The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-09-04

Pine County Farmer Tslls of the
Difficulty Of Marketing
Isl -si Duluth. .4s-47sj
Commission Men Are Evidently
], Discri minating Against the
e, $ .zs. Home Farmer. s 81 4: =3.. rs r

IS Ludwig Mosbaek OF u skoy, which /
as in Partridge township, Pine county,
s. stu trying diligently 70 break into
the Duluth market and still meeting
rebuffs. S :88|' S75s=.. $sTs n. 4
T. 3 He and his associates in the Duluth
colony have been three years on the
land and are. now ready for marketing
little produce. II has taken us !
three years Of hard labor and much
|. money" he says, ~ slsar,; grub and
! break zcutoyer land make 1t ready.
for cultivation. 3$.5. %%. :
X +. 1--WE find that :whatt Mas i claimed tor
+ the land is true, that lt Is excellent
for all garden truck ana small fruits.
But we are certainly disappointed
about disposing of our producer >.
Mr.: Mosbaek> says that. last, year
he made two shipment I'd Duluth as
a: fee1er "a lot OF. radishes and other
bunch stdff and later Is few sacks OF
dry onionsa sx S;;'fs.5:s 81: t.sF = :
]. For both OF these shipmnentag Z did
mot. receive SO much sas a single cent
Furthermore, I: Mr.. Mosbaek says he
could not even get g. statement from
the commission man to. whom he con-
signed Them; though he wrote several
times, to- know what was. wrong,
I either with, the goods 81 the way they
were put UP or packed + ~. j
%s" 1. That was by way s:of preliminary.
Now he has an acre Of Strawberries
1and an: acre in rhubarb, and 1 next
| spring: will be in rs position to ship
quite e bit Of stufffsstos Duluth. :s,S~
| He came to Duluth two weeks ago
to inquire about S. the: market and
| found the commission men quite In
different '"They did not seem to
want anybody to ship this: kind of
goods to Duluth" says he. e. -. : St
/ One OF them laid the blame on the
railroad company for not carrying a
refrigeyatory car to handle. perishable
| goods. It appears on further: inquiry
that the railroad company supplies
refrigerator service on this line. TT
appears to me-" says Mr.. Mosbaek,
"the dog is buried somewhere else and
right under the commission mans
doorstep" ~ I :T..~ -:
But Mr.. Mosbaek made further in
quiries and was met by similar dis
couragement. He got a postal from
one of the commission houses this
week, saying. 1--WE have great guam
Titles Of these vegetables raised here
That the Duluth market is @glutted
with fresh vegetables; win be a sur
prise to everyone outside Of commits
sion row: AT the yer lytine the com
mission man wrote Mr Mosbaek that
Ethis market had great quantities Of
these vegetables they Were quoted il
this market, some; an twice the price
That " was given In Minneapolis some
treble the, price, some four times the
prices. Duluth was paying double TO
quadruple Minneapolis prices. ...,.
And the. Duluth, market was SO
over run that q, commission man did
not want to receive. any home grown
produce.
! Mr.: Mosbaek, being a simple farm
er, wonders that Duluth consumers are
satisfied with, such, conditions. He
is surprised that land men do not try
to overcome it. !. It does not help then,
to sell land If the farmers who buy
cannot get into the market H.. s.. w
His suggestion is that the consum-
ers should establish an independent
exchange and break through this
Chinese wall. IT we cannot ! see
something in the line established this
summer, we dare not grow anything
! in this line next year. We cannot
afford to start and take care Of an
expensive crop without some certainty
that we will: find an open market
for It," 1900 |... "a.
kets to the farmer. : -...k -. -.