Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1913-11-08
POTATO BUYERS NOW
TRYING OLD GAME
REPRESENT THAT THERE is
OVERPRODUCTION.
Yerington. New. Nov. 7, 1913.
Mr.. +. w. Fairbanks,
Editor Yerington Times,
Yerington. Nevada.

Dear Sir: Attention having been
directed to the Lyon County CONNER
cial Club that California potato buy
ers were claiming that there was an
| overproduction OF potatoes in Idaho,
and that this fact would greatly re-
duce the market and price of spuds
! in this community. as Secretary ef the
! Commercial Club. ] sent out the fol-
lowing letter to the Chambers OF Com
merce at Caldwell, Boise. Pocatello,
! Gooding. Lewiston, Idaho Falls. Twin
| Falls. Albion. Blackfoot. Idaho, to wit:
! ~ Yerington, Nevada. Nov. |, 1913.
| Gentlemcn We are desirous of as
! certaining the market price of pota-
| toes in your community. also whether
| or not the potato crops IN your COM
muitv are heavy this season.
! Will you kindly inform me by early
mail of the above facts. and if oppor
| tunity affords to reciprocate in any
way. we shall be only too glad to do
| so.
| This information is sought at the re-
| quest of the farmers of this commun-
| itv. who have been informed by Cali
fornia buyers that there is an over
| production of potatoes in Idaho, and
| facts as soon as possible.
| Yours very truly.
Clark Guild. Secretary"
| Almost all OF the above mentioned
| Commercial Clubs have answered,
and the general run of the letters is to
contradict the fact that there is an
| overproduction of spuds in Idaho.
! | hand you herewith letter from
the Southern Idaho Producers Asso-
citation. which contains great deal
of valuable information on the Idaho
crop and is good sample of the let
/ ters received from the other Clubs:
'Pocatello. Idaho. Nov 5, 1913.
Clark ] Guild,
Yerington. Nevada
Dear Sir: We have yours of the
| first. concerning the potato business.
! In answer as to whether the potato
! crop here is heavy this season. we will
| say that this Office is shipping for thir
! teen local associations. covering ter
ritory from Brogan. Oregon, to Idaho
Falls. Ida
| We find by reports from various
sources from each locality that in only
| two places can there be said to be a
normal cron-other points running
! from fifteen to forty per cent less than
/
| normal
You may notify your fai ners that
potato buyers have. in this instance.
! the same as almost all Others. laid the
/ truth entirely aside and doctored up
! the statement to suit their own selfish
purposes. Ibis Office receives daily
reports. through from fifty to one
hundred and thirty-tive kilograms. ex-
act conditions of the market. which
| places us in a position to be able to
give the cause why the market this
year with only OF OF the normal
! crop throughout the entire United
/ States amounting to between sixty
and one hundred million bushels
! shortage. with no importation from
! Europe. as against thirteen hundred
million last year. with the dry rot ap-
pearing in Names potato crop. which
will prevent potatoes from that sec
/ tion going into storage to any consid-
cradle cxent This taken from the
better prices being paid for, all cereal
food products, would justify the
market price OF a considerable more
than buyers are offering.
| While this association is not pre-
pared to handle potatoes from your
! section of the country, we would like
in return for YOU TO give us definite
! information as to what buyers are Of
| fering to pay +. o. B. your shipping
! points. also your freight rate on po-
tatoes to Missouri River. Kansas. Ok
! lahoma and Texas common points.
Speculative buyers in this locality
are paying seventy cents +. O. b.
Idaho Falls or Kansas. Missouri. Ok
lahoma and Texas shipments. the
| freight rates running respectively, 45c
hundred. 45c' Sc and 64c
Notwithstanding this fact they are
offering their potatoes at the other
end for Soc f. O. B. shipping points
| You can readily see for what purposes
this is being done
! We have for shipment through our
association here about two thousand
cars. which otts materially into the
business OF the speculative buyers
who try to discredit this association
| in the eyes OF the growers and en-
/ deavor. if possible, to break up the ar
rangements which we have of selling
our potatoes through the North Pa
| cihc Fruit Distributors. non-proht
organization on basis of actual ex-
/ pcnse incurred, These buyers are will
ing and can well airprl 10 ssse = Jew
! thousand this yea" y by - long thes
| can place the grower again at their
mercy .as has been :l'c c>se hcrctn
! fore
You can rely upol tre'. conditions
and prices as absolute. and Il any IT
them should be disputed by Califor-
pia buyers or other huver, operating
in your locality. we would be glad to
! furnish them undi>putcd pro..fs Of
what we have sta'rl above
TO further illustrate the method of
speculative buyers, we would state in
! addition to the above quotations be
/ ing made to growers, where our asso-
citation is strong, we find nther condi-
| lions existing at points remote from
local associations At one point buy
ers last week were offering only So a
hundred. at another 40c ma AZ another
| not so remote $50 This will further