National Republican., 1874-05-07

Q. Have you sold any at any price above the
card pricei A. No, sir.
By Mr. Mattingly: Q. Do you belong to that
association that was referred to by Mr.. Wilson
A. Yes, sir.
Q; You had dispeusatlon as to .his Dis
trictl A. Yes, sir.
By Mr.. Wilson: Q. To whom did you sell in
this cityi A. Mr.. Thomas Evans, Henry
Langston, George w. GoodaH, and . numoei
Of others Z ? . r, D. . ' ~ - =
9. Were they dealers in pIpei A. Yes, sir.
Q. Did you sell to them to be delivered tc
the Board Of Public Worksi A. Not that VIZ
were aware of.
Q. Did you have an agent in this cityi A
No, sir.
Q. Did you sell any to Mr.. Wall' A. We
sold one bill to him. Il.
o. How muchi A. twenty-five dollars,
think-in that neighborhood. A small bill.
By Mr. Hubbell: Q. Did you notice the price
as covered by this card, page 1881 VIII you
Just examine those prices and see whether
these are above or below the ruling rates fol
pipel A. There were no ruling rates here
Some parties gave more discount than others.
Q. How is that as to the amount of discount
A. should say this was near the maximum
near the highest rate of discount. Near the
highest rate of discount, but it is not the high
est that we have offered.
By Mr.. Stewart: Q. Did you sell cheaper
than thisi A. Yes, sir, that is, from-up tc
12-inch. / do not know that we ever sold any
thing larger than 12inch cheaper than that.
Q. To private individuals. or to the tradei
a. To the traders.
Q. Do you make any difference when yoJ
sell to private individuals or those buying to
sell againi A. We did not allow private in
viduals any discount at all. We sell at card
prices. The discount is for the trade exclu'
a.. l.,
dtVidualsi You sell to the retail, but private
parties at the trade pricesl- A. Yes, sir.
By Hr Merrick: Q. Did you furnish Mr..
Evans q memorandum of prices at which you
would furnish pipe to him on behalf of the firm
of Lincoln s. Blackl "A. recollect writing q
letter to him, quoting prices.
Q. When was that A. The letter have
copied is in the year 1862.
| Q. Did you furnish him any list of prices
after thatl A. did, verbally.
By Mr.. Mattingly: Q. Were the prices in,
creased after 1862 A. think they were
about the same; that is the verbal prices
gave him; there was one year the prices were
fixed; we could not depart from.
! Q. When did your association fix the prices7
A. The convention was in session in December,
1870; it was .some time in January, 1SE1, be-
fore they went into effect. = .-
Q. Did you furnish him list of prices cor
responding with that on page 1128 A.
think that is the copy of the list Of prices
furnished him In 1869.
Q. You say that the same rate of prices con.
tinued up to 1871 A. Well, don't think
they made any different quotations.
Q. You didn't make any different quotations
to him in 1871 from that A. I think did after
some time In the early part. think was here
in Washington in January, 1871, before the
prices had gone into effect, and the association
was established, and I endeayored to get his
trade for that year before the association
Q. Aud then you represented to him this
same price as the prices furnished to himi A. l
think offered TO him at 40 per cent. discount
from card prices, delivered in Washington.
Q. Did you offer him at this rate of prices
there? A. think there ia 40 per cent. think
that is in that neighborhood.
Q. Look at that and see If you offered him
pipe in 1871 at the rate of prices which he has
given there as the rate OF prices furnished to
him by you' A. On twelye-inch pipe this is not
quite 40 per cent.
Q. You reiterated to him in 1871 the price
you had in 1861 A. The card prices differed in
1sn from 1869; we sold 1t at $3.50 and 80 cents
a foot in 1871.
@. Your new prices went into operation In
1871 "A. i think about the middle Of Janu-
ary, 1871. --. s.. .-. - t--- -
Q. In that year you reiterated to him your
offer to sell to him at the same prices as you
didin 1859? A. cana down here to Wash
ington and endeavored to secure q trade, for
the whole of that year, among our customers,
at our old prices.
Q. And this bill Of prices corresponds with
that A. Very nearly.
BY Mr.. Stanton: Q. And that was before the
new prices went into effectl A. Before it was
binding on the members of the association.
Q. And after that you communicated to Mr..
Evans the increase of prices, In these subse-
quent dealings with himl A. Yes, sir.
Q. In the summer of 1871, in June, 1871,
you did not furnish him any sach list as thatl
A. No, sir; do not think / could. / would
have been breaking faith with the association,
If had offered him that in the summer of
Q. What was the prices for fifteen and eigh
teen-inch pipei A. One dollar and twenty-five
cents for fifteen, and 81 90 for eighteen.
Q. Have you acquainted yourself with the
prices paid by the BOsrd of Public Works for
pipei A. No, SIR.
By Mr.. Merrick: Q. Yon cannot give the date
1T which you gave him that bill of prices? A.
know it was in 1869 tina: the bill was written
for that purpose. l think 1t was in the month
Of June, 1859.
By Mr.. Christy: Q. Do yon-know one VIII
lam NJ. Wilsoni A. l am very well acquainted
with him.
Q. Do you know of his applying to the asso-
citation for dispensation fer a certaint Term, to
allow the various associations engaged in this
trade to sell at whatever prices they chose tol
A. / think it emanated from him. / know
here was a great deal of talk about foreign
pipe manufacturers selling here cheaper than
We could afford to sell at.
Q. When was that application madel A.
hink it must have been made the latter part
IF 1S71-December, think.
@. So that, by that dispensation, the rate
which the: pipe could be furnished and sold
lere would have resulted in very largely re-
luced price, and is nota A. Yes, sir.
The committee adjourned to 10 o'clock a. m.
o-morrow, May z, 1874. -
THE DEATH OF DUELLYG IN lISSLS-
SIPPI
IFrom the New Orleans Plcayune, April 81
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