Delaware tribune, and the Delaware state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1877-18??, 1877-07-12
THE PEACH QUESTION
Two IMPORTANT LETTD11 o
PEACH CHARACTERIZATION.

The Peach Growers Committee are
Not Satisfied with the Freight
Mates, and wish she Chartered Car
8yntcua Retained - Their Letter 10
President Iainck1ey ana His Reply.
ocrs.pondsnos Of Kvssy Evening aad osamsrsiai
MrDDIKrowN, DEL, July 9.-The Peach
Growers' Committee, on the ed ult., sent
q letter TO President Hinckley, Of the p,
W. 4 B. Railroad Company,in which they
ventilate their views and wishes quite
freely. II ia given below in full, together
with President Hinckley's reply, which I
have obtained for publication Arst In
EVERY EVENING AND OoM,fxloIAL. The
letters are as follows: a..
THE PEACH GROWERS LETTER.
To President Iaaoc His,ckley and Direc-
tors r., W. d b. r. Il. :-GnNTIx-
MRN:-We address you on the yearly topic
Of peach freights in this manner, az being
fuller, stronger and more deliberate
form of communication.
First-We ask you to give for your
road and to favor to other roads reduc-
ton in freight in accordance with the
financial shrinkage of all business. Your
transportation charge from the same point
OH peaches ia over 400 per cent more than
OH corn. The business Of carrying peaches
TO New York is probably 1000 per cent.
greater from this peninsula than the caRry-
ing OF corn is. Will you not do something
to change somewhat this apparently In
verted order
Second-Ws ask that no discriminative
tariffs in favor of any route or routes be
Mid, but rather that no artificial measures
be undertaken attempting to influence
prices but that you leave 10 the markets
and the grower unrestricted liberty to
settle the supply. Further, we specially
request that your and our old patrons, the
consumers in Philadelphia and New York
city and tributaries, shall have the advan-
tage of any reduction in expenses to be
made, as well an the new and unreliable
consumer of the West.
Third-We ask in addition to reasona-
BILE reduction in freight to all points, which
the times demand, that il your company
take advantage of the great economy to
you, in doing away with the chartered car,
that the grower shall receive fair share
of the 40 per cent (Which you are reported
as claiming) of the new over the old and
very remunerative system, especially as
the experiment is made against the preju-
dices and at the risk of the grower.
Fourth-We deny the right of the
transporter to inaugurate aRy measures
tending to coerce the grower, commission
merchant and consumer, as to the manner
in which they shall carry on their own
private business, either as to
the giving the basket ut sale of the fruit,
or in my other way. We have always
had the right for the return of empties
in our chartered cars and undoubtedly
paid for it, and your company cannot
reasonably insist upon no return freights,
as you have always claimed, that theii
comparative absence was the cause of the
apparent high charge for the carriage Of
fruits.
Fifth-We understand your proposition
to be: that the rates of freight be reduced
to all west of Pittsburgh points 80 pei
cent, and that the rate to New York ant
beyond be not reduced but changed, per
haps raised, your reasons being: that t.
reduce the freight to New York would be
no advantage to the grower, as the marke
will be overloaded with the present crop
and the reduction going West, by offering
bv dav" IN attract the nttent;om of III,
urower and peperaIly conduce IN III
bapn6t For tha NM yo,L sh;nnar n i;
batter IN have b;ob rat,s for the Wsstsr,
sb;nner low rates n cannot be noss;hl,
that both theories can he co,rsct
assuming a fair degree nj intelIfpence /,
the grower to direct shipments. W,
must repudiate such paternal governing
II. \
tborouublv 10 reonIate tbe nn,rLat yon,
schedule mnst nnder.o trs"nsn, sont
violenf CHANCES and c,aarly ;nvolvt
disaster to our business Wa Ssk Won moi
10 know unfairly e;tbsr ,,o.os ~ ,.arsons
LET the rule Te charles occorf;r@ !,
d;ficuItv and d;stanco yomr ,f,;n;al.
ARGUE that the peach growers fostered nv
the low char1es of Tho comnanv Inv,
oyerplanted and therebv hrouybt tbf
interest and themselves To the nresent
IMPOVERISHED condition md adv;ss IN.
takino nm of half tbe stack NJ. hs,;av,
fiat Your cbaross are not so Low h, =
great deal as yor oan otfor5 onJ ,,o a.
6el;syc that evsrv reach u "' ~
ba ,;ctad this voor ,v,,,ii
hr;r, payi~, rr;nas b,,, ~ ,ho 800,
t;nanciafl ,sv,is;an coria tor ah;aS w s or'
iiot ras,,an l,hIa M a ~ ,,or,; ~ Y,
ms have not hsen elamoroms IN saasan an ~:
ont Of season fnr rsdMct;o1 ~ ratss a hr,
bavs oans;dauaS 49, ,,nu- ohase s' w
10, o s,s;n.1', ~ . .n.,; ai onaees ~ei'
-a.Los = .ay.;. i &c W.. .sa. nl.' w
,'aanh -; trnaa ama ~ ,,oa s odu phi. u."een
ano"id fra;nh. ~han trm;t pisoraS s.on y ~,
~ no nar 1,asta. n;ck;na onS o,,i.;na.;s,
nj ;ncln1eS and when rs;lro.d a~namsa
rara mnch ;ncraaseI nv tbo ;nSa.;o W nt .M.
,;raas HOW nnuoI shoS,,d onaa,as W w
ssneJ ia lila, ehb IL r nj lss
avno,'ses hov;na arrival rhon t.";
Clears undcr the same c;rcnn.,ann as
srom TX 70 "a cents and tIen a n.sat ',.o
.,sr.;on Lart ~ b,m,a W. ~ Pr
consider faporahlv our amman, sor you rod,0
ton Of our expenses. II cannot be you
occupation, i is = iesi,imS, maze one Y an an
contributes much to the general welfare
and unless unweighted by just concession