The Glenwood post., 1914-12-05
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Ii anyone were to ask ysa tAs ssaes
Of the business quietude in this esun-
try, the hard tines if you please, what
would your answer bel The chance,
are you would answer - many otAen
have recently done. "rAsse's 70 mar.
ket for our produce. - This hss bee.
tho great cry through tie western
slope district during the past few
weeks and months. 1t has applied to
the great fruit producing areas Of ths
Grand valley and it has applied with
equal force to the potato producing
field Of the Carbondale section.
With the, exception Of cattle and
wheat, priees are low and the dsnauA
is not encouraging to the producesA
There is altogether too nueh Of q Dr.
vergense between the price paid to the
producer and the price paid by the ul-
timate consumer. At least there is
very well established feeling on the
part of the producer that this is the
case.
The Post would not undertake to de-
prive anyone engaged in . legitimate
business from making Legitimate
profit. 1t is generally conceded that
when . man contributes of his energy
aad business ability to make q success
Of basinsss esterprise Ae is entitled
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IaltoessAsF too mssch profs 'tetwsss II
producer and the cOnsaBer and thaA
something should be done to reduce
this discrepancy, to the end that the
producer shall receive something near
his real deserts.
| The low price to the producer and
the high price paid by the consumer rs
Especially noticeable in the fruit bust
ness and the Post has heard that the
discrepancy also applies in prominent
extent in regard to potatoes, but cf
this we cannot speak from positive
knowledge, our knowledge extending
only to the fact that this product ie
bringing very unsatisfactory return
to the producers of this country. How
much is absorbed between the loading
by our farmers and the final purchase
by the consumer the Post is not fully
advised.
But the real question is "What is
the proper solution of the problema"
IF there is too great a discrepancy be.
l tween the price paid the producer and
the price paid by the consumer, whose
fault is it and what is the remedy
The question is becoming altogether to1
important to be cast aside lightly and
the time has come or is soon coming
when the people will insist on an AN
swer. Do our products pass through
too many hands on the way from u
e producers to the consaRer and dssu
; each exact too heavy q toll, or is In
= trouble somewhere else, At all event,
there can be no harm in boating Il.
( trouble and correcting IL il possible.
The high cost Of living is beeomine
. problem that is far frsn joke asi
anything that viii bsi.e the produce,
and the eoasa.er closer tsestAs'
should prove . popular nove
Several Il sar frsis grswe, ~
recently passed up tAe associations s,s
esnnissss. nsa a.a have shipped a.l
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tie saas method II Aispssi.e Il tAei.
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With any very definite rspsrts . y
tAs sssess Of tAis psa. Al 10 tAsss-
fsre ns< competent, At this tine %
e3se sdvice .Pea ths s.bjsee. We ass
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eAes h taat there IL this ysae Q essss
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