The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-09-21

VIC ldIuSlss SIOWeIs anu SulpperS OI
Utah, and to formulate rules for the
government of the same. This COM
mittee met yesterday morning at the
organization, which will be known as
the
UTAH PRODUCE EXCHANGE.
Among the other rules adopted
were the following: That the
officers shall consist of a presi-
dent, two vice presidents, secretary
and q treasurer; that committees of
three shall be appointed On vegetables,
grain and seeds. arbitration, rules and
membership. officers and committees
elected shall serve for one year. An
nual meetings will be held on the third
Wednesday in June of each year, and
call meetings shall be subject to the or
ders of the president and vice-presi-
dents. The membership fee has been
placed at $40. 1t was decided to call
general meeting of the all the shippers
in this county, and issue invitations to
those in adjoining counties. As it's
name indicates, it will not be local af-
fair, or confined exclusively to this city,
but will take in all who wish to become
members, and thus avail themselves
of the many advantages that must re-
suit from q closer communion of peo-
pie whose interests are Identical, and |
who cannot suffer in their business |
transactions without their losses being
felt by the whole community.
One Utah shipper recently consigned |
between 500 and $500 worth of fruit and |
vegetables to an eastern firm, and !
while he is most positive that the
articles must have reached their des-
tination in prime condition, yet he re-
ceived notice to the effect that the con-
signment is
DAMAGED" AND NOT MARKETABLE.
Now he is placed in this predicament
he can choose either horn OF the di-
lemma he pleases. He can either wire the
consignee to sell at the best figures |
obtainable, or drop his business here
and go east and attend to the market 7
ing of his goods Another firm, forced |
into a law suit to collect what is |
honestly due them, must pay the ex-
penses of representative TO 20 to
Wichita and look after their interests. !
to say nothing of attorneys fess and
in cidentals.
The amount lost yearly by our mer-
chants through the shady tricks of
eastern commission houses, would be
more than sufficient to employ half-a-
dozsn agents and station them in the
eastern markets, to dispose of Utah pro-
duce-better than which is not raised. At
the meeting to be hello this evening, it
is expected that the whole matter will |
be thoroughly ventilated and discussed. |
At present it is not proposed that tae
association will endeaYor to control
THE PRICES OF UTAH PRODUCTS,
Dr. to dictate how and when the pro-
luoer or shipper may dispose of them.
The idea is protection to the Utah |
grower, producer and shipper, and |
the dissemination of information re-
yarcing eastern markets, railway rates,
,tc.. such as every farmer and shipper
should be in possession Of 1t will also
afford protection against the fellow who
buys but never pays, and a black list Of
I'll such will always be at hand, so that
f one shipper runs afoul of a shark,
others will be warned to steer clear. 1t
8 an association that has long beer
needed. There is more wisdom in our
hippers' helping one another than in
III being placed at the mercy of eastern
peculators.