The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-12-18
TOPICS E0R The EARM.

Be HOnest.-The other day we ad-
dressed ourselves to large dealer in
garden produce, asking him what kind
of a record the men of whom he pCr-
chased supplies had for absolute honesty.
He replied, s'There g is but one man that
sells produce to me whom can perfectly
trust; out of the seventy-fve to one
hundred different men who sell me
articles with regularity through the
season that there is but this one man of
all of them whose goods do not inspect
with the greatest OF care before shipping
them away His packages never open,
but take his word for their contents,
and have never found an error in his
statement.''
"Does it pay this man to thus be an
exception to the general rulef' we in
quired..
"Pay him? l guess it does" was the
ready reply. We can afford to give
him 'FRONT.' five to ten per cent more for
his produce, and then we make more out
of it than any other stuff we handle"
In rejecting upon this mans state
ment we recalled aaword spoken by
Mrlwaukeelady whom we met in August
and of whom We made inquiry concern
ing the standing of Michigan fruit in
her city. - s. i7sa -s s. -
Said she:s 81 am right sorry about
it, but as you Michigan people gain in
the production of peaches, in just that
proportion do you lose your honesty.
Nearly every package of reaches which
have bought for two years has been
fraud. Could / be certain by purchas-
ing any one brand of getting exactly
what the package purported to be, that
brand should have my patronage, even
at advanced prices But unfortunately
have not found the brand as yet that
insures the uniform quality / want" Ifr
1t is very strange that people will
persist in deceit when perfect honesty is
so direct in its preferment. An honest
package is its own a iyertisement; a
truthful statement concerning good is as
good as poster and when the producer
places upon the market only that which
will bear the sevefest test he will not
wait long for buyers. a A gentleman
from Grand Traverse told us the other
day that his entire crop OF potatoes was
sold in September although they would
not be untitled before the miodle of
October-at prices Eve per cent. above
the highest market quotations. Why?
Because for some years he sold potatoes
and never has placed upon the market a
tuber without his name, and every;
bushel was selected.
There's are few men in our own State
that com anand their own prices upon
apples, simply because their record is
above re proach Occasionally we find a
buttermaKerRho demand = and dssecures
quite margin above the highest q uotar
l.
of inferior butter is furnished to custom.
ers. In every city are plenty of people
who will pay we'll for VIII st they are GER
| tain are honest articles, and outside of
any moral argument.it paws the produeer
to make reputation for strictest
| honesty, at the csame time never over
reaching propriety. in raining the price.
| Absolute trustworth1fess goes beyond
theipackage.a The besg kind of areputa-
tiop to secure is indicted by the attitude
of the. consumer when he says, bring
me ten pounds of fGbutter and present
your bilf,' ~ or g /" I want a bushel of beans,
| ten bushels of potatoes and variety of
other vegetables for my winter use (;
please deliver them at my house and
name your price"
| In all our acquaintance with farmers,
there are very few that come up to this
ideal of reputation. but it is worth seek
ing, and furnishes its own re ward.
| A young man brought up on the farm
went into the army in 1861, and after
serving through the war, came home
minus his right arm. He questioned
| for a time what he had better do as a
life work, and because of his native
ability, was advised to &c into a profes-
sion, and thus bs enabled to employ
himself where ne would least feel the
loss of his right arm. After little
careful thought, much to the surprise of
his friends he chose farming, saying
that he believed he could make his head
of as much use, and mics his arm as
little, in that vocation as any. &
Ten years have elapsed, to-day his
position aud prosperity are abundant
proof of the wisdom of his choice. His
intellect has served his will better than
his muscle could have done. 2sS1 49, 81
The other day, lad who knew of his
success, thought he would be a nice man
to work for, and applied for a place, re-
ceiving the foil wing response: tsYoung
man, we do aIsrge business on our place
and have perfect division of labor. In
the management of the farm we have
help enough, but there is almost always
vacancy in the mechanical department
if you sh place there. come on
By gui':ing other mems muscle and
practical capability, this man has made
a great success in an occupation. tina
most of US would have said he was leas
adapted to. Head work is a very prof
liable commodity, even ON the farm
| Letter in Detroit Free Press.