Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1913-10-02
FARMERS, SOCIETY OF EQUITY

OVER Two uuHuIeu AuelfDSIS Woihi
with us. Our progress has exceed,
our most sanguine expectations, 81
during the busy season, when the ia
mer must toll every day, sowing, d
veloping and harvesting his crop, wi
but very few spare moments to co
D slider the marketing of the same, "
are constantly adding new member
| every day.
r We did not get the Gem State OF
: ganization perfected until May, Is
; 1913. The opportunity to purchas
grain and potato bags at the best pri
es had already passed. We wer'
compelled to enter the market whel
prices were rapidly advancing. Bag
were quoted by the local dealers az
high as sixteen cents each, when W.
placed our first order Our locals
commenced to order bags; car aftel
car were ordered. Two of the largest
wholesale houses on the market sole
tied our business. We bought all
they had, or could manufacture for
us; we continued to buy from other
dealers, until today we are the larg-
est buyers of bags in Idaho. Bags
were reduced at all points where Ed
uity was organized from sixteen
cents down to nine cents. Other
dealers sold at cost; many dealers
refusing to place orders, cla4Ris6 De
farmers were getting begs as eAsap
as they could purchase them. This
is convincing argument for Equity.
Binding Irvine was next considered.
We investigated prices, and found
that dealers were asking thirteen to
sixteen cents cash, adding two to
four cents if purchased on time. Ed
uity could deliver the asme Irvine to
the consumer for eleven and one-half
to twelve cents. We began buying
it soon had its effect on the mar
ket; prices commenced to fall; in two
weeks we were buying from the local
dealers at our price; our members
the local merchant, and
gave them the business. Other farm
ers, not members, derived the benefit
Of the reduced price, and came into
The organization. We are now so
icited by the largest factories and
houses for our trade on
bags and Irvine for 1914. Does Equity
Jay?
Implements, buggies, wagons and
III machinery are now offered us, by
ocal jobbers at reduced prices, and
Wholesale houses in the East have
ent representatives to secure our
rade for next season. Headers were
educed sixty dollars, binders forty
i've dollars this season, other ma
hinery in like amounts. We have
act with the strongest opposition,
nd have succeeded in getting reduc-
ions. Steel bins that sold for one f;
undred and fifty dollars we have de-
vered to the members for less than
ne hundred dollars. F.;
Equity has advanced the price of ]
rain ten cents per hundred pounds, t
'herever we have quoted pr.ces. At 6
everal loading stations the price has i
dvanced from ninety-fiye to one dol t
If and nine cents; this advance has I
cen felt throughout Southeastern
laho. Local mills are asking for +
leir needs, at our price, rather than t
ave it shipped out, and purchase l
ON other sections. t
We are shipping to the Coast, Den e
or and the Southeastern States; we S
e getting satisfactory results, and r
In handle any amount of grain, @
.cked or bulk. Il
We have a splendid market for po- v
toes with two of the best compan- k
S in the South-both under bond a
r $40 ,000-they can handle 800 fl
rs per week and never slump the o
arket. The outlook for potatoes is Il
,ry encouraging; this crop will be
tipped on sising market; and we il
TX you to beware of the man, deal o
:, organization or firm that solicits Il
,ur consignments under contract. tt
lr prices today, to the grower, for h
,od quality and well sorted potatoes
$1.00. With conditions and de-
and, as at the present time, the
aho potato grower is being solicit
by various travelling brokers, track n
lyers and distributors to allow
EN- to ship their crop. Are you
ware, brother in Equity, who pays
ose solicitors? The distributor asks
u to sign contract for your
op; charging you five dollars more Il
n car than the Equity, compelling E
Nj to ship all your crop as con- Il
acted for, and in the event that h
u do not live up to the contract, t,
ey hold you for all damages, and G
y you must pay same With Equi- 1,
:, we can give you results in hard Il
Ssh, and we only charge for hand O
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