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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-07-03
Y.M.C.A. WILL
meet TRAIN
OF VISITORS

Following The stars sunaes-
tlon, the Seattle Y. M. c. A.
Saturday delegated commit.
tee 20 meet the Cleveland Y.
M. c. A, members who arrive
In Seattle Saturday az Q p. m,
on tho c. p. r. steamer from
Vancouver, for a soIourn Of an
hour and half
The local ~" men will erect
them, and show them around
the city az best they may In
tho time at hand.
In line with The Stars and
Commercial Clubs suggestions
that Seattle keep the glad hand
extended all summer TO all
Corners, the Newspaper men OF
the city are making prepare.
lions 20 provide for the enter.
tainment OF the 100 excursion
ists coming Monday on a spe.
eisl train gotten up by the
Brooklyn. NJ. r.. Daily Eagle.
No definite plans have been
worked out az yet.
Tho big idea 10 spreading.
80
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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-12-08
STRONGER ARMY
AND NAVY IS
WILSON'S PLEA
thorough Preparedness Theme
OF Annual Message to
Congress.
NEED OF IMMEDIATE ACTION

Increased Regular Army Supplements
ed by Trained citIzenry, Is Plan
Mobilization Of Industries I'm
portant Problem-GraVest
Threats Against Peace
Come From Within.
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Pnre Best Baking Powder

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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-08-03
@s%e4 See Us For 1915 Models OvandC Car Or
INTERNATIONAL SALES COMPANY, : townsville, TIE

~ficiently large 10 enable il to maintain a per
maneni selling agency at each consuming
center, AT least not without excessive cost.
Selling 10 customers for but 4 part Of The
year, il was obliged Ia depend upon brok-
err and commission men to do it, business
IN All but the largest markets. While by
many of these IT was we'll served experi
cnce has abundantly shown that a >alaried
man. with something to sell to the trade
every day in the year, has a great advan-
tage with hie customers.
For these reasons, because other similar
organizations came to the same conclu-
,ions. the General Sales Agency Of America
organized early in the present year.
comprising the Northwestern Fruit FIX
cshange, an apple organization: the Cali
fornia Fruit Distributors, NE Mutual
Orange Growers association, the Cali
American Fruit Exchange. A announced
IN the trade papers, this organization will
handle al least 10000 ear loads of perish
able product this year, marketing some
thing every day IN the year, and inviting
G cooperation of all producers from the
Pacific to the Atlantic and from the Great
Lakes TO the Gulf. 1t announces that IT
will have competent ~alaried representa-
tives al every important center Of con
sumption, ready AT all times To give prompt
service a. required by it members.
SO long n there appears To be no other
way for competitive producer to avoid con
slant collision IN the markets. resulting IN
prices utterly unstable for perlshable pro
iuctS, this General Sales Agency Of Amer
lea would seem To be an organization
which our Southern truck growers organ
~ization~ and commercial shippers might
lind most useful. forming the connection
through some one or other of it, members,
q that we might at once begin to secure
= real distribution of our products. - a.
H. avoid those alternate glut and famine
conditions IN the various markets, which
%estrict consumption. render prices utterly
unstable. and too often leave the truck
ROVER a balance ia red ink.
such a service should greatly increase
n. y. b. sales since the agency uses scores
Il men every day personally soliciting these
riders. and i able to give strong assurance
II protecting the buyer from an overloaded
market upon the arrival of his ears. Col
rction~ should he more quickly and ef-
i~ciently made, and controversies a. to
;rade and quality more Justly and quickly
cttled by q ~alaried representative on the
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-08-03

~ and more satisfactorily than it had
previously been lone when these services
were divided.
Ia conclusion, ! think ! need make no
apology for thus definitely referring Ia n
commercial organization which has no
competitor m the service il proposes, for
! can see 49, more reason for any ones re-
tuSIng 10 accept such services because they
have rot helped 10 create the organization,
than Tor refusing I'd ride Oh or ship with
a line of railroad, because We have not
helped To bmld or manage IL, Such service
.u- u proposed. stand, absolutely alone.
with no competitor. and hence has more the
character ~ = public utility than ~ IN
ordinary commercial enterprise.
The United States department of mar
krt- D. ~-trcnuou~ly endeavoring ~ b. 1T
service, but a recent u%tterance of it, chief.
Mr. Brand. powerfully states this diff
Guilty ~ orderly distribution of~peri~hable
products. aud urge~ cooperation and con
centrhtinn for control. This j. an are ~
concentration and specializing for ef-
fciency, and IN no field of human en-
dcaVnr \ there greater need Of both than IN
the distribution and sale of perishable pro
duets.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-08-03

