The Portland daily press., 1882-10-19
THE LoNGsRoREMEN.
Their Reply to Captain Barclay.
The following letter speaks for itself:

The following letter speaks for itself:
PORTLAND, Oct. IT, 1882.
| To the Editor Of the Press.
| You will please publish my statement of the
| situation we have taken in the matter of wages
for the ensuing year. We do not demand from
| foreign steamships any more than has been
| paid by the vessels trading at this port perma-
| nently. Parties interested know well, that the
| statements of Captain Barclay are lex parteo
| or one sided He produces no arguments in
regard to his position, while we are prepared
| to advance substantial proof for the position
/ we hold at the present moment. We claim
| that since the formation of our association
| prices of rents, food and the common necesa-
| ries of life, have advanced to such degree
/ that we believe we are honest in asking for an
| advance of five cents per hour for our labors
/ on English steamers.
| When Captain Barclay compares our associa-
| tion to an association in Montreal which lost
| 100000 by strike, he forgets to tell how much
| the steamship companies lost on that memora-
| BILE occasion. He knows as I do that a cargo,
| which was consigned to Montreal firms was
| carried back to Liverpool for the simple reason
| that it could not be discharged without the as
| sstance of bona fide laborers. Captain Bar
| clay threatens us with an influx of men who
| will do the work cheaper than We We cannot
| prevent this Each and every man coming
| into this city has perfect right to work for
| the price which suits him. They who come
here can fix price on their labor. We have
| fixed price on ours and are willing to join
issue with our employers on this occasion, as
on all others in fair legal manner. We Meth
er theaten nor coerce Our association by the
constitution prevents us from so doing, and L
| am only sorry that the emissary of the steam
| ship company does not use a,certain amount of
| forbearance, and not threaten us with an inva-
sion otlforeign labor Let him calculate the cost
OF doing his work with the men he employs at
present, and those whom he might employ at
the stipulated wages of the association.
Then again, Captain Barclay should remem-
Ter, that as we have lived IN the summer Wa
will endeavor to live in the winter. We have
fed ourselves up to the present moment and
will endeavor to do in the future what we have
done in the past. When Captain Barclay told
our late and respected president that he would
not be dictated to by the men whom he had
fed, he Captain Barclay made misrepresenta-
ton as know positively that the men belong
ing to our association have always fed them
selves and have only asked for fair equiva
lent in money for what they return in labor.
In conclusion Mr.. Editor, no matter who
does the labor, the money which is paid by the
Allan Line will be as little as they can help.
We are the worst paid lsborers on the ATTAIN
tic coast today. We are not exacting in our
demands, nor yet coercive. We are willing to
take things as they come. The average wages
of the members of our association for the last
six months have not been more than $500 per
week. And now Mr. Editor think the asso-
citation perfectly justified in asking for their
present demand and / am positively assured
that they will stand by their demand and allow
the steamship companies to employ labor which
will suit them better than ours.
Thanking you for the space this letter occu-
pies, remain yours truly,
VIM. B. LowREY,
President P. L. S. B. S.
AT a meeting of the Benevolent Society held
Tuesday evening, the following committees
were appointed to visit the sick:
Ward william McCann, John Maloy
Ward 2-Barnewell Johnston, Michael
O'Brien.
Ward 3.--P j. Higgins D. J. Leonard
Ward 4-James Burns William Lowery.
Ward 5-John Hase, Joseph SYLVIA
Ward 6-Thomas Perry, Calenwood Fuller.
Ward William Brown, John Brown LIST.
Field-day at Riverside and Saddleback
Farms.
Upon the invitation of the proprietors of the
above named farms, our reporter betook him
self on the special train to East Baldwin
where carriages were in waiting to carry the
guests to Saddleback Farm, the country resi-
dence of Mr.. Orestes Pierce. Saddleback
Farm is situated on mountain of the same
name and contains with the adjacent lots
about two hundred acres, well divided into TIL
lage and pasturage. From the house, roomy
looking brick structure, a fine view of the sur
rounding country can be obtained, while in the
rear is model dairy house where gilt-edged
butter is made. The barns are perfect in ar
rangement and were all planned by the pro-
prietor. The inside is well filed with the IA
NOUS Jerseys, representative lot of which at
tracted SO much attention at the last State
fair. Among the animals are to be noticed the
king of Scituate, who is also king of the herd;
the Lass of Scituate, a beautiful cow, who cost
her presedt owner the modest sum of $4,000;
and Beauty of the Grange, who has recently
produced 16 lbs 10 o. of butter in four days.
Mr.. Pierce controls the entire Sctuate strain,
and thus can safely say he has one of the finest
herds Of Jerseys in America. Mr.. Pierce
kindly put few calves up at auction in order
to enable some breeders present to secure a fine
animal at low price. Two heifer calves were
sold bringing 500, and one S125, respectively.
The breeding of calves is the main thing a :
tended to at Saddleback, and the large num-
Der of animals of both sexes maintained there,
allows the proprietor to carry out the most sci
entifc methods in regard to crossing the vari-
GUS strains. Bidding adieu to its gentlemanly
proprietor and leaving Saddleback, pleasant
drive of two and a half miles through the
woods, bright with the autumnal foliage brings
us to the broad acres and extensive buildings
of Riverside Farm, belonging to Gen. Mat
tocks of this city. Here we find more Jerseys
all of high class, bred solely with view to
butter production. The herd consists OF thirty
five head, of which thirty are mich cows. The
two year old Alphea bull, Pangus, of famous
butter ancestry heads the herd. Later we had
the privilege of inspecting the butter made at
Riverside Farm, and a fine sight it was, of the
Jersey cream and the solid waxy consistency,
which marks the first class article. 1t may
surprise many Of our lady readers to learn that
the traditional dairy maid has no place at this
butter farm, all the work being done by men.
The operator and all his belongings were most
scrupulously clean, and his hands are never
allowed to touch the butter. But tie finest
sight was the pigs. A large herd of imported
Berkshires all registered in the American
Berkshire Record, which is sufficient guaran-
| ty of their purity. About seventy-fve pure
blooded Cotswold sheep and an equal number
| of fine grades secured the praise of the sheep
men present, while bronze turkeys and an ex-
| ira fine lot of large size Light Brahmas inter-
| ested the poultry fanciers. Not the least in
| teresting feature of the day was an exhibition
of trained Collie dogs herding the sheep. Mr..
| Mattocks has large number of these wonder
fully intelligent animals, and they will repay
| visit to Riverside Farm. On the whole
Messrs. Pierce and Mattocks can be congratu-
lated on most successful fel1-day. A week
from today they give another exhibition for
those who were not able to be present today
The Longfellow Statue.
! To the Editor Of the Press.
From knowledge of the gentlemen who
| have the matter in hand, it seems to be a set