The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1888-07-05
COMMUNICATION

ten his sense Of propriety and the
rules of honor and fair dealing, which
custom has established for the regn-
lation of lawful traffic, as to publish
a scurrilous letter emanating from
an insignificant Irvine dealer in New
York, for tho sole purpose OF break
ing up our business, without even
u prospect of any consi dcrable per-
sonal profit; and has eHdeavored TO
hide the "cloven hoof" under the
NOME DE PLUME of "Other Dealers"
permit us to say that Blue Jay Irvine
has been IN the field and been tested
for almost a year, and is a decided
success AS the following extracts snf.
fciently attest:-
Quincy, Ill.,, Nov..lS. 1887.
Your agent, J. l.. Martin. gave
me several kinds Of Irvine to test for
him. Your double spun Irvine called
Blue Jay is the best of any. 1t does
not cut in the knotter, because it is
50 soft. 1t is better than Pure Ma
nilla, as the soft core protects the
MANILA fibres with which it is sur
rounded, from cutting and tearing.
which is some times the case with
Sisal and Manila twine.'
FRANK BACuE, (FarmeD
To the Mccormick II. NJ. Co.
-
Christchurch, n. z. Apr. Is, SO.
MCCORMICK II. Nj. Co. Chicago. The
Blue Jay Irvine sent us is the best
working twine in the field we have
ever seen. 1t is better than pure
MANILA. 1t seems to be combintion
particularly adapted to perfect work
on binder. A farmer can make no
mistake III buying it. would use
no other. Yours truly,
E. ACKERMAN.
+
Now we could produce score of
these letters, but more anon. We
want to call attention to an extract
from letter from III. L. Daniels, Nc
Cormick s Genl Agt. at Minneapolis:
Il have examined very large guam
tity, and great MANY samples OF
Blue Jay Irvine and l have never seen
any that did not run more uniform in
size than any other Irvine have ex.
amined. Now l assure you
that l am not writing this to convince
you that black is white, or anything
of that sort; and I further assure you
that will take back every pound of
Blue Jay Irvine which I ship you and
which proves unsatisfactory when
you come to put it to the field to test;
and I would not make this sort of a
guarantee if it was not a positive fact
that this Irvine is absolutely correct
beyond dispute
We, with the rest of Irvine dealers,
received one of these Waterbury let
tiers and mailed it at once to H. L.
Daniels and below we print his reply.
Minneapolis, July 2. 'sS.
MEssRs. STONE & Co., Morris.
GENTLEMEN:-Replying to your let
ter of the 3Oth ult. regarding Water
bury VS. circular on Irvine, I wish to
say that this is one of the finest moves
which have ever known of Water.
bury & Co., and they are renowned
for all smart tricks known to the
trade.
First and foremost, they do not
and cannot make an article Of Irvine
which in any way compares favora-
bly, with Blue Jay, and there is no
Irvine mandatory in the United
States provided with the proper ma
chinery for making a double spun
Irvine, except the one where our Blue
Jay Irvine is made. Waterbury does
not expect to sell a pound of twine in
consequence of writing these letters
and their object in writing them is
simply this: They have large guam
tity of Irvine unsold, and our Blue
Jay twine is taking the lead in every
place harvest has commenced, and
they have good reason to expect that
it will &c difficult to sell any other
kind of Irvine in this country, after
machines are once in the grain. They
cannot successfully use the argument
which they attempted to use earlier
in the season-that the Irvine is of in
ferior qnality-so they turn their at
ton now to try and make our agents
believe that they paid too high a
price for the Blue Jay Irvine. think.
ing, suppose, if they can work up
that sort of sentiment, they will be
able to get some orders countermand
ed, in which case they would stand
their show with the rest of Irvine
dealers to sell Irvine to take the place
of such orders.
| Now, as regards price, wish to say
that while the inside material of Blue
Jay Irvine is cheaper than Manila,
there is not enough difference to
much more than pay for the extra ex
pense of double spinning, and unless
this cost of double spinning can be re
duced, there will never be any extra
profit made on this style of Irvine.
So far as profits are concerned, we
lad just as soon sell you pure Manil.
la or pure Sisal, at prices quoted, as
to sell you Blue Jay Irvine, but it is
a fact, as we have said all along, that
Blue Jay Irvine works better than
any other, and we expect to make