The Daily Missoulian., 1913-02-09

yNi,b rafo,o,n, 10 t1,, .L,,i,,,i,o+i,,
,f tho nriaal,,,,n" ~, p,y.rn,,,nt
ra,nrt s,ys.
-o,arati,, n,,r1,e,i,,g doos NOT
no,.,,saril,- ana in roct ofton. docs
mot .liminato any niddla,on in the
nrocees of distrihution II
nfton h.;rnaus ,h,t when ~, ,,,id,71o.
man is eliminated nv tha asenci,tion
bis carvicas arc ,,arf,rn,oa h, tbo &c.
| snoi,+ion i,s.1f rbora hos hoo,, ,
tr,nsfer Of se,,.ir, from, ana T., an
o,bor hut ma 1ieco,ti,,,,noo ,f +b,
| so,,,inov
Middleman an economic Factor.
| From, tba fnrouoi,o +ba, tho lao
| fcaI ropcusion is +hat certain u,iaa1a-
mon hat,naan nrni1nco,, and consumer,
arc nacossarv nrnro,,ic fac+nrs and
tho noint to H.. dntorninad is whether
tho niddleman ,o,, oxis+ing ora nor
fo,r,ing their fnnction In ,bo n,oet
economical mammal. or1 u.batbor wa
ae nroducers can norrnr,, tbo;r runc-
| tione az = 1ovyar cns+ IA o,,rco,,.ae
than tbov ram ,,orrorn, tbo,, fo,
us That is raallv Tho first stan IN
onr nroh1an or dietrihntion Tho
| speaker is satisfied from - wears of
! active experiencp in tho marketing nf
/ both manufactured and raw nroaucts
that the elimination Of tha ossautia,
| mjddleman is imuracticaJ and imrns-
! sible at the Dreson, staea Of socio,
and economic develonmnnt In his
! Judgment. the essential midd,omnn in
the fruit trade. other than tho asso
Citations and sales organizations of the
producers themselves are tha whole.
salo fruit merchants and tho rotail
fruit merchants For wears thn ouns-
ton Of the elimination of the iohl,er
has troubled manufacturers of ovarv
sort of commodity: the brightest
minds in the country have wrcstInd
with the problem: millions of dollars
have been spent in oyperimonttne. TO
| that end, and in the vast majority of
cases, il has been proven to IN, cnn,-
plete satisfaction of those concerned
| that the iuhber has a clear title to
his economic existence because Of his
ability to perform his function snreaa
/ as If is oyor n mu,tittIde of prod,r
tions mora rheauly than tho monuf,c.
hlrers or producers of those scn,ro,n
commodities could nerforn il tndiyid
duccrs who have found If nossjbIn to
eliminate the iobbcr economica,,v.
but there hayc hnnn enocio1 roosn,,a
lor theSe exceptions. Every one of
itv which is consumed in orn,t un,n.
titles nv the n,ossee md u,bioh b,,
an all-the-vcar-round sale Even
with these conditions in tbeir favor
the elimination of the iobhor has in
yo1vod thn exnondi,ura of h,,yo sr,ns
of money, for where Tho iohhor ;e
eliminated the rrodncer n,uet ra-
place his services. tho buildino or
Warehouses; IN every CITY. tbn main
tcnancn of worohonso and orrioo
forces at every noint. tho ov,onsion
of credits 10 the retail trade which in
itself is = piont undort,,,irm. tho
maintenance of delivery oo,,inmo,t
etc II is norrect1v manifest tb,t ,n
such Undertaking is nractical In onr
case. for MANY roasonc hu4 oro ;s
enough viz. ours is = Season cam
modify. onrs is y six morths' buei-
ness and the economic waste in,,olvo1
, in the ittcmpt TO renlaca tho inhbare,
facilities by our own vollld no nm.
thinkablo, If then if anpaars innror-
tical to eliminate the iobbor. LET us
, see whether there are NOT ohueoe i,
the exercise of his function
:
Hee'p'oea' He'at'ons.
Most certainly. in many cases there
are. but we ourselves hoyo uncon-
sciously perhaps, but certainly, con-