Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1894-11-03

1890 a. M, Friday, Nov. 2, the
Statesman has not been issued
The suppositon is that it is held
for the purpose of defaming Re-
publican candidates.
MR.. JAMES M. vANrlETRE
Replies to Insinuations in the World
and Statesman.
Some two weeks ago the editor Of
the Herald asked me about the price
of wool now and in the past. l gave
him the prices as published in the
Herald and republished now:
A Fair Proposition.
Mr.. James M. Van Metre, of this
county has 5000 pounds of wool at
his home which he offers to buyers at
IS cents pound. He also has S. 800
pounds in a commission house in
Philadelphia, for which he will accept
] IS cents a pound, he paying all freights
and commissions. All of the above
is good merchantable wool, the pro-
duct of his own locks
! He will also sell all of his sheep, about
200 head, now on his farms in Berke-
ley and Jefferson counties, all healthy
and in good condition, at one-half
their market value prior to the inaug-
uration OF Grover Cleveland, in 1893.
The above offer is made in good
faith. II there is any truth in the
claim being persistently urged by
Democrats that domestic wool has adj
vanced in price, his proposition af-
lords an opportunity to some enter
prising individual to make handsome
sum of money.
Since the above was put in type,
MIR. Van Mere received statement
from Justice, Batenan & Co. that they
had sold 1929 pounds OF his wool at
I2H cents per pound, on which Mr..
Van Metre will realize about 10 cents
pound. Under the Mckinley law
Mr.. Van Metre sold the same grade
OF wool. at his home, for 81 cents.
had no idea I was committing an
offense but from the manner in which
I am attacked by the World and States
man, l find that dogs with four legs
are not the only yelping ours with
which sheep and shepherds have to
contend.
The World says: 1T is we'll known
by all persons who are or ever have
been engaged in the wool trade here,
that the kind of wool that Mr.. Van
Metre raises, the merino, has ruled
about SC. per pound lower than the
long medium grades
The Statesman, edited by truthful
Willie Boyer, chimes in and says
me, too"
Now the fact is that have not
hundred inerino sheep and not dozen
of them heavy shearers. The price at
which l sold my wool is called in
gu S ii on, the Statesman claiming
that "Van Metre nor nobody else
sold such wool or any Berkeley Coun-
ty wool for "a cents. and then asserts
that "the best grades of Berkeley
County wool sold in 1887 at IS cents :"
My books show that in 1887, Feb
II, sold 700 pound of tags for 80
cents and 6,5IS pounds of wool for "a
cents. Mr. John w. Elder, Cham
bersburg, Pa, was the purchaser, and
J. II. and Z. c. Brown, were present
and have full and distinct recollec-
ton of the transaction.
sold my 1899 clip in Philadelphia
for rs to 2S cents, most of it bringing
49, vouchers in my possession show,
yet the Statesman says the "best
grades" brought bat rs. Mine must
then have been Of superior quality
and not "Marino.
The editor of the Statesman, whin-
ing cur that he is, not content with
striving to ruin the industries of this
country and State, basely filings the
following at me: Verify Re weepeth
over his flocks as he used to weep over
his Sunday school which years ago
he superintendent"
No doubt he thought that very
smart. did weep on the day of the
battle OF Gettysburg, when in house
with SO little children-the only grown
person there-I knew that not only
they but thousands of other children
were being made orphans. The man
who would not weep under such cir
cumstances would have heart harder
than a stone.
From the best information obtaina-
Bile, l am the only man who evel
wept over BILLY" Boyer, unless il
was his parents, and if it is possible
for those in the spirit land to weep,
have no doubt they now weep ovel
the fact that their son has fallen so low
as to become the pet dog of ring o
corrupt politicians.
He forgets how when a boy in q
linsey -wolsey jacket used to pay hin
so cents each Sunday for leading thu
singing III that same Sunday school
and how later on, when he had learned
enough to get No. ) certificate,
! gave him school and otherwise help
ed him to risein the world. He is nov
} rewarding me for my kindness to him
. JAS. M. VANMETRE.
Martinsburg, w. Va.
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