grnln,
i. -,
- X growers associations
~, nercial shippers can be-
,.,l organization, az least
HIT, thod of orderly distri-
.an he truck j. developed. |
IL. ruck growers will find
a., m,er a gamble, but one
- IA regular returns for
-. rrk required. and that
..alers will also have
I:-,. coming Of organized
,nau,~;.lf the heart breaking
,..Ll. II at market supplies f:
lar supple
m, iresher vegetables
am aW
,a,, ~ may hesitate to
-, j. organized di~tri-
-, 81 seem that they
..,ahI.bod cial relations long
aItbo,yb ,hilly satisfactory.
mon,s h.. such chance ship
-, hole most dis
! i'm not
General Sale ' -"
reason why n" -
should not h!"" nv ''Ne'
any agent he
they have arr
larket assigned
u. ION. This was
~. me If the mem
but afterward
that the organi',
I'D the whole
Z, more cheap
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-08-03
How Others Solved the Problem.

The California Fruit Distributors, before
referred to, was organized IN 1901. after
the lack of orderly distribution had
brought the decidnous fruit interests Of
central California 10 almost hopeless pow
.erty. 1t twelve 10 fourteen shipping or
CARNATIONS were keen competitors. and up
10 that time their motto had seemed to he /:
DO unto the other fellow what he would
do To Won. and do II first" But - 60
operation for distribution seemed to be The
only hope Of deliveranve from the most
'ntolerable conditions. they united 10 form
the California Fruit Distributors. They
still remained keen competitors except in
the distribution of their ears. and this was
done for all of them IA the markets were
ready for them, In orderly manner. At first
they did not greatly trust each other. but
flee was of necessity impartial, for it could
not long do business mn any other way. and
a. more and more the results justified the
method used, and a. they came 10 see that
no incidental disadvantage was for a mo-
ment Ia he considered in comparison with
the great benefits coming TO each one.
there was less friction. and 20 for the last
fourteen years this organization has main
tanned an orderly distribution where all
previously was chaos.
But although this organization showed
q much higher efficiency than any of the
firms composing it, it still lacked much Of
meeting the whole need; for during much
Of the season Of shipment their fruit came
into competition with eastern and southern
fruit. TO the great damage of all. Again,
their organization, although marketing
10000 to $4,000 cars, it was not suf-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-08-03
Commercial Truckgrowing

offer on track for cash. AT stated times.
These offerings are IN an atmosphere Of
uncertainty. Viii buyers appear. and if
50, will they compete with each other, -
that something approximating general
market values may be- realized. or will they
quickly come 10 4 general understanding.
and divide the business. paying only what
the grower prefers 10 take rather than snf-
fer 4 total loss, Can We depend upon hav-
ing buyers "a very unselti>h. 80 different
from the rest of u, ~ to prompt them to
refuse the very obvious advantages Of com
Ing to an understanding with each other.
and To consider only the interest Of the
seller This Illustrates the difficulty Of
those who are determined 10 sell on track
for cash, or not sell al AL.
When al markets are eager for supplies.
- that products practically sell themselves
buyers are sure "a seek the supply and pay
Il considerable part of its real value. But
If markets are fairly well supplied by those
who send their truck to the consuming
market centers, then track buyers are ex-
c~eedingly rare. Thus, II i not a depend
able selling method. Considered. too, IN
a broad way. u i one Of the worst meth
od9 possible. for. with hundreds of cash
buyers IN competitive territory, shipping
their purchases TO a. many markets, with
NJ possible concerted plan for orderly dis
trIbutI0n. according to the capacity OF each
the results are sure 10 be unsatisfactory,
year by wear. For Il part of the time it
may seem a satisfactory plan, bat n a
method Ia regularly depend upon. ii l. ex-
tremclN unsatisfactory. in any ease the
must find means to send hiS truck
"a the consuming markets III ease his leash
on track buyers do not appear. or in ease
they appear unwilling to pay what he
thinks i a fair price for his offerings. He
must. al least part Of te time, offer III
truck % the market through the commercial
shippers or through a sales agent main
tanned by a cooperative organization.
But H. l. still far from any assurance
Of marketing hi truck al a profit, because
neither Of these agent, who sends hi truck
to market has any effective organization
Tor marketing: nor can he have. for the
amount uf business lone by each j. too
small To Justify the cost of such an organ
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-08-03

