THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
1889 
751 
BOGUS BUTTER BUYERS 
A BRACE OF CLEVER ROGUES. 
The following correspondence will prac¬ 
tically explain itself: 
Dear Rural: 
I herewith send you two letters which I 
suspect point to a subject for your “ Eye- 
Opener.” Letter No. 1 was handed to me 
by a neighbor and I answered that I would 
like to supply the Arm with butter, but 
could not send auy till I became satisfied 
that it was “all right.” This brought let- 
-ter No. 2 written by Webb (?), and I began 
to think I might get a paying thing ; but 
wishing to be sure of my ground I went 
and examined Dun’s Mercantile Reporter, 
and not finding the firm name of Webb & 
Warren in the Philadelphia lists, I began 
to think that some one was trying to get 
300 pounds of my good butter for nothing. 
Now if you think it in the line of duty or 
charity to investigate this case I, for one, 
would be very glad to learn the result of 
your investigations. j. w. w. 
Belmont, N. Y. 
NO. I. 
We would like to make arrangements 
with some one in your section to supply us 
with 300 pounds of sweet, dairy butter per 
month, put up in six packages for our own 
use and a few friends. We have been get¬ 
ting our butter from York State for years 
and the party who supplied us is now living 
in New York City; and we will have to 
look for some one else to deal with. The 
butter must be strictly pure and there 
must be no coloring in it, and it must be 
shipped by express. We distribute it, and 
send you the amount of the bill on the 1st 
or 15th of each month. Please favor us 
with an early reply, and if you don’t han¬ 
dle butter, pass this to some good party for 
reply. webb & warren. 
150 Vine Street, Philadelphia. 
NO. II. 
“ Your favor of the 30th of September is 
duly noted. For the last 11 years Mr. 
James E. Wood of St. Lawrence County, 
now living in New York City, lias supplied 
us with butter of his own make and it was 
done in a perfectly satisfactory manner. 
After he had moved to the city we had to 
look up some one else. We have had several 
replies to eight or 10 letters we put out. 
Some say they can buy for us ; others are 
inclined to look upon us with some suspic¬ 
ion. Well we will explain to you why we 
get our butter from the producer. First, 
we can get it cheaper, and, secondly, we get 
a more even grade of the article. We can 
pay this month 30 cents f. o. b., that is 
about 31 cents here according to the express 
rate and when we go to market we have to 
pay 45 and 50 cents for a good article, and 
you know that it is impossible to buy an 
even grade of butter in that way; besides, 
the cost is much more sometimes, reaching 
75 cents in the winter time. We don’t 
mean to create an impressiou that we are 
stiugy, but business is business and a few 
dollars saved per month are the interest on 
a few hundreds and while Mr. Warren and 
myself are getting along in years we still ad¬ 
here to the maxim: “ Take care of the cents 
and the dollars will look out for themselves.” 
We would like you to send us 300 
pounds at once and we will send 
you a bank draft on the 15th for 
your bill. We are out of good butter and 
have been since the 15th of last month. 
There are six families and we take a 50- 
pound package each per month. If you can’t 
supply us with all we need this winter, we 
should think you could manage to buy 
some of your neighbors. Now a word 
about ourselves. We don’t know what 
difficulty you folks have in dealing with 
people, but presume you have your ins and 
outs the same as every oue does. If we 
were in to fleece you, don’t you think we 
would bait you for a little more than 300 
pounds? Well, we have been handling 
mortgages, stocks and real estate for 30 
years and can refer you to any mercantile 
agency or auy house in the city. If you 
will ship us the butter on receipt of this, 
we will be likely to deal with you some 
time. Please either ship at once or let us 
know, as we have another farmer situated 
about as you are who seems to want our 
trade. If you can put the butter down 
lower than 30 cents we expect you to do so. 
This is rather a long-winded epistle, but 
we want you to understand the matter 
fully. WEBB & WARREN. 
The first letter is a poorly printed type¬ 
writer circular, evidently printed by an or¬ 
dinary press. The name and address are in 
clearer type, evidently put in later. The 
matter was placed in the hands of a very 
trustworthy correspondent in Philadelphia 
who reports as follows : 
“ We have your inquiry of the 19th, in re¬ 
gard toWebb&Warren, 150 Vine St. Wesent 
a man down to this address and he found 
it was a cigar store, kept by some one of a 
different name from that given. He went 
in and found two men and a woman throw ■ 
ing dice ; he asked if they knew of the firm 
and after a significant look at each other, 
they said they did not, but they'thought 
the concern had moved away from there 
about a week ago and had gone to Balti¬ 
more. This is all the information he was 
able to obtain. They are not given in the 
directory or the mercantile report, and we 
think it is safe to say that they are a ‘snide’ 
concern of some kind.” 
This is an old trick. It is always safe 
enough to bear in mind that a city man 
who is really anxious to obtain good but¬ 
ter -will be willing to pay for it C. O. D. or 
give references that can be readily hunt¬ 
ed up. 
CATALOGUES, ETC., RECEIVED. 
M ortgage indebtedness on 
THE FARMS AND HOMES OF 
THE COUNTRY.—This is the heading of 
a circular sent out by the Western Econo¬ 
mic Association of St. Louis, Mo. The sub¬ 
stance of the circular is that the times de¬ 
mand an investigation into the state of 
American mortgages. Accurate statistics 
showing the actual facts regarding such 
mortgages would be of great value in de¬ 
termining some of the many problems of 
political economy which are now being 
forced upon us. Various strong statements 
are being made regarding the distribution 
of wealth in this country as well as the 
tendency of such wealth towards a small 
proportion of our population. An accurate 
statement of debts and mortgages would 
throw* new light on these questions. It 
appears that th» required statistics can 
only be secured through the agency of the 
National Census Bureau. As matters now* 
stand there must be a special appropria¬ 
tion and special authority from Congress 
before the Bureau can undertake the work. 
The object of the circular is to urge farm¬ 
ers to write to Secretary Noble at Wash¬ 
ington and also to the Congressmen from 
their respective districts urging the necessi¬ 
ty of such special appropriation and au¬ 
thority. Granges, farmers’ clubs and in¬ 
stitutes are strongly urged to pass strong 
resolutions in favor of the project aud for¬ 
ward them to their representatives. This is 
a matter of considerable importance, and 
we hope our readers will help the cause 
along. 
American Pomological Society.— The 
proceedings of the 22d session of this society 
are sent by the Secretary, A. A. Crozier, 
Ames, Iow’a. As our readers know’, this 
session was held at Ocala, Florida. The 
R. N.-Y. gave a full report of the proceed¬ 
ings. The publications of the American 
Pomological Society are accepted as the 
highest authority on pomological matters. 
It is enough to say that this volume fully 
sustains the high reputation for solid value 
won by previous ones. 
Peach Rot and Peach Blight.—W e 
are informed in an “editorial bulletin” 
from the Department of Agriculture that 
Dr. Erwin Smith has treated this subject 
in the September issue of the Journal of 
Mycology. The disease is due to a par¬ 
asitic fungus. 
“ Dr. Smith finds that this fungus causes 
a very characteristic blight of the twigs and 
branches. In rainy seasons this is quite apt 
to occur, especially if the rotting fruits are 
allow’ed to remain upon the tree. He also 
finds that the fungus lives over-w T inter in 
decayed fruits, aud in this way is re-pro¬ 
duced year after year. In the spring these 
dry, wrinkled fruits, which have lieen left 
upon the earth or still cling to the branches, 
swell and soften under the influence of re¬ 
peated rains, and produce a new crop of 
spores exactly like those of the previous 
season. The practical importance of this 
discovery is very great. Could the blighted 
twigs aud rotted fruits of one season be en¬ 
tirely destroyed the fungus w’ou Id disappear 
and the rot with it. The more nearly eom- 
? lete this removal of infectious material can 
o made the safer will be the succeeding 
crop. During the growing season the fun¬ 
gus produces innumerable spores and 
spreads its infection very quickly. For 
this reason, all rotting peaches should be 
removed from the trees and buried or 
burned, as soon as discovered. This can be 
done during the picking season without 
much additional expense ; but it may fre¬ 
quently be necessary to do it before the 
fruit is ripe, if the grower would save any 
portion of it in a marketable condition. 
Finally, not a single rotted fruit should be 
allowed to winter over. All must be de¬ 
stroyed. If fruit-growers would unite and 
follow this method systematically for a 
series of years, the losses from peach rot 
would be reduced to inconsiderable pro¬ 
portions. These remarks apply also to the 
rot of plums and cherries, which is caused 
by the same fungus, known technically as 
Monilia fructigena.” 
Advance SHEETS of the Bureau of Statis¬ 
tics for the month of September give a very 
favorable showing for the exports of agri¬ 
cultural products, as compared with the 
same month of 18S8. The following table 
shows the total exports in four of the lead¬ 
ing branches of trade: 
September. 
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1889. 1888. 
Animals. $2,850,248. $1,087,050. 
Breadstuffs. 9,874,788. 12,758,169. 
Cotton. 17,907,778. 8,999,288. 
Provisions. 8,709,549. 6,718,522. 
Totals.... 39,342,363, 29,563,029. 
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The figures show that the total exports 
for 1889 exceed those of 1888 by about one- 
third. The increase in cattle is about 175 
per cent., in provisions nearly 30 per cent., 
while cotton has about doubled. The heavy 
increase in the latter is attributed partially 
at least to the corner in Liverpool. The 
only item showing a decrease is breadstuffs, 
which declined more than 20 per cent. The 
shrinkage was in the amount of wheat, 
the amount of corn having largely in¬ 
creased. The shrinkage in wheat exports 
is largely due to the unsettled condition of 
the markets, and the constant fluctuations 
in prices caused by the operations of the 
grain gamblers. The farmers of this coun¬ 
try can raise enough to feed the world, if 
the markets can be arranged to handle the 
products. 
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Compared with Keiffer It is far superior In 
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It is not so sweet as the Bartlett, but higher fla 
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