The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-09-15
LIE RANCH AND COMMISSION ROW

THE RANCH AND COMMISSION ROW.
Several of the subscribers of The Ranch have
taken occasion recently to crttcise the editors
for the attitude they have taken toward the com
plants which the daily papers of Seattle have
published against the commission men of Western
avenue. The Ranch, therefore wishes to clearly
define it's attitude in this matter that there
will be no further Observation-Disclosures.
The Ranch has not at any time attempted to
defend the commission dealers of Western avenue
for questionable dealings or for giving the farmer
the worst of it. This is primarily farm paper
and as such, to be successful must stand up first,
last and all the time for the farmers interests.
We have merely wished to justice done 10
everyone, and believing that the accusations being
made by the daily press of the city, or by GER
tain members thereof were entirely too general,
we have investigated the matter closely. We
talked to various subscribers of this paper who
called at the office, and found that they had
no complaint to make against certain dealers.
We also investigated the business records and
transactions of certain dealers and found that.
as far as could determine, they were conduct
ing their business according to the best of ethics
The Ranch has never doubted that there were
certain firms Western avenue who are guilty
of the things of which they have been accused,
but this paper has never been furnished with any
positive evidence of this. Moreover, we have al
ways believed that there certain concerns
whose methods are above suspicion. Therefore,
we have taken the attitude that merely because
few concerns were guilty il was not just to
condemn the entire street nor the business meth
DDS i'm general of commission men. The Ranch
is not a yellow journal and do not overlook
Justice and decency merely to create q sensation.
And yet. if there is any ndecency, any injustice,
any crooked work going on this paper viii be
as quick to expose such practice as any journal
in America.
Therefore, we desire 10 make the following
statement to our readers: If any reader Of The
Ranch has been unfairly treated crookedIy dealt
with by any firm Of commission men Western
avenue or in any other markets, il he has been
cheated out of a single penny if the the smallest
sum of money has been withheld from him lille
galy: if he Will take the trouble to inform the
editors Of the same and present evidence which
viii prove his allegations, not only viii this pa
per expose the methods of that concern editoriay,
but will also turn the papers over to the special
attorney of this publication with full instructions
to prosecute and punish said firm well re
cover damages for the farmer for his abuses.
We trust now that the readers of The Ranch
viii no longer msapprehend the attitude We have
taken i'm regard to this matter We want to be
Just to everyone, but before everything else We
desire to stand up for the rights Of the farmers
who are our readers and they may always con
slider if they are being Wrongfully imposed upon.
that they win find a friend in The Ranch. and
that this paper its columns and its editorials and
its legal force are at their service.