Therefore each carload goes To market
.%ul.o-t utterly NJ random II may find 4
free market. It may find "A full one: there
bein@ hu. irtda uf -hirpcr~ mixing things
up IN IndCr. niri. cr.-I-'iiy. or selling in
the same Way. thc.t can no, possibly be
amy assurance ~ -ach distribution a. to
afford any hope Of stable price.
OF course each shipper i- trying to sell
rn route. diverting Ia whatever destination
he sells AT. But this does not greatly tend
- stability 81 prices. for II a purchased
ear arrived al a gorged marget, II bat add
to the general ruln. for the victim buyer of
today will b. the cautions. depressing BUYER
of tomorrow.
II = true that sometimes at the opening
III the shipping season. when but one or
two localities are shipping Ia the markets.
the supply 4 light, and every market J.
eager for II and good prices are obtained.
But the bulk of our shipments. even from
the most favored localities. must 90 to
market under competition from many 10
IcaltieS. and 20 long n we have mo- means
of properly distributing them. there can b.
'i'' h'iF VI al NttduhN Ifollhbit TRUCK
lerowing industry. To he sure. the occa-
sional carload sells al marvellous profit.
and, like the occasional nugget found by
the placer miner. tins hit Of good luck
stimulates a sustaining hope through the
long periods Of dreary failure.
At present wintey truck growing j. not
profitable anywhere: and vet the average
prices which consumers pay are enough To
compensate handsomely every one con
cerned, growers, produce merchants and
retailers, il only the business of di~trihut
ing this vast volume Of business. were -
organized n to feed sufficiently all mar
ket~. but not To ovcrfeed any.
The effect of the violent fluctuation of
prices due 10 irregular market supply. j.
TO strongly restrict consumption; for the
high prices prevailing ut one time leaves
lis impression upon the housewife for day.
after a full supply has caused Ale iobber,
Lprice to he lowered. and her purchases con
tinue ~canty. her impression beng that the
vegetable j. too expensive for her purchase.
90 that the gorged market gets very slow
relief from the average household.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-08-03

y large group of we'll known Ameri.
can >port>men has developed a game
preserve Of 1000 acres ia Arkansas. Ii
i stocked with 2,00O deer. 100 elk and
many English pheaSants and wild tur-
KEYS. Poaching has been a source Of
much trublc To the owners.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-08-03

more than-his margin of profit. as he j. an
able to sell his high cost goods until the
market i flooded with cheaper stock which
his competitors buy and undersell him or
force him TO sell at a heavy loss. What
wonder he asks a heavy margin Of profit
regularly. and tries to sell cheaply pur-
chased stock AT the same price demanded
Tor the goods bought NJ much higher costs
BY agreement among themselves many
retail grocers do thus maintain prices.
They can not be blamed for seeking this
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-08-03

Truck growing To be- steadily protitahi"
must be diversified. For 4 truck grower NJ:
DEPEND upon only one or two crops y q"
risk too much unless a man 4 able e.
finance himSti, t.-ii- for several Near-.
The kinds of Investigation Will hr -us
pested hy the degree of success observed
generally obtained III each particular j"
calty.
Granted. then. that good truck has been
grown. and 80 diversified as 10 permit load
ing mixed ears. at least for 4 part Of the
season, the expectation ~ profit demands
that II be handled carefully. culied closely,
hacked properly. and hauled on springs 7"
the loading point. If possible. then y
should he quickly preceded. - a. I" re
duce il al once Ia perfect cold storage con
ditionS. emphasize the matter OF quick
preceding. because the evidence 4 most
abundant that the attempt To use cold
storage methods for preceding. involving
n DELAY Of two or three days before the
temperatur, " brought to a point where de-
generation stops. l. most unsatisfactory
with All vegetables or fruit which are
tender and difficult "a transport Tor long
distances. 4 recent report OF the depart
ment Of agriculture IN connection with the
tests in shipping r%aspherries long distances.
gives especial emphasis 10 the necessity Of
preceding quickly and completely TO make
LONG distance shipment possible.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-08-03
Necessity for Cooperative Association.

All of these matters of selecting. or
grading. packing. loading and preceding.
involve the necessity for a cooperative a.
ISOLATION in each locality shipping freely
i'm ear lots. Then follows, n a matter Of
course. such cooperative combination Of
these local associations in u central syS-
TEN or exchange. ~ may respond 10 the
common need If al these locals. There
are MANI such local aud central coopera-
tive systems IN every part of the country.
and they are serving most useful purposes.
Up 10 this point IN the discussion. | am
snre | nave but Summar ized the best prac-
tice of intelligent truck " and the
common opinion n To packing and market
inc associations. But now. | fear. what |
have Ia suggest will meet with sharp crit
ciSm. for il involves with Il a practical re-
pudiation OF practice 81 long established a
furnish a presumption IT efficiency. How
TO market our truck 80 a. to give a regu-
lar, substantial. dependable profit 10 the
grower-that l. the question to which !
wish to ask Your most careful attention.
for this l. now the chief element IN sue
cessfnl commercial truck growing.
The Chief Element in Commercial! Truck.
Many large growers and growers as
sociations advertise. in various ways. that
they will have specified kinds of truck to
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-08-03
The Only Thing That Will Help.


Clearly. the only thing which will helr
materially. j. to provide some method IN
which competing shipments may be non
comparatively distributed. 1t i conceiv-
able that tins might be done by such a com
blnatIon OF cooperative and commercial
shippers a. at one time formed the Cali
.fomna Fruit Distributors. Or where the
volume Of business lone by cooperative
shippers J. sufficiently great to warrant
great distributing and selling central or
.gamzatlon, ~ i the ease of the California
Fruit Growers Exchange. even though II
controls less than two-thirds of the pro
duct. II doe \ great work IN improving
marketing conditions. But IN our owr
case. the competitive truck growers of the
guilt coast and Florida. the task Of organ
.IzIng such u system. widely separated a.
We are. with nothing IN common but our
Int and mss way ~ shipping To the same
markets. would be- extremely difficult. and
there seems ~ be- ne WAY v" initiate nrf
sustain such organizing effort. Therefor
we can look for such relief with very littla
hope. In this di~couraging outlook We viii
do well To inquire what other parts of the
country have lone toward Il solution Of
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-08-03

protection, but it, effect upon consumption
- very bad. A badly congested market j.
tins relieved very slowly, and this relief
J. still further delayed by the poor quality
of vegetables which nave been breaking
down because Of the delayed sales due t.
a stuffed market. With a constantly ex-
pending area heing devoted To competitive
truck growing. unless the consumption also
increases M proportion. the results will
continue To be disappointing.
To secure this increased consumption.
while exercising greater care in the grading
and packing of our truck. We must find
some means Ia organize the distribution Of
tins great volume of business 80 n 10 cut
out most Of the risk of the business, for
the grower, jobber and retailer, and then
tbara Will he "A steady prnfit fnr all these
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-08-03
Mere Organization Not a Cure-AIl.

RffA IL NRiNfh ~ ni'if "
lem when they have organized a coopera-
tive association for the assembling and
shipping the produce of their members.
While these associations are OF the very
highest value, for what they can and do
accomplish, and while they are really a
necessity for any further advance in mar
keting. it only does harm To regard them n
the final thing needed and To put upon them
work for which they are not prepared, and
for which they can mol be made ready.
This great work. which j. the next. and
all essential step, i the orderly distribu-
tion Of competitive shipments. There are
scores of such cooperative associations
whose shipments are competing with each
other and with commercial shippers. all Of
them struggling Ia achieve the impossible.
VIZ: 10 secure steadily remunerative prices
IN markets which they are inevitably de-
moralizing by shipping to them these ir-
regular competitive supplies with no or
gained method for preventing the frequent
recurrence of glut and famine.
The state VI any market, under such
conditions, can no more be forecaSted than
could the movements Of the heavy cannon
which bursts it, %ietters upon the deck 81
the ~iri.ate during u tempest. IN the famous
description IN Victor ugu. am sure that
IA speaking thu, strongly Of the present
chaotic marketing conditions. | but SPEAK
Tor all thoughtful persons Interested II
truck growing. The controversy arise.
when We ask What are We IL DO about II \
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-08-03

The following i an address delivered
Monday before the Texas horticultural
society IN session al the Agricultural and
Mechanical College Of Texas by 4. X.
Spragne, a prominent truck grower 81 San
Benito:
The wording Of my subject l~u-tlries it,
limitation by the element of profit. Not
truck growing for aesthetic or sentimental
reasons. nor Just 10 keep busy but truck
growing for a reasonable. steady profit.
An experience OF some years ~ Texas
and California, leads me f. conclude mat
the chief essentials cont ftutin. To the Ell
fective growth Of truck, where soil and
climate show proper adaptation. are these:
A well drained soil. especially IN a region
subject to occasional turrential rams.
Where tile drainage j. not available. and
unless the soil is quite loose. II i essential
hat il be- kept bedded up, and gwen the
best tillage possible.
Where abundant barnyard manure n not
available, some green crop must he piowed
under every year, for Seeping up The
humus.
Where irrigation l. possible one should
use water sufficient 10 keep the soil where
the roots are feeding. moist enough 70
easily pack IN the hand when lightly
pressed. In this connection ! wish 70 urge
a frequent examination of the root area;
even If this involves the sacrifice 81 a
plant. which usually il does not, Il i well
worth while 10 actually know whether or
not the crop needs more water. or more
cultivation than surface examination would
seem To call for.
All vegetables must BE- grown rapidly
and without check for lack Of water or cul-
t~ivation. Where irrigation can not be had.
IN time Of drouth. this lack ot water may
be in large part supplied by what. Ia most
Of n. would seem excessive cultivation.
One Of the largest grain merchants III the
middle west once told me that when the
corn crop Of 4 