The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1873-10-17

| The Secretary was instructed Il
notify Mr.. Beery, of Lindsey, in re
gard to our next meeting, so that
room may be provided for US.
Mr.. Amsden said we could max
from % to so cents on each barre
OF apples if we were properly uniteC
IN a farmers club as we should be
We are daily losing golden chances
Of making money by not being able
to make larger contracts.
DR.. Ferguson said some farmers
thought it was not light to speculate
in apples, but that we should let
some ore else do it He thought
that the fruit of Sandusky county, il
sold all together, would bring e2.0C
per barrel.
Mr.. Inman said farmers are afraid
to trust rings, they have been gulled
so much.
Mr.. Tucker said We should pay
something to our middle men, and
let them be in sympathy with Us.
Mr.. BoWlus said it was true that
everything we raise goes through
the hands of third person, even
down to garden truck. We should
have public market, and then the
consumer could buy directly from
the producer.
Mr.. Tucker said these matters
would all, in time, be remedied by
the club. We are not all interested
IN the same market. When we get
our township clubs to work we can
appoint committees to make our
purchases and effect our sales. The
middle men now make from 20 to 80
per cent. in handling our produce.
Mr.. Tindall hoped in three
months more we would number 1000
members.
Mr.. Tucker said there was q class
of men in Fremont, and some Of
them did all in their power to pref
udice the minds of farmers against
the farmers club, because, if the
club should establish public mar
ket, it would throw some of them
out of their profits from the sale of
truck. He thought all such persons
ought to go at better business. We
could well spare them.
DR.. Ferguson saw nothing dishon-
est in it
Mr.. Slime said we should handle
these things very carefully, and not
undertake too much before we are
numerous and strong enough to
carry out our plans. These trades
men are organized and the more we
organize the more will they organ
ize. He thought class of mechsn-
les in this town had already been Of
Tended by some of our remarks and
had dubbed together to set higher
price on their work.
DR.. Ferguson asked what he pro-
posed to do in the meantime.
Mr.. Stine said, grow stronger"
DR.. Ferguson said the present
members of the club, if united in
the sale Of their apples, could realize
81 per barrel.
Mr.. Tucker said we have now
about seventy members, and could
commence operations. Western far
mers have saved more than a mil
lion of dollars since their organiza-
tion. We run our farms with lust
as few hands as we can; let us do
the same in efecting our sales and
purchases, and let some of these
middle-men go at something else.
DR.. Ferguson said he saw no
danger to the farmers ia this plan,
and since there are secret organiza-
tions working against US, he saw NO
wrong in a secret organization Of
farmers. Oranges in the West have
been very successful. They buy
their goods and farming tools at
from % to 80 per cent. cheaper than
they could get them of middle-men.
We have right to make all we can
out Of our business, and we are nu-
merous enough now to combine in
buying and selling. Why should we
be afraid to sell our apples at two
dollars per barrel9 Merchants can
not hurt us. If We continue together
and bring patronage against capital
there is not one Of the merchants
but would be glad to trade with Us.
We would save 25 per cent Some
think it wrong for farmers to specu-
late on their produce; / think it is a
God-given right that a man may
speculate on all that he makes. If
we can not thus protect ourselves
openly let US organize oranges. The
Oranges in the West are buying
sewing machines for $50 that cost
us SIS.
Mr.. Tindall said his policy was to
buy just as cheap as he could and
sell just as dear as he could; pay his
own debts in preference to other
folks.
MI. BOWlus SAID we might be glad
that we live in free America, where
we can get our rights, and enjoy
such great privileges. He saw no
harm in farmers uniting to sell their
produce to the best advantage.
Mr.. Tucker said that Mr.. Stine.
was mistaken If he thought the
biSeksmiths in town had been incited
to form a league against. the farmers,
from hearing remarks made at the
club. Those leagues we're made be-
fore this club was started. They
all agreed to charge twenty cents &
shoe for horse shoeing, and they are
all bound to do it even with their
best customers. They say they will
make it up some other way.
Mr.. Inman suggested that every
man speak on any subject he may
choose to at our next meeting.
The Club then adjourned.
Covering of Back Pay" Settled.
The Treasury Department has
printed a book OF appropriations
made by the last Congress, and has
classified all appropriations which