Milford chronicle., 1912-10-18
ANOTHER LETTER ON
TOMATO TROUBLES
A. Seydell States His Views In Very
Plain Language.
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70 Editor Chronicle -
o / see by your issue of October 4th an
o article by +. A. TOrsch trying to sci
o himself right with the people and grow
ers. As to the affairs of Mr.. Savage
, and Mr.. Collins have nothing to say.
, Mr.. Torsch's system to facilitate the un-
, loading of wagons | question his sin
cerity. Mr.. Torsch told one grower
who's Veracity l hold equal to Mr..
} Torsch's, that he had devised this system
to keep the farmers from dumping a
lot Of tomatoes on him and having them
rot on his hands. Mr. Torsch saws if
these tomatoes were good why did they
not haul them in to US. On a Tuesday
morning | telephoned Mr.. Torsch and
asked permission to haul him my toma-
toes. He refused to receive any of my
| tomatoes till Thursday. / asked permis
sion to sell them if he could not use them
and he refused me that privilege. show
ing his dog in the manger disposition. !
what l want of your crop / will take.
but | don't care how many rot on YOUR
hands. Mr. TOrsch cannot say that |
brought him bad tomatoes, as he never
found more than per cent bad tomatoes
IN any load except one and that one
stood on his premises a good part of the
day and the next night, so they un-
doubtedly deteriOrated while on his
premises and then only lost about Al
baskets full to load of % other loads
culled about ! basket to a load. He
through slOwness in handling by the use
OF coring machine, which he had TO
give up as he could not get tomatoes
through it fast enough to keep his skin
ners going, gave me a chance to get
)nly two loads of tomatoes in that whole
week, and they were a late patch and
III good tomatoes. Tomatoes brought in
n the morning some times had to stand
Ill next day in the rain and they culled
ut bad and he blamed the farmer. and
hen the grower would have to loose the
ulls when they were undoubtedly good
'hen delivered. And this in contrast
nth the treatment received by growers
the other factories. While they were
the same position as Mr.. Torsch and
Ot the same class of goods, they were
aid for everything they brought in. or
very few instances were docked
lghtly. | know of wagons coming in
Saturday that were not unloaded till
onday but Mr.. Hirsch paid for what
as on the wagon, although they were
bad that a lot had leaked through the
sket; and at Lincoln Clendaniel Bros.
ught and paid for tomatoes and had
e grower haul them on a vacant LOT
d dump them, because the Baltimore
nnery could not handle them at that
le And when the cannery at Balti-
re could not return baskets according
agreement, they told growers to use
.ir own or buy baskets and they would
Y for them. The conduct Of these
lners is certainly a contrast to the
atment accorded the growers at the
sch factory. OF course we signed
contract, and for one. both legally
morally, lived up to it, but a man
nd certainly be fool to sign anv such
Dntract again. If the farmers would
together they could dictate theirown
tract as they do on the Eastern
re, and then they would be assured
'onabie treatment. BY each grower
ting up the small sum of two dollars
z could raise a fund to employ legal
lsel by the year and then they would
ure of their ground and could force
Gamers to go only so far as his legal
IS permitted him.