The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-07-08
THE CHANGERS.
The Patrons and NJ anufac-
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1t is to be hoped that no conflict will
arise between the patrons and the ma
kers of farming implements but the
resolutions of the oranges in severa!
places show that the patrons think they
/ have grievances TO redress.
That Patrons have known all along
that for most of the implements for their
use they have paid 20 to 80 per cent.
more than was received by the manu-
facturer. The large profit has in
great measure been the means of bring
ing farmers into the grange organiza-
ton. Manufacturers claimed that they
must have some one in each district
to represent them, which was true be
fore there was organization among the
farmers. This representation is what
has cost so dearly. This is what
the Patrons have organized to get rid of,
and is the cause OF disagreement now.
They have paid too much for the words
OF agents. \ sewing machine man has
charged $35 to $50 for the use OF his oily
tongue an hour. The churn peddler
has charged three to five dollars for
few dextrous strokes of the dash of his
sample churn. The pillow agent added
twenty-five to thirty per cent, and this
representation of a reaper cost farmer
fifty to seventy-five dollars. In many
instances this, in the times gone by, was
all right, but, generally speaking, the
system proved downright extortion.
But turn from the past and look only
at the present. Do the farmers offer any
cheaper substitute for this hitherto
costly representation 1t looks so. In
the first place they are organized in
great part at home; in addition, they
have established a system of agencies
through which great portion of their
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agencies, under management of the ex-
ecutiVe committees, will prove not only
the representative of the manufacturer.
but the protector of the farmer, for
here a thorough test of every imple-
ment or article can be made before it is
recommended, and under this system
farmer or granger will know he is not
imposed upon.
To illustrate the working of this we
might mention a trial made by the
agent of the Kentucky and Tennessee
| Patrons, located in this city. A sulky
cultivatOr was offered through the agen-
cy here. 1t was not known in Ken
lucky; we doubt even if one OF that
make had ever been south of the Ohio
river. 1t was pronounced good i'm
plement, and recommended by the
agency. The consequence was de-
mand far i'll excess OF the number man
ufactured could supply, and numbers Of
orders were returned untitled.
The representation of the Executive
Committee, the merits of the implement
as it appeared on exhibition at the
agency, and the fact that it was turned
over to the Patron at the trifiing COM
mission of twenty-five cents above
! freight and manufacturers price, made
it sell.
This is mentioned merely to show
manufacturers that the Patrons are
prepared to act with effect. There
should be no luminosity, and we believe
there is none, but only timidity that
the success of this year will do away
with, and another season the Patrons,
/ by the concentration offered through
the agency, will get the lowest
prices offered to large cash dealers by
those who hesitate now. Were we not
satisfied that this would be done we
| would suggest remedial action COU
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