Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-08-10
A CRITICAL TIME
FOR MELON GROWERS
The Future Prosperity of Cantaloupe Business
Threatened by Outside Buyers.

A crisis for melongrowers is at hand.
point has been reached productions
taloupes which is very the danger line.
The advance ground gained since the adopt
ed in danger a being lost to the detrment Of individual
aud damaging all material interests the entire valley
The experience Of the growers Of the valley Inns taught
most positively and Enthusiastically that only secured
through nssocintions They have tried other plans their
financial loss would that the lessons the past would
ucnce to ship only through the associations II few out
side buyers allowed purchase considerable amounts of
onPs tho Of the associations aud the profits Of the
growers will SO slimmering
No greater folly be committed than to sell to these buyers
who here today For week they offer
much than Wetzes first payment each crate The 81 in
sight should tempt the forget that the 80 cents paid by
wez all that he will receive You cannot afford to break
faith with your association aud Mr. wez Of 81 crate
cash payment
Some will ask will get any than the 80 cents
paid delivery of the meonsy Most surely will il there ia
profit after paying freight refrigerator aud commission charges
aud il there profit Mr. wcze has made bad eon.r"e. for
himself In the past Mr. Wezc Inns done than fairly by the
monsrowe And there purely selfish why he should
do lis level best this The cannoupe business immense
proposition aud Mr. weze swing this to the profit aud
growers he will bcsod with the entire valley for
and the future The stakes bc by f"r dealing
great suppose that the will cent due them
over tho cent partial payment Mr. Wctzel influenced by
higher motive rewd business principles would cause him to give
the growers the farcst kind Of a deal.
Transient they will be in the market only long
profitable Mr. wc,zel is here long the
you know where find him all times II the outside
succeed getting and the returns not s"isfnc
they will be the mnke. and the who have depend
will be badly in the soup While those who sell tn Mr.
market through the entire prices which
promise to he highly profitable
Mr. wczcs facilities for marketing canaoupcs aud the wide
reputation attained the leader the melon business
will enable him to &c. much better prices
that the profits which the will
will give much better price crate
than spo. cash figure which will be offered
transient buyers s.nbs the whole cautaloupe in
valley and that materially injured real estate values
canno, the melon prominently identified
will, the valleys agricultural proft.makng.
Suppose wctze contract no. in existence would there
making cash ofers Not much but the
would be asked ship through the regular chan
nes and given emn least that the
sales have been made through commission houses
Loyalty the Associations the duty of melon
Failure Associations is is damaging future
n,ons melons, injury your neighbor and treatnng
industry Of great importance o the entire valley
PAY attention the offers of transient buyers but give them
early train for home.
in the beginning of this article this is most import
mt and history of antaloupe growing in the val
lev failure stand by the Associations and
Wez.l-wl damage valley thousands of dollars.