The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-04-23
FARMERS CLEARING HOUSE
Market House Where Farmers Get
Cash Prices For All Produce

ket I1OuSc ID tue otJiS Vi al VI 6dht-
zation Just perfected that will be-
gin business in Chickasha. The
Officers Of the new organization
are G. G. Goetting, Chickasha,
president; o. L. Frain, Dutton,
Okla, secretary; A. G. Parish,
Hillsboro, Okla, J. L. Hart,
Rural route No. and A ] Dams,
Cement, Okla.
The Farmers S Union throughout
the country are taking up this mat
ter and are establishing in all towns
of any size a market house where
a farmer may take any of his farm
products and get standard cash
! prices for it. 1t is intended to do
away with the take it out in trade"
proposition which has been an al
most universal rule when farmer
brings his stuff into the city. 1t
is intended as protcdtion both to
the farmer and the merchant. The
farmer can take his produce to the
Clearing house and get a standard
cash price for it, he can then trade
where he pleases and pay the cash
to the merchant for what he buys.
The merchant frequently is obliged
to take stuff for which he has no
immediate sale or use, and the far
mer sometimes takes goods that if
he were 10 pay the cash for would
not get it.
Other objects of the Market or
Clearing House is to secure and
maintain profitable prices on all
farm crops, inclu ing orchard,
garden, poultry and live stock.
To provide means of weighing,
storing, handling and distribut-
ing
To open up new markets and
enlarge old ones.
To maintain a crop reporting
system so that farmers may oper-
ate intelligently in planting and
marketing.
To hold and control farm produce
for advantageous prices, and to
have built cold storage warehouses
and granaries on the farm, or in
the market centers to prevent the
products of the farm from passing
into the hands of middlemen and
trusts.
To destroy gambling and specula-
ton in farm produce and ultimately
to establish standard market de-
mands and prices.
To maintain a farmers market
or clearing house in all local and
central markets, where farmers
can control marketing, maintain
prices and distribute farm produce
in the interest of farmers.
,The new concern will be duly
incorporated under the laws Of
Oklahoma and Indian territory
and will be sound business institu-
tion that cannot fail to be help
to the city. The officers and
directors are looking for a suitable
business house and will begin bust
ness Just as soon as one can be se-
cured.
The officials of the new company
are all we'll known in Chickasha,
and their selection by the Faemer S
Union to manage this business is
aguarantee of fair dealing and
good business methods.
The officers of the Farmers Clear
ing house wish it understood that
the only thing they will handle will
be farm produce, no merchandise
of any kind will be kept or sold.
They simply ask the privilege of
handling and disposing of their
own products.
1t is sexpected that the merchants
will see the general good that will
result from an organization of this
kind in having this class of busi-
ness taken off their hands and will
cooperate with them all along the
lime.
A market or clearing house will
also be established at Verden ten