Middletown transcript., 1872-12-28

agreed three years ago TO have been done.
Lines should be opened from Jersey City
across the North River. East; other lines
TO the Middle. North and West Of Penn
sylvania and New York and sheds should
b bull, At Broad and Prime, Philadelphia.
by the II. r. Co. aud the market for
peaches shipped by rnilroad 10 Philadcl-
phia should BE- made at Broad and Prime.
and thereby snve the carriage Of four and
five cents per basket 10 haul them to the
Delaware Front to be sold. and then haul.
ed back, (or the greater portion Of thcm)
MS one half Of the population Of Philaael
phia lives west Of 10th street. and, besides.
at Broad and Prime there is connection
with the Pennsylvania railroads. This
carriage at Jersey City aud Broad and
Prime is a robbery on the peach grower !;
and further. our growers should not be so
easily humbugged and dcluded BY the
travelling drumincrs Of New York. As
soon as the weather gets warm these men
appear oil bu, in lcgions, making all kinds
Of promises to inexperienced peach grow
ers, thus keeping them from closer alli-
ance with older and more experienced
growers. and at the cud Of the season the
cry is they have been cheated and robbed
Now, this thing will happen as long as
they pu, confidence in these drummcrs.
Another evil in the business is these three
per cent. shippers that are hired by the
New York commission men to give them
high sounding name to induce growers
to ship to them. All shippers tha, ship
TO these men pay l3 por cent for selling
10 per cent 10 the commission man. and
3 cents further 10 him to pay his 3 cents
basket country agent, then 1 cents to
the commission man for his teams to haul
them. Therefore, IL peaches sell in Jer.
sey City for 3 90, the charges are 10 cts
for commission in New York, 3 cents to
pay his country agent, and 1 cents for
his teams. making l. cs out Of the iolla-.
II the peaches sell ipr 80 cents at jersey
City, ~ per cent. ) ccn,s). 3 cents per
basket 10 country agent. and cents per
basket for hauling. makes > cents cut Of
30 leaving 81 cents Then, say 20 ct,
freight. and you have lcf, Is cents per
basket. Now, lop of u cents in the freight
| for hauling, aud 3 to the country agent
and YOU have a nett saving Of - cents
aud that added to the 3 cents makcs 3
cents clear for your peaches il ihey sell At
30 cents; 53i ccuts clear if they sell for
- cents aud rs cents clear il they sell for
) 90 per basket
II the same state of things is allowed to
90 on - it did Il, Jersey City in 1871 aud
1877. you viii cease TO see buyer, Of peach.
cs come among YOU at the shipping sta
tious, fer the simple reason that they can,
at your crushed market at Jersey CITY.
buy them at much better advantage than
here where they are grown; but If you So
lee, new markets guarantee new lines. @
ears will DO 10 start line anywhere J you
will get clear Of imposition. and obtain
fair prices for your fruit both ni
home and in the markets you ship to
The plain. simple question is narrowed
down TO this: Shal! the peach grower rule
hi- interest, Or Will hc let the hucksirr,
rule bin. ngd Ese him as slave to their
interest. hope not Therefore come
10 the meeting at Middlctown on the l;h
Of January aud tclp inaugnra:e policy
that viii protect the peach grower against
shnrpcr> aud travelling snft-sawtler drum.
ming hueks'ers. SAMUEL TOWNSEND
To%as.n!, Del. Dec 2G 1879.