Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-11-10
An Open Insult,


Imposed upon my fellow co-iaborer
farmers by the article In last weeks =
Enterprise regarding the statement Of
VIM. McCunc who represents Albert n.
Travis OF Pittsburg. who In general
ngent for the Fancy Cantnloupc Crow
ers Union. In his article he claims n
favorable report Of 62 cars shipped: !:
also claiming most all growers were
pleased with him and would be glad to
see him next year. (Tn! Tn!) Says
he will stop here ms usual In January
on his way to Texas to sign up the
growers for the coming season. Also
says some of his growers have already
announced they were ready to sign up
and would have more acreage than all
previous years. I suppose he means
in Texas. not here mo sir, not mueh)
Also snys In general the cantaloupe
business was very good. feel sure
he meant to the Travis people. not the
growers that shipped to Travis. No.
sir. never. Now. my co-laborer farm
crs, what do YOU think OF such out
rageous statements as appeared In that
article? As for me have become dis
gusted with such fiattery as that to
encourage us from year to year to
as this year by the above firm.
think II Is high time we are raising
up in rebellion to such undue. untrue
statements as the above article. What
I have to say IL with great reluctance
yet I have made up my mind to ex-
pose any association that has given
us such returns as the Travis people
have and under as favorable condi-
tions as this year. Last year we ad.
init was very unfavorable. McCune
says that most of his growers were
well satisfied. He may mean in Texas
but II he has reference to Otero coun-
ty II is an absolute falsehood which
can substantiate with 60 of his grow
ers out of 72. and perhaps more.
with others have failed to find but few
who have expressed themselves sat
isfied. In regard to signing up for Aext
year. he may do that, yet II he does he
will pay the cash at the platform 76
to 80 cents per crate. and besides q
bond that he will do so. We this year
| can show that all other associations
gave from one-third to one-half more
than the Travis people. Now. there Is
have openly stolen from us or they are
| such poor statesmen that we dare not
| trust them with our goods. (Never. no
never). Last year we had n hrm that
| did not show up this year-Nuckols-
and perhaps next year no Travis. and
we will expose the same II under an
| assumed name. 1--WE will see to thaD
We farmers are not great gramarians
| nor philosophers but mathematicians
| enough to detect fifty cents less on the
dollar than other associations have
done this year. We need associations
to handle our products but only such
l associations as will pay us the cash
as for other commodities. and II we
| can not raise cantaloupes for justi.
fable cash price at the sheds let III
discontinue raising them. My co-lab.
| orer farmers we must sooner or later
come to this. otherwise there always
| will be more or less dissatisfaction.
This reply would not have appeared
but we have been fooled out of oui
labor this year and when men, womer
and children labor hard in the ho
sunshine during our long summer day.
| and then get nothing for their labor 4
| Is high time for US to say, It Is enough