Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-08-08
EXPRESS COMPANY
TO AID FARMERS.
= ARMElis' iNiON MARKETING
PLAN ACtEI'TfD ~ WELLS
FARGO fNPIFss 90.

FORT WORTH Tex, Aug G.
49, Peter Radford. president Of tho
Texas Farmers Union. announced
from The headquarters Of the or.
gaHlzation in This ciiy today that no
had just succeeded In Arranging
9Th ne Wells-Fargo Company ~.
press 10 arf as Intermediary beeween
the shipper and buyer In the sal.
OF farm produce The plan which
Fas been u0rked Out by the Exec
Htive committee OF the Farmers TN
oH and accepted by the Wells-Fargo
company oontemphtes that the
Express Company through It's agents
ail accept from housewives and deal
crs in cities. continuous order of
country produce. shipment 10 be
made daily cor a' periods specified b.
the buyer These orders vii be-
turned over 10 tHr Texas farmer TO-
fu
The Expire company viii o.
courage the movement 81 che bus
Hrss lnf .pr.t rkas" VII op
unstructed n'h ..apa 'G.h-,
eggs butter. ,egetablea. fruits etc
to accommodate me trade so that the
farmer can keep bic customer SUI.
piled with q scrlrfy OF seasonan'r
produce.
The Wells Fargo reoplo win also
keep the producer advised Of market
conditions in the Iargcr cities aud by
free distribution OF dependable ln
formation. hope 10 axe out much OF
the friction and misuudersiandipg
nov existing between The shipper and
the dealer and 10 prevent gluttnr
one market and starving another
% has long ben 'ac custom for
speakers and writers 10 graphical,
measure 'h. distance from the farn
20 The table. bat TIM a perhaps the
tlrst instance where . oomprehenslrc
and capable ruate o. shorten II Gas
been surveyed aud opened up e..
the movement develops Prrsid,
kadiord think n will b, adopted b,
pthcr carriers and the territory ay.
tended throughout che Tinted state
\cw Roadway oi Trade.
when asked the ure5 on the ct.
feet % flh. plau npou distribution.
President Radford wd We age
blazing new roiiNar o. national
trade and IL h. going ;p take coon.
Grafton and patience on tho mart ct
both the producer ahl consumer m
smoothing out the rough places. but
have abiding faith Ia the ultimate
success OF the moyeemut The nea
situation lends itself admirably 90
Heftlcmeut organizations of consum-
ers That can place community or
der sith local Farmers Union o.
200 The Farmers Union has aske
the Federal Department OF Agricui-
ture tO put one or more experts ON
the project with a yicW OF strength
rnIug the weak points a- they dovcl
600 and 90 work ou' plans for on
tending the neN system OF marketing
into staple products and apply IL 20
700 lines of transportation.
The only line of Industry that mas
ever been successfully and construct
lively regulated Is the common ear
rer u Ne can make them the ageu d.
between The producer and consumer.
then Ne Will have regulated high
way of commence where the article
can safely travel without DANGER OF
being burgaIarized on the roadways
uI trade
1lddi.man Needs Regulating.
Ihe Farmers Union haslour ch.
N.l tho hope of bringing the pro
IHcrr aud consumer nearer togetH-
tr The middlemau D. nothing more
fi1u farm hand. but bee Is able 20
'H his oNn wages and collect them
aU' to multiply bic transactions as
hs p.,is's ile u.s. ~ best. an inde-
pendent and oftimcs incompetent
servant of agriculture and frequent
De- deserves 10 boz either disciplined ~
discharged The mIidllemen are wen
nI' competition or government su-
p.rfsou They need regulating as
badly u The common carrier and the
plan affords facilities for a compel
..s fstem OF marketing which will
td AS a check against the greed Of
DE- m.ddleman. leverage against
combinations and all have tendon-
O., t0 avoid Rluts ou the market
The new plan b. not without 81
rompeusatioG 20 the middlemaE.
While reducing him 20 his na,ura.
position ss ar Industrial domestic
b. u.I' restore Co him many profit
Ode advantage which he has forfeit
H1 fUr power u WIll take out
Hasie uncertainty aud inefficiency
and ail' add volume. stability aud
conscience 90 The business
The consumer Will likewise fee
the generosity Of the neW system 20
distribution Boz the extension OF tho
season OF perishable products far be-
y0ud their present limits As rule
the movement o. perishable produce
scarcely gets well under way unit
She market j. gluttted and the best
part % the crop rots on the grounf
and the producer. dealer. consume
and carrier are the innocent victims
Of d crude and viscious distribution
system The farmer. however. viii
nos be able 10 nll bic orders NOR
rex larry during the season aud 49,
riealiaral pasics ~ili 10 anknown
aud bushes generally all feel thf