The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1911-03-23
Vast ShIntags N Farm Prof.
It's From Prices Con-
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preb3em trsuFx ~ gsiik itsdal ihsn
slsi y . gss4~f s6iurnsrai q ibe
npsi e raislng farm fFssa@fr Fhi'dang
h 10 tie market snG plssias 10 ~
thg sunsaBsrs possswsiaa on these
three itsns u sTpepse 70 ,Ae can
suneT tfw 10 Pays garm al ae7'rnas
Tie present hiFh rpst " liriug rrry
lsrsely ~ u noi shorsaEr 20 supply.
tui Il il the vtlsnss ~ FeisiuE TIE
lrucpft- u fh~ fsng ever to- railroads
and iarsuEs iisr plddi~aaea hsscs %
The fasu vbs 10y. rnd rUusBnles ihrm
gherr u % fnory profitable ilrfnr for
gynngr clsa uesiUB thap iAls HHa thF
grsnge mua hsip 20 soirr fbr idtab'fui
Tbs Il $50 a. " asakrHlua ihe farm
EN- 10 so lairiiiEepi rpRfadion ~ TIE
suht~i and ~ me IsisiilfF nsstssiiy ~
their sstl " ihrir prssdure ID ibe isr
GEL erfenl Issr-abls eln@t 10 ihs cun
srrDef and thu eliminating. 80 far as
nHr liz. the assddisGD~n pfvbis
The rs.vnt R1rtalnE ~ ths Arw YORK
State AsIf nliurai ss.Tty 81 Albany
had this snbyeri bsfore u for 90
entire session. aud several prominent
grange Oh ,ial. dl~ussed various
phases ~ The question Railroad men
were present. and the middlcmsn were
also heard
Tho Farmers ard the Railroads
Briefs for the railroads were bed by
Industrial aErBia Of the Delaware aud
Hnd~un aud the Erie roads one Of
wien DECLARED that ~ the state
Agricultural secieiy ~ New York Is
secking lhr rial culnrit aud emmy Of
The farmer u must iook 10 the great
number and Variety o. middemen
who reap such great nrnfls There
wss q disposition on the pan Of The
railroad men 10 blame the middlemen
for all the wrongs existing hsiween
producer and CONSUMER They dis I
claimed any injustice TO the fsrEer
and bothered that, az rule. tbe freight 1
rates On farm prdufr bad been fair
10 ,hr farmer and furiher said that "
railroads rarrled the lrndpfb' free u
would not alter the selling prize 10 the /
consumer u /. the mddlemrn who 1
are crying stop thiefF' TO the farmer
said they
Some mther interesting facts were /
givpn about rnllrnad rates by = ]
Lowell " fredunia. lecturer Of the 4
state grange. aud they didn't agree I
very well with snme uf the statements 4
made ly the rallnud gentlemen Mr. 1
Lowell rpmarkrd that he was q grape /
grower and shipper from the famous
Chauinuqua grape belt, that IN lM9 I
the Erepe crop from that Srtlon /
brought sanss.4Gi. out Of which must
be- dedurted fof freight the sum "
fceo.oc0 or - per cent Of the gross
receipts The minimum freight rate
10 l'itshnrg was ~ cents per 100 /
pounds. 10 rhicago ~ cents and 10
Seattle sissla Thus II cnsl 10 freight /
and Refrigeration $3.50 per car load
OF twelve tons to Pittsburg. Ss1 10 /
Chicago and slsO TO Seattle The
schedule time ~ transportation be.
tween ,'hanianqua county and thigago
was sevrntytwo hours, but the actual
average time wes nlnriy-six hours the
longest being lbs hours The fastest /
time made, per hour was seven miles
the slowest threr miles. aud the aver
are was ave and nne-thlrd miles per
hour Mr. Lowell believed THAT Il /
would be hard 20 convince Cbnu,auqua
crane growers that an advance 10
freight rates was iustlnable.
AssemhIyman Roshari made the fur
Their statement that from data recently
obtained Il appears that In 1910 the
railroads carried into New York ~.
S01ono forty quart cans ai liquid milk
and 10000 cans OF cream and con
densed milk aud this, the daily aver.
age was $1,000 cans Of fnid milk lie
also found rha, the average price per
can for freight WIS 20 cents tower bve
OF the railroads. on which basis Il
was easy 20 compute that the freight
earnings were $1,000 per dry. Mr..
Rnshnri did not believe that milk Is
now being sold at profit In this
state. all things considered The rail.
roads aud middlemen nre getting the
difference between what the farmer
receives perhaps 4 cents-and the .
cents for which II retalls
Farmers ard Consumers Prices
Discussing the same general question,
George X Holmes Of the bureau OF
statistics. department Of agriculture,
said that be bad reached
the conclusion that many farm prod
urts are sold BY farmers az prices
which are not far from one.half Of the
prices paid by consumers lie said;
I have made Investigations embracing
frui,t potatoes ard poultry ard dairy
prr6ucft and IN the general average for
NJ OF these commodities the conclusion H.
that ihe farmer receives only 50 psr cent
n what the consumer rays-ta PER cent
% tie retailers price, After the products
are delivered BY the farmer a. tie ship
ping station they are taken Nv the rail-
fGa9 SH1 GNfffFl 10 AHtf NNEsHANENH y
ascertain whst the railroads charge for
hits service in the case o. the iarge
Trnups ~ commodities that ] have men
Ilonea and for all distances iong ana
short IL impossible with accuracy
have Devoted considerable ilH8s 10 arrive
d q conclusion ard have rad ths benefit
N TIVE records " tire tnieryiBte commerce
ron mission. TIE refuit ~ my cnaravcfs
d that Tor ne great clssses ef eommos.
ilss embraced IN the descriptions OF potas
eea. fruits "a poultry ar.h DAIRY Prod.
sets the general average roxt Ter freight
from TIE farmers shippirr
po;fat 10 the cpnsnmefs taarkei IL about
rsr cent OF ihe Price PAID ~ the con
Iurp~r 20 ths retailer We now stand
where We can determine approximately
ie frAeflom 81 tre cpnsu1nefs pftre ihsi
pos - the uiittieratn n the cHse OF
hess great groups Of prpdWegA The farm
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