The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-06-27
PRISON. I. THYME.
Mr.. Po0re Meets With Difficulties In
Getting Orders.

Mr.. Poore Meets with Difficulties in
Getting Orders.
Mr.. Editor: There Is difficulty in getting
prison Irvine, II the proposition Of the
prison board is the only way to get it.
Local dealers here viii not order a.-carload
and hold themselves responsible for the col
lection and payment of the notes given, un-
less they can receive l cent per pound for
doing it. The farmers justly feel that
$3.50 is too large profit for dealers to re-
ceive for such service.
Again, for county agent to advance the
money is out Of the question; we have no
millionaires in these parts to appoint as
agents. n
Endorsement by nearest bank as good
merchantable paper seems a strange re-
quirement, in view Of such worthy gentle
men as those who run the Fairfax bank"
or for instance, such men as Menage in
dorsing paper to make it acceptable to- the
prison board managers
Making joint notes and borrowing money
on them, does not look like a chance to get
our Irvine cheap, when it is we'll known
here that over 240 per cent has been asked
Tor the use of money for three Of four
months in this county, within the last four
months
know, for one to present the matter as
above will show plainly that the writer is
incapable of looking at things in business
light. Still, what inference are we to draw
when men require what is termed "mer-
charitable paper?' Do they propose to get
them shaved by money sharks?" The
notes are to draw no interest, so If dis
posed of as merchantable paper there must
be some shaving done upon the notes.
Why not put down the price of the Irvine
oil mi 70 xxy,o
pay the cash? There must be thousands
of farmers in this state who can pay cash
If 1t Is made an object for them to do it.
If the political statement is true that the
farmers are prosperous surely the paper
given for a small amount like twine bill
should be good.
For my part, I am at al loss to know
what the farmers will do in order to get
prison Irvine. I spent three days last
week to see what could be done in this
matter by the farmers OF Renvile county.
and as things look now there will be but
little prison Irvine used. Farmers can go
to local dealers and get their Irvine without
even the bother of giving a note. All the
time devoted to securing orders for prison
Irvine is without any compensation of any
Kind and the only satisfaction to be gained
Is to try and maintain the Irvine plant at
Saltwater.
II the prison board will accept joint notes,
signed by farmers, with statement of the
HuInDer OF acres OF land they own, there
would not be much trouble to get orders
There will be individual farmers on every
note who are good for the whole amount of
the note.
Should any Of these notes fail to be COL
lected, the next legislature could make all
shortage good out of the fund raised by
oVer-charges for inspecting wheat, which I
understand amounts to almost 800 900, If it
is not locked up in Tennessee bonds.
see no reason why that fund should not be
available for any purpose to assist the
farmers directly; it came from them, and
no one else.
THAT there shall be no difference in
price, whether the shipment is for 100 pounds
or for carload" 1 find the above in The
Representative ad. for prison twine I
learn lately that carload lots of prison
tWlne are offered for 61s cents, and that a
higher price is asked for small quantities.
II this is true, why not change the ad?
HAMLIN V. POORE.