Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1896-08-29
Home MarlSet for Potatoes and Way
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EDITOR ENTERPRISE-After the adj
iournment Of the Farmers meeting at
Parksley, Saturday 18th inst, several
Farmers requested that / should pub
fish in your paper the plan which l
undertook to advocate ct that meet
ing. If you will kindly allow me a
small space I will endeayor to
comply briefly.
Our organization and bylaws as
adopted by the meeting are excellent,
especially the inspecting and brand :
ing features, but in my judgment,
further provisions should have been
made.
Nothing is said about trying to es-
tablish home market at the several
stations-only shipping is provided
for-which it appears to me, would
leave us as much at the mercy of the
middle men or commission merchant
as we are at present, and the only
benefit we are to derive, is from the
inspection and branding of our pota-
toes, which l contend is absolutely
required and indispensable if we are
to derive any benefit, or to improve
our present lamentable condition.
What we need more than any other
one thing, is to establish our mark"
and reputation, SO that when a pur-
chaser buys carload or less of our
potatoes, he will know without look
ing at them, that he is buying as
good or better, than he can buy
anywhere else. This can be only ac-
complished by an organized system
of inspecting and branding.
Retain all officers as provided, viz:
President or general agent, eight di-
rectors and one inspector for each
station. l respectfully submit the
following in addition to what has al
ready been adopted
1. 1t shall be the duty of the gen.
eral agent TO have entire control of
all shipments, instructing inspectors
as to the price at which they are
authorized to sell at their respective
stations, daily-and if not possible to
sell at that price, then instruct them
where to ship. %
2. 1t shall also be his duty, to keep
fully posted by wire, on all the prin-
cipal markets, and he shall instruct
the inspectors according to his best
judgment as to selling and shipping.
This he can do by mail to save ex-
pense, or in case of emergency by
wire. The salary and mode of pay
ing this officer, to be determined by
the Board of Directors.
3. The Board of Directors shall
have authority to make such changes
in the bylaws, as majority (5) may
deem eXpedient.
T. The duties and mode of paying
inspectors, have already been pro-
vided for, and defined, but they
should not be allowed to sell or ship,
except under the instructions of the
general agent, and no member Of this
association should be allowed to ship
on his own account, as this would
destroy one of the principal objects
of the association.
5. In giving his instructions, the
general agent should write (or wire)
something like this: Selling price
to day one fifty. If no sale, ship
Cleveland" Another inspector he
would instruct to ship to Pittsburg,
another to Erie, and so on-the Oh
ject being to SO distribute the ship
ments for that day, that no market
would likely to be glutted.
There are other details to this plan
which may with propriety be left to
the Board of Directors, but 1 will
suggest one or two.
The general agent should send out
frequently, by mail to buyers in the
principal markets, printed postal
cards reading thus:
Il am making daily shipments,
direct from the farmers, carloads of
sweet potatoes which have been
duly inspected and branded by
the Truckers Association of the
Eastern Shore of Va, and would be
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