The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1873-07-24

qumlaE hack - = post Of time im-
pauaat o. yea all. a. well as - myself
iBs birth u tbe milk business 90 the
ltae If your railroad. au8 booking along
aawn fran tba. time g. the present J
asa ls8 % say am not satisfied with
the growth and dsvelePemeut o. this
basbess, add | well know also tbat
many Of the farmers are disappointed
rld dissatisfied Ia this business And
shy are We all disappointed. is The
4atstiBh = NY mind the reasons are
sbyione
Lot There was a contract made be-
tween VIM Batter DuacaB, lessee oi
lbe u. y Il. u and Cummings, Baker
A Co. aud said contract has not been
carried cot on the part Of Mr.. Duncan.
2ad The managers Of the HER 4
atcd "a unreasonable tariff Of eighty
cents can au milk, but promised that
tAe freight should BE- reduced to sixty
cents can ~ soon as We get the husi.
ucss started
The freight has not been reduced, al
though we have olien auxiously and
earnestly tried 10 get the freight re-
luccd 10 sixty cents a can, the same as
the Harlem road This eighty cents
freight has male this milk business
hard and up hill business for us, and
has robbed the farmers Of much Of their
po6t. would like 10 ask you the
question, II there had been no charge
for freight on your bills, would it have
becn q profitable aud encouraging bus
mess 10 you Or ia other words, IL
you had received half cent a quart
more on al Of your milk, would it have
becn paying business 7
am told that some OF the railroad
officials have been telling farmers along
'hc road that the reason that they do
not reduce the freight on milk, is be.
cause they are paying to as ten cents a
can on all the milk that goes over the
road, aud that they are compelled to
10 this by said contract between Mr.
Duncan aud c. i, & Co Now, if they
ten this IN this way, shall say it is
not true. They have never, for one
day, paid MS ten cents can on all the
milk that went over the road neither
does that contract require them to do
that 80 long as we handle the milk
By that contract they agreed to give
us certain rights aud privileges, TO ship
Al kinds Of perishable freight to and
from New York This they have never
fulfilled for one day. They agreed that
five would build ice.houses, fit up re-
lrgerator cars, furnish ice aud start
the milk business for them, and if any
farmer should choose to cunsign milk
to other parties 50 that we get no COM
mission out Of it, then on all such milk
they would pay us ten cents a can.
They have paid the ten cents a can on
some Of the milk so consigned TO other
parties aad heg haze moi paid tts any
Other ray, Aud they have paid MS
nothing in this way since last January.
Mr. 1ilden says that our contract made
in good faith, to help them to business
ON the road. is good for nothing now,
because the railroad has been sold out
So they disregard our contract entirely
and will not pay us one cent on milk
consigned TO other parties, neither will
they allow us to do the ireighting bust
ness as agreed to by contract, although
wc put ia our money to build ice
houses, tit ap cars. furnish cans for the
tanner, done an we agreed to do. start
FL the business. aud they are now run
ming aur ears and We ate furnishing ice
ior the business and they refuse 10 pay
anything tor it, aud they are trying
to rob ne 81 al the legal aud moral
rights and privileges Of our contract by
dsregardiug 1t entirely aud refusing "a
pay what they agreed 70 pay
fbis cxtfayagaut freight ou milk {,
bad policy 1t has already made the
business Improbable This aud some
other things will ruin the business un,
lass they are modified at once. II will
nutd3 ior mcu io cay we will take
what two please aud we do not care
whether anybody else makes anything
orBo' I, will not 30 foe Mr.. Tildcn
20 cay 4 got G Il s ca. into this
ba.iaess aHi they have served us. and
aoe they shall u8t have any pas tsr it
$50 take al there r.. and will MOI
pay what wc agree 4 H. pay Ne
iiiiea said ii doubt # there could
hA,e beeh found another party ia Ncu
York that would have undertaken thi.
mIlk business We dld undertake
ba.Aess looked apou rs ueayly every
nar ~ beng Impossible We under
ta.k tle shipping Of milk 2is miles
aud AID il successfully We ran "a,
business up % 900 cans day. or more
You can fini ~ other instance whent
milt t4s heen transported this disiaue,
b, Heagiy lo0 milcs and there is onll