Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1914-12-17
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tie farlner successfully SeiIz hIs pro.8.
uet direct 10 TIA eaty retailer whfss ID
America IL 10 almost impossible for shs
farmer 70 get into The city. I'm fact
American cities are practically qgasran.
tIned against the farmer 30 TAR "a
selling direct II concerned
The farmer who tries TO sell bis
product In The city ii Up against *. :
said the president OF New York cor.
porallun. AZ the saggession Of one o.
our offearx We last rear raised i
small lot of very nna potatoes ON some
Of our Ysnaat lands Wa thought ne
were businesa men but selling fhose
POTATOES was TOO much for Cd We
Eouna thas the retailers had contracts
with 1ohbers for their years supply.
ThA iobbers and wholesalers were
shipping IN their potatoes In carload
lots and they did not care for the few
bushels We had Even the hotels had
either hargaIned Cor their year'a supp
Dly or waal6 not make q contract WITH
anyone who could not furnish al shat
they might need during the rear.
I'm fact no one in the whole city
wanted cur potatoes We wera CON.
peIlsd To practically give them away.
IL opened car eyes We knees n0w
Mhat ite fasT1er II ~ against ia tbs
city markets VIXEN he has anything u
SSH TIE farmer ear no longer sell
a product withons soing from house
70 hcaas AZ : psdaaeE. A business d
nov cundarsed hia ssfuatloa ~ hope
tesa. II seems 10 me- that Vi ts cooper.
ativs marketing or noshinS for the Ear
mer.-
ccIssa6e Peach Grvssr kssa Trsuhls.
Nowhere co sarth do ghsy raise bet
Ter pemchsa than In C0logado. RscpnE
ly In a. exceptionally gocd rear ozs
grower rnarkesea t9.e88 h0xes os ans
peaches ta tke naual say expecting
hlg SmGugnA whsa tie Anai aesaEs
raent arrived be took II k0ne - that
his wifs ard chilaren who haa hsfpea
with It's work snsShf enIay III wfsh
him. Wees Ne epenea shs enyeaspe he
found Ars1 q l0ng ard desagiaA state
naenk WHICH 10 did not faIIy ccnpre
kszd Haf sEsrning 70 tbs accompany.
tag letter he read this paragrapA. Il
think Wa are fortunate tnieed. tn vfaw
0s al the circumstances. IL and that
no liability Stands agaEnsg Us II yea
vii ssnd 90 pour draft for $50 shIa
Will close the account and NO further
liability viii aftaeh To yea Finally
V soaked In that ths result cf the en-
taga year Was n Loss CT s50.
Bas 30 possessed hilnself Ia p
siEnes ard thoaght II Ill over From
Inaairy he learned thai While retail
prices we're good. tbs peaches had
PASSED throEgh shs hands or stx 70
eight peEsons each or wh0na had taken
cat . pvott No one person bad robbed
hsEa. 10 enc had been dishonest. NO
enc had made excessive pr0Gea Each
one had simply hooked ons Tor himself.
Tho faruer had been cool enough not
70 90 the sarne thing.
Farmer Trles 10 sell Direct
The nexs yaas at the 0panlng of khs
season the grower went 70 The Denyex
retailer who had handled his product.
He was glad 10 md that his peaches
of the preFioas season had arrived Id
gncd shapa. had BEEN readily cold. and
bad brought good price. The aea1es
said he would be glad Indeed to han
Gle his peaches again n possible. Then
the grower demonstrates with pencAl
and paper that the grower BY selling
directly 70 the retailer would double
ala own return. doahle the retailers
profit and stsil leave ample margin TO-
all expenses Intervening. Tho rssailes
gave q respectful hearing bat Slowly
shock his head. 'Soshlng doing. nd
said IT ! bur my peaches directly
from yoa the Wholssaaers win suggest
that I buy my paneapples and hsaanaa
IL ron toe. tried II once II did no,
take them song 10 get wsse l was In
formed that IL ever aid that again
woald not BE- able TO bur any fruit in
the city. You e&a.s blame them fos
they think tkes ara protecting them
eusinass In the only possible way
Inquiries OF retailers sn ether parts
ot the cisy hroasht fhe sarne answer
n was absolutely impossible Tor sAs
srossr 70 market his fruit II tAs CT,
of Denver.