The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1872-10-03

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mi8dia meh icel secure h their q taia.
ieb ard are obstinately determined Is
restsi every e8ers - psa1aeoS ssA ean.
suurr q do their owp trading. was al.
so sseg a Mr Bates who stands ~.
tween the producers aud copsumcu 81
leo ,aus 81 MIX per day, became cx-
cited over the iutimation Of strong
Earmers milk company, and schcmcntIy
de6td heaven and earth, and al The
producers aud consumers 10 The uni.
verse 20 get ono can q milk OF ope eus.
toner away from him. tic sold pure
milk there was nothing bat water ever
pat into milk to bis knowledge be bad
known peaYlash put in bat not often
I" The last ia answer % question 2
would not deny that his drivers pat III
water did not believe there were Eve
hoaest drivers 10 the city, be had been
cheated AMI lost $500 by one man
aud finally believed be had not made
over thirty thousand dollars in the
business. This Mr. Bates a short time
since sold hs right to carry milk from
producers to consumers IN a certain To-
cality which he called a route ior ten
thousand dollar, and then located an
other ten thousand dollars right to the
producers milk which he defes crea-
ton 10 reclaim.
These rights or routes as they are
called are valued and sold for about
ten thousand dollars for each 100 cans
distributed daily which makes the
handsome sum Of eight hundred thous.
and dollars for the 5000 cans distribu.
ted daily in New York. The farmers
have deed Of this property from ma.
ture with covenant to warrant aud
defead against all lawful claims, and
still Mr.. Bates and his associates defy
them to enter into possession, But the
farmers are consulting together, and it
will be strange II they do not conclude
to take this rich inheritance into their
own care whether Mr. Bates consents
or net. Some Of the means taken
by these men TO enrich themselves at
the expense Of the farmers, are not
half as honorable as highway robbery,
for tho highway meets you face to
face, and makes his demands and risks
your ability to defend yourself
Twas told by an unimpeachable wit
ness that large dealer who had some
sour milk left over, emptied one OF his
customers cans of sweet milk into his
own can, and the sour milk into the
can otlis customer and returned it over
100 mics with the charge that his milk
came SPUR, and was not properly cured
on the farm thus subjectng the inno-
cent faimer to large freight bill,
while Mr. ---- Ct know his name, }
sold the sound milk, and pocketed the
stolen money and chuckled about the
scolding some one on the farm would
get for not properly scalding the cans
Sourmilk il the ri chest vein the dealer
has We struck in the whole milk trade.
lie charged back few cans of sour milk
TO the farmers at first with some slight
show Of reluctance each month. Butby
constait practice, and by an examination
of the perfect helplessness of the farmer
the desler has come to consider this sys-
TEN ofrobbery, hidden treasure and a
part oithe business of the trade, and he
boldly lells the farmers sweet milk, and
returns to the farmer the sour linsing of
the peddlers carts of the day before, aud
tells hin to be more careful In the future.
| viii not take up your space with
OF the shameless wrongs
that hive been submitted to by the farm
ers, tits enough for the farmer to know
that al least 3 cents per quart for every
quart of sound milk that he sends 10
market is held back from him, and that
this wrong has come TO be considered
right, and is bought and sold at the rate
Of ten thousand dollars for every humid 4
red cans sent by him daily to market, and
thataD almost unlimited amount Of eroton
water dispaces an equal amount ofthe
product Of his farm do not wish to be
that all milk reaches the mar.
ket IL d sound marketable conitdlon No
doubt some Of our farmers are careless in 4
curing their milk; careless in cleansing
cans, but the wholesale, indiscriminate,
return Of sour mix The present season,
aud the bold admissions made publicly by !
That "if the farmers ever
rexpect better returns, they must abau-
don this agitation about tile mix bust
mess, and stop taking about d mix /
company" all this together with the /
evidence Of eye witnesses testified to
'thc truth 81 the charges made But to
right these wrongs no half way measures
will ever avail Nothing short Of nni-
yersal movement BY al the MIX proeuc-
err ran bring about reform, Tie re-
port Of the president ofthis little Duchess
County Company before named Il
striking illustration Of the truth Of this
statement. Mr.. Bedeli claimed that the
company were handling 20 cans per day
now, and the annexed questions BY MI
LOOMS and answers By Mr. Bedeil repor