Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-03-01
The Lyon.Cosgins Melon Contract.

The contract which tho melon growers
ASSOCIATIONS Of tho valley federation have
made with n. o. Cosgins 4 Co. OF
Pitt tsburs and tho Lyon Bros. Co. OF
New York City hns the following PROV.
sions:
Tho territory comprises NIL tho states
eass OF til. Missouri river. nnl. Ia nddi'
tiou tho Dominion Of Canada and tue
cities Of Kansas City. Mo-, and Omaha.
Neb.
Cos,,ps aud Lyon agree to give their
p.rrounl tim. aua attention to hnndiin.
from reception ut platforin) and dispos.
ing Of ,l. crop OF cantnlouprs; 10 pro-
vide nm ample force Of inspectors caci,
one Of whom shall bc satisfactory to
both parties to tho contract. and whos-
decision IN passing upon caninlonpcs
shall bc final; to provii. checker" aud
lab6rrn to receive promptly all melons
accepted by inspectors; To load
carefully into cars; Ia $40 that ears are
properly iced and forwarded. without do
lny nj any point, to the markets; 10 place
inspectors Mt as many points along tho
ruut. as arc necessary to secure the pro-
PER vcniilniing aud icing u tho cars III
transit, who shall r-poft th. condition of
each car to their Office at lsocky Ford.
Colo; to establish aud maintain n bnsi.
ness Office in said Rocky Ford, fully
camppcl for conducting the business.
and in charge Of resident agent: Cog.
gins and Lyon agree also To pay NIL trlc.
graph aud telephone charges; TO pay all
commissions md charges Of each under
agent md cmployc: TO guarantee all
freight, express aud refrigerator charges
To railroad and express companies on
goods accepted and shipped by them:
provided that upon any and all cars
which shall fail to sell for enough to
cover freight or cxprss charges (Which
include rcfriIcration) as the case may he.
they must pay tho deficit without nny r,.
course on tho associations, each car bcin:
treated as mn entirety; they also agree TO
hav. each Of their sub.aeents telegraph
daily the market conditions, and to pay
tn the treasurer Of tho association nc.
proceeds OF each car within ~ hours
after sale il made. In fact, TO pay all
expenses incident to conducting the
business, except freight, express and rc.
frigcrator charges: and, rs provided
above. this exception docs not hold good
in cases where cars do not pay carrying
expenses.
Coggins and Lyon. by giving one days
notice, may. when the markets arc over.
stocked. and they believe 1t would not be
profitable to ship. stop receiving canta.
lonpcs until the markets revive.
Tho associations may send one man
east to visit the various markets and re.
port conditions aud Coggins and Lyon
agree to pay his salary and expenses.
A bond OF $4,000 will be given by the
commission houses.
The associations agree to pay COM
mission Of Is per cent on gross sales.
The associations reserve the right to
retain enough cantaloupes to supply the
western trade.
The members OF the associations must
attend to the growing OF the melons with
all possible care, pick into best package
to avoid brnising; have carefully selected
well netted melons in proper state Of ma.
turity for various markets. The crates
to be OF the same size as have been in
use heretofore.
Each associations has the unrestricted
right also to sell for cash Z. o. b. plat
form, through its board OF directors, after
advising with Coggins and Lyon; pro.
vided that such sale does not interfere
with completion OF loading OF car al
ready begun by Coggins and Lyon.
1t is further agree between the parties
hereto that the Market Committee shall
have charge of the melon growers inter-
est rs affected by this contract.