Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1915-11-18


was large attendance of members of
the club which was augmented by the
presence of about twenty members and
friends of the Baraboo Commercial as
ISOLATION, who had been invited.
The meeting was presided over by
L. FL. Palmer, who called upon Miss Ella
Cook for piano selection. She respon
ded in very acceptable manner and
also gave an encore number. Mrs. Ju-
illus Lucht was then asked to favor the
assemblage with song, which she rem
dered in a very pleasing manner and
later in the evening sang again.
The chairman then read paper he
had prepared upon the subject of mar
kets. He said that Baraboo was poor
market for many OF the farm products
mentioning particularly wheat, clover
seed and wood. It was his idea that the
business men should make an effort to
make the Baraboo markets more at
tractive to the farmer, as in that way
they will be drawn~to Baraboo to Go
their trading. His paper was carefully
prepared and we'll given. He then
called for a discussion. Attorney j.
w. Frenz, secretary of the association,
gave short talk in answer to the pa
per read by Mr.. Palmer. In brief he
said that the association was making
plans to ascertain the state of markets
in the nearby places like Portage, Kill
bourn, Eeelsburg, Prairie du Sac and
other places with the purpose of COM
pairing them with Baraboo. It was his
conjecture that the markets in Bara-
hoo were much better that any other
place near, but that in isolated instan-
ces better markets might be afforded
in some other city or village.
AS to the clover seed market, the Sec
rotary stated that while the market was
better, apparently, in some other
places, the farmer was really no bet
ter off, for what he made in price, he
lost in weight, due ito the fact that
elsew here clover seed is cleaned 30
thr oughly that the farmer does not get
paid for all he takes to market, where
as in Baraboo the cleaning of clover
seed, due to lack of facilities, is clean
ed superfcially. This has bearing on
the price paid also, because the Bara-
boo buyer cannot afford to pay for I'M
clean seed, and then when he sells it
have it cleaned by the person
to whom he sells it, with a
consequent loss in weight, which he
has already paid the farmer for.
1t was also said that the association
was planning to help the farmer in a
social and recreational way as soon as
the need of the farmer could be deter
mined
According to the discussion which fol-
lowed it was evident that the farmers
were misinformed as to the~clover mar
ket in Baraboo. They stated they could
get only eight dollars for clover seed in
Baraboo while in Portage the price was
eleven dollars It has been a we'll known
fact that the Johnston Fuel & sWare-
house company has for the past month
or more been offering $40 for clover
seed and during the past week the price
has been $40. 80. Taking into consider
alton the fact chat in Portage a power
tanning mill is used and in Baraboo
hand power mill, as much is being
paid in Baraboo as Portage. The
hand mill does not screen as much of
the seed as the powermill, therefore
there is less loss to the producer. Con-
sidering the fact that there are more
paved roads leading into Baraboo and
Bara 900 merchants assisted in building.
Baraboo is deserving Of more consider
alton.
1t was also stated that farmer could
get only go for wheat in Baraboo while
he got dollar IN Portage, The farmer
should consider that the 90 cents in
Baraboo was cash while the dollar
in Portage was in exchange for -four
and that six bushels of wheat for bar
rel of -four (Which is the exchange asked
in Portage) made 1.-THE -four cost him
So. 90 barrel in Portage; while six
bushels at 80 cents at Baraboo amount
ed to SIS. 40 and as the farmer can buy
good first class guaranteed -four for
S. so at Baraboo there was no object
in his hauling his wheat over rougher
roads and longer distance to Portage.
These are facts and not heresays. It
was said one farmer inquired the price
of -four at Baraboo and was told ST. 95
sack, and when he was asked of whom
he inquired he stated that it was of a
drayman that was hauling flour up
town. This farmer should have taken
into consideration that this drayman
was not in the -four business and that
he should have made his inquiry
of flour dealers and he would
have learned that the prevailing