Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-03-22
THE HORSE SALE.

Had bad weather to contend with, but
nevertheless was very successful as an
opening sale. Shippers were here from all
parts of the country and bought and paid
the cash for about $4,000 worth of horses
from Wapello and the surrounding coun,
ties Consignors from outside the county
who had stock here were Charles Fellers,
the extensive horse dealer from Fremont
Mr.. Long, with couple Of extra good
ones from Oskaloosa; Lon Cremer, the vet
eran horseman from Hedrick; also ]. NJ.
Fleener, Lee Fleener, S. ]. Smith, from
the same place; Os Redfern, from Martins
burg; also from the east part Of the cApnty
H. II. Dickens. H. T. Knight, Chas. Ktbel,
Tom Jaques, W. McMullen, Mr.. Van Horn
and large number Of local consignors from
Ottumwa and vicinity. To these gentle-
men who came forward and supported our
first sale, which necessarily was more or
less Of an experiment, we wish to tender
our thanks, for while this sale makes us
no money to speak of, it proved to the sat
isfaction Of those present that Ottumwa
can hold some successful sales. There Ia
another matter wish to speak of in this
connection, and that is the. fact. that there
were some twenty or. thirty horses brought
in and sold privately to our buyers, and
we getting no commission whatever on such
sales. Now, of course, to the Broad Guage
man, who is in favor of supporting institu-
lions which are of general benefit to the
community, it must occur that such pro-
ceeding is not right. We spend the money
which they contribute, by way Of commits
sions, in advertising to secure the presence
of as many buyers as possible.
The little fellow, the Narrow Guage man,
like the thief at night, sneaks in with his
stock, sells it privately to the buyers, which
your money and mine has brought here, and
does nothing by way of settling for the ben
eft he has obtained. 1t Is as If we had
each of us paid his part toward the OK for
the feast, and these little fellows" dart
in and seize portion Of the flesh for which
they have paid no part. Blood sucking YAM
pires upon the body Of the decent COM
munity. The same sort of fellows are aal-,
ways willing to have a factory started in
their vicinity, to whose artisans they may
sell their produce, but when you go to them
with the subscription list for securing said
factory, they do not realize any value 1t
can be to them whatever. There were a
portion of the men who sold horses private
ly to our buyers, for whom do not intend
the above remarks, and that is the portion
who had had no previous experience In
the auction sale. They did it unthoughted-
ly. But for the fellow who has been doing
this same thing at other sales for years,
we intend every word of it. And that isn't
all; we know who many Of them were. OF
course, it was probably mere accident
that they happened to be here, the days of
our SAFE, DuC IL was unoouDteuly Iortu-
nate accident for them. And we will try
and advise them in ample time of the next
dates, so they can happen ~ here again.
We expect to do even better by them next
time We expect to publish in this space
the names of these ''little fellows" who
benefit without giving in return from the
institutions built up by the support Of the
Broad Guage men of the community, SO
you may know just who they are.
nav for this SPACE and am in the habit
Of saying about what l please in it, and
you can just bet your last copper, I'll do
just what 1 say I will
Yes, we expect to hold some strictly first
| class sales in Ottumwa, the best in the
| state.
MORRIS WILLIAMS,
Baker Building. OttumWa, Iowa.