Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-12-18
Use HOME GROWN
FARM PRODUCTS
Was Slogan at the Farmers
and Consumers Get To-
gether Dinner Last Night
A THOROUGH DISCUSSION
Many Farmers Present Rea-
sons Why Their Products
Should Be Used

Farmers, dealers, and consumers to
the number of $50 got together at the
Chamber of Commerce dinner last
night at Hotel Washington and for
lem of giving Chehalis county farm
produce the preference in the Grays
Harbor markets. A wide divergence
exists at present between the dealers
and farmers. owing to the apparent re-
luctance of each to try to look at the
subject from the other fellows stand
point, and of both to regard the gen
eral welfare of the county at large
Farmers to the number of about
fifty, from almost every section of the
county were present and showed
deep interest in the object sought.
While Aberdeen was fairly well repre-
sented in point of numbers, the alb
sence of men whose interest in the
development of the agricultural re-
sources of the county should be the
largest was nOteu.
w. c. Mumaw, president of the
Chamber of Commerce, presided, and,
after the excellent dinner was dis
posed Of, Mayor France welcomed the
visitors on behalf of the city in few
we'll chosen words. County School
Superintendent J. w. Hodge was the
first speaker called upon, and he gave
his views on the subject in hand, re-
lating his Impressions gained while
visiting the schools Of the county,
mission that takes him into every
farming district in the county, He was
followed by M. L. Carrier. county.
superintendent of Lewis county. Mr..
Carrier urged the farmers to assist
the dealers In creating demand for
home grown products by raising the
standard of their goods, saying that
the farmer whose products were good
and carefully packed rarely found diff
f1culty in marketing them.
J. B. Gochnour, the we'll known
dairyman of the Wynooche valley, also
dwelt upon the necessity of bringing
the products to market in a condition
to compete with the goods shipped
from outside. Mr. Gochnour, who built
the first slo in Chehalis county, re-
lated his experience. and his many
| in in rof ipt fhio
innovation which is now followed gen.
orally by the dairymen of his Sec
tion.
Frank Liesner. of Oakville, has an
idea that the dealer is the natural
foe of the farmer, and favored an asso-
citation of farmers to market their pro-
duce or the establishment of public
market
G. M. Powell, of Neushkah, also
went after the dealers, relating some
of his personal experiences in seeking
to market his produce in the Harbor
cities, and was followed by N. Thomas.
of Oakville, and ]. Alexander of the
Wynooche valley. along the same line.
F. w. Robinson, assistant traffic
manager of the Washington
railroad, made an interesting and
pleasing address, speaking of the large
agricultural possibilities of the state
of Washington, and touching on the
work his company was doing in an eff
fort to hasten the development of farm
ing in the state.
J. E. Calder, of Montesano, related
some of his interesting experiences
and made some excellent suggestions
for the farmers. R. n. Fleet repre-
sentative elect, was of the opinion that
a solution of the problem might be
found in the services of farmers
agent maintained by the county.
DR.. l.. Hopkinson and A. J. Stewart
urged a public market on the street
at place to be designated by the
city authorities, where the farmers
could come on certain days of the
week and sell their products to the
consumers.
JOS. Ryan, of Ryan Bros. took up the
cudgel on behalf of the dealers and
gave the farmers some food for
thought. He said the merchant was
doing business on 20 per cent mar
gin and that it took II per cent of that
to cover cost of selling and delivery,
leaving per cent for the dealer The
merchants of Aberdeen, he said, were
financing the city to the extent of
100000, in the lines of credit carried,
and that they wer compelled by COM
petition to buy what the customers de-
manded, and to buy where they could
do the best, in point of price and time
of payment. Mr.. Ryan placed his po
sition before the farmers in a manner