The Brunswick news., 1912-09-17
NEW PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION.

Distribution Of Southern vegetables and fruits could
be vastly improved if more system we're used in the
marketing Of them If every city OF any considerable
size in the region where such CROPS cannot be grown
ia the winter coud be regularly supplied ac
cordug aseertaned needs until the competition OF
grown in the country surrounding each such
CRY made longer profitable to ship produce there
/ ga's nd amines' the twenty odd cities recog-
Aed markets would cease The markets could be
aNed ard honest commission merchants would be
81 The competition CT those VINO cheat the
out Of his just dues The result would BE- an
better prices to the grower and the removal
the uncertainty that attends the growing
'5F VinteT AoRfApr tae Northern markets
There preanization to take full advantage OIL
saodern nd eliminate the element Of chance
Such organization would not meet
r7Bs senersl olstnooudu # it were confined
enuYa yes. The world is growing and meth
ods Amaucts which did wen enough
e2as now>dnwIse fraught with dan
81 producers. ~'aAsAnae-
is ee1aeaI any system which promises to bring
equate resp r. be effective only if it is generally
adopted A IL independents can ruin the best sys-
tenn that could be devised meanwhile doing themselves
harm rather than good Georgia alone could make
such a system Of marketing effective If all the
producers combined long they subject to the
competition Of Texas, and, to extent, Of other
states Unless the growers Of all the states engaged
in this business Join in to pre-
vent markets being gutted while others are bare
there be success
Such plan has been proposed by A. r sprague otI
Benito, Tex, and seems to meet with the approval Of
the agricultural horticultural bodies of that state
No doubt the cooperation growers of Florida viii
be asked Mr. sprague proposes>tba car Dispatcher
system be adopted Whether the car dispatcher be
an individual central produce exchange such as
proposed in Texas this connection his or its duties
would be based those the fSsl dispatcher Of
railroad The dispatcher would determine what cars
Of produce should have the right Of way in each market
every day deciding ths upon trustworthy information
elegraphed for the purpose every morning from every
market ana shipping point. The advantages he sees in
the system are stated in his words in dispatch
to the New York Produce News as follows;
II viii greatly increase the consumption while aw-
ering the cost and raising the net returns
TO producers Tor the latter well afford to sell at
moderate Iroft if the present losses are cut cut 1t
viii be very much satisfactory produce dealers
for it viii be orderly business subject to the
present competition from unfair and dishonest dealers
who are able to slaughter prices because by fraudulent
reports they have obtained OF goods for which
they settle their own prices 1t viii enable deal
ers to regularly freely distribute their prod
ucts for cash their retail trade for tie risks viii be
mostly removed and with regular supplies ana fairly
stable prices very larger number Of retailers
viii take regular supplies 1t winincrease rair1ad eff
cheney for since diversions VIII greatly decreased the
schedule Of trains viii be less lnerfered with since d
versions nearly always cause of delay often caus
ing the remakng Of the train order to secure suf-