Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-08-08
Certain Express Companies
Plan to Aid People.
WILL TRY EXCHANGE SYSTEM
Working Out Details of Sweeping Pro-
posal to Bring Farmers of State
and Ultimate Consumer Into
Closer Relationship.
Special Columbus Correspondent.

D living by saving to the
u consumer the profits of
the middleman!" is the
slogan that has been raised by cer-
tain Ohio express companies that
are working out the details of a
sweeping proposal to bring the far
mers of the state and the ultimate
consumer into closer relationship.
The express companies propose to in
troduce into Ohio within the next 80
days the exchange system which they
are establishing in Texas. This sys-
tenn simply is one through which the
express company goes to the door of
the housewife in the city, receives her
order for farm produce and transmits
the order to the farmer. The express
people profit by the tariff charged for
transporting the commodities and
charge nothing for their services as
intermediary. In Ohio the state grange
will play large part in the proposed
exchange. The grange will have charge
of the farmers end of the system, and
the express people will work through
them. For example, Mrs. John Brown
of Cleveland tells the express COM
pany agent that she is in need of
four dozen of eggs, three pounds of
butter, and two chickens. The ex-
press company instantly communi-
Gates the order to the farmers part
of the exchange, directed by the state
grange. Then the order in turn will
be transmitted to the farmer living
Il -
lowest prices and the best produce.
The express company meantime will
do all the rest. 1t will furnish the re
ceptacles for the commodities, will see
to it that the butter and the chickens
are properly cared for and iced and
that finally they are delivered in the
quickest possible time at the door of
Mrs. Brown. That is briefly the man
ner in which the new scheme is pro-
posed to be worked. 1t has given
bright promises in Texas and is ex-
pected to be carried ultimately to all
parts of the United States. The ex,
press companies have gathered stats
| tics showing that in the United States
every year the middleman who handled
| farm products reaps an aggregate har
vest of something like one billion dol.
lars. They say that in time they pro,
pose to step into the middleman's S
shoes, perform all the service that he
performs and charge nothing except
the cost of transporting the produce.
Does Not Name Bull Moosers.
Members of the Progressive party
,f,,1 L.
wording of the law governing the ap
pointment of members of county
boards of elections, for it shuts them
completely out of the appointm ents
made by the secretary of state Satur
day of 100 members on 80 county elec
| ton boards. The law says that the
boards shall be composed of represen
tatives of the two leading parties and
since the Bull Moosers came in thirG
last fall, they can't ask for even g
single election board representative
All of the new appointees are Demo
Gratis and Republicans. They are
namd by the secretary of state or
recommendation of the controlling
party committees in each county.
| MAKES run SOHIcSSIOT.
Walter B. Vincent, who has made
a full confession Of fraud in the cir
culation of referendum petitions
seems to have had very pliable con
science when he set out to get name:
on the petitions. Instead of consult
ing city and telephone directorie!
from which he might copy names, il
many cases he simply sat down ant
thought names out. He would write
down the first name that came int
his mind. He soon became expert il
thinking out signatures and found M
trouble in filling page after page. HI
operated in about a dozen counties.
Squirrels Poster Farmers.
Squirrels are the newest pests will
which farmers in Ohio are having t,
deal and in spite of the damage salt
to have been wrought in certain local
tiles, the devastations of the littl
rodents, the situation has it's comica
side. A few days ago the fish ant
game commission got complaint from
The deputy set the traps in the corr
fields and scores of fox and gray SOUR
rels became rather willing prisoners
Soon all the traps were full and th
deputy was in a quandry regarding
what to do with the small prisoners
First he tried letting some of then
loose on the streets of South Charles
ton, but they instantly scampered bacl
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