Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-07-16
"a CARD.
NOT TO BE
KNOCKED OUT!
Simply Asking for Fair Treat
ment is Not Bribery"

OUR MR.. DIERssEN HAS BEEN VICIOUSLY
" libelled by the San Francisco Alta and the
Sacramento Bee. Neither came to us to hear
our side of the story. These are the facts:
We secured the contract for supplying the
Prison at San Quentin with butter, hams bacon,
etc, having defeated San Francisco bidders,
and thereby awakened great deal ofjealousy,
not to use a stronger term. We have no margin
on the contract there not being so profit in it,
but we were determined to show that Sacra-
nento merchants can bid alongside the best of
stores at San Francisco. We contracted with
Sacramento factory to furnish us hams and
bacon up to required standard. They were
furnished, and we believed them to be up to
contract. We received notice of the rejection
of the hams and bacon as not up to contract.
Under it any goods not up To standard can be
rejected and goods bought to supply the def
cheney are chargeable TOT The weather being
warm for shipments from here of butter. we
ordered of &. f: Whitney " Co., of San Fran
DISCO, to send to San Quentin butter to our order
at q gwen price, Whitney x Co. having filed
contracts for the prison we knew, knew what
grade of butter was right TO deliver. The
butter was rejected. For the rejected
goods of both classes the prison authorities,
Captain Syme, we are informed purchased of
Whitney d Co. other goods. On the 18th inst,
Mr. Dierssen went to San Quentin to examine
the goods and ascertain what was the trouble.
Warden Shirley received him eourteously. He
went to the stoIeroom and met Captain Syme for
the first time in his life. Mr. Dierssen examined
hams and bacon on top of the packages and
Captain Syme that his firm did not intend to
furnish goods below the contract call. While
samples shown were defective, he said that he
was certain not all the meat was bad; that he
was sure there were good hams in the lot and
he hoped Captain Syme would examine and use
all that was good and return the balance. The
butter he did not see: II had been returned to
Whitney < Co. Mr.. Dierssen said he wanted
only square deal. AT the close, in the
most natural and conventional manner. Mr..
Dierssen said, Let's go and have the cigars
~,
are sold between the gates; outsider cannot
go in except by permission. Knowing this Mr..
DiersSen drew coin from his pocket, which
proved to be a twenty dollar piece, and handed
it to Syme that ne might procure the cigars and
N turn the change. Syme stood with his hands
at his side, partly in his vest pockets. AS the
two walked toward the gate where the cigars
are kept Syme stopped at the Warden's office,
and declared with an oath and foul language
that Mr. Dierssen tried to bride him. and showed
the coin, and then assaulted MIR. DiersSen, or. as
the Alta says, knocked him out" Mr. Dierssen
was not Knocked out; he was not ordered from
the grounds by Warden Shirley, as stated in the
alta and bee. On the contrary he remained at
the Office for about an hour settled up his bust
ness with the Warden, paid the difference on
the rejected goods less than s. all told, out of
the same twenty dollar piece having no lesser
coin During the whole time Warden Shirley
treated Mr.. Dierssen kindly, shook him by the
hand on departure and babe him good-by
kindly. Mr.. DierSsen is well known III Sacra-
mento. The idea that he would attempt to
bride anyone is absurd. There is not $50 profit
in the whole contract Our firm is seeking to
build up and is building up broad business. 1t
asks nothing but fairness and Justice MIR. DIers-
sen asked nothing but fair deal ofthe storekeep-
er and even he does not say that anything was
said to him that was not proper. Character is
not to be lightly destroyed at the instance of
old line San Francisco competitors in bidding
against Sacramento houses 50 many of the
former having got lefl'' in the recent contest
for contracts. ID. DiEBS.ES CO.,
jy161t GroeerS, Sacramento.