Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-01-15
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MIR. Boyden's reply to Mr. McBreen.

EDITOR TIMES In your issue OF
Dec. 25th, notice a communication
signed James McBreen. Allow me to
correct few mis-statements contain
ed in that article. l have not the
honor of an acquaintance with Mr.. Nc
Breen, though may possibly have met
him among the host of runners l
have encountered during the past fall,
but do not recollect him He speaks
out in meeting without an invitation,
denying that he has said anything about
the Rutland or Ludlow oranges. No
one has accused him of such an act or
even of saying or knowing anything achat-
eper. When | wrote the article / did
not know that such man as James Nc
Breen had existence. | accept his de-
NAL and thank him for it. Query. Do
people usually deny through the public
journals anything they are not guilty of
neither are accused or suspected of hav-
ing said or done? Who speaks next
q write this that the next one may
speak A word in relation to thegrange
-four at Bondville. Flour shipped to
grangers usually has no brand on it
whatever. How the grange -four with
out any brand on it whatever, and the
merchants -four with fancy brand up
on it is "the same brand cannot con-
ceive. Perhaps he can inform the pub
lie. Changers order -four of certain
grade shipped direct from the mill to
the grange and warranted, and not one
out of many thousand barrels Of flour
shipped to the oranges of Vermont, has
proved poor. The fact is the farmers
have learned that brand is no guaran-
tee whatever as regards the quality of
the -four. The largest portion of the
-four leaves the mill without any brand
whatever upon it, being sold as -four of
certain grade, and the dealers put such
brands upon it as they choose, frequent
ly putting several different brands upon
-four of the same grade, from the same
car load. Whether the fancy brands
upon flour is proof of the quality of the
-four or not, leave the public to de-
eide. The fiourpurchased by the grange
at Bondville was nice article of "pure
white, winter wheat -four" as good -four
as can be found in the market, If the
merchant at Bondville sells such -four
at 1925 per barrel and makes fair
profit, why do not other merchants sell
the same article for the same price in
stead of from $500 to 900 per barrel
The statement shows upon its face that
it is hoax
The statement that the Bondville farm-
ers were induced to join the grange by
statement made by the authority of
grangerism," that they could> buy the
Warrior moving machine for from $50
to 500 is unqualifedly incorrect in every
particular. If such might be the fact,
as deputy, have no right to use it even
to induce farmers to join the grange, or
to make it known TO those not members
of the grange Every member of the
order well understands this, and no one at
all conversant with the workings of the
order and with my well known views upon
that same feature of our business, would
have repeated such statement even
had they heard it proclaimed to be a
fact. The combination mentioned by Mr..
McBreen, CThank him for his candid adj
mission of such combination existing
among the manufacturers and dealers
itisusually Denied compels the oranges
to act as a secret society and keep their
business to themselves to protect those
who make propositions to give grangers
the advantage of wholesale rates if they
pay cash and buy in quantities.
He insists that he could not make the
oranges propositions to trade consistent.
ly, as it would publish his wholesale
rates to the world he labors in this
statement under great mistake; we dc
not reveal the names of the firms we
deal with or any special rates given us
he could deal with the oranges for year:
and the world or merchants never ever
suspect the fact | have never stated
outside of the grange the names of any
of the firms or manufacturers we dea
with, or anything in relation to the spe
cial offers made US, or the prices we bu,
at; that would reveal to the world tn,
names of those who have made PROPOSE
tions to the grange. Mr.. McBreen i
undoubtedly honest and has repeate,
Just what he has heard, but the palpabl
self evident mistakes he has made in hi
statements reminds one of the old adage
Shoemaker, stick to your last" | re
greet exceedingly that man of his evi
dent and undoubted ability and honest
should condescend to publish such " ban
. room tales. ID. +. BoYDEN.
A RAILROAD QUEsTIoN.-The Rut