, 1879-02-27
suit Involving &tso,oo0 pepdtng oyer him. When

tie Plaintiffs camo 10 tl,Is city, so.nn Two wrecks
or moro ago, to prosecute the snits there Haa
talk OF compromise by all parties II, interest
thcy would make for sett1emcrt, nn1 they Kaye
the onc, fur all tile milefs of tito AsHoclationt
Or fur tho ". Louis ftllcrs, or for any tmtt OK
them, and IN ns gmn! fait, NJ, ANYTHING vas
ucutivc Committee Nf tho altllers' National
Association, antl It met with no favor. i then
made ur my mind, Ia view Of The magnitude of
ts so1,'ingynt that u Tas W.. tue
at $l0O per run Of stone for tho prohcrty NC
,,wn. the rrico Mt which they proposel 10 tettlt
with all, thoy charging US nuthfng for a mill
lcaErd BY us where regular use has not been
nnt1c OF tho pustllcrs, nnl where our lease soon
expires.
told the President Of thu Miltcrs' National AS
soclalton cxnctly. what had done, explaining
my rcasons, ard he not only did not ccnsuro me-,
hut said he
WOULD HAVE DONE TIE HAMB THING
with my views Of tho situatlon) under like cir
ctimstanccs. / reported my action to him tiltls
carly, bceaueo dl not want TO occupy fatsu
position With anY one, as would have lonn by
attotnpting to keep tho snatter under cover. 1
did not urge tic n!lters to settle at 3t00 per
run, becansc found they differed widely from
mo, a,'d bccarsc, II the casrs went III tavor OF
thoso who DID not settle, I might Be blamed for
thus trying to influence tilon,, l,Avo violated
no agreement; llnYe done nothtng but w,nt
nil the tnilleta could have done, II III tictr jutle-
1nent It was best for their Interests, anh what
they can oil yet d. Short'd thgso cates come 70
arc decided against tho defendants, no Que pre-
tends TINT tho alfllers' Association Wilt project
those who havo property that eau be reached by
judgment. ,..7.-.-. ...-.
hnzard ctlauce ttiAt might cripple mu or wipc
inc out uf business existence, when Tor mora
baRatcilc could be relieved from suct, actancc.
My duty to my family anil to those who credit
mu cotishler aguintt such n coursc, but re-
present circumstances, from giving advtce IN
the promises to full-grown men. MY opintQn Is
That the case now Deudny sTill bo doc!dcd In
favor If lc defendants, aid what folly It ia to
fEucnce the decfaton Of such tribunal as tte
ease Is now being tried before, as was intE-
mated son 'Changc' by some Of my miller
friends today. OF course our casa had 10 bu
inE was that Il was not to bo dismissed i,utll
tic trlala wcro over, but ulc plaintiffs dill not
appear to 30 understand 1t, nntl dismissed
Tho suit agnlnst Us to-day without my knoul.
1t con tnaso any difference In the end. The
question ID grayely asked, why cotnpromised
| while the case wns pending. Why. my dear str,
avs'on sSa %a, 9s Sse9ea Ts i s'y III ' e fSt
lave nt present on tho subject. as for ,pcsson-
alIties, an mol disposed to Indulge in tlietn.n
| TIE TERMS OF COMPROMISE.
Mr.. Rodney Afason, when questioned as to the
naturc Of te compromise and how It had becn
| effected, said:
When we CAME hpre cortatn n,lers, among
them slanard unt Kcblor, expressed d lcstre
| that We 6hUuld negotiate settlement With tho
National Association. WhitU We refused 10
mike a. oifer,-for every offer wo have ever L
!hc basls OF charge that we were backing
| down nnd ready to Etyu nwny cur Roods,--we
latlmetea , ,sss oas wlinEa{es' { to ssotlatS
frlngoneuts, atd u liceuso fnr the future,-n
total settlement Of tho entire controversy.
They, as we understand, urged this otfcr updtl
We members members a,, ct Thy Executive Committee o.
city, WHO refused It. We told them VIC would
make The same settlement with the members Of
tho Missouri Association, n.d ! be1fcre they
tried TO get tho members TO adopt It, but failed.
50 they come 70 US md Bhid TINT they Ind ,int
bcon ab!o to bring their Associations into this
mnttcr. hut TINT they could not nfforl to tako
the hazard OF this litigation, II NC would n,ako
them . proposition they would consider it. Wo
told them that under tile circumstances wu
wpi,ad make the satno settlement With then,
TINT VIC Ind offered to accept from the Associa.
ttons. Thu niatter, which has occn pcndtng
s!nee TIC brgllintnE Of tllo present hearing ti'
uccepsapc9 OF Mc.ers. stanard and Kchlor'a
offer Of settlement"
4" How tnany run Of stones do the parties set
tic fort"
"Kehlor for eighteen; stauard for ntuo. III
tustlcu to Kchlor It should bc stuffed That he
Wna already licensed under the George T. Smith
nrd other consolidated pateuts; oil but tic
coehranc: ! understand considerable outssde
pressure is being brought to bear nn 6tanartl,
but think it Is only tbs local llcrs and mill.
ets throughout tho State trying to get TIP pub.
lie opinion. As to our being oppressive, Will
say illat whenever nartcs l!avo comc to us ard
offered settlement, their figures l,ayc always
been TAKEN"
"Ifow n,auy run OF stono arc there in tho
countryW
swell, abont 1900 In the National htlllcrs'
Association. which Includes nil Tho largo mills,
Tt,v small mills, Of course, Il would not pay to
| bother Wlth.n
In conclusion, Mt. Alasou stated tho Amcrl.
can Consolidated MTtlllluga Purifier Company
had already spent S40,0oo odd litigAtng tho
Cocllruue patent, md were auc to litigato 1t TO
tic end. liz expressed hlmsclt as feeling
morally certain OF winning the cnsc
BUTTER AND CHEESE.