Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-12-21
MARKET BUREAU
FOR KENTUCKY IS.
Being PLANNED

Dallas, Tex, Dec. 2~0.-Through the
establishment OF a state free marketing
bureau. the commissioner OF agricul-
ture of Kentucky proposes to elinlin-
ate the middle man between the farmers
and nsum of small farm products m
the cities of that state, with a view OF
reducing prices to the consumer and III!
surfing larger profits for the producers.
Announcement of this latest attack upon
the high cost or lying. writes ~. ~
]. w. Newman, commissioner OF agrlcul
ture of the state OF Kentucky. during the
last week, at a meeting of the Assocla.
hun OF commissioners Of Agriculture or
the Southern States. His colleagues cor
daily indorse the project.
The commissioners Of agriculture pres
ent, including COMMISSIONS kone OF
Texas. passed q resolution favoring the
establishment of similar bureaus through
QUO tne southern states, animated with
the organization, but conducted by the
individual boards OF commissioners OF az
riculture, and also favored a bureau OF
the Federal Government to cooperate
with the state bureaus. 1t Is proposed
through this means, to attack the PROB
lem OF living from a new angle;
Commissioned Newman told the other
commissioners present that he had worked
out q plan for establishing a free state
marketing bureau for Kentucky that
since what was done in Kentucky would
either meet the approval Of the public or
its censure, he said he would like to sub.
mt ms entire pans TO his fellow COM
missioners, which he did ,,oa hoe
made 1t possible to market a great many
an economical way. He said Kentucky
Sometimes san uase a eyea ti fHs' miles, 1Messi from a rail.
road, and butter, cheese. poultry. OF all
kinds. g g and entire hogs. when cut
into. hams. sides Of bacon. etc, could pc
marketed through the parcel post.
It is generally conceded, Mr. Newman
said, thai the marketing Of a product
costs more than the production OF that
product. Statistics will bear out the as
spent by the consumer. the producer gets
IS cents. II the other IS cents were d.
vided between the producer and the con.
sumer, minus what the government would
post, It would result in a saving OF at
least Is per cent to the consumer and
add Is per cent to the profits OF the pro-
ducer. he commended.
His plan was outlined in detail and
upon motion Of Commissioner Kone Of
Texas it was indorsed. Each state was
urged to establish @ similar bureau. and
the Federal Government, through the De.
partment Of Agriculture, was asked to
establish q national bureau. along the
same lines to cooperate with the various
state bureaus.
Beyond the admitted fact tina there is
a Consumer for everything grown, and
that simultaneously one market should
not be glutted and another starved, no
outline was made Of the usefulness Of
such a national bureau. The reason Of
this was that those at the conference
with Congressman Summers agreed with
him that 1t would be best not to handi-
can the representatives of such a bureau
by marking out the duties they should
perform. Instead, they agreed, Congress
should be induced to appropriate the
amount Of money necessary to success
fully operat ca market bureau and Sec
t Houston and his associates should
prescribe its functions. ).
In his connection it should be stated
in fairness to the middlemen that not
always are they to blame for the In
creased cost of living and the national
market bureau, supplemented by similar
state bureaus as proposed by Congress
man Summers and commissioner New.
man will have an influence TOWARD elm.
mating such conditions. a couple of
years ago. for instance. truck growers IN
the Rio Grande section, with their disk
which they had produced but could not
market because. other cabbage-growing
sections of the United States likewise
had an overproduction. A national mar
ket bureau, assisted by state bureaus.
would, or at least ought, to be in a posi-
ton to keep posted as to the different
crops being planted, and in those sections
where climate and soil would produce an
overplus the bureau would inform such a
section that their energy should be de-
voted to some other crop not threatened
by overproduction.
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