Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1913-05-27

Wilson and Honorable Oscar w. In |
derwood us to the best way to raise
500, 100000 through tax ON in
comes. The same issue announced
that the Committee ON Markets of the
National Housewives League and
Allied Consumers Committee submit
ted to the Mayor and Board of Es-
innate of New York plan for d.
rect market system from farm to
consumer, which would increase the
return to the farmers for their prod
ucts and save the consumers in New
York from $60,OO0,O 900 to 800, 0OO,-
900 a year. Here we have the Ma
tional Administration working TO
solve the best way to pay the already
exorbitant and wasteful expenses of
the Government and a civic organiza-
ton on the same day presenting bet
ter market plans TO increase the
farmers profits and save the consul
mers from sixty million to one hun
bred millions of dollars annually in
the city of New York alone by cut
ting ont unnecessary waste that is
nationa wide, the Importance Of
which has not as yet apparently i'm
pressed the Federal authorities.
That a need for better method of
marketing farm products exists LET
MS admit without argument. The
important question for this confer
ence to consider is to find concrete
practical way to get direct and eff
fective results. II business firm
owned u number of farms which pro-
duced 5000 carloads of products an
nually which must seek Il market in
large consuming centers, they would
not ship these ears each day To diff
ferent markets and trust to luck rs
To whether their products brought a
good profit or whether they came out
in debt for labor and freight charges
A firm engaging in such large farm
ing operations would figure interest
upon the land and money required ii
the expense of planting, cnltivatmG
and gathering their crops. knowing
that if perishable commodities wer,
not promptly delivered ut the market
they would deteriorate within TWEEN.
y-four hours to such an extent thai
they would be- reported in bad con
dition and sold for what they woul,
bring, one of the first things such ,
firm would do would be To bull,
warehouses and cold storage plant.
TO enable them 10 hold their prod
ucts and ship them aS the marke
would take them a, a profit.
Such firm would also have .
manager who understood the ware
house and cold storage business, n
well as commercial methods; one VIII
understood where and how To sell 4
get the best market prices. Such
firm would know every day the stoc
of products ON hand in every b
market of the country and the price
, that the different products wer
bringing in the different market,
. They would not stop at this. The
: would arrange with reliable commis
, sion merchants at the different NAL
/, kets Ia handle their baslnrss u
terms 10 be agreed upon. This is a
: illustration of what business oi
p ganization producing 5000 carload
of products annually would do.
!, The facts are that 5000 carload
+, of vegetables are produced III ii
section of the country between ilou,
: ton and Brownsville, Texas, by l,2i
. farmers. These 1850 farmers III
shipping over the country witfol
. much system and without wareh"u'
- and cold storage facilities to pro-
!, erly take care of and hold the
fruits and vegetables. They have |
i. warehouse of their own al the pr,
D.. ducing end nor agents at the cunsuu
ing end. and thus place lhrmSe!v,
y AT both the point Of origin and de-
!. tination at u disadvantage contral
:, to all commercial rules and reguli
y tons. These farmers are forced
Y ship their products every day r
!, CARELESS of price or see them rot
y the fields because they have No 90
o storage warehouses which won
g save their melons, fruits and veget
&c bles.
!, When you consider that the City
|. New York alone receives 250,Ol
o carloads of perishablc products a
|. nually. You can form an idea al q
: great magnitude of this business
,r the United State and also the emo
nous loss 10 th> farmers under {
existing methods Of handling III,
business, as against business ~
tenn which would insure to them
larger proportion of the price pad
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