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dark, $2.10 per dozen. Would like to have 
all the squabs you can get. In case you 
have any good customers that are starting 
in, I wish you would send me a complete 
list of that trade, so that I can write to them 
occasionally, and post them on the condition 
of the market. 
To our answer we received the following 
letter from the above firm: 
Plymouth Rock Squab Co., Boston, Mass.: 
Gentlemen: Your letter of the Ist duly 
received, and I am glad to hear from you so 
promptly. I have received quite a number 
of letters from small shippers who, judging 
by the way they write, must be beginners, 
and know but very little of the business. 
have tried to make things as plain as possible 
to them, and encouraged them all to start 
in and increase the size of their purchases 
from you to such an extent that it- will pay 
them to ship. Of course we are obliged to 
take these small shipments, and encourage 
them along as much as possible, but very 
often after we have got a man started, he 
would have made a pretty fair shipper, but 
some one gets hold of him in the meantime 
and makes him believe that he can do 
better than we can, which is one reason that 
I object to helping these small shippers along. 
As above stated, as soon as they get started 
they begin switching around, and the man 
who starts them has very little for his trouble 
and pains of putting them in the way of mak- 
oe money, 
wish if you have any shippers’ addresses 
in the West or in Wisconsin (which seems 
to be quite a squab country) and also in 
either Illincis or Minnesota, that you would 
send them to me. They seem to be doing 
pretty well in that section, and are satisfied 
with the fair prices they get from our market, 
NATIONAL STANDARD SQUAB BOOK 
on account of the poor prices they get in 
Chicago, or elsewhere neaver home. 
At the present time, squabs are very scarce 
and very high. We are even returning more 
money than the last quotations I sent you, 
in order to get enough birds to supply our 
trade. So if you can put me in the way of 
increasing our squab supply, I would greatly 
appreciate it, and try in some way to recip- 
rocate for same. Thank you for the infor- 
mation you have given me thus far in regard 
to shippers. 
Under date of January 30, 1904, we have 
the foilowing letter from a commission firm 
in St. Louis, showing that the demand in 
that section is becoming extraordinary: 
Plymouth Rock Squab Co., Boston, Mass.: 
Gentlemen: We are in the market for 
squabs and if you have any customers in 
this vicinity who are seeking a market for 
their squabs, we would be glad to be placed 
in correspondence with them. We will pay 
the highest market price for them, and feel 
confident that the service we will render 
your patrons will prove advantageous to 
you, to them and ourselves. Please let us 
hear from you. 
We do not give the addresses of these 
firms, and other good squab buyers, until 
we have scold breeding stock to the cus- 
tomer. Commission men in all the cities 
are getting letters from curiosity seekers 
who are merely “looking up” squabs and 
to such letters the commission men pay 
scant attention, for lack of time, and as 
there is no money in it for them. Any one 
who doubts the genuineness of the letters 
we print should come or send a friend tc 
our Boston office to see the originals. 
