The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-11
IL MADE HIM HOT
D. ]. CHATFIELD WANTS TO ROAST
The GkAPE GROWERS.

TIE GkAPE GROWERS.
He Says He Made Them . Business ORes
and While They Did Not Accepts 10 They
Had IL Published among Their Pro
ceedipgs-The President OF the Assoeis.
tion Replies TO the Attack of Mr.. Chat
field and says He Failed to Underssasd
the Purposes of the Associatioa-RePly
of Both Is Published.
The following communication from D.
j. Caatheid received by the editor OF
the Eagle was shown 70 /. ". Dean.
president OF the Grape Growers asso-
cation. yesterday and when asked for
an explanation OF the position taken by
Mr.. Cnatfeld he said:
"Chatheld is a nice fellow. He used
10 live at Wichita, and IL his financial
standing was better the association
might have don. business with him He
means 70 DO right. but you can see that
he uses poor judgment He figures that
IL will cost the association $3.50. when in
fact it only cost the transportation both
ways for one man whose duty IL is 90
stay there until the crop is disposed Of.
The entire cost will run less than one
fourth of the amount named by Mr..
Chatfeld The association probably
made one mistake. and they did that
over my protest. when they selected me
as the agent i VIII leave for Denver
tomorrow and viii be on hand to re-
celve each car and be ready 20 do bush
ness with Mr.. Chatfeid or any one else
who wants TO handle the crop
Our chief object is TO see that the
fruit IS in the proper condition before
received from the railroad. and IL IL is
not right We viii refuse IL then and
there, and not wait TO have 10 go
through court. There is a proper time
10 do things and with the railroads this
i especially true. The criticisms OF
Mr.. Chstfeid are taken from a misua-
Outstanding of the facts.
The association VIII also handle veg
etables and fruit to a certain extent and
while we are probably not the wtsest
association on earth the object Is 10
guard the interests which can be better
done by an association than by int d.
uaIs"
The correspondence OF Mr.. Chatfeid
is as follows:
Colorado Springs. Col. July I. 1895
Daily Elagle: In your issue Of the ID
IN connection with the report OF the
Grape Growers association meet, you
print a letter from me 20 them
had no thought OF coming before the
public when l penned the communion
ton IL seems to me now that IL were
needless 10 publish the letter in the face
or the action OF the association. viz:
that they propose 10 follow each car by
a member OF the contributors 20 said
car load Now since they broadcast my
views and at the same time IN essence
say that they don't propose to trus.
their business 70 anyone except he Is
duly initiated in their compact. i desire
TO show them where they stand.
Computing the number OF baskets
they individually propose to furnish We
Ind that IL aggregates thirty-slx thou
sand baskets. or about fifteen car loads
The cost OF a trip 20 Colorado points
IS IN round figures about thirty dollars
II the party makes a quick trip. and
eats a lunch counter hand-otS. but II he
stays 10 watch the sale and distr4bu-
ton OF each party's goods 10 see that
the otner fellow is Just up to the bust
ness and quite honest the trim will
knock out $50. The grape season lasts
not to exceed fifteen days. there on An
average one car day must go. and be-
ore the crop is half marketed one
.ourth OF the association are on the
wing, and II they could not trust some
oody to sell their grapes one-fourth Of
hem must trust somebody 10 gather
he crop and by the time they are all
old $3.50 has been spent leaving out
he cost OF hiring competent help at
iome.
In each instance a man must - found
Who viii venture TO purchase 2. 400 bas-
.sts Of grapes. Any shrewd man may
20 that the purchaser will figure for |
chances OF loss and Will not |
erture unless they are minmunf Il by |
corresponding low price Such a pur- |
haser must OF necessity hunt up his |
ustomers oy visiting them with his !
-avehng man All Of which takes /
inc which these very grape growers |
an { afford. for IL fifteen car loads are
old some nimble work mus; be done.
When We consider that there are other
rape associations equally anxious 20
Ell
The writer came out 10 Colorado two
ears ego. hoping 10 sell grapes and
Ould have placed two or three cars.
III for the fact that these last named
eoPle were on the ground ready 20 sell
: from TO . cents less per saskst and |
il sell. and our Wichita friends had
any fan from the stems
The fellows who get the ffrs- car into
.aTket nave practically got the trade.
-ovidinE it is done on my plan. the dis
Tbution plan. True enough somebody
as 10 trusr 10 vh> honesty Of some 9TH
: fellow / plainly see that mis- airing
the matter may cost me the tob Of
ling but the treatment OF my letter
them did not indicate very strongly
al there vas much pap for me- there.