Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-05-06
Nothing More" in a Dilemma.

- yCOA OA4SS pOAOOAb, ANOUhAi
More" for that free butter he uset
to eat, but now eats no more. How
pleasant to "pull the beam out o
thy brothers eye" gratis, He for
gets the injunction, Judge not tina
ye be not judged" He is wonder
| full logician. Presenting his pre-
misses to be true, he is jubilant over
his wonderful arguments and con-
illusions. l am not prepared to adj
NIT his structure" on this subject
fully. l maintain if producers
manufacture a frst-class article and
put it upon the market, then con-
sumers will ''raise their money
sights" Here the divergence, here
the bone of contention. Suppose a
grocery dealer buys all kinds of
butter and grades them as numbers
1, 2, 3, &c, in quality and price,
what will be the result? The sales
of the superior article viii be few.
The experiment proves conclusively
that consumers in cities generally
want the cheap and rancid butter.
The proprietors of boarding houses,
hotels, &C., prefer it, because the
older and meaner it is, the less it
takes to do. It's policy after all.
Much of the bad article on the
market is the result of the negli~
gence and tampering of country
stores and grocery dealers. The
butter is bought by country mer-
chants, brought in large quantities
to the grocery dealers, all mixed in
one common "mess'' and sold to
consumers cheap. Then producers
are held responsible for its being old
and nauseating.
The truth is, you may enter these
grocery stores when you please and
call for butter, and no matter what
kind of an article they have, it is
always, to use their language, "The
best quality, and just from the
country. Under favorable circum-
stances likely it would be peculiarly
odorous out in the country. The
general principle of trade that "all
products are sold according to their
respective qualities" sometimes fails
practically. Butter occasionally is
an exception. Nothing More"
ought to admit that the best class of
butter producers have been driven
out of the general market by low
prices. He knows very well that
consumers are not usually willing to
give what it costs to manufacture a
superior article. To show that pro-
ducers will do the right thing when
properly treated, notice the follow
ing quotation from his last article
He says: "There is a considerable
quantity of butter engaged to fami-
lies. This is usually very fine and
never sees our market house, nor
sold to dealers" a physician or
dinarily prescribes to suit the pa
tents wants, and producers COM
monty supply the market with just
such a quality of any article as the
trade demands. Maj. Scales him
self, will make just such grades of
flour as his customers buy most
readily and he can clear the greatest
per cent. on. It is a principle of
trade everywhere, for producers to
suit themselves to the demands Of
consumers.
She will supply MIN with the best
article reasonably. Producers are
willing to meet consumers on half
way ground. Administering poisons
never cure patients and the COM
plants and anathemas Of brawlers
and sticklers are not likely to be |
very cdifying or profitable to the |
people. So in this case, if the gen
tleman wishes to become a public |
benefactor, let him write a series of !
articles telling the people how to
make better butter, and cease cen
surfing them for much of which they
are innocent. Its a principle of hu-
man nature to relish instruction and |
dislike abuse. In conclusion | would |
say that l agree with " nothing
more in much he has said. He is
fairer than l expected. His aim is
commendable. From different Sec
tons of the country, the news
reaches me, that this "butter dis
cussion has aroused the people
more than any topic in the papers
for quite time. las a question of
general interest and reflects upon
every household. RALPH.