The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-22
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The sn"!f naan"f't'!rsFs i: 'h"l dared
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great Dissatisfaction with tn pF.asr'
situation. TINS aors MT seefa . ins
II, hr the hasaj qliastihn. tl' .;tner
that alfeidY i~nhjca'sA-fhH prjcsa
Whirh Tbs eonsptnsrs ars obliged Ia
pity tnnw ~ M trstanre If = staHH.
trfd HT'irl" p~t"dut"a ~ :. 'rDs' Ia
which 'hf PR" has BEEN dsrrsasea ne
'tnsr ~ NJ a~isjn'rgra'inn ~ sYca
trns' mis- hring IN" slttatint. IL is
nafH Ia sHe wha' nGTan'ags ~thn'gsnsr-
al .''bllc has gained ny We dissolution
Of mn fFfctc n is ElGny Ar yN> kIss
tbs solution Of tho problem consists
IN permitting o-o%peratinn and WIN
ro~nteration Imposing public control.
"bftrn it Is not appreciated n
soma ~ ths frDit-growers' exchanges
arG tnm tr-pperative selling ,ysncies
nj the farmers have 80 clearly violated
81" anti-trua. ~ as The rorprratirns
~hieh have been found 10 hs un6tr
'he ban III the Jaw. Yet il IS certain
mat eo-"peTation among the farmers.
illustrated ~ ths c~n-operatior selling
~.f,tncies tf the fruit growers, has re-
suited in Mr prices 70 the farmers
anH fsia'ivsly stable prices to the CON
st'fletS.
Future Development. both With tbs
farmers and with industry. must bs
alpn. the lines ri co-nperatjnp. and
"n-epsration in such II manner that
~ producers Will receive "a fair price
fHr 'hfir products and at the same
tn The onsunc =.cure fhem st
q fair prize, Ina working out of ,
#~tfisfaek,rT fp5rkrtink syste between
the flYYncr, and fI, ,,.,t
tk II difficult problem The solution
"lii he different for some commodities
man for others. However. sufficient
progress hiss been made to show that
the problem "an he nuccrssf,iiIy
solved.
investigations regarding
tive prices received by the farmers
n psid by the CONSUMERS show hnx
great Is the margin in the transfer.
from cnc : - the other. This H. csr,-
riallv true fnr p@c,ieb,bl, ,,,,1,
The wnstre which rcs,,l, from the
present imperfect sysirin nj marketing
are worry we'll illustrated nv VI. fire.
uusnt inability uf fruit grower to scl,
products for which would
kihdIy give u reasonable price. The
PRODUCER loses in not being able TO
market hin crop ut II fair price; the
transportation companies logc bcc,,,re
they do not handle the husip.ss. the
consumer Ioscs because hn il no, able
10 sccure fruit ~ n re%nsonablr pric.
Frequently from the routh there romcr
into the northern c;tt.. .,.,.
melons or vegetables which cannot b.
dispossd If NJ the current biyh pr,ccr
which tho middIcmcn usk. IN .uch
casrn II nomctimcH happens TIM, Inc.
prices nrc held up and the co,nmodl.
tics allowed 20 rot, whereas thsy could
have rcadily been sold Mt lower pr,ccr.
In consequence. tho producer in unnh,,
10 rcelizo on his product. y inc con.
su,ner ir unable In cntov n. nj, IT,.
cause of an ,nndonunte markctinu sv..
ten.
"But sven for stable commodities.
illustrated by chscyc. the cont ~ mur.
kcting tx excessive. There has been
worry great progrcar in recent years In
'%ncrcnntng tho wcnith 81 the farmer
through increasing the Productivity Of
tho soil . Tho farmers must now nIso
gain not only by further incrcns,nr
tho productivity or tho soil lint nv s..
curing n fair price through co.opora-