The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-10-07

ports principally, fnot almost exclu-
| sively, and of course must be gotten
over the road with the greatest speed
| possible. Heretofore the transatlantic
steamers were comparatively uncertain
as TO their days of departure and time
| of passage. This made the TranSporta-
ton of commodities OF this kind quite
| fmpracticable uneil more recent years,
| when it has been experimental upon in
a small way.
One compliment must pc paid Mr..
| PlatZ, and that is that he is the only
man so far who has succeeded by his
management to ship successfully the
| commodity which ne proposes handling g
from this far in the interior of this
| country TO parts of Europe, laying his
! goods down there in good order. This
| is not wholly due to his knowledge OF
| how to make connections, but also 10
| his knowledge of how to dress and pack
| for shipment. He has handled COM
modities Of this kind ever since boy
| hood, and knows the business from the
beginning. A great many other men.
notably large pork and beef packers,
have tried to ship poultry, especially
TO the far eastern market, but Were
compelled to abandon the project on ac-
count of their inability 10 lay it down
in good order, so that IN this business
as well as In any other the know how
is the most valuable essential.
Mr.. Grimshaw spent several days in
the city before departing for San An
tonic, Texas, where the company has
another house He Will return in the
course of two or three wekes and COM
plete arrangements to go on with the
business Immediately. For the pres
rsr1r l.. l.
cation, and begin buying and shipping
poultry within the next two weeks,
and as soon as final arrangements can
be made, VIII build upon the site of
the Zephyr MIL. A house suitable for
their Present needs will be first erected
and later it is expected to construct
large building for handling everything
in the produce line, which will not be
limited to anything, even dressed beef.
This country Is one of the finest pro
ducing countries 10 be found anywhere.
and an outlet has been the only real
trouble, and if our farmers can sell
their products they need not cry for
silver, for gold will be plenty good
enough for them---that is they would
not object 10 receiving gold and want
1t IN large copper cents instead. 1t is
indeed dlscouraging to a farmer or an
dSTlcuiturlSt as they are called in Cal
ifornia) to work stadily 20 produce
something and then upon bringing il
to market be offered trade" for il. and !
that at discount. It is no wonder dis |
satisfaction, lack of confidence and un- !
rest have set this class of citizens in a /
turmoil. An outlet for their products |
and chance to sell them and receive /
cash fn hand for them is what they |
have tong wanted, and if everything |
goes well with the Northwest Produce |
company, as it now looks as though it |
will undoubtedly, the farmers in this |
locality Who care to raise poultry, and |
produce first class article IN butter |
also, and not leaving out eggs, win be
able to come to town with the full as
surance that they will return with the |
coin in their pocket representing a fair
price for what they have produced |
What more could anyone ask?