The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1915-02-04
PUBLICATION eIVES
APPLE MEN ADNCE
(From The Packer.)

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fancy prices to the growers on last
years short crop? what's the mat
ter with the apple holders who are
making SO little Effort to broaden the
for the large holdings Of fancy
quality stock now in storase9
Last year when stocks were short
and the demand good there was no
trouble to sell apples ana the grow
ers were SO tickled over the prices
they realized that they just could not
refrain from patting on the back their
marketing agencies, which
distributed the fruit 1t certainly was
a most gratifying situation from the
sellers' standpoint to sit down and
wait for the buyers to- come around
unbidden, hand over the cash and say
thank you" for being allowed to buy.
This, Of course. il looking at last year
from the srowers' and sellers stand
point. Buyers who got badly Grip
pied financially BY paying too much
for last years short apples have an
other story.
But this year 1t Is different. ALI are
agreed that apples are not moving
fast enough. 1t is true that once in
awhile an apple holder WIN be found
who will assert that the market IL
good and the movement good: but in
such cases the desire fathers the
thought and an apple man who talks
this way does not believe It but is
whistling to keep up courage.
It Is evident that the present drAeey
IL due 1t least In part TO lack
Of energy and broad-gunged sales
on the part Of some Of the
holders who. apparently. got cold feet
when they realized the unusual task
before them this year. Of hunting the
buyer instead OF the buyer hunting
for them. The situation demands
push ana vim and = stssdfast pur-
pose to make The public eat -four cheap
Apples this season whore ons higA-
priced apple wus eAtsH last year.
There u no time 70 loss n which
70 create . demand nmous that grSas
army Of consumers who. Auring psF-
lo1s of high prices. lat ths Art g ap-
PIE eating.
Every once IN = while ole hsasn an'
otherwise capahls husinsss man who
has 30 or 500 cars Of apples to ais
poss Of saying: Il am not telling amp
pne Of my holdings. lest Il have tsn-
ssncy to bear the marks. but I en-
srsdunlly working the fruit on In =
quiet and coEHdential way and hope
% complste the operation before the
season IL over" Il that kind Of an
apple man any god 70 the inAustryf
Does he create any demand or b he 81
I1Ft of apple chair-warmef.
Unfortunateiy. there are Iots Of ap-
PIE holders who are pursuing this
gum e..oe method OF slipping up on
:he buyers unawarss. They seem 70
be afraid to let the world know that
hey have apples to sell Instead O.,
asinE powerful searchiight In their
quest for buyers. they are going about
rith = candle stick 80 Tar. the ap-
pie campaign this season has been
conducted inst - II the appIe owners
we're afraid to let All the world know
hat apples are cheap. sood and plenti-
hi.
X farmer ccntemplatss h1vins q
public sale, what dees be Aof DidI
sou ever hear Of him going around teI-
ing : few neishbors q the sale IN con
Adence, stopping at that. and then.
Waiting for results o. ths DAY of the
iaie! Rather doesn't he plecard the|
'rcs1 roads and the country pAperp
ind doesn't he shout it from ths'
aOusetcp that : sale 4 % b hsid and
'hAt sussrs win = in dsnaeA seII