Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-08-08
turned lotto profit
The Need 81 sound Nonsy

turned lotto profit
The need ~ sound Nonsy
On The line ~ products which
constitute the bulk Of the t-a"
adapted 10 movement through Ha
rea channel Of commerce. those .l
are authorized ~ make es,ima
tell us ths midd.eman gets an ag
axe OF forty cents on the do
which tho consumer pays for thf
pOrdud ln Justice ~ the midli..
man. ] 1iIl Say that consider hal'
Of this seeming profit IL waste q.
g. toll levied bl au Incompetent and
immoral system OF business whiah
breeds panics Boo marketing and -ra-
forces speculation .n the buslnsaF
The farmer b. compelled 70 do buf-
ness on sixly cent dollar whl'e
other lines u Industry have sound
money
4 Billion Ioliar, Involved
The annual profit %. 'he middleman
Of the Nation 0n .r.It vegetables
and poultry approziWafss one billion
dollar aud The uea tenn ~ dil-
frlbutiOu places loo OBJ. hands Of the
producer ap 0pportun.t of securing
Ia large amount of fHU profit ~
has the additional poo .HiIl'y Of re
ding az least one-thId io tho vOlr
ume ~ Ga" business o. consider thai
more tina nthirty per cont of ibis
class Of products never leaves the
farm for want Of market Ur rots
in the field for lack of profitable
prices
The interest of the producer and
common carrier harmonic l'Nc
lontly 10 admit Of WORKING basis
OF cooperation The carrier reroig-
ing no part Of the purchase price or
direct compensation for the sale pf
the article would not be- subjected
to tho character test which f1e m.d
dlemau must meet Ia every tran.
tion The desire 10 move the busupH
would naturally stimulate tho ur
rier 10 r,rrtion on behalf of tHe
producer and their activities would
compensat' rather than conflict with
the producer and the Inter State
Commerce tommissian, having pow
or over rates can protect the inter-
csts OF the public The plan will re.
duce the element OF risk 10 the min.
imum
i,niIroads should Have Mart'l
llurenu.
am hoping that the railroad
40 alsO put 600 market bureau
The railroad have been blowing. su
fo speak. Tor several years and u
easy TO understand their interest
100 Increasing tho fDn1Re and the
same reasons apply 20 merchants
manufacturer and business inter
ests generally. buf bumper crops
without market facilities have sent
more farmers straGsliug down the
back alleys OF agriculture than lll
the pests aud drouths that ever
cursed this Nation Certainly al
freight solicitor could offer no great
er induccment 10 farmer than q
profitable sale of the products and
indeed the railroad can give no great
sr encouragem'ut ~ the producer
than top prices for things h' can
raise. The railroads viii find that
one good salesman IN the market
viii do more tu ftimulate pruduc
ton than q dozen professors the
field The railroads can give az
riculture no more serious blow than
10 dump the farmers crop at dos-
which frequently done.
Marketing nuf production rs
the problem that .ouirouis Che Amer
lean farmer to-day and want 10
commend the WHH Fargo Company
Tor It's understanI.us and co-opera
ton In solyins our problems Our
transportation stems are the dray
carts of agriculture and can be-
made capable p.IdIers of farm pro
duce The middtmIu has been driy-
ing the deliver, wagon. but the pres
ent plan give On. FARMER hold on
the reius There b. no other ma
chluery now ..ulructed that Will
lend Itself 10 l.H.mluship quite 50
readily as our common carriers with
offices glrdliu rI. globe and agen-
cies In every mIrett
\ wmd 10 the Farmers
The connr...U of the Farmers
Union with thls matter has been to
formulate arI submit general plan
to the Wclls flrro people. II Is ~
10 the farmer Individually To make
II success Ermember that hon
esty and reliability are your best
statesmen Your personal reputation
and that 1i your fellow farmer q.
at stake Boz every package. stand Do
hind your label and back up your
goods The table is awaiting at tno
other end of the line and your sore
vice must o., -eliable In both time
and quality
Well. largo a Company Confirm
ln 'our distance conversation
with b. simpson. Industrial AE,|t
OF th, Wells Fargo a Compan} with
headl quarters NJ Houston and having
Jurisdiction ner the southern and
Western divisions OF the Company
M, statement relating to the action
OF tho M.#. Fargo COMPANY was