Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-03-08
Vermont Sugar Makers Market.
The regulations and instructions are:

/ uo anu INSTRUCTORS are.
l. The Vermont Maple Sugar Makers
Market will receive maple syrup and sugar
| from shareholders in the market and from
members of the Vermont Maple Sugar Max
ers' association. Syrup should be sent in
bulk, in five or ten gallon galvanized iron or
| tin cans or in clean wooden barrels All cans
| and barrels will be cleaned and returned free
of charge. The market will, when desired,
supply jacketed tin cans to its customers at a
| low price, or rent them on favorable terms to
persons who do not wish to purchase.
z. Syrup and sugar will be graded as soon
as received and the producer will be credited
| for the amount and quality sent. All syrup
which is not up to the standard of IL pounds
| net to the gallon, will be marked down in
proportion to the shrinkage. All cans, casks
Vermont Maple Sugar Makers association,
with the producers name.
3. Receipts from goods sold to the spring
trade will be divided among consignors on or
before July LIST, in proportion to the amount
of goods which each has consigned to the
market. A final settlement will be made at
the earliest possible date after the close of
the fall trade.
4. When desired, money will be advanced
on consignments to the amount of two-thirds
value of the goods received. Six per cent in
terest will be charged on such advance paw
ments until the date of settlement.
b. The business of the market will be con-
Quoted on the cooperative plan, and for the
benefit of the sugar makers of this state, who
will receive what their goods will sell for in
the best markets of the country, less the
actual expense of handling the same.
g. The buildings occupied by the market
are located at Randolph, on railroad siding,
and will be supplied with such modern fix
lures and steam heat as will enable the asso-
citation to handle consigpments in the most
economical way and in the most approved
forms to meet the requirements of the trade.
Sugar and syrup will bear its special pro-
tected label. which will be protection
against fraud for both producer and con-
sumner.
Z. 1t is not proposed to monopolize the
maple sugar production of Vermont but to
protect part of the trade, at least, from
fraud, and systematic the business of selling
to the mutual advantage of producer and
consumer.
8. The market has adopted the "Steward"
can for syrup shipments, and producers send
ing syrup in gallon or half-gallon cans of this
make will receive credit for such packages.
8. 1t will be to the advantage of producers
of the finer grades of maple goods, to send
them to this market in the form of syrup, but
the cheapest dark goods should be sent as
sugar, either in spruce or Eastwood tubs, of
not less than 80 pounds each. All such sugar
should be cooked to a density of not less than
23S degrees by the sugar thermometer.
10 Amy person will be entitled to the
benefits of the market for one year in accord
auCc Win bn"se regulations ana instructions,
by sending 81 to A. j. Croft, secretary of the
Vermont Maple Sugar Makers association,
Enosburg Falls, Vt, to pay the annual mem
bership fee of the association; or by sending
a subscription to V. I. Spear. Randolph, Vt,
for one or more shares of stock in this mar
ket at $40 per share. Subscriptions for stock
may be paid in maple goods if desired. Asso-
citation labels will be furnished bp Mr.. Croft.
The Central Vermont railroad has given
freight rates to Randolph from all stations on
its line in Vermont, varying from 4 to IL
cents per 100 pounds. Rates from any sta
ton will be furnished on application to the
market.
Every sugar maker in the state who de-
ponds upon the general market for the sale of
his gs DDS, fully realizes the necessity of CO.
operation in the handling of this important
Yer mont product, in order to protect it from
adulteration and secure a reasonable price
for the same. The plan of the market is
based upon sound business principles, and it
is expected that the sugar makers of the state
will give it their hearty support. They
should not wait to see if it will be a success,
but unite and make it q success.
All communications in regard to the mar
ket should be addressed to v I. Spear, treas
urer and manager, Randolph, Vt.