Evening journal., 1913-08-11
MONDAY. AUG. II. 1918.
NET RETURNS OUR MARKETS. MEASURE.

r INTELLIGENT farmers and fruit growers are in the
game for the money they make out Of IL. It
IS natural for them to seek the cheapest lines Of
transportation the best markets it is for water
10 down-hnl If the plan to establish an auto
truck line between this city and the grape belt at
Smyrna and to bring Delaware grapes in large guam
titles into local market is to be successful, the
transportation charges must be low lower than,
the present railroad freehts and hauling charges and
the returns from the fruit sold by the commission mer
chants here must bring to the shippers net returns
large as larger than those now received in the
Philadelphia New York, Baltimore and Boston
kcts Il those who working up the plan to estab
lish the line bring TO the growers even much
as one cent a case more than they are receiving
der existing methods, they may rest assured that they
load only one. but string of 3O0-ease trucks
and simply FIJI the local market with the best grapes
Of all varieties grown in Kent county. That is because
the grape growers are out for tho money and they
do not care whether It comes from Wilmington, Phil
adelphia Baltimore. New York or Boston, long
they get e.
After an has been said, It is the net alone that
counts with the grape grower and il is the net alone
that will figure with him in this auto-truck line move
ment II by using that truck line and consigning his
fruit 10 the Wilmington commission merchants his net
are greater than those he receives from other
cities within the shipping ne will send all his
fruit TO this city on the other hand, II the net re-
turns convince him that he do better by shipping
20 some other market he is tho person In the
world to do IT, Sentiment plays very little part in
his business calculations lie sends his fruit where ne
can get the most money for H.
n the local commission and the people wish
10 have the Wilmington market stocked daily with
fresh fruit and other produce from down the PENN
sua. they must make the market attractive TO ship
pors. In no other way may it be done. u must be
horne in mind all times that II the net returns from
Wilmington ON a crate of grapes rs 40 cents and from
Philadelphia Now York 75 cents the grapes will
go TO Philadelphia New York No ono knows those
facts better than do the local commission men them
selves They are the sales agents for shippers. Most
Of them receive ten per cent of the for making
the sales It Is their business to make market for
tho stuff consigned TO them and also TO make honest
returns II they fail to do those things and to make
the net returns attractive the fruit growers aud
other shippers. they will not get the business.
OF course, the real object of the establishment Of
the autotruck line between this city and the Smyrna
grape is to demonstrate the fruit growers that
would be TO their advantage TO large autotrucks
and haul their produce market thus getting away
from the railroad freshts and the hauling charges
at this end That is all right There is question
that hundreds of farmers i'm Delaware would find il
both pleasant and profitable TO such trucks and
10 use them in a multiplicity Of ways in connection
with their farm work. But when II came using
them for the Wilmington market, they certainly would
use that unless the market here produced
net returns good as better than Philadelphia,
Baltimore New York and Boston.
How would il do for commission to create a
market here attractive enough TO warrant the Della
fruit growers buying and operating auto-trucks
Of large size?