El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-06-11

for sale You can't make a market
! house IN the cOurthOuse-that's pOliti-
! cal talk You want place on the
Z streets where they can all stand
| housewife or the peddler can also buy"
PeddIer Not Condemned.
/ Would you eliminate the peddler
! from the cfty?" Geo. LeBaron. chair
! man Of the meeting, asked.
NO, I would not" said Kepley.
NO. he is the salvation Of the valley
farmer said Mr. Crombie. The ped
der can sell the products that the COM
mission man does ship out"
Trying to Teach Farmers-
I'VE are glad to handle the local
products" continued Mr.. Kepley, and
have spent money trying to teach The
farmers to pack their stuff SO that we
can sell it They should be fair with
US. pack their stuff right sell it az
the market price and when they make
a contract, deliver I wouldn't dare
make a sale OF anything from this val
ley after my experience. Some dealer
might come along and offer q few cents
more after the deal was closed and
get it The farmer might never get
any money, but he would refuse to de-
liver TO me"
Produce Depot.
Among suggestions offered for better
grading of valley produce was that Of
Tony Ferlet, OF Anthony, for the estab-
lishment here Of general depot. in
charge Of a manager, where all produce
graded before being offered TO the com |
mission merchant It was pointed out |
that this would standardize the pro- /
ducts. |
Mr.. Kepley thought this would be
brought about finally, but said the |
central market was the first thing TO I
consider. and that an ordinance desig- I
mating It should be drawn That is in /
effect now IN Los Angeles. he said, and
a commission man can 90 TO the market /
and buy as many crates Of anything !
as he needs
Mr.. Kepley said celery ought to be
grown here; that this was a good loca-
ton for it and that it would bring a 4
good price. He thought the farmers
ought to select things Of this character
and grow them rather than so many Of
the more common products.
Lost On Catalogues.
Mr.. Crombie agreed with him, espec-
tally on the matter Of farmers organ
ling some sort of an association to
guarantee delivery of products to the
buyers 4 lost $1,000 last year on
cantaloupes,' he said I would buy 1T
the prevailing price for delivery on
such date, then contract TO sell and
the grower frequently refused to de-
liver at the stipulated price on the
stipulated date"
Packing Better Now.
Mr.. Crombie expressed the opinion
that the upper and lower valley assoc
Citations We're doing much good and
that cooperation between the commits
sion men and the associations would
be Of much assistance in promoting
the welfare Of both.
He said the lower valley people were
now packing their products much bet
ter than formerly and better than the
people in the upper valley
He suggested that tie valley farm !
ers attempt TO raise things not gem
orally grown in the valley and said:
When tomatoes come into the FL Paso ! ,
market they are also in the market all I
around US and there is no sale for 4
them If the valley farmers could plant ! ,
something else for marketing at chat
time they could sell it
July Cabbage a Seller.
I have been urging the planting OF
cabbage for July marketing and nave
gone so far as TO put into cultivation |
4 piece of land Of my own in cabbage
TO show them that this can be done"
Replying to a statement that farmers
had said that when they offer tOma-
-oess for instance, to local commission
men, the commission dealers meet me
offer with the declaration that I'VE
nave a carload coming from Califog-
llas Mr.. CrOmbie said: I viii answer !
hat by asking Is it reasonable TO
believe that when We can buy tomatoes
lere for cent a pound, as is often
he case when they are plentiful, we
would buy tomatoes in California ana |
lay two and three cents icing and re- !
charges2"
1t was then suggested by DR.. S. T.
turner that a circular letter be sent I
% the farmers by the commission men !
what could best be disposed
Y and giving suggestions as to pack / e
ng and grading. All of the commits /
lon men present were emphatic in / z
heir declaration that they would at , +
III times rather hanTTh ]
'roduee whenever possible q
Forth Worth Prices For Hogs
The attitude Of local butchers to-
wards home grown hogs was then
,rought up by Charles B. Stevens. Mr.. =
'teYens stated that he recently at !
empted TO sell some hogs but that Z
lie was offered the Fort Worth prices '
n one case and the Fort Worth price,
Anus the freight charge from FL /
'asO, in another case. In this con-
hat many hogs in the valley were al =
alta fed and that the best results :
we're not obtained unless they were q
alter fed on grain and that this might "
ccount for the lower price .
Tuberculosis in Hogs.
DR.. Turner stated that many hogs
n this section were tuburcular. due I .,
o feeding them on milk from tuburcu- | =
AZ cows.
Local meat dealers get their hogs / n
rom east Of here in Texas, where there d
re no tuburcular animals" he said l ,
If this is the case we must see that Z y
tuberculosis is eliminated from our =
ogs. Nothing is better for hogs than 4 q
nix, but we must stop feeding the
Iburcular milk" =,
c. B. Stevens said his hogs were corn "
I'd, after they had been first raised
q alfalfa and that there was no ex-
use for the local dealers not paying
s much for them as they paid for al
hogs
Joint Meeting Soon. ~
A general meeting of the farmers and ( y
he commission men will be held at
early date at which the subject Of H
oW best the two can cooperate win F,
E thoroughly gone over. dI
Those attending the rneatiDe v-e-a. I al