The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1908-09-11
THAT BROPAY INTERVIEW
Rathdrum Man Replies to. the
Journal Article.
POINTS OUT CLARINC ERRORS
Farmers Can Always Get Cash for
Grain and Hay in Rathdrum.

- AASAS van Always OeI N6Su IUl
Grain and Hay in Rathdrum.
Rathdrum, Ida, Sept. S, 1908.
To Editor Rathdrum Tribune:-
In the August 28th issue of the
Occur d'Alene Journal, there ap-
pears an article relative to an
interview, which that papers
correspondent had with one Joseph
Brophy.
This is so misleading in every
detail, that we feel called upon to
reply. AS manager Of the Farm
ers' Grain & Supply Cos business
IN Rathdrum for the past IS
months we are naturally as we'll
informed in the matter as to what
the farmer can do with his pro-
duce particularly his hay and
grain) as any one here or in Coeur
d'Alene.
With the exception of last win
ter, during the money "panic"
which, (if our memory serves us
right,) quite visibly affected Coeur
d'Alene, there has never been
time but when the farmer could
bring his hay or grain to our ware
house and get cash for it, at
price equivalent to what the same
product could have been put in
our house for, if shipped in, thus
always giving them the benefit of
freight rates into our town.
Coeur d'Alene has occasionally
paid S cents per cwt. more for hay
or grain than we have, taking only
: a single load at time, and seldom
paying cash for that, so we are
told by many farmers.
We are not disposed to "knock"
+, at Coeur d'Alene, for we believe
that there are several good reliable
firms there, which are buying the
farmers products, and are paying
them all they are worth; but these
are not the fellows who are making
the howl about Rathdrum's con-
ditions; it is, on the other hand,
the conservative cash purchaser
who must make all his profits out
of the grain he purchases instead
of exchanging you goods, marked
at high per cent profit; (for we
are told that Rathdrum merchants
sell cheaper than those of Coeur
d'Alene.)
Besides always paying the high
est cash price for such produce,
thus enabling the seller to raise
the necessary amount of money
from his crop to meet that pay
ment on his home he has purchased,
we offer him another advantage no
less desirable and important, i. e.,
the privilege of hauling his grain
to our warehouse and storing il
with us until the market suits his
desires, or leads him to believe he
should sell. Our charges for this
handling and storage of his crop,
are very reasonable; if he sells to
some other than ourselves, we
loading out the grain for him, and
if he sells to US, we charge nothing
at all for the storage and handling.
The most misleading statement
of the article above referred to, is
the one which infers that we are
"seldom" in the market, for we
sre always in the market for all
kinds Of hay and grain in unlimit-
ed quantities whether it be 100
pounds or 1000, 900 pounds, or
more, each day and are right there
with the cash for all of it.
| Now we are sure that the inter-
view which our Occur d'Alene
friend had with Mr.. Brophy, and
which led to the publishing of that
gentleman's remarks, was purely a
jocular affair, so far as our friend
Mr.. Brophy is concerned, and
that it has simply been aired by