The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-05-14

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He viii raise his poultry. nis
his vegetables and 81 certain times dur
Ing the week he will TRANSPORT them 70
the nearest railroad station. He deals
with no middieme sells 30 no jobbers
who take the risk Of decay and loss and
makes him pay Tor ID ON one end By CIV
ing small prices and the CONSUMERS also
ray for the loss on their end. thus giving
the iuiddieman . two-fold profk Tbs
Michigan farmer, 90 we have said, VIII
have no dealings with the middlsmen.
He Will transport his produce TO the rail-
road station and at the stated time along
will come q train II cold storage oars
operated by this company Of which the
Portland Cold Storage and Terminal
company will be but hraach. The
farmer win have for example 100 dozen
of eggs. These are loaded into the cold
storage cars and In return for them be
receives n warehouse certificate.
So certain IL the giant cold storage
company Of placing these eggs In the
London market In good condition from
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take ell the chances on the less. The
farmer with his warehouse certinoate
for the goods delivered may realize thres-
fourths Of the value Of the goods dsiiv-
cred at any bank In his neighborhood,
because the banks will have confidence In
the cold storage system and be sure Of
receiving their pay for ths money adj
vanoed. Today this can only bs done
with non-perishabie farm produce such
as grain or corn. With . warehouse GER
tincate OF 60 many bushels OF grain de-
nvered ct an elevator the Western farmer
may today realizs at once upon his crops
for he has turned over to an elevator
commodity which may fiuctuats In prices
to some extent, but which Ii non.perish-
able.
HOW GOODS ARE TRANSPORTED.
These 100 dozen OF eggs which the
Michigan farmer turns over to the cold
storage train are transported In cold stor-
age to the nearest cold storage plant ope-
rated by this big company. Haste 10 not
necessary for the eggs are now 90 pre-
served that thsy may BE- held In this even
temperature for weeks and months with
out loss or decay. when the train has
completed Its circuit OF the territory 10
has to travel 1t Is taken to the collecting
warehouse and the cars run right into
the plant. 1hers they are transferrsd
to the proper compartment In the build
Ing and are held for shipment to Port
land.
At the proper time another Gold storage
train ID made up and the eggs together
with the other psrishable articles are
brought to Portland. HeIs the train ID
run into the big GOLD storage plant
which will be operated BY ths Portland
Cold Storage and Terminal company.
The eggs again wait for shipment, but
this time they are to 90 BY water to eth
ar Southam pton or to aavre. Every
week all the year around steamship. Will
leave this port for both Of these points.
A covered tramway with automatic oars
will carry the eggs from the cold storage
plant to tbs hold Of the steamship where
they are again placed In cold storage
which IL exactly Of the same Temperature
In which they have been ever sinos they
left the farmers wagon way out In
Michigan. Other articles Of q perishabis
nature arc plaosd In compartments espec-
tally devoted to them where the tempsra-
tue 10 kept at just the right point for
their best preservation.
There IL NO need Of this steamship
burning $50 tons OF coal . day to reach
hsr destination within six days The
eggs will be in just as good shape II the
ship does rot reach Southampton for ten
days. So the stsamship pioughs along
| with the consumption Of perhaps 100 tons
of coal day and in nine or zen days
reaches her destination. At her dock ri
Southampton the eggs and other articles
are taken from She vessels holds still In
cold storage, by another tramway to an
other cold storage plant and from this
last place are carried In cold storage
cars to the London market or to othes
places where they sre demanded.
AIDED BY CANADA.
| The Canadian government has recoe
nized the advantages to DO derived from
this cold storage system. The federal
Canadian government has passed . law
granting subsidies to cold storage lines
and encourages the railroads in building
up this system. II the cold storage
scheme does not pay st nrst the govern
ment stands behinds the railroad unit
1t does pay. As o matter Of fact stalls
tics will show that these old storage
plants do pay and that they brinf
great prosperity to the farmer and pro
Queer wherever they are operated. tn
Canadian farmer and the American pro
duoer are no longer forced to depend mp
on their wheat crop. By means OF thu
cold storage scheme they can now pro
duoe anything In the food line and re
ceive for 1t good compensation right q
their very doors and the prices are usual
ly much better and the profits muol
greater than are those canning from
wheat crop. The markets Of the oil
world demand these American product
and 1t Is to satisfy these demands tina
the International Gold Storage ant