "
further talks of associations Of peach growers in
each county, to protect themselves. There is now
u Pcninsuar Peach Growers Association In ihis
State, with Its head quarters nj Dover, and al
though II costs ouly y. to join II, and 81 annu-
ally thereafter, no, over one dozen peach growers
OF Sussex have joined il. The Peninsnlar Asso-
cation Is composed Of all professions, and as
shrewd business men as are TO be found In the
State. They are fully awake to their interests.
There Is nothing about the peach business but
what they already know, and VIC have confidence
| In our salcsmcn In New York, that they are do
| ing all men can do in properly disposing Of the
great crop Of 1871. Only ten years ago, solitary
and alone, commenced the movement TO 80 ic
Jersey City. Others joined with me, and have
lived to see fruit business built up within thai
time, tha, requires from 6vc TO six hundred cars
| and more than one hundred Of the finest engines
and more peaches have been delivered st Jersey
City, than teams could I've found In the great cit,
Of New York TO haul over, each day as they nr
rived, aud the streets near Washington MArke
have been blocked up aud impossible for hours
Ia no place 10 tho civilized world, has there bccr
delivered at any one point, In one week. Is muci
fruit Of any kind, as there was Of peaches, las
week, Mt Jersey City; and as hot as the weather
was, IL Is d wonder how the commission men go
clear Of them n, any price. The fact Is, land
spectators have been setting /, forth tina, ,hi
and that land would grow peaches, and one cro
would pay for the land; thus inducing men 1
huy land aud plant peach trees, uatil the bust
ness Is about being oycrdono, and there is no US
in blaming the New York commission men alto
Rsthcr. Some Of them may not he all right, bu
the generality Of them are as deserving Of conf
dcnoe as men in any other business, and ar
working hard for all the commission they gel
+ Let the peach growers look st home; comafnt
here Hrs, 10 cutting down expenses. Our Lcgi
lature, several years ago, exempted the Deawai
Railroad Epr fifty years from paying tax, aud la
vip,sr broke faith and laid heavy tax of ff,
, or siyty thousand dollars. The President OF ,h
Company told the Legislative committee, at Il
time, II they passed said bill hc must tax the bI
: sinsss Of the road 10 raise the money. And the
Interests pi The peach growers, laid that tar, AZ
D the peach growers are now paying $7.5o per q
load, which will amount In the aggregate 10 b
: twscn forty and ffiy thousand dollars. Al
: then, in addition 70 this, We the peach grove
and shippers by railroad, have to pay as mu
:. tnx besides as men in other parts Of inc S'al
thus paying double and treble TAX. When n
peach season 70 over and 4 review Of the situate
Il taken, think measures will be taksa to rem
/. dy the grievance, at the AigA cpSrf qf TIC bal
Lox In 1879. Here 10 where Smallsouied legis
. tors have driven Il 70, and where No must M
d look for . remedy. SASrst Towxssxp.
7s~ssssd, Aug, II, 1871.
= The following 10 the article from thn Sssi
:. Journal referred 10 Ia the foregoing letter:
|. Tms Taisvn The amount stolen every u
from the peach growers Of this Siate would p
j. The interest on ihs Stats debt and create d
!, fnnd which would In . few years iiquidate
:. debt. The New York Times Ia ~ asticleoa
70 suhjsct shows up .'the ways that are dark" Of
, commission mseuhants. Il states that the 6rst .
ofpeaches ID but afrAud and that they are oleu
n halfs dozen times btfore they get iato the has
:. Of the consamsn. 80 large an lntsscstas that
" peach growing should csrsainly Be- protested r.
10 lie hungry wolves that hang about The peach m
:. bet II New York. Nothing ca Be done By
y dividuals, but 90 association should b i0rsu
ts ID each county whsse they do not exist and
:. matted slIpri sonsshing might BE- aeeomplish
win Il not b well l6e The peach growers 10 h
!. Into this matter bssoss saoshsf ssasoa COZ
asound.
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