Show A says in defense web IT County aa the achl uese question tins been almost the topic during the past week and as that or der df the K of L lias brought a few hems to the notice of myself and other of your plain ciby subscriber I 1 irus u will again nl low ine a little of your valuable ni the columns of the huitau HEi tAU lq a few facts which not only concern a a cuy gardener but also others of our co in weber county first place I 1 noticed in last wednesdays issue of the HERALD a statement made to your by a produce firm that they had dealt but little chinese vegetable growers and that only n they could not get from the white gardeners of weber county articles were celery peppers and parsley also that ab other gentleman said our gardeners were too slow in getting to market I 1 think he ch arged being so slow that we did not get to og ded with our products butil two pm now whoever made this statement must be troubled withie very poor memory or not he is guilty of wilfully misrepresent jug the hard taxpaying gr angers of weber county the the matter that 1 I wish to mentS fon is chii deriu the past five cycak our burg haa been connected with ogden city by telephone ocr principal business mea sustaining the expenses of four bell in at four years previous to this and up to the present time qui teft number of my neighbors have lacni growing the three men products by the car load year after year and ss some ot our men have been serving or try aug to serve the particular firm ever since they started in the business of middle men they must enow the statement they made to the reporter to be exaggerated but the facts ot hc case as the lawyers say arc hee while some firms chave been paying fair price for these have frodi the w a paying celestial ifor halt the price they have then sent their out on the road and by this method have not only injured middle men but our gardeners ohp have spent hundred of dollare in seed and liard labor have had to let their peppers apt rpt on the ground by the wagon load whereas had anese men been willing a fair price lor the ui our while labor the boycotting or der would not have touched them and abne of our prominent fruit and vegetable growers told me today it inns will only giap a fair price for any of the ainu d products they can have them brought to ogden fo go alie road road by the morning express by sending a larce or small order by telephone to any of our plain aily commission inco but while mentioning these facts in defence of myself and fellow gardeners I 1 wish it to be understood that I 1 have no with the boycotting busi whatever for I 1 am of the opinion that any man or body of men who will take an unfair bourse in dealing with their fellow men will boycott themselves iu time wishing the madni cun I 1 am as usual JAKE PLAIN CITY oct 1885 |