The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-02-10
The TRUCK INDUSTRY
Some Very Valuable Information Furnished at
Fridays Meeting.
SEVERAL PROMINENT VISITORS PRESENT TO OFFER COUNSEL AND ENCOR
AGEMENT-THE BROOKHAvEN TRUCK GROWERS ASSOCIATION
COMPLIMENTED ON ITS SUPERIOR PLANS

| phasizes that we should appreciate
the generous and noble spirit mani
tested by our merchants in this
matter. With our plan of market
ing, the grower gets all there is in
it, and the only way our merchants
will be benefited is that our grow
ers will have plenty of money with
which to buy whatever they want.
Think now, how much to be prefer
red this is, to having thousands of
dollars on the books, the whole
community under mortgages and
every farmer begging for credit.
Mr.. Bass is also advocating a
State organization similar to our
Brookhaven organization. A State
distribution service-for the pro-
lection OF both the grower and the
buyer. He thinks one man should be
in touch with all the markets and
with the shippers at every trucking
point in the State; that each market
should advise him of their needs,
the number Of cases and cars they
can handle each day and that each
shipping point should advise him
what they have. Then it should
be in this mans power to prevent a
greater number of cars going to
any point than they could handle to
best advantage; thus affording
protection to the buyers, so they
would not be afraid of their market
being overstocked by the time their
purchases should arrive. We think
this is an excellent plan and a start
toward an arrangement that would
enable us to sell every car Of truck
products that we or our neighbors
put up, on track, as soon as loaded.
Next was talk by Mr.. R. c.
Kennedy, who has been in the COM
mission business for many years,
and, having received and opened,
up and sold the goods at the other
end of the line, he told us in an
impressive manner of the great
importance of putting up nothing
but the soundest and best Of goods.
He told how his customers, the
consumers, would soon know the
names of growers in Brookhaven,
Miss, who put up the best toma-
toes, and how they would come and
call for that mans tomatoes, or
how they would refuse to buy the
tomatoes of a man who does not
put up good ones. He says, too,
'Brookhaven is making the best
start of any place in Mississippi"
Mr.. Alvin Wellhouse, the paper
man, who also agrees that Brook
haven is starting in the truck busi-
ness on the only right plan, says
our one salesman plan is the same
as the Texas Truck Associations
adopted, and they have better sue
cess with trucking than any State
South. The same plan prevails
among the California orange grow
ers, the Georgia peach growers,
and the Florida truck and fruit
growers.
Mr.. Wellhouse brought up the
question as to the color Of paper to
be used in wrapping the tomatoes,
and after discussion, the Associa-
tion adopted pure white paper, in
as much as it will not fade or stain
SO easily as colors, and because it is
the emblem of Purity, which is in
harmony with the quality of the
goods it shall envelope, as we'll as
with the purpose of the packer.
Mr.. Foster advised us with re-
gard to packing and packers, say
ing it would be wise for each of
our inexperienced growers to secure
the services of experienced packers,
and pay. them by the day. Says
there are lots of them around Haz
lehurst, Gallman and Crystal
Springs that will come and pack
for us and we can afford to pay
them good wages. He warns us
not to pay them to pack by the
crate as our aim is for quality and.
not quantity.
Arrangements for constant sup-
ply of boxes at right prices, has
been made. In the talks with
these experienced truckers we
learn that Feb. 10Th is not too late
to plant tomatoes and be on time
with the fruit ND since the pros
poets are very h Amising for good
prices, for all kinds Of truck, es-s
pecially cabbage, potatoes, and to-
matoes, we would advise setting
cabbage or planting tomatoes NOW.
We know successful truckers
who live Is to 20 miles from the
railroad, but we would not advise
those living more than or s miles
from town to plant cabbage.
Join our Truck Growers Union,
plant a few acres in tomatoes or
beans, ETC., and be one of the band
of Silver Jinglers in JUNE.
r. E. FLEMING.
The prodigious stir over the
California school segregation bill
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