Delaware tribune, and the Delaware state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1877-18??, 1877-08-16
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Gre.-rrs Forced 10 send Fruit BY
wstar-vice President Cassats's.
Letaer-Dryink and Canning Fruae
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Correspondents u KSsss frssine and Commercial
MrpDAkrowN, August st-Hpclosed you
will And lettef os Vie President Csssatt
In REPLY TO the committee Of peach
growers Addreaaing President Boott otaf
his signature. h w9a.A nSs agree well,
cc,.tpafed with his very late address to his
employees, pleading the very great depres-
sion in business a. . justification for
reduction affecting them. l,....
Mr.. O. Huntingdon in your Saturdays
edition ctpSe5ses views, we believe 80
peculiar to himself, that after your
favorable comments, 1t is important TO
allude to them.
If there are two sides to the question,
why peach freiehts should lie the solitary
exception 10 the universal rule Of
reduction, Mr. H. . singular ideas do not
represent ono Of thea. President
Hinckley's reported reasons seem not TO
have been successfully. defended, and the
only argument yet produced on the rail-
road silie 10 this letter of Vice President
Oassatt. His logic might bs called the old
Oft used use, !! by school tieh "Reductio aa ABB
Mr.. Huntingdon's theory for the
interests of growers Of good fruit, that
none but dollar peaches should be
freighted," is just az true as that NIL parts
Of beef but siflolns and lib roasts should
be denied 4 market in order that big
nominal prices should be obtained. Why
the poor man and those in moderate cir
cumstances should be deprived Of q
commodity of such general utility, for the
benefit of the fancy grower, is incompre-
hensible. In 1875 poor fruit was the rule.
Many orchards here of twenty thousand to
thirty thousand baskets picking, realizing
eighteen cents per basket to the grower,
| would have been debarred under such re.
strictions. Mr. II. can never sensibly fear
being called "railroad" man, his theory
is palpably against their interest, o. uni
versaliy recognised experience will teach.
In addition to these general reasons in.
Auencing the railroad officers even had
they a monopoly, is the fact that greai
deal Of our fruit is shipped by water d
a cost Of from three to eight cents pc,
basket to Philadelphia, with net result,
for the crop better than by rail. At nd
'"noeu i".u i0'e1 u" Mr. A"'o,S
WAFER carried peacnes Wouid take tne
"noie inar3e.. As 70 the ProPosi.lon
which he makes for the railroad, OF &C
ceptins twenty per cent. OF the me-
results OF the peach bueiness Tor nv.
years. ana ne declines Tor the peaci
grower, lwnat nonsense) every paske
would nave 10 sell IN new YORK ior vi II
ofdef that the railroad should realize I'M
present freight OF seventeen cents IRON
Midaietown, and the grower would d
getung slxty-elght cents Tor MS snare.
In regard to the repeated renection Q
ANONYMOUS communications, an
aathorlzed IN saying that the commune
on rates deny tnat theif letters come unde
such a head. VINO compose tne commune. "
how they were appointed, whom the
represent and how many assemblages Q
growers havel continued them, is matte
of record. They have neither anticipate
nor feared the displeasure OF railroa
authorities and in addressing them hav
used no shield. To the general and unii
} terested public, as matter of taste, thei
names were not put prominent. The
attempted no originality, but on the cor
trury, claim that the views contained i
, their statement, and indulging the
demands, are, and have been priorl
accepted truths by peach growers almo'
universally.
After the receipt of President Cassatt
letter it may be asked, what is the resu
; of the committees efforts? Nothing ~
. complished but an organized and deter
= mined expression by the mass of grower
and a semi-official promise from treasure
and director Hayes that there would be
reduction in 1878. What are the grove
! going to do about it 1t is well know
that there is an enormous addition in ii
!, number of dryers. Many growers expe
i to work nearly their whole crop.
, Canning will be largely done,of cours
. In addition, water communication
. largely being sought, as IN experiment /
. new parties.
II these various devices 90 not ans"e
Sarilv Mr. HuntiEQdOp'S idea OF SupDly1I