Show ot lo 10 ers editor ENQUIRER upon my return a trip through southern utah and certain points in northern arizona I 1 was amazon to be confronted by various balsa falsa rumors and defamatory det amatory reports circulated by mother grundy calculated to in jure the credit and standing of the utah county fruit and agricultural society and ita officers by that the undersigner undersigned under signed had to mexico or bome other more conEs uial clime than here this same mother grunda it appears has on lly advised the farmer and producer not to ship their products through the utah coun ty fruit and society he ran great nafe in losing it all because the society ia not responsible and hat only a tramp to to the beai nesa of the same new in the first place anch slanderous roperta are the of eager gossips whose only authority ia 1 I heard BO this ia a eava injustice to the president and officers of the society who are men of high standing and un questioned integrity in their respective communities of this county ing and public spirited men who have cheerfully obligated themselves financially aa well as giving their valuable time in order to promote the welfare of the society and of the hub of the wheel the farms thereby the best interests of the community again thia society has proven a great boon to the producers as scores can testify to last season nearly fifty fsr cent of all the potatoes shipped from this were handled by us which netted the farmers three to nine cents per bushel above the price paid at any other point in utah besides creating a better and more profitable market in this locality than would otherwise have existed and again all and office beoka are open for the inspection bv every member and that he may thereby assure himself that he aeta tho exact amount due the manager re quests and is desirous that evera shipper investigate in order to himself it is clearly to be been that the interest of eyer farmer settle in U e continuation and promotion of this their agency and that they give it their moral aa well af their little financial finar cial sap port and not permit its progress to oe deterred through the rumors circulated by ihoda who have only their selfish aims in view it is the desire of the officers of the to establish branch offices in the different towns of the county the comine season aej it is hereby urged upon the men of each town to call upon or ads jrees the secretary at once that this end might be accomplished without delay I 1 wish to thank all the friends toa the support accorded us in the past season and trust that the comins season may be a nure nu re and I 1 prosperous one F J COVERT sec and mer |