Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1905-02-03
MELON SITUATION
AGAIN DISCUSSED
cantaloupe Growers Hold An
other Meeting to Consider the
50 cents In Advance Prop
position.

ness at Odd Fellows hall. There were
Just 40 people present when the meet
ing was called to order.
r. Lytle. OF Mnnzanola, who issued
the call for the meeting. took the plat
form and expressed some regret at the
small attendance. In need OF which he
suggested that they simply elect on
GERS OF the meeting and adjourn till
the afternoon.
on motion Of W. ID. Ebbert Mr.. Ly-
tie was made chairman ana Mr.. kouns
named J. W. Longacre for secretary.
MIR. Lytlc asked II the meeting should
not outline n program for the after
noon. Mr.. Kouns thought 50. Mr..
Ebbert asked to learn what the pri-
mary purpns" or the meeting was. To
get Mt this would help In formulating
n progrIlm. He had not been n pro-
mot"r OF the meeting but came be-
cause he was always Interested In
matters pertaining to th" well being
OF the fnrmIns community.
Mr. Lytlc said the meeting WAS call
| ci M rcHuit Cf street discussion
on why the prrvlnIs nrctlnrH 81 melon
Growers this winter Ind failed to Of
I rHCt anything. Mr.. KpuuN Fnii that
was the origln Of IN" call for the meet
ing and he unicTsioni this was to he
"A perfectly free for all talk OF IN"
growers Of rnniE. With "a view to learn
Ing what they wanted and whnt could
b" practically effected In the way OF
organization.
Mr.. Lincoln. whom Mr.. EbunH Hnii
WINS mn old Frow"r Of melons but hnh
drlfi"i out 20 the n"iehhorhooi Of the
Spanish Peaks. was present. He
would iiE" to hear from him.
Mr.. Lincoln said u few words nii In
favor OF u cash In advance proposition.
He was out of tho business himself
until tn. business go, down To some
such basis.
-
good deal OF chewing III. rag" a,
thcs. meetings but some good had
come OF it-Eomr cash In advance cons
tracts had already been made and u
was the result OF the rnr chewing that
Ind been done.
Mr.. T.-i. being called on. said he
had been down from Fowler now four
times for attendance on these melon
meetings and didn't know what wa.
To come Of this meeting beyond mor-
talk. lie didn't know what anybody
wanted and was going To be good
listener iiii he found out.
Mr.. Kouns moved that committee
h- appointed To draft a program for
/ tho afternoon. The chair named
M-ssr-. Baxter. Ehb-rt nnd Trrie.
The chair said they hnd Mr.. Lyons
with them and he wanted TO ash him
some questions. which he proceeded
to ia. The questions referred to re-
fFiE-ration. Il resulted In an rs-
change Of banter between the chair
and Mr.. Lyons and the meeting saon
got tired of Il.
Mr. Daley asked about the acreage
or melons i1st yrar and wrs 'nii sta
tis,irs gathered by tho Wells Parse
| EXPRESS ca. showed about ii.o01
acres In tho valley.
Mr.. Daley announced tina, nothing
hut a cash proposition would induce
him to raise melons hereafter.
NN fre -
not discuss amy old issues or ininEs
but take up the Individual IDEAS Of tho
IN setting and PERHAPS would then &c;
something out Of u.
Mr. cline said he wanted . cash In
advance proposition and anything the
cash In advance rate he thought should
be the object TO keep In view.
on rcsumins In the afternoon the
| committee on program reported. The
ars, subject was The Merits and DE-
merits Of the 60 cent Cash In Ad-
Mr. Kouns wanted to say that four
| associations. including the kouns Par
~. had already made a 90 cent cash In
advance contract The contract per-
mi,tcd Mr.. Woods 10 stop shipments
on - hours notice whenever thu mar
ket price went below soc.
Mr.. Loneacre said the Capitol nm
/ Association had signed TN with Woods
on the sec rate. lie did not know the
details OF the contract and he didn't
know why the details were kept so
secret.
Mr. Ebbcrt said the Capitol tiii AS
socia,ion contracted ase acres Each
standard crate got an advance Of SOC,
/ There was no agreement as TO pony
crates. Yesterdays shipments of
standards are raid for today at SOC
each. The distributor had the right
to stop shipments when the price runs
under 80 cents He insrects AMI pays
for the inspection. He posts a man At
Argentine. Kansas. 10 inspect each rat
as II passes that point. Each car is
shipped as an entirety.
4 speaker said n isk prr cent corn.
mission came on the SOC advance he
didn't 500 tnr in ~.
Nr. Ehbprt said commission yras not
taken OF the 80 cents.
There was considerable debate on
this poiut. which was not made clear
to the meeting.
Nr. Daley said he didn', think there
vrrs any money for the grower in the
/ SOC advance rate. They cost the grow.
rrs thnt to produce them. lie said tho
reason for tho carly sluuin last season
was the shirrInR of green melons In
tra hurry TO get them IN the market.
He said fOc and crates was little
enough to take az an advance rate.
The growers NJ the valley should ret
together and make II a cash rate Of
! s5 runts or nothing.
Mr.. BAXTER said II every grower de-
tuande1 the SOC II worii at least en-
able them TO get oil, even.
Mr.. Bailey said his Association had
i,tafp the soc advance arrangement and
had supposed that was In accordance
with the resolution rass~d at tire for
'nsr meeting and would he satisfar-
tory. His association contracted for
soc advance on STANDARD and 7sc on
, ronies. lie Thought that was TO be
considered satisfactory.
Mr.. Daley said well then that set
| 'lei u. there was nothing else to talk
about.