The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-11-27

for his actions. Therefore, any reason
able man wouli know at once that
our ruling motive would be to get the
highest price possible.
/ No man in this association receives
any other remuneration for his SER
vices except a fiat salary at so much
per month, whereas the buyers by
holding the prices down at a margin
very near or below the cost of pro-
duction can handle twice as many
car of potatoes on the same amount
of capital that he can If the prices are
twice this high.
| Another thing: An SOC market may
drop zoe without much warning,
whereas a Acc market Is so low that
very much of a drop would entirely
shut off shipments. Therefore, the
buyer is much safer If he can keep
the price down to and below the cost
of production, than he Is when operat-
ing on higher market.
/ Your said informant, Mr.. Editor,
lin the very last days of December Of
last year, when the buyers were pay
ing 60 cents hundred at Idaho Falls,
and when this association sold one
car in Memphis, Tennessee, and two
in San Francisco at 80 cents a humid
red, Idaho Falls freight rate, and our
Geographic bulletins were sent out to
Idaho Falls local and the news be-
came circulated around, WAS heard to-
say, by the writer, while using
language hardly fit for the press): 1T
is all foolishness, this raise in price.
If it wasn't for this telegraphic infor-'
nation sent out by the association we
would never have to pay more than
60c the rest of this season."
Mr.. Editor, these words are signif-
cant, inRsmuch as within few days
after this time this association sold
twenty cars at $500 hundred,
Idaho Falls freight tate.
Another admission made by your
informant before our board (Mr. Edi-
tor, remember that as manager of this
association, the writer could not very
we'll afford to make misrepresenta-
tons about things which occurred in
the presence of the board on whom
he depends for his position and sail
ary), was, that he had not shipped
more than about fifty cars this year,
and that he didn't have any idea
where these potatoes had gone, or in
what markets they had been sold.
Our Mr.. Dechman asked him if his
house sold to the Salina Produce
Harkwrider, Turner and number of
other people, whereupon he admitted
that he did not know to whom they
sold their potatoes, or what prices
they asked for them. That his bust
ness was to buy the potatoes and ship
them from here to Denver for sale or
diversion. natta
Referring to the first paragraph of
Mr.. Wilson's article, we would sug-
gest that 1t is much easier to lay the
blame than it is to prove it, and TAX
ing up this line of thought, we Will
agree to you, as the leading editor in
the largest protato-producing section
of the state, to make an affidavit
show 'ng the prices of every car we
have sold this year, if the buyers rep
resenting one-half the shipments from
Idaho Falls will agree to do the same
thing.
That is, we will give the date of
shipment, the date of sale, and the
person to whom sold
Another thing, Mr.. Editor, the writ
,er will personally make you a pres
ent of $4,000 if you can get them to
accept this proposition.
Ours being the records of corpo--
ration are open and can be seen by
anyone.
Another thing we challenge the
buyers to do, Mr.. Editor: We will
bring all of our books, papers, tele-
grams and files and place them with
you for investigation, If said buyers
will do the same thing.
The strange part of it is that if our |
informant had such supply of this
evidence, that he didn't sight them
specifically, rather than state "that
complaints have been coming in for
some time saying the Southern Idaho
Producers association were under
quoting"
He, however, refers to one date,
October 31st," as time when he
says we under-quoted the buyers.
On October 31st we received a tele-
gram from j. G. Sewell, our salaried
man at Fort Worth, Texas, as follows:
Thompson & company, Houston
brokers, quoting south Texas grade
1.O7, accepting offers $1.O5. Jones'