The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-03-08
IEW SHIPPING DIRECTIONS
sOHE TIMELY POINTS On THE EGG
BUSINESS.
BRO. W. :. Barnes Who Has just Been
north Has "A Word to Say to shipper.

uro. ". =. Barnes who Has just Been
north Has a Word to Say to shipper.
RALEIGH, n. G., Feb. Is, 1894.
Dear Brethren:--Afterc consultation
with Bro. Worth, trip in the IN
terest of our egg and poultry trade
was thought best to be made by me
to Washington, Baltimore, 'hIladel-
phia. New York and Boston. /
thought that ! understood the mark
cts. but | desired to be certain OF the
houses we were dealing with, to
have mutual understanding IN re-
yard to our method of shipments. to
SEE how our products were handled,
to learn the best methods Of packing
eggs aud poultry and how to get the
most out of the sale OF these pro-
ducts. | have been to these cities
and returned. Great courtesy and
attention was given me by the busl-
ness men whom | approached win
our plans for getting our eggs ana
poultry to market, discussing the
plan which Bro. Worth has already
adopted, etc.
In Boston visited first our com
mission merchant who handles our
eggs for us in that city. ! stated to
him that | had gone to Boston to
arrange for the better sale of our
eggs; that they were not showing up
so well rs we expected, and | desired
to know the causes, &c. lie SAID no
eggs had ever been shipped to that
city that had at once taken such a
prominent place i'll the market as
ours, and for the first two months he
could not supply the great demand
for them, but for the past month
there had been many complaints
made; eggs had been returned to him
which had been sold under our guar
antee that were found unclean and
damaged from age, and smell, con-
sequently the price had dropped back
with others which were on the mark
ct, and ranked no higher, and were
not now asked for. He said he had
held a good many for the past week
or to, as it took hard work to get
them off at the average price. lie
then showed me sveral boxes of ours,
taking them as they came from the
many on hand, and | was surprised
and mortified at what | saw. Eggs
were dirty, in many of the cases, un-
assorted in others, and many of the
eggs we)e guinea eggs (Which size
only sell for half price on the mark
ets) and some of them rotten,
&c.
To think that plan had been
matured and had proved such a
great benefit to our shippers, that
some should so far forget instruc-
tions given and ship so carelessly,
causing loss of from three to five
cents per duzen, not only of their
own eggs, but of all those shipped by
our members, besides the loss and
cost sustained by having package ex-
amined and assorted by caudllng,
All the packages were not so bad, but
being a bad lot, they were all consi-
dered bad. For these we received,
trough the energetic work of our
merchat to J cent over the regular
price, as | asked him to close out all
of ours and see if we could not start
anew. Now, brethren, We must start
over again and hol to the plans Civ
en- you by Bro. Worth, sending only
clean, fresh eggs. Our merchant
assures me also that if we would car
Iy out the plan laid down, and
which explained minutely, that we
would not be able to supply the de-
mand for our eggs at extra prices.
This was the opinion of those in all
cities to whom | explained our plan.
That the people who are able to pay
for them at higher prices would will
ingly do so if they could be assured
that every package was as represent
ed, clean, fresh and well assorted,
but some of them doubted our abill-
ty to get the farmers to stick to the
plan. | visited one retail grocery
firm, the largest in New York City,
and he told me he paid out to one
firm in that city during the month
of January, for eggs alone, more than
$4,000, and for December more
than $4,000. These eggs are al
selected and picked over before being
sent to this grocery firm. He admit
ted to me that it would pay him, hi
had no doubt, to buy our eggs dir
ect, but he thought best to deal as h'
had done, but be assured ME that il
We would carry out the plan M
doubt he would be using our eggs en-
Ureiy i'll d short while il he could &c
them.
write this to show you what mel
who have been dealers for years il
this line think of our plan, Yet
am sorry TO say that it appears tina
some of you think your plan is bet
ter; that anything called an egg viii
do to ship, no matter how dirty, hov
small or how rotten. The plan wa
fully explained in a circular sent on
in September by Bro. v Wsrth, and th
brethren were requested not to shi
if they could not do so regularl
once in week or two weeks, and Oh
ly then frst-class eggs. First elias
esgs were explained to YOU. Th
e:,gG to oe shipped were to be fresf
cleaned nicely and extra large an
small ones not to be used. These il
structions some Of you have compl
ed with, One rotten, dirty, c
small egg Injuries the sale of whol
box, and lately this has been allow
ed. How to regain our standing
the uext thing TO be considered. |