Show lie ile explains aitor in an editorial of your issue of the lust headed bad Busin business there are statements I 1 deem myself justified in crit izing as I 1 arn am a commis commission s I 1 0 n merc merchant hantin in this cuy city and have lave succeeded in ingratiating myself into the good gra graces cesarid and confidence of some ogden commercial men one of whom I 1 will except thatis doubtless IOU bt the inspirer of your article and who had imposed on my confidence once and failed in law to doit do it t the ie second time on trial before an all impartial judge and jury 1 I frequently make excursions t to 0 ogden and might bo be thought I 1 was the individual referred to especially in connection with the soft pa sea soap as now ow for the other side of the story tor I 1 bought eight cars of oats in in Mi california fornia and had a commercial friend of mine sound a grain dealer on street who for reasons offis own declined to buy as he had a right to I 1 then went and found there was a market for them on the merits of of the sample shown to t other groin grain dealers and sold six cars to one and one car to each of two others on the arrival of the oats the buyers declined to them having got an inkling of an embargo of per ibs lbs being laid against Cali california lornia and nebraska oats a special ll 11 c ial rate of fifty cents per 1 oarb ibs 1 being charged for eastern and utah oats they gave lech technical and unsatisfactory reasons and on reference to lorin farrands parr and S tt IT n you oil will no doubt admit as first class grain authorities the quality calit of the oata oats was fully endorsed as being up to sample and a fine quality of oa taud should be satisfactory for the market and w awauld duld be without the embargo for which I 1 could not be responsible there is chance for columns of matter that would be popular pular reading by your injured idaho idalio and montana oat boyera etc who are fire fleeced with no apparent sympathy y from the press now as I 1 hate bate this principle afan of an embargo on legitimate commerce within the nations bounds in favor ot of one section as against another for exacting privileges i e the same accommodations I 1 also having been greatly injured thereby from the actions of different railroads in thus uti unjustly justl di discriminating s in ill various T ways way I 1 must protest against any one holding mere me responsible le for it in the least degree and must also claim the privilege of offering ofle ring ng oats on sample to your innocent grain deal dealers ignorant as I 1 am of the imaginary y marsh bottom kind r from rom my experience with the grain dealers of ogden I 1 make bold to assert they are tire gottlie kind to be bitten except by a railroad for which no doubt they are fully excusable cu sable having no denis kearney and his crowd here to get after them with a special rate of freight if f you hear of any of those oats being offered atten cents per pounds less than I 1 sold for secure all for me and warn the dealers I 1 am going to have a car of mixed bran and shorts for sale and to beware of being bitten yours with all necessary sympathy JOHN WM SNELL 0 grain sharp SALT sart LAKE CITY juno june 12 |