Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-01-16
FARMERS SHOULD
ORGANIZE, SAYS
{. P. RIPLEY
President of Santa Fe Railway
System Declares CO-0pera-
ton Among AgriculturiStS
VIII Solve Many Problems,

T.. p. RIPLEY. president Of thc SANTA
Fc railway, Ia an Earnest advocate OF
organization among farmers, such as
has boon brought ulnut by The pre-
ducers In several localities ~ the Rio
Grandc and other sections of New
Mexico. In a recent letter on the gem
tral subject of organization as q soiu-
ton 20 the farmers problem, Mr.. Rip
ley said.
Traffic officials OF the Santa ZEE
have been considering for some time
how Il Is possible TO marrow the dii-
terence IN price between what the
farmer receives for his product and
what the consumer in the city pays
for It. AZ nearly as ! am able 10 fig
ure the subject unt. the immediate
remedy lies in an organization Of pro-
ducers under which as a body they
tan deal with some one man IA each
town. and can slip either carloads
or parts OF carloads 10 him regularly,
trusting him o. dispose OF them Ia
the best possible advantage, The or
auge growers of california had these
difficulties ia contend with before
they organized, and their success dates
from the time of their organization.
] think the same can be said of most
OF tho dealers who have tried eombi-
nation. II is Il big problem aud not
easy of solution, and all wc can do IS
10 lend Our best efforts TO u. The
railead company has certain iimita-
lions which II cannot very well trans
grcsa
Speaking about the profit of the
middlcman, about which there has
boon some complaint, MIR Ripley said 7.
after all, this profit is not 50 vers
largo In the case of the individual, but
arises mainly from the fact that there
are so many middlcmen. and that
business rs done upon different lines
from that which it formerly took.
When for instance. the housewife
buys u package ef oatmeal for TWEEN
! ty-fivo cents. She is getting abous
fhrer cents worth OF oatmeal, the rest
being fancy package. ADVERTISING the
middleman's profit and the cost OF de-
( livery "a the door In the old days
She used 90 SO 90 tho store with a
basket, and the groceryman would
take her oatmeal out 0f barrel, but
now she wants ID put up In a sanitar,
/ package with somebody's brand on it
Also in the old days the peas and
hoans and potatoes that We're used ~
our smaller towns and there vert
not many large ones-were raised IN
the immediate suburbs and brought
TO the city in the morning by tbs
farmer In his own wagon and delir'
cred 70 your grorcrymun or market
man. conditions are now such tha
that cannot longer be done IN oul
large cities. ana the result is thai
farmers are located long distances
away and must have an agency q
SOME Kind i'm the city through which
they can shin, Moreover. We are con
tlnually enlarglng our wants, and tn
family LIVING n Boston is nov ae
customed 60 cat melons raised In New
Mckee on Colorado. oranges raises
in California and bananas raised u
i Central America, TO say nothing @
the thousand other things. each .
F which must be- handled hy specialize
Industries, Therefore. Il become
something more than simple PROF.
lem 10 provide for the shipment .
the farmers produce with the leas
manipulation onroute 10 the table 9
f the consumer"