El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-08-20

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practice, was also held by f. 3. Hoag-
land. Of Las Cruces The selling plan.
however, was strongly defended by H
j.. Cray. OF Clint, who maintained that
when a central agency was established
II would De powerful enough to take
care Of fraudulent transactions and
the growers would then know where
they stood Cases We're cited by a
number OF speakers where buyers would
order carload lots Of alfalfa and then.
because they were full up or there
was drop in the price. would make
fraudulent claims as 20 shortage or
the quality Of the material or even
refuse TO receive the goods
The case OF the brokers was pre-
sented by A r Heineman. OF the West
ern sales company, Of this city He de-
clared that while acting as broker for
Two associations. he was underbid by
similar associations that had agreed to
keep standard price He also told
OF many instances where buyers would
place orders and would receive, say one
car Of faulty goods on a 10 car order.
A protest that the goods were not up
TO specifications would bring back the
reply that unless the car was received.
the remainder Of the order would not
be sent The buyer would often have
resOld the goods and would be forced
TO receive the poor consignment.
Farmers Hard to Organize.
Il find the farmers very hard to or
ganiZe.@ said Scott Etter, the next
speaker. Mr.. Etter is a former mayor
Of Carlsbad, n. ", and is one OF the
best known irrigation men in the west
II the farmer can get cents more a
ton outside OF the organization, he VIII
promptly disorgauize.
Il have seen 20 OF the p big irriga-
ton projects that are being brought in
by the government and most Of these
are going into alfalfa I consider there
IS great danger OF OverprOduction and
I advise all Of you 20 put your alfalfa
four feet and shin IL in
cars Put II into good stock, there is
more and surer money in it"
H 3. Link, OF Pecos, acting secretary,
called upon the meeting for more def
mite action and less criticism 7 think
that this purpose is worthy" he said.
and that this body Of men can work
It out and overcome the obstacles that
are bound TO come up in the way Of a
perfect organization We have a field
that challenges the best OF our ability
as the members Of this association rep
resent an alfalfa crop that Is annually
worth 100000 II we proposed TO or
ganize with a capital OF $1,000 900 to
insure our contracts and make our sta
blllty positive, We could easily false
the amount"
The president suggested that a com
mittee be appointed TO report on the
important steps that We're necessary in
the forma tion OF the organization. as
no definite action was being taken
The committee appointed was Scott
Erter. H j. Gray and E B Hoasland
This committee reported at 1870 this
afternoon, at the afternoon session On
motion OF c. A Thompson. the follow
ing committee was appointed TO look
after the publication OF two booklets.
one 10 deal with diaries. telling OF the
value OF alfalfa as a food to dairy cows.
and the other 10 contain the latest in
formation as 70 the culture Of alfalfa
and 70 also tell Of the aims OF the fed
-eration- c. A Thompson. II. J. Graz
and H 3. Link
Warehouse For FL PasO.
In discussing the feasibility OF estab-
decided that were this 10 be done. the
main warehouse for members west OF
FL Paso would be established in this
city and that for members east OF FL
PasO would be at point on the eastern
boundary Of the federation territory
AS regards membership in the fedora
ton. IL was urged by Mr. Etter that e
would be better TO have the farmers
join the federation direct rather than
have them join smaller associations.
which IN turn would join the large body.
Following were those present; How
ard Russell. OF the Toyah Valley CO.
rotary PecOs Alfalfa Growers associa-
New Mexico Farmers association: A T.
Celum. Clint; II. J. GRAY, Clint. secre-
rary Fl PaSc Valley Fruit Growers
association; E B Hoagland. Las
Cruces, Mesina Valley Produce eN-
change; C. P Perdue, Carlsbad; Scott
Errer, Carlsbad. Pecos Valley Water
Users' association; T. E Williams.
Carlsbad; C. A. King. Carlsbad Otto
Err and A r Heineman-