Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-01-17
GREAT BOHEMIAN OATS SWIM
DIE.
Farmers, Look Out.

county, (dressed about like the average
granger when he goes to churchl, who
claim themselves to be agents of a Bohe-
nian Seed Oats Association located down
I'm the Eastern part Of the State. They
claim to make every farmer who buys
seed-oats of them a member of the asso-
citation, and their mode of operation is
something like this: One OF these city
agents goes to a farmer and says, tive want
YOU to become member of our associa- |
ton, by buying from ten to fifty bushels
Of the Great Bohemian Oats at ten dollars
a bushel. We will take your note for the
amount you buy payable April lst, 1884,
at per cent. interest. Now suppose the
farmer buys so bushels. The note would
be $500 dollars, payable April 1st, 1884, at
six per cent. interest, and he tells you
that the association will give you bond,
and to protect you as one OF its members
by selling for you double amount or
one hundred bushels the next year, Of
your own raising at the handsome price
Of $40 per bushel, smountingto one thous-
and dollars. They then tell you that the
association will charge you 25 per cent.
for selling the 100 bushels for 81 900, which
would amount to $3.50, and which you will
have to pay as their commission in cash
on April lst, 1885, or soon as they deliver
YOU the one thousand dollars in notes on
other farmers that your one hundred
k,.kola 80 cato mas sold for dino priI lot
1885. Now to sum up suppose we admit
they will do what they agree, which /
have not the least idea they have any in
tention OF doing. A farmer buys so BUSH
els for five hundred dollars, 6 per cent.
interest to April lst, 1885, thirty dollars,
then 25 per cent. commission tor the sale
Eofthe 100 bushels tor one thousand dollars,
which would be two hundred and fifty
dollars. Then on April lst, 1885, our
granger friend will have paid seven hun
dred and eighty dollars cash tor so bush
els of the Celebrated Bohemian Oats, and
be would have one thousand dollars in
notss due April LIST, 1886, perhaps in some
far OF county on farmers that he does not
know, nor does he know whether the
notes are collectable or not, for ] can as
sure you there will beno farmersin Henry
or adjoining counties green enough to
pay ten dollars bushel for seed-oats in
| 1885.
As an inducement to make the farmer
take the bait more readily they tell you
that they will only take fifteen members
| into the association in each township in
one year, allowing them to take from 10
| so bushels each. One OF these human
vampires called on the writer of this arti-
Gle and recited his little piece. l felt like
using the toe OF my boot. but as he was
larger than me thought discretion the
better part of valor," and asked him how
long the association had been organized.
l He said they had been in operation seven
years. asked him how many oats they
/ put out or sold the first year. He said
they sold about four thousand bushels.
l Now let us see how many bushels they
they will have TO sell this year to make
4 their word and contracts good, to sell for
each farmer double the amount he buys.
They start the first year with four thous-
and bushels, second year eight thousand
bushels, third year sixteen thousand BUSH
els, fourth year thirty-two thousand BUSH
| els, fifth year sixty -four Thousand bushels,
sixth year one hundred and twenty eight
thousand bushels, seventh year two hun
hred and fifty-six thousand bushels, and
the eighth or this year they will have to
| sell five hundred and twelve thousand
bushels, which at ten dollars per bushel
4 amounts to the enormous sum of five mill
lion one hundred and twenty thousand
| dollars.
i Now farmers do any of you believe that
4 any seed-oats association can sell that
amount of seed oats in one year. If they
don't, then some farmer must be left with
his ten dollar seed oats on hand. The
whole thing is humbug and and swim
die and farmers will do we'll to keep their
names off Of such notes. / told him l
could buy all the Bohemian oats wanted
in Toledo for one dollar bushel. He ad-
mltted that was true, but said / would not
have the association to protect me in the
sale of my oats. told him to go to Hades
with his association. That farmers would
be fools to pay him ten dollars bushel
when they could buy them for one dollar,
or even less from other parties. I am sor-
ry to hear that quite number of the best
farmers OF Liberty and Washington town.
ships have already swallowed the bait
Farmers, beware of any class of men who
come around and claim to give you some
thing for nothing.
u Prov Boy.