The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-01
parties we're anxious % get the

could safely get the Tags 10 Me-
|baneville before the last of the
goods would be hauled away by
the farmers in their wagons.
The total amount of the tags on
the goods detained vt Mebane-
vile was the magnificent sum
of TWO DOLLARS AND TWELVE
AND oNE-HALF CENTS, Ad no.
body will dispute the "a Vat
we have paid into the Z
ment more tax on fe
than any other manufs
the State or manufactul
Germ outsidet of tie StH
selling goods in North Car
In fact we havepaid the del
ment between one-seventh u
one-eight of all the tax collectl
byit from this source Of taxa
ton. \
Would any sane man believe
upon this showing we intended
to jeopardize our business and
reputation for such paltry
sum as two dollars and twelve
and a half cents?
But our lynxeyed rivals in
trade, finding this charge about
to fall to the ground by its own
insignificance, start another OF
a more serious character, and
charge that this particular lot
of goods, being analyzed, did not
come up to thegu aranted stand
ard in one Of the component in
gradients.
Well, what are the facts in
regard to this matter. Our
goods are manufactured accord
ing to certain chemical formulas
and every pounds of material
used in the process of manufac-
tureis subjected to analysis by
some Of tine most competent
chemists in the United States.
The manufactured products be-
fore shipment are also analysed
complete at least once in every
ten days. We are informed that
the Department IN Raleigh
claimed that upon analysis by
Its chemist of samples drawn
from this particular lot of goods
shipped to Mebaneville, there
were one hundred and fifty
seven bags below the guaran-
tee. Ills deficiency claimed
was largely in available phos-
phoric acid.n Willie the total
phosphoric acid as shown by
the Department analysis was
largely In excess of the guaran-
| tee, it was claimed that the
"ayilable phosphoric acid" was
UNDER. Our explanation of this
matter Is that this particular lot
Of goods had six hundred and
fifty pounds of animal bone
ttestingover 30 per cent bone
phosphate) in it, which, while
IL is much more valuable as a
| fe. tilizer and cost us consider
ably more money, does not show
available phosphoric acid as
acid phosphate would do, So
we claim that in any event the
farmer who used our goods sent
70 Mebaneville really gotta more
VALUABLE and a more ExPEN-
sIvE article of our goods than
# we had used phosphate rock
linstead of animal bone. A
WORD as to the market value of
boue meal. While the value put
iupon it by the Department is
Hess than twelve dollars per ton,
the market value of bone meal
il from twenty-five TO thirty
dollars per ton. These goods
were analized by no less than
flour chemists and every one Of
their analyses is higher in "a
,,vailable Phosphoric Acid" than
that Of the Department, but il
lis fair to the Department to say
THAT no two OF them exactly
lagree. We have on our office
lilies dozens of certificates oi
analyses from diiferentc chemists
and from the department show
| ing the ingredients in our goods
I to be above the guarantee
and ON this very lot now in
luuestion some II the chemists
referred to put available PhOs
phoric Acid" at $3.50 that is e
say 81 above our guarantee
These analyses are kept on
4 lille III the regular routine Of Oui
business and it would afford III
pleasure 10 have them inspect
ed by any of our customers a
, any time. We would be glaC
{ to give these analyses in full il
this card; but 10 do SO woul,
, make ii too long for a newspa
per article, suffice il say tina
our goods have always hereto
. fore proven satisfactory % tn,
Department, and this is the frs
! and only complaint which eve
/ reached US aud applies only I,
this Mebanevillo shipment anC
J Is only S3s.14. But after al
> that has been published an,
+ said about this shipment D
: goods to Mebaneville, with ful
!, information before them; wha
| il the estimate in which the.
: are held by those who purchas