La Junta tribune., 1913-02-22

possible that the growers viii cot
t!nue To raise them year after yea
and place the entire crop In IN
hands of numerous commission me
without any protection except cor
tract-a document that does not qua
antee anything and apparently Is no
worth the paper II is written upon
The contract is usually filled out Il
protect the wrong party. The com
mission men ship from themselves Il
themselyes--that is. from the III
Woods Commission Company To th'
u. Woods Commission Company B,
that method the grower is out OF ,hs
deal as soon as he receives his llttle
slip showing the number Of crates
OF melons be- turned In. IL the rail-
road company is ever liable for any
damage the grower never hears of
II. and / want to say right here tina,
there has been thousands OF dollars
of such claims The grower has new
or received a cent The commission
men got Il all
In the first place the commission
men will set out In their contracts
that they viii handle your crop for
twelve and one-hhlf per cent net 10
them. They never say a word about
their sub.agcuts receiving from fiv"
TO eight per cent on top Of this
Neither do they cite the fact that
they have a shipping department In
connection with their COMMUNION bust
ness Tn. commission men sell our
cantaloupes to their shipping depart.
ment. aud the shipping department
sells 90 dealers In th" smaller towns
The shipping department Is very
convenient loophole through which
the commission men get a second
nkc-off It is great scheme, wor-
thy Of ] 2 Morgan. or some other
frenricd finauoier
The commission men receive
commission on the gross sales Now
suppose car goes 10 New York.
The freight Is around s27j aud the
car brinrs $685.. Of this amount the
grower receives SS7s and the com
mission men siI % l can also show
whore some associations we're ohars-
ID two cents per crate IN New York.
and some other points. for carriage.
when there ought to be no carriage
charge. As there Is an average OF
800 crates In car, this cartage
charge would amount 10 $40 per car.
and where there are several hundred
ears II Is very easy matter 10 com
pute what the total charg" for the
season would be II would be mon.
Eirnus. when you consider the fact
that II H. not legitimate
In order 10 give you an insight
into the methods ~ commission men
l will cite this instance Durins
thr"" successive days las. fall %,
carloads Of oantaloupts w-f' shipped
into New Nork-sG cars one day, =
the next and ~ the DAY after Th'
Fri" railroad refused 10 haul ans
more ,antaloup's into New York un
til IN. market was cleared up and
IN shape Now this congrsted con
iition should not have happened Al
all Tn. commission men organize,
IN the fall and winter Of lsli to pro
vide some way TO keep from glutting
the market They came to the grow
cr With new story That IL all 4
~as-lust new story They W.r'
going 10 have some real method %
distributing cantaioupes IN the ia
iure What happened IN N"U lorl
vas M. result Of the new method %
handling canialoup"s aud u happen
30 tho very first season could &,
on aud on rchcnrsing these trick
II IN. commission men hay,
heard ~ Just few of them. an,
fhFA' Alf NNNNlfNH NHh' ! HhhfN
heard of yet For ways that are dsr
aud tricks that are vain the commits
sion men have the Heathcn Chine
skinned a elly block.
Thrs. tricks. however. ar. no, sof
ying the la Innia melon grower
any more They nave overcome mos
Of the obstacles that cam. very ncs
overwhelming them The i.s Iun'l
growers nov buy all their crates
paper labels. stripping and hracinr
They TAX" ad,antag. Of all III. dis
counts and the rrowcr gets the bcne
nj They conduct n very rlrid in.p.c
'lou In IA" field and On the plat
form, do their own loading aud brac
Ing. thus cutting ou, all unn~c..rar'
expense on the platform They al-'
have one of 'h"lr own growers si tn
distributing point In the east ~b'
inspcc's each car upon It's arrival an,