The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1913-01-24

of a grade lower than they were in
tact, or he reports receiving prices
lower than those actually received by
him for the products Worse than
this, It is by no means rare that the |
commission merchant has sold the
products and failed to return the net
proceeds.
Samples of transactions in which
include only one middleman inter-
venes between producer and consumer
include the commission man at al
large market who receives consign-
ments of live. stock from farmers and
sells to packers; the factor to whom
the planter consigns his rice or cot
ton and from whom purchases are
made by millers; the warehousemen
who manage the sale of Virginia
planters tobacco.
The Intervention of two men be-
tween producer and consumer is a
common occurance. Fruits and vege-
tables are often marketed through tn.
aid of two middlemen, the city COM
mission dealer and a retail merchant.
More than two intermediates.
A series of three middlemen may in
clude first the local buyer of the ship
per; second. the commission dealer or
the wholesale merchant; and third,
the retail merchant. In the sale Of
fruit by auction, which is common in
'arge cities east of the Mississippi.
River, the auctioneer is an additional
niddleman. He may sell for a com
mission dealer, to whom the consign-
nent may have been made by a
cvountry buyer; and the purchaser at
in turn sells to retail merchant. Five
middlemen are thus concerned in such
a transaction.
Onions raised in Kentucky are
sometimes bought by a local merchant
and shipped to Louisville; here they
nay be put into sacks and consigned
to New York wholesaler or a COM
mission man who in turn sells to a
New York retailer. Eggs and poultry
frequently pass through the hands OF
at least four middlemen
The marketing of clover seed is an
example Of transfer from one farm
err to another through number OF
middlemen. The first middleman may
be an Indiana jobber, who consigns to
a commission dealer in Toledo, Ohio
here the seed may be purchased by a
merchant and shipped to a wholesale
dealer in a distant city. The last
middleman in this course of distribu
ton is country storekeeper or a city
dealer in agricultural supplies.
Market Places and Warehouses.
Public market places are established
in a number of cities and towns, ant
in these places consumers may blu,
such articles as fruit, vegetables, dair,
products, and eggs direct from farm
ers as we'll as from dealers.
Another institution which aids tn
producer to dispose of his crop is tn,
public warehouse. Illustrations of thi
are afforded in the marketing of tob
acco in Virginia and North Carolina
wool from the northern Rocky Noun
tain States, and to some extent ric,
in Louisiana and Texas. The grower
or their representatives, with thei
produce, meet the buyers at thes,
warehouses.
Diversion in Transit.
While farm products are in transi
by rail. there are certain points a
which the consignor may designate
final destination. The purpose o
this practice is to enable the con
signor to find the best market for hi
goods. This is the plan followed i
shipping fruits and vegetables by raj
from California to the east and fror
the Southern States to the north
Associative Marketing.
| The Secretary of Agriculture ha
much to say concerning ASSOCIATIVE
marketing by farmers, and the econo
mic advantages are stated in detail
"A survey of the systems of market
ing farm products clearly discover
what the farmers can best do to thei
advantage. They must associat
themselves together for the purpos
of assembling their individual contri
buttons of products, of shipping i
carload lots, of obtaining marke
news at places to which it is practica
to send their products, to sell in
: considerable number of markets,
/ not in many markets, and to secur
. the various other economic gains O
= associative selling"
II To carry out this suggestion, it
+ recommended that if Congress es
tablishes division of markets corp
of travelling field agents be maintaine
+ to assist farmers to form association
S for marketing their products. :.
G6klAASsGS Ox CIulV dU~ VCkSVAOl
Il Supply.
Ill 1t is also recommended that est
l mates of the prospective supply {
: fruits and vegetables, and perhar
t other products not now represented
the quantitive estimates of the d,
partment's crop reporting service.
4 made short time before harvest, s
!, that the farmer may have in mind
{ fairly definite idea OF the volume I
n the crop throughout the country
r order that he may occupy a place
& the market that is fair to himself Q
n as the case may be, place in Il
i market that Is fair to the consumer"
nj General market news service is n
i. recommended. II such service we
i. derived from telegraphic reports, Il
:. expense would be enormous. Oh
J. farmers marketing association spen
n $4,000 a year in telegraphing alol
and fruit growers organization spen
$4,000 for this service.
J.. Field Agents and Correspondent
~, 1t is proposed that corps OF trav'
~ ing field agents and large crops
=, local agents and correspondents
~ established for the following items