Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-03-07
1 CARD 10 THE PATRONS OF
HUSBANDRY.


On or about the 9Th of February
last, we received the following CON-
munication:
AT meeting of the District Coun-
Gil of the Patrons of Husbandry held
at Guthrie, on che Sd of this month, a
committee was appointed (of which /
am a member) to ascertain of the
warehousemen of this tobacco district
and elsewhere, at what cost per hogs
head they can have the tobacco of the
Patrons sold at your house A similar
letter is sent to all warehousemen OF
firms, to which an answer is very re-
spectfully asked at your earliest con-
yenience, say not later than the 10th OF
this month. 1t may not be improper
to state that your reply will be laid
before each Grange throughout the
District, that all may avail themselves
of the information contained therein,
Ve.y respectfully,
(Signed) L. G. SEBREE,
for the Committee"
Taking the above letter in good faith
and being perfectly acilling to go before
the several Oranges and compete fairls
and honestly for their business, we sub
mitted the following proposition, to-
wit: A
LIST. To sell tobacco belonging to the
Patrons of Husbandry at 50 90 pei
hid. and l per cent commission OIL
sale; or,
I'd. On a guarantee of 5000 hhds.
to sell their tobacco at 50 so per hid
and charge no commission on sale.
When this proposition was made, we
had every reason to believe that il
would be published to each Grange
throughout the District, that all NIGH
araI themselves of the information,
but we have since learned that thi:
committee has not only failed to sub
init our proposition to the severa
Oranges Gas indicated in Mr.. Sebree'l
letter, but has, in prostitutiag ITS offc,
ial character to the interest of one hous'
only in our city, attempted to injure oul
business by placing us in a false posi-
ton before ''the Patrons of Husband
ry."
In view of these facts, we feel tina
Justice to ourselves demands that W.
should be set right before Our friends
who are Patrons. We did not misua
derstand Mr.. Sebrees letter. We made
our proposition belieui,g that it would
be laid before every Grange IN tn
District, and we're willing to risk the
chance of its success when so pub
lished. We never understood, that il
orderto have our proposition published
to the respective Oranges, it would b.
necessary for us to underbid any Other
warehouse. Nor did Mr.. Sebree'
letter indicate that this committee pro
posed to decide as to the relotiue merit
of the propositions submitted. L
would seem, however, that the com
mittee, unmindful of its official Gigni
tn, did take the matter in its oaon hands
for zoe know that propositions were
submitted by all the Warehousenaen a
Garksuille, on the good faith of Mr.
,Sebree's letter; and we also kno,o tina
only one of these propositions has evel
seen the light of day since entering The
committee room. In suppressing oul
proposition, the committee has done u!
great injustice, and has virtually sale
that we made no proposition at all
Now we wish the Patrons of Husband
ry to know that we did offer to sci
their tobacco at 81 90 per hogsheac
and l per cent. commission on sale
No other house in this city offered tt
sell their tobacco at less cost than 10
did. Yet our proposition is suppressed
and one house only is recommended
Can it be that this committee mdnipu
lated the Grange movement in the in
terest of special parties? Did persona
friendship override the better judgnen
of the committee? Do we err in sup
! posing that the Grange movement wa
gotten up in the interest of the farm
ing community generally and not i
| the interest of special parties? L
what way does the committee propos
to benefit Patrons who have tobacc
to sell by recommending special friend
and suppressing propositions fror
other parties IF the friends of tn
committee have offered superior IN
ducen,eats to Patrons have not the
sufficient judgment to appreciate tn
fact when all the propositions are lai
before them? or has the time com
when Patrons are no longer free t
determine their o,1n business arrange
nsentsa Does this committee propos
to run the Grange movement? Thes