The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-12-18
GAN INSIDE WE'VE
Of the United States Quarries and Gran
ite Construction Company.

@tAAeNA k3SRtNo gttRAtAtS thh0 AfdhihC NJplt1
struction company, which you say was
written and published by little fellow
called Hunt
In the interest Of Barre granite busi-
ness and the city of Barre, and also in
the spirit Of fairness and a square DEAL
we respectfully ask you To publish this
article al "An Inside View on the same
page in your paper as that containing
said Hunts article and with equal prom
inence, as an answer to the string Of
insinnating falsehoods contained in said
Hunts article. When the public press
has the courage TO publish the truth
about public men and public institutions,
|it is q public benefactor; but when 1t
publishes rank, false, misleading state.
ments about private affairs. 1t becomes
q criminal nuisance, and the publishers
thereof subject to arrest, fine and I'M
prisonment.
Mr.. Hunt say: eve consider ii in
cnnihent upon ourselves what we have
found out up to the present times,r that
is, December /, 1906. Little Hunt evi
IDENTIFY feels the Importance OF his exist
ence He believes there is some reason
why he IS on earth, and. Atlas like, he
assumes the responsibility for the gen
cral interest among the trade"
Now, to help make his great burden
light we viii state the above named
corporation is incorporated under the
laws Of the state Of Maine for three
hundred thousand dollars (s3O0, 10000
seven per cent preferred stock, and three
hundred thousand dollars (s300, ,000)
common stock. The organization Of the
corporation was done by the combined,
best legal talent in Barre. Therefore IL
is home production. Tie attorney gen
eral Of the state Of Maine, over his sig.
mature, has certified to its perfect or
ganization and its papers have been
passed upon by one of the most critical
land largest trust companies of Boston.
Every precauiion and safeguard known
/ to the legal, commercial and financial
world has been adopted to render this
corporatinn absolutely safe and sound.
I Could anythifg more be done to please
even little Hunt and the other hide
bound, Jealous enemiesY lie also refers
TO orders or contracts we receive and
laments because he cannot learn all
about them. Nov. we do not know any
law or reason why we shoull regularly
/ puDlSHf efiuCt lOd ltllie illuft btHtilt
| the general interest among the trade
or our competitors, list of the parties
or dealers with whom we do business
The unparalleled number Of orders we
have received and are daily receiving we
have secured in the face Of all legitimate
competition. We have met the enemy
on his own ground and defeated him. We
have not cut prices, rather we have sns.
Itained and increased them, for the ben.
eft Of the general interest OF ths
trade" We conduct our affairs along
/ the lines OF modern business methods
and not in ancient moss-covered ways
that belong to the dark ages, and by rea-
son of our doing SO render the dealers
prompt service and thereby secure their
contracts, while jealous, bide-bound com
tpetitors talk and gossip. We still pro
pose to keep along the even tenor 81
our way, and secure busines while 9th
ers stand and talk. We believe in doing
things. not dreaming about them.
Outside of a few representatives firms
lin Barre, the rest are a detriment te
the trade With their limited means
and facilities they are not able 10 exc
cute contracts in proper manner ant
on time, and the result is the genera
granite manufacturing firms are con
demned for such delay and the business
is diverted TO other granite centers. Al
to our orders, for the benefit Of littl'
Hunt and all the other jealous doubtinl
Thomases, we win state that had WI
facilities at present TO accommodate PSI
men, we could give them employment
today. We win employ more than thii
number as soon as spring opens, on mon
nmental work alone. while we will nee,
a greater number of men tor building
work IN addition to this we have al
ready applications for over 100 carload
of rough stock to be delivered in tn
spring. A responsible granite man, il
business some eighteen years, and whl
has repeatedly examined our orders, vii
vouch for the above statements. Al
our request, Mr. II, G. Woodruff, cashie
of the Granite Savings Bank & Trus
company, called and spent some time a
our office some days ago and got "al
inside view of the number of our order
and the volume OF our business Tn
impression of great many is that tli
is a new company. On the contrary !
lis the result Of over twenty years o
! granite busincs experience. Under Ii
/, new name we have just begun. Watc
us grow. We win saw wood, and &c
!, the orders and contracts while the wis
ones, Mrs. Grudy-like, stand and gossi
and find fault because we do not tel
them all our business. But we forgg
them "for they know not what the
do IT would be
"Wpal;ness to be wroth with weakness
Better forgive them once again;
Nature made them binder motions
/, Bounded in a shallower BRAIN"
r 10 establish this business along mod
ern lines we have spent our own tim
and money Even the Barre Daily Time
and little Hunt got their share cf il
: and we propose to give them some nloc'
We believe in advertising. 1t is the grea
? engine Of modern business success. Righ
Z here we feel justified in saying tina
we have spent more time and none
during the last six months to al,ertis
Barre and Barre granite in the c.mmc
: lpolitan press than has been don durin
the same time by all the combined nm
tie firms in Barre, If not in the cidif
state Our postonce and advcrtisin
receipts will prove Il.
Now, as to quarry properties we r.
peat our statement that "We now cor
!, trol the best and largest light Barr
/ granite quarry properties" and when IN
little Hunt states that we do not hay
what we claim we do. he states a ran
falsehood Also when he states that "
control only such quarry properties u
D TO December !, the date Of his publics
D tion, that he mentioned in his articl
y namely the Whitconih Bond property,
states rank falsehood either inter
4 tionally or inadvertently As an ey'