The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-04-12

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culated to work an injury to their
competitors, especially to Mr.. Mon
tano. l have already stated to you
on a former occasion that the Wood
lawn Dairy & Stock Company never
have tried to drive out its compeu-
tors, now reiterate that statement.
The transaction referred to in your
last evenings BULLETIN; between
j. 1. Dowsett, Jr., and the said
Dairy originated with j. l. Dowsett,
Jr., and was proposed by him in
writing in which proposition he
(Dowsett, Jr. } named the time, and
inserted, of his own accord the con-
dition in reference to "leasing no
cattle to any other dairy" No such
suggestion had been made to him hy
the Woodlawn Dairy & Stock Com
pany or anyone connected there
with so far as / knew. The only
addition or change of any moment,
made in Dowsetts original written
proposition, was, that the milk
should be as pure as it should come
from the COWS udder and that it
should be fresh and sweet and give
satisfaction to the consumers. And
upon this point we demanded a
guarantee under bonds of 81 900,
which the said Dowsett, Jr. agreed
should be given, stating that his
father j. l. Dowsett, ST., would sign
his bond, and l agreed on behalf of
of the Woodlawn Dairy & Stock
Company, (subjeet to the approval
of the Stockholders), that the said
company should also give bonds in
equal amount to carry out their part
of the contract, Wig. to receive
and pay for milk delivered to them
in accordance with the said agree
ment. We (W. ID. & S. Coz COM
menced in good faith to receive and
deliver the Dowsett milk on the first
of April. An agreement was drawn
up in strict accord with the original
proposition made by Dowsett, Jr.,
which he read and returned, saying
that his father declined to be party
to that agreement, but would make
q similar one with him 81. l. Dow
sett, Jr. which would authorize him
| (Dowsett, Jr.,) to complete the con-
tract as proposed. We waited
for Mr.. Dowsett to execute the
promised document, in the mean
time an esential condition in the
contract was broken, and hence the
request that no more milk be de-
| livered. 1t is true that when the
trade was offered to us it was repre-
sented as amounting to % cans OF
$500 to 5000 per month. 1t turned
out however to be trade which
called for only 13 cans per day,
considerably under $400 per month.
We agreed to pay for all good milk
delivered.
AS we have not yet refused to pay
for what has been delivered, and no
demand for payment having been
made upon the Woodlawn Dairy &
Stock Company, L fail to see upon
what ground it is claimed that Dow,
sett "has lost the ten days milk
which he has supplied, unless he con
siders that pay could not be collected
under his own contract for th
quality of milk delivered.
In regard to Mr.. Montana: Wher
Dowsett Jr. was urging upon Mr.
Grace and myself the advantage We
were to gain by making contract
which would prevent them from
renting COWS to other daries naming
among them Montano's, these gen
tlemen will both remember my re
ply, "that L did not wish to make
any contract which would injur,
Mr.. Montana, and would be quite
willing that they should supply hin
with all the COWS he could USE"
Since the 1st of April have beer
requested several times by differen
proprietors of competing daries tt
draw up an agreement to the effec
that every dairyman should binc
himself under bonds, not to sci
milk under the price now fixed b,
the Woodlawn Dairy and Stock Co
This | have refused to do, or Il
combine with anyone in that line 0
business. l have recently bee
told by one of the competing dairy
men, that in consequence of the re
fusal to make such combination
that a combined effort would be mad
to run the w. ID. & S. Co. out O
the market, and that they could d
it as they have the sympathy of th
public. If you, Mr.. Editor, or an
one else, are following up the Wood
lawn Dairy to find "Milk Trust,
you certainly have lost your reckon
ing. Yours Respectfully,
b. +. DILLING HAM.
A,o.,;l ~ 1000