The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-04-03
DeLand, Fla, Wednesday, April 3, 1896.

willing to take it in that way wrote
them as follows:
DELAND. FLA, Oct 12, '94.
Messrs. B. & j. Shaw, Hull, England.
GENTLEMEN: Enclosed we hand you a copy OF a
letter Mr.. E. L. Goodsell of N. Y. has sent us for
publication, in which it seems that you take
water on your position in reference to the sub
stance of your letter of July 1S, '93. II have
misrepresented Mr.. GondselI it is because you
misrepresented him to me.
still have the notes of our conversation in the
"Cannon Street Hotel in which you told me how
sorely you felt at the way Mr.. GOodsell had
treated you. and how he had charged up to the
"Ethelwold" account all the bills for advertising
which was done in his name, and you were not
recognized, "a though you put up all the money to
carry through the transaction You also referred
to the stenciing of boxes on which Mr.. Good
sells name appeared very prominently. and other
matters which only showed that you were not in
the "best of humor'' over the matter. Your let
ter alone certainly gave us "good reason to be-
leve that everything connected with this cargo
not as straight as it should have BEEN. On
receipt of your letter of July 1S. 1898, wrote to
desired information. Mr.. Goodsell claims that
sent out printed circulars to the shippers, but
this is absolutely false. Every letter sep
arately written on a typewriter. and no one out
side of those interested in this shipment knew
anything about it. through me.
wrote Mr.. Goodsel on September that "we
had letters in our possession that lay several
charges at your (Goodsels) door Our object
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charges were true. If they are not the investi
cation will do you no harm. If we do find that
there is anything out OF the way the growers will
know just what it is. AS to your threats they
do not change our purpose. We have Withheld
all publications of letters until the investigation
is closed. IT, as you say, the whole proceedings
are straight from beginning to end it will show
itself without any threats to help it,
Mr.. Goosell lays considerable stress on our
sending out circulars. which is false and which
you refer to, but he does not say anything of the
circular he issued and sent to the orange grow
ers in which he tried to make it appear that
had gotten money from Messrs. Campion, Good
sell Il Co., under false pretenses. I have a letter
from that firm emphaticaly denying that, prov
ing his statement to be false.
Mr.. Goodsell was the first to issue circular
and in this circular he demanded an apology
from me- In our issue of Oct. 1S, 1898, made the
only apology 1 could make under the circum-
stances.
You say it is your opinion that my action was
in no degree ustifable. Perhaps you are not
familiar with all the facts. Undoubtedly you
have heard only Mr.. Goodsell's side of the story.
In justice to myself, after Mr.. Goodsell had sent
his circular demanding an apology, stated
my position and gave my reasons for the ground
1 held, and, as I have said above. gave the only
apology had.
do not think that the publishing of your
letter to him of Sept. 9th will do him any good
Nearly two years after the ''Ethelwod" had
bten discharged and nearly one year after the
matter h ad been brought out you state that the
accounts had been examined by you and found
correct. 1t seems strange to me that if every
thing was strictly upright and straightforward
that it should have taken so long for you to find
it out.
If you now say that the whole or part of your
letter of July Is, 1893, was false, am compelled
to apologize to Mr. Goodsell for believing your
statement, that he claimed to have advanced 70
cents on each box of oranges that was shipped on
the "Ethelwold." would like very much Messrs.