The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1912-07-26

for Mr.. Durham to pay. Now under
stand, Mr.. Durham pays the directors
for their services just what he
pleases. He pays Mr. Durl<ee for
uperintending loading, Mr.. Campbell
of Mattawan around five hundred
dollars, &c keep harmony in that
locality. He paid Mr. Prater for in
spection, in fact, he pays every EN-
ployee of the association and pays
them what he pleases and when the
directors asked what he did with the
10 or % thousand dollars he gets for
his commission he told them that it
was none of their business.
Now, if Mr.. Durham is not the
whole thing, who is? He is general
master He is the top, bottom and
middle. Mr. Thornton thinks he is in
there some where but do not. Just
as well hang his picture in the Office
and draw two dollars on it every
Saturday afternoon. Mr. Thornton
lays great stress on Mr.. Durham
honesty. No one has said he was not
not honest he could so manipulate his
hired men that he could perpetuate
his position and continue to be gen.
eral manager for all time. Now
remember that l do not blame Mr..
Durham a bit, but | do blame the
directors for taking their salaries
from the general manager whom they
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II has bad ear marks if it is not bad
All employees should be paid by the
association and not by the manager
How long would a city or village
operate under such conditions? 1
don't believe you can show another
of its kind. Mr.. Thornton says that
don't belong TO any organization,
to one that is operated like Southern
Michigan. / am afraid l might break
some of the Antitrust laws. | wish
to say to Mr.. Thornton that Southern
Michigan does not deal in my class of
goods, if they did they have un-
doubleday got ten cents a basket as l
did. Mr.. Thornton accuses the grape
growers outside Southern Michigan
of refusing to cooperate in the
matter of uniform pack and general
/ don't believe that is |
true. We are ready and willing to |
fulfill our part of the agreement. No
man regrets more than the shameful |
pack that Michigan has been doing;
no one has tried harder to correct it.
Mr.. Thornton says that the standard
of religion which l hand out to the
rest of the grape belt am not willing
to live up to. My religion in the
grape business is an honest package.
Just what l advertise il to be, and
with my name and address elligiable
on every package. / think have the
of being the only shipper
from the Lawton Grape Belt that
never ships a broken package, not
even a broken handle. | have never
had turn down nor a complaint, and 4
have had several cars go TO Helena,
and Seattle, Washington.
| am not acting as spokesman for
anyone nor am l advocating the
breaking of any laws, but / do claim,
ip my claims as MIR. Thornton has,
hat we as grape growers have the
light to instruct our hired men, and
hey nothing more, though they
nave the nom de plume of general
what we shall demand for
grapes, and not break any of the ten
commandments, nor be guilty of an
unreasonable restraint of trade.
would steal before l would starve and
would think more of that man, than
,ne who would put the rattlers from
lis carrier into the bottom of his
basket to make weight, as a number
IF growers in this section do.
Now we will talk about inspection.
The whole truth as Mr.. Thornton
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