The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-02-15

to kill the young wormS-thiS was
June, four years ago-the poison was
not corrosive to foliage or fruit, and
that it adhered remarkably to both,
through heavy rains. / saw that we
had found the needed spray poison,
and that the future of the apple in
dustry was assured.
l at once Informed the fruit grow
ing public, through the Daily Record,
and in other ways, of the one sure
and safe way to protect our apple
crops. and of the poison, that we
might get it at reasonable price.
Mr.. Moore saw a chance to make
some cncney. He ordered a carload
1t was good poison. 1t worked we'll.
said so IN the letter you printed. The
only objection to the matter was tle
high cost. The price was seventeen
cents a pound. / tried to get the
price reduced. Instead it was advanc-
ed to eighteen cents. l knew it could
be sold at a profit for less money,
and / determined to secure an equal
ly strong and pure article, and sup
ply growers at much lower figure.
Here is the result.
l found out that ''The Graselli Che
mical Company" of Cleveland, Ohio,
which had been manufacturing chem
icals for over seventy-fve years-and
which is probably the wealthiest COM
pany of the kind in America-was
making arsenate of lead of the very
highest purity and strength. Their
came to Roswell to
see me about introducing their prod
uct. He came again six months later.
He appointed me their agent for this
valley. He has sent me a full car
load of the arsenate, fully guaranteed
by a company with many millions of
dollars. This will be sold here at a
fair price-not only this year, but next
year, and the years to come. Mr..
Moore's little flourish will not affect
the permanen result. The Graselli
Company desire to have their poison
sold at moderate price. They know,
as / have always known, that the
price fixed Iby the Boston company
was exorbitant. The fact that Mr..
Moore now offers the same article for
IL cents, that he sold last year at
18 cents a pound, is significant, a
drop of six dollars, a keg, because it
became known that 1 would soon
have a competing article at a much
lower price.
Mr.. Moore mas made quite a brill
liant coup. He has probably succeeded
in selling out a car of arsenate for
about eighteen hundred dollars less
than he expected to get for it, before
1 arranged for a supply. wanted the
price Of this prime necessity of orch
arding reduced to a reasonable one.
l had arranged to do it. Mr.. Moore
has come to my aid. He has got it
down. l thank him. The price WILL
STAY DOWlN-to a reasonable fig
ure. 1t may not again be sold at 70
cents. l don't think it will l don't
think it can be manufactured and
freighted to New Mexico, and sold
at so low a price, and the high quail
ty of arsenate be maintained.
The Pecos Valley is to be one of
the largest apple growing sections
of the world. A practical spray poi
son is factor in this future that can
not be eliminated. We must have it.
In future years it will take many car
loads to supply this need. Mr.. Moore's
has made good deal of
out of our fruit growers. They
evidently supposed they were in the
saddle, to stay, and they were mis-
taken. People will never remember
the six dollars a keg they paid for
poison more than they now have it
offered for, with much satisfaction.
And the bluff won't work. The Gra-
selli Chemical Company is coming
here to stay They will sell spray poi
son at as low a figure as will cover
a fair manufacturers cost, and ag-
ency; and will do it year after year.
There will be no pyrotechnics, and
they are quite able to wait. They
have already-with the help of Mr..
Moore's spectacular assistance got
the price down to a low figure. l fear
too low. We shall see.
The Roswell Seed Company will as
sist me in supplying the needs of the
apple men for the present year. Ask
them.
Again thanking Mr. Moore, l re-
main, yours for fair dealing
PARKER EARLE.