Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-11-25

ne average for the year being in Port
lands favor, but il became evident
early in the summer that the produc-
tion was getting sufficient for the
needs of the Portland packers and it
was decided it was time for the har-
vest. That it was taken from the pro-
ucers will be testified to by every ship
per from Southern Idaho, and that it
was not passed on to the consumers of
meat products will be testified to by
every retail purchaser of the Union
Meat company. This system of COM
mercial brigandage kept up until the
news papers took it up and then the
prices were advanced in Portland at
about the same time they were reduced
in the east, and this enabled the Re-
porter to make a comparatively show
ing, covering a period of three days,
which left but So cents to rs cents diff
ference against Portland.
At this juncture it might be well
to throw little light on the manipu-
lation of the eastern market-for be
Fit understood no one is claiming saint
illness on the part of the packers there
any more than we are acknowledging
they wear halo in Portland. The
Wall Street journal says the eastern
packers were only carrying out threat
they made some time before that if
some steps were not taken by the
i United States government to prevent
the curtailment of our foreign markets
they would reduce the price, and that
intimidate the government and the peo-
| pie in the face of the fact that our
! foreign market in hogs had increased
from lis million dollars to 1872 million
reduction in the east in October was
: arbitrary and not warranted by the
5 markets, but was deliberately planned.
) Then if the packers in the east can
e manipulate markets at gwill why can
t not their branches in the northwest do
/ the same thing9 and it it not reason
2 able to suppose they doa 1t is signi-
Y ficant that the Portland market was So
: to $3.50 lower in the summer and early
d fall and raised about rs cents hun
y dred at the same time that the eastern
t market dropped off a dollar Does any
s reasonable person suppose for an in
IS slant that supply and demand or the
quality of the feed regulated the mar
d ket in either case? No one but a foo
e would try to stuff such argument dowI
the people and no one but chuml
II would believe it if they did
v. Considerable space is used in dis
ID cussion of the question by the Sigma
and in view of the fact that shipper
from this section after shipping to tn
r eastern markets, received top price
there, and Melted a nice profit over an
above what they would have receive
in the extra cost of shipping east, ther
81 seems to be just ground for complain
ut and at least a reasonable ground upo
at which to base at least suspicion tina
ed all IS not wen out on tne coast
an An investigation as suggested Nigh
er not be unavailing and at least shoul
se do no harm. Stock raisers should loo
nc into the matter and ascertain if thei
.. is any relief possible. Those who al
as able can of course ship to easter
VS. markets but the smaller individual
OF are forced to ship to the coast and
ed take what is offered. The Weiser pa
,.p er is performing a good purpose is ope
in ing the matter to discussion, ind I'll
us stand is has taken has drawn ate
rs ton if it has not been respected
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