The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-08-21
STATE BUSINESS ACT WoRTH'S
REPORT
To the North Carolina State Alliance
Held at Greensboro Last Week.

To the North Carolina State Alliance
Held at Greensboro Last Week.
To the Secretary Of the Farmers State
Alliance:
Since my report to you one year ago
the country has been passing through
a great financial panic and it has had
it's effect upon the commercial world,
and the statement which / submit to
you today shows q decrease II the
volume of business in every line OF
goods. In the commercial world we
have seen banks fail, manufacturers
and mills shut down, wholesale and
iobbing houses suspend, and many
minor establishments close their doors.
The agency has not escaped its evil
effects, but / believe we have not sut-
fered as much as many other houses.
The fertilizer trade has not been as
large as formerly owing to the very
low price of cotton and orr. l have
had manufactured for our brethren
from 10, 900 to 16, 600 tons of fertilizers
every year except this year which
amounted to about 2, 800 or Z, $50 tons.
l have not made any contract for the
next season. If we can contract for a
stipulated amount of produce to be
taken in exchange for fertilizer think
it would be much better than to pay
the cash for the fertilizer, say'so much
cotton, corn orptobaCco or something
of the kind. We need good facilities
for selling our produce as well as good
purchasing facilities. Last September
we commenced selling eggs for u
brethren and for a while the price OBJ
tanned was very satisfactory and we
realized a nice profit for the eggs
shipped oNorthern markets, receiving
% cents per dozen for them. The small
amount of money in circulation and
the great number of men being out of
employment caused the price to de
cline until there vas no profit In ship
ping to Northern markets In March
we established al exchange in Raleigh
and although the market has been de-
clining all the time we have done some
bushes and it gives promise OF being a
success. We expect to establish an ex-
change at Asheville and other towns
as soon as practicable. We think this
the best means of showing to the
brethren the great advantages of stand
ing by the agency and placing your
orders with it and let the agency In
turn get the best possible prices for
great factor in bringing down prices
Dy H6AAlE BAO hCASA0AtS IA A4oAy W
calities meet our quotations, yet they
will buy produce at as small prices as
possible and pay for it in goods at a
large profit. l think that running the
price list in The PROGRESSIVE FARMER
was a great educator to the order. 1t
kept them posted and thereby enabled
our brethren who were unable to trade
through the agency to obtain better
prices. l think that we have also lost
trade by taking the price list out of
THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER, although
we have issued a price list since Feb
ruary, and l now have full price list
ready. l would recommend that we
keep a brokerage of so cents per ton on
all fertilizers sold from this Office and
each Sub-Alliance make such arrange
ments with their agent as they wish
for the delivery of their goods.
I respectfully submit a partial list of
some articles.
Partial list of articles of merchandise
ordered by w. Fl. Worth, State Bust
ness Agent North Carolina Farmers
State Alliance, August /, 1898, to Aug
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