The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1912-08-30

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do not agree with Mr.. Buskirk that
Cary Durham Is an honest man be-
cause / do not believe that any man
Is honest who deliberately lies and
will throw away the crops of his
neighbors in order to make dollar
for himself.
Mr.. Thornton and Cary Durham
came out i'm an article and said that
the reason why they would not agree
10 hold up the prices was because they
were afraid of breaking the Sherman
antitrust law What a petty excuse
of the directors to uphold their man.
took this matter up with the Bureau
of Investigate in the ". $. District
Attorneys Office that covers this dis.
trict and they laughed at the very
| idea of it. Anyone calling at the
Federal building in Chicago can veri
| fyt his.
Cary Durham no doubt is afraid of
| Jail as a former brain storm of his
gives him a chill when it is mentioned
If we had had any men OF brains as
directors who were not so hot after
their little g and other perquisites,
the growers would have received over
el25, 900 more last year.
Mr.. Buskirk was right in saying
Growers, how much longer are you
going to stand it?" Are you going
again to your annual meeting and be
told to shut up and sell your crops for
Is cent dinner given by your hired
manY
/ notice by the paper that the direc-
tors nave been whipped into line by
Frank Stanton to making a price
maker. Now why don't Cary Dun lam
and Mr.. Thornto resign as they said
they would if such thing were done?
You could not drive them out with a
club, but publicity of the ignorance
and careless indifference of the grow
ers' interest will do it. Personally,
think it is makeshift at the est,
but am willing to try anything a lit
tie bit different from the old Ignorant
way. What incentive has a grower
to put up a good package when he
knows he won't get cent more than
his neighbours poor one? In the Penn
Yam district in New York grower is
paid according to the package he
brings in. w. N. Wise of Penn Van
averaged last year over cents for
pound baskets and shipped 100 cars,
only pony or pound. Is not this a
nice comparison to my getting 2, 8, 4,
Az for mine? All of their grapes are
packed in pony or 4 pound baskets
and they get more than we do for 8
pounds. Now what do you think of
Cary Dunham's statement and how
honest he is? Cary Durham and the
directors dare not call for this proof
Of hn H., l. aI 4
affidavits.
I went to Sandusky, Kelley's Island
and Bass Island, Ohio, last week and
in going through the vineyards and
talking with the growers, found that
they did not ship a basket of grapes,
but sold them in bulk for SIS ton for
Concords and $50 ton for Catawbas,
and !. want TO say that aid not see a
rotten grape on the vines. If ever
the directors go outside of Van Buren,
county they will learn something
about grapes, provided their heads
are not too thick to see anything but
Chary Durham They and Cary Dun
ham have cost this section over a mil
yon dollars and l wonder how long
liou are going to stand for it.
In The True Northerner of Paw
Paw is an article by Mr. Buskirk Civ
ing statement of the Chautauqua &
Erie Co. books, and also fromletter
Crawford Bros. and / would advis e
every grower to get that paper and
you cannot help from being convinced
of the the truth of their statements,
and compare the ignorance and false
hoods of Cary Durham and the feeble
minded directors who try to uphold
i'm The way our association is run
shame and disgrace.
Signed,
JAMES INGERSoLL DAY.