MR RYLEY AND MR HUDSON.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 10444, 21 August 1895, Page 4

MR RYLEY AND MR HUDSON.

TO THE BWTOB,

Sir,—l am astounded at Mr Hudson's denial that he confessed to having attempted to corner the wheat market in the auction room. Ho c-rtai-ly did not contradict my statement when ifc appeared, as any, innocent man would have done,most emphati.ally and indignantly,.and on the principle thafc silence meaus consent, I concluded he had admitted bis guilt. His denial nOw, however, only aggravates the case and makes bis confusion all ttte more complete. Jn fche mcnrirmt of vntory I wished to be lenient, bpt I am now compeUe-! to substantiate .the charge; and the indubt-ble evidence I hero produce will nofc only vindicate my own veracity, but will prove fco tha community how utterly unreliable Mr Hudson's utterances are: "I bereb* declare tb_fc JHr Hudson asked me ■to.use my it.fluence with Mr Harraway not to bid agaicst him at public aucfcon " —" I hereby testify tbafc Mr -. — conveyed to me a request, from Sir R. Hudson asking me nofc to bid against hi ai at public auction .sales, but a' request \vhicfc, as au honesn man, I could nofc comply witb.—(Signed) H. HARrtAWAY, Burnside .Mills, Green Island." The name and signature nf fche firsfc witness; attached to his declaration giveu above, are now in your hands, Sir, and also the names of three gentlemen who heard Mr Hudson make use of the vieioas and threatening language afcribufcsd to him in my last, and which I characterised in words not one whit too strong, however unpalatable tbey may have beea to your correspondent. All those gentlemen are ready if need be to testify publicly to the truth and accuracy of my statements.

I could, were I vindictive, make out a terrible indictment against Mr Hudson, but I forbear, and leave the public fco judge and draw their own conclusions. I must, however, iv justice to myself aud those who bought wheat in the early part of the season refer to his calculations as to tbe profite we arc making. I have wondered for some time what is the cause of Mr Hudson's wrath. lam not conscious of ever haviug in any way injured the man—on the' contrary, I did him' an obligemenfc once or twice when he was fitting up his mill. The only thing. I could think of was that on one occasion I became so disgusted with his bombast that I told him if be sold afc the same price as others he mighfc shut his mill; but such an innocent remark as that could nofc awaken the hostility he has shown'towards me. "Murder will out," and true as Shakespeare said it, it has come to pass in Mr Hudson's case. The real reason appears in his last greafc effort. Of late he has been a close, observer of all my movements. He knows exactly fcbe quantity of -wheat I have purchased, the price paid, the amount required for my flonr trade, and the surplus over and above wbat I ought fco hold. He has all information regarding the capacity of ray mill, the number of tons ifc turns out per week, and with great; consideration he makes deductions fee stoppages and other slight interruptions. Ho is well acquainted wifch the sales I effect and the gain accruing from each transaction. Ao he thinks and calculates, the conclusion forces itselE upon him that I am makiag enormous profits;, and his heart swelis with »;nvy. It j s another oa.se of Abab coveting Naboth's vineyard. He puzzles hie brains to find some method by which tnis golden stream, which so d__a!ed his eyes, mighfc be diverted and mace fco flow in tl;e direction of the old tannery. A happy thought tugg^ts itself, and immediately he sets to work to carry ifc into effect. A cry is raised, <> A corner in wheat! and consequently dear bvead to the working mau. Interviews take place with newspaper reporters, and the waders of the press are made acquainted with the private transactions, of R Auderson and Co Anonymous letters are written and sent to the members of tne Howe , Q Wellrngton, with fche object of moving Parliament to abolish the duty on wheat and so despicable are the tactics employed thafc even a gullible parson is

IRON NERVE J? T™ ho_oWsti-t„,ant, sul^offe^SchTap^r

j Six,—As the manufacture of cement industry [herevis a mosfc important; one .fco the general .: public; and is' just now" being discussed in your v columns'-'principally;'on- account of the efforts [ made recently to injure ifc, I i-sk your permission, ! as, a (sbntractor of long experience in tbe we of cement, to make a few remarks on the subjecfc. ■ Theletters which appeared in your Saturday's j issue from Mr Petre and Mr Brookes seem to me i most opportune and to the point. " "7y j I can verify MrPetre's statement 'as, to the i- uniform good qualityof the Milborn Company's cement used in ,the works mentioned by him. ; The' foundationsi Mid base of the South Dunedin . and Oamaru buildings show the naked concrete, as yefc unplastered. the one having foreehings, j the other beach shingle as the material used, : with' the cement ia much smaller^ proportions , than has. ever been uned in similar works here ■I tp my knowledge with imported cemehfe—in j fact, fche work done in Oamaru has given fche people there co'.fideuoe'iu the loaally. manuj fa^turedcemenfc whichtheypreviously lacked. j How is.it possible fco have reasonable hours | of labonr and - what is called a ; living wagein. j this new country if we musfc ' compete wifch the j long hours and' low rates 'of wages ruling in European countriss, and in addition to ail this I have cement brought here as ballast without payment of freight? : j Should the local manufacture of cement be I oiscoijfcinued quotations would soon change, and instead of 12s 6d to'l3's pei- da.sk, which has been the cosfc of cement here for the last three years, 18s fco 20s would be more like the rates we would be called on to pay. Andth-r great point [in favour of the local article has beeu its unvarying good quality. Anyone who has been constantly using cement know* that previous to the local artiole being manufactured, all sorts of stuff under the name of cement was gout here and sold, fco the great aetnmenfc of the work done with it, and that the price of Cf-menfc could never be relied'on for a month at a time; now we can rely :on always procuring a first-class production at almost sn unvanablc price.. •; This greafc benefit has been procured to the > consumers by the local company's production. J I think Mr Oakden has pretty clearly shown . that an extra duty on imported coment would nofc necessarily increase the price to the conj sumsr, as the output of the local company would certainly be increased, and by this means profltable business could be done even at present low rates, as. the same staff of officials could do the work of 150.tons as easily as 50 or 60 tons, exclusive of unskilled labour.

In conclusion, Sir, I entirely agree wifch Mr Petre and Mr Brookes in the. opinion that our Legislature should afford evejry possible protection tiran industry such as this, which I repeat bas not only brought down the price fco the consumer, but also improved the quality of the article, while putting a stop to cemsuft speculations, so injurious to building operations and of frequent occurrence in former years.—l am, &c ,

Dunedin, August 19. D. W. Woods.