The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-11-27
FIX THEBLAME
CHARGE THAT PRODUCERS AS
ISOLATION Is DEPRESSING
THE POTATO MARKET
Gould Pay More Money-Produce Con
signed in Great Quantity and Sold
ON Strictly Commission Basis.

Inc 6ulCOTal puDllSU6u III Lu0 reg
lister of last Tuesday, the 10th, under
the head, Elk the Blame" has met
with the response anticipated and an
Indictment is brought against the
Southern Idaho Producers associa-
ton, which organization, it is charg.
ed, is quoting potatoes at such a rate
that it has had the effect Of depress-
ing the market to the present condi-
ton and price. @ e,
That the information as given is
exact, the Register is not in position
to state; that the informant claims
that he stands ready to meet any
committee, individual or group oi
men interested and claims that what
he says can be proven, is true.
The Register is interested in the
matter and SO interested that 1t II
not only willing to aid in airing the
entire proposition, but hopes to be
instrumental in fixing the blame"
and bringing about conditions where
by the producer, the man most inter-
ested, Is able to get what Is coming
to him and that he shall no longer
be the medium worked against to
make an Legitimate profit for the
non-produeer.
The understood object of the asso-
citation in question is that it will pro-
duce for he grower the greatest
amount of profit for what he has to
sell at the least possible expense for
the grower, and to create and estab-
fish market and to help conditions
generally. If that object is carried out
or could be carried out, the associa-
tion in question would be of great
help; but If that association, or any
other association, purposely makes a
representation which it never intend
ed to carry out, or may have intend
ed to carry out but does not, then
that association is little short of
criminal.
The Register has been accused of
standing in," both with the South
ern Idaho Producers association and
with the independent dealers. The
Register has stood in with neither,
nor does it intend to. The only in
terest the Register has in the matter
is to do what it can to see that the
man who produces the goods gets
the most out of them, and has no
attack to make on either independent
dealer or association, but hopes to be
the medium between the grower and
the buyer whereby a better under
standing can be reached, and that
each receives what he is entitled to.
The answer to the editorial, elk
the blame" follows:
I'VE notice an article in your pa
per saying Fix the Blame It looks
to us as If this would be much easier
than to remedy the blame after it is
located
Complaints have been coming in
for some time saying the Southern
Idaho Producers association were I'M
der quoting, and on the 31st of Oc-
tober and November 1st, when farm
ers were selling to the dealers here
at 40 cents per hundred, the associ
alton was q citing 40 cents at the
other end and charging the farmer
10 cents per hundred for selling and
it is easy to see why. At that time
they had on track over $50 cars load
ed and every car was loaded by a
farmer, as we elieve, and consigned
to the Southern Idaho Producers as
ISOLATION, with the agreement signed
to pay the selling agency of this
association 10 cents per hundred
for selling the car, regardless of the
price it sells at, and we have been
informed that the farmer has to nav
the demurrage on his car If any
accrues on it. Now we would like
to ask when these conditions exist.
will anyone wonder why tho farmer
does not get anything for his pro-
duce?
The whole thing is a CONSIGNMENT
proposition, and the selling agency of
this association has had nearly all
the time last year and this year large
numbers of. cars on the track with a
signed agreement to pay them a stip-
ulated price for selling, without anyI
stipulated price that the association
shall sell their goods at. Then is It
any wonder that they want all the
cars they can get? Manager Donald
son told us few days ago that while
they had this 1875 cars on the track
at Pocatello he had written all the
other managers telling them not to
let the farmers load any at present
unless there was danger of them SELL
ing to some one else, which shows
~ hot IN 1pfarao4 hoo 4. .~za.-