Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1915-12-10
MARKETING PROBLEM
As SEEN ELSEWHERE
FARMERS OF GRAY,S HARROR
COUNTY HAVE THEIR
TROUBLES, TOO.

The Thurston county farmer is not
alone in his 'holler" about not hav-
ing market for his products, as ia
indicated by an editorial recently
published in the Aberdeen Herald.
Under the caption, Soak 1t to the
Farmer" that newspaper said:
Surely the farmers lot in this
Gray's Harbor country is an unen-
viabe one-he gets it coming and
going. We have had about half 4
dozen of them call on us and the
story they tell is about the limit, and
some have quit in disgust.
Merchants Do Not Buy.
"The real estate man sells them
the land by showing what a fine thing
a farm is in this country, how they
can grow everything to beat the
band. Mr.. Farmer goes ahead and
grows all kinds of garden truck in
good quantities and Of the finest
grade, and other things that 60 with
the farm game, then he hikes down
to Aberdeen to sell it; then comes
the real joke. There's not a grocer.
butcher or commission man who will
buy it, they prefer, following the
Aberdeen custom, of sending to Ia
coma, Seattle, Portland. San Fran
cisco and any other old place for the
stuff they need. Oh, yes, this ia .
lovely farming country. but not for
the farmer, when the people who
ought to be glad to get his stun pos
itively refuse to buy.
People are advertising in this
town Yakima Melted Gem potatoes
they are only at to feed to the hogs
No person Of any sense will bother
with them, they are the most miserS'
able imitation Of q potato In tt
country, but right here in the ElmA
and Satsop countries ID grown the
best eating potatoes in this part a.
the United States. but our stores VIM
not handle them in any quantity o.
push them. Go into almost any
store and ask for potatoes and 80
them begin to hand you the "YakimeL
Melted Gem" bunk.
For months In various store win
dows have been shown samples a.
what our farmers can grow. ana 4
ID difhcult to ind anything inner. buk
the people Of this Dection seem detee-
mined to throttle and Kill on wAaE
might soon become : great Industry
second only to lumber. All the veg-
stable growers need are customers
they can grow the stun, but our town.
wreckers prefer sending anywhere
and everywhere for their goods ratA-
or than buy better stun grown right
here. Talk to some OF our peop1a
about q creamery and cheese faa-
tory--they would think you were
going nutty. Building up new in
10 not in their noodles; tn
lumber for breakfast. lumber for
lunch. lumber for supper, lumber
uIBIs l0bSs III tu0 tAm0 ouU 0vSb1
time, and some of them, when thsy
get in hades will be lonesome II theT
10 not find some of their beloved
lumber being used for heating puE~
poses.
Driving Out Industry.
I'VE do not wish to minimize tho
great importance Of the lumber In
terests. but by sheer neglect and bad
treatment. the farmer II being driven
rom one Of the best farming coun-
lies in this state, and In this way
what can easily be made into . great
IN being booted out Of orr
9ray's Harbor country.
Elm conclusion, II you get hold OF ..
Iack of really good potatoes and tha
salesman tells you that they are Yak
ina Melted Gems. be sure he II lyinG
10 you. for he IL selling you Satsop a.
Clma grown potatoes under another
name Saat"