The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-05-01
soc per Year, 10c the Copy.
ONE YEAR OF AGGRESSION AND ENTERPRISE

Through our editorial columns and by
means of special news articles illus
trated by cartoons, and reinforced by
useful statistics, we have proved how
the meat packers and the middle men
are getting rich at the expense of
both the producer and the consumer;
how the retail price of meat is higher
in the cities of the Pacific Northwest
than in any other section of the Unit
ed States, while the prices paid to
the producer are considerably lower
than the prices paid by the meat pack
ers of the middle western states to the
farmers of that section. So effective
has been the campaign which The
Ranch has waged in the interests of
the livestock growers that papers all
over the Pacific Coast, including the
Seattle Times and the Portland Ore
gonian, have been attracted by it and
have been forced to take it up as a
matter of news and editorial value,
thus increasing and expanding the
mighty power of the press which is
behind the movement. The letter on
this page from the California farm
paper is an exemplary one and shows
how widespread has been the interest
that we have created
Going still farther back, the readers
of the paper will remember how we
commenced a campaign for honest mar
kets and honest commission merchants
and produce people. BY investigating
the methods of every dealer in Seattle
and other cities of the Pacific North
west, and exposing those whom we
found to be dishonest, we believe we
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men who are a menace to the farmers,
and to make it possible for the pro-
ducers to consign goods without fear
of being cheated out of the greater
portion of their profits. We have paid
particular attention to Western Avenue
in Seattle, as this is the greatest mar
ket in the Pacific Northwest, and have
even gone so far as to introduce a
market page containing a directory
of dealers whom we have investigated
and have found, to the best of our
knowledge to be reliable. Every deal
er whose name appeared on this page
in the first place and who has since
proved unreliable or unworthy of trust,
has been stricken from the list, and
this policy will be followed invariably
in the future.
ed are only a few among many. We
have introduced many new depart
ments which we believe would be help
full and instructive to our readers.
among which is the Irrigation Depart
ment, the Good Roads Department,
General Agriculture, The Market De-
partment, Mail Bag Department, full
err and more complete Editorial depart
ment, as we'll as an occasional depart
ment telling of the great productive
qualities of the land in the Pacific
Northwest. We have also expanded
our Poultry, Dairy and Livestock de-
partments and have added number
of important contributors to our staff.
We have likewise given our readers
the benefit of Veterinary and Legal
service Mr. Walden has continued his
excellent Horticultural department,
and during the past year has attempt
ed to make it even better than ever
before. We expect in the year to come
to make even greater conquests and
to continue with all energy and en-
thusiasm to attain our ambition OF
making The Ranch the greatest and
,,,oct nopuIar farm Daner in America.