Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-12-23
4 Cash Advssce Favored BY Que
commlksl0a House.

| ~ S88u AoSe"SS VovOs0o 0y OSe
b commlssioa House.
Mr. Fred vint.
Rocky Ford. Colo.
we are in receipt Of yours OF Dec.
18th. and have read your letter very
carefully as Ia the action OF the Com
mittees OF your Association.
I cannot see haw your Isopis can do
anything else except to insist upon a
cash advance frOm all. or. all To be
shipped on semmissien without any ad-
vance. We Will be In Rocky Ford next
season ON the same basis as every other
handler Of Rocky Ford cantaioupes
will be. and II all OF them advance. We
will do the same: II they do not ad-
vance. We cannot hardly ne. how We
can compete with the other receivers,
! wish To state a cas-. in point.
In the early part OF this season. this
year. We had two ears OF eantaloupss
on track here. and ! went along the
street and had them all sold. To be de-
iivered the next morning at $500 or
$500 o'clock. AT s..5 per crate. The
next morning. our teams started out
To deliver the goods. and every one
of the dealers refused to take them.
saying that they We're offered Rocky
Ford cantaloupss by the other re-
| esiv-rs at Sl..5 per ef.t- laid down at
their door. The consequence Of which
Was that I either had To keep my two
price. which statement OF cut In
price ! found the dealers wer- correct
and truthful In when they stated that
they could buy at si..S. which made
just "A diner-ne. OF over $4,000 per
ear To our shippers as to whether they
would get siI5 per crate. at which
price I had them sold at or ti.25 per
/ crate. which price ! had to take in or
der To hold the trade. And. from that
time ON, the market here WAS tt.es
f..aF t.. kN,s .NtlII fsgtk1ss Nayg
the other parties would not have offer
-i at tt..s had they been compelled
[ to advance money on them. the same
as We did. as they could not hardly
have come out even ON the deal: "a
you can see fro mthis particular In
stance. that II ls drtrin-nt to The
I entire number Of growers u they do
not insist that their commission man.
and receivers. shall pay Ht least toc
per crate cash down. before tn. goods
/ leave the station. or, at least that they
shall receive mn advances OF TINT
amount r-r crate.
I Another thing that your people ought
to io IL. HE near rs pnsHibi- control
the shipping Of the cHntnioupcs
through one governing body. u II use
/ less to send ears to 81. Louis when
we can USE hut . each day. We in not
know whether u wnH done Intentional
I IS or not. but I presume thnt II mHi"
no difference to the others who sent
us very much. and looked az though
they were about to crowd us out. or
course. this could not have been done.
rs YOU we'll understand: hut. II never
thcicns created n very severe hardship
on us. where We are the one house
from ST. Louis taking up Rocky For'i
cantaioupcE 80 that N YOUR r-eoois will
look after tho distribution. and will sec
that none OF the markets are over
stocked. II viii mean money to them
right straight along.
Furthermore. by insisting upon hnv-
ins everybody who wishes To handle
cantr. for your section. advance nt
least toe to zoe per crate. they Will not
take every Tom. Dick and HRrrv's rub
bish simply because u IL pnck"d In n
crate. but the hirh standard of former
years OF Rocky Ford cnninioupcs will
he again established. and when they
advance money. they will zee TINT the
goods nrc perfect. and the inspection
is ririd. cannot see how your people
In SELF protection. and by ths urc OF
good horse sense. can do anything cls~
hut see that everyone who desirsss to
handle their cantnioupcs. must make
cash advance. and you Will guarantee
the quality. and also -rotcc'fon from
over production. In that wpv. you
will keen up the standard OF your
goods. and you will realize mt least
800 pcr crate mnre during tn. sen
son. and YOU VIII thus prevent the
cut throat business. ms pructtrst Sofue-
times. Of running commission goods
against goods on which nm advance
has bean made. or course. YOU can
very readily sa. that Il IL only n uues-
tion of time when the on. who makes
advances on canialoupcs will he forced
out OF the market by the man who
receives them on straight commis-
sion basis. We have no doubt but
that we could get Just ns many cantn-
1oupes on straight commission as We
could handle. but we prefer to nut the
strongest safeguard around them. that
by making an advance on the goods.
we viii get better quality. I hope
that your people will come to the con-
ciusion that the proper thing to do IL
the following:
Firstly: Unite. and work along In
harmony.
Second: To insist that everyone who
wishes to handle cantaloupes from
your section. shall advance certain
amount of money-at least Zoe per
crate.
Third: That you will reduce. ms
much as possihle. the excess OF acre
age OF last year.
Fourth: That YOU will SEQ that one
market IL not overstocked. while an
other is lacking in n proven supply
OF goods. and. as near ns pnssibia. re'--
ulate the business on business princi-
pies.
Very resnectfnl'v.
+. w. BROCENAS.
President.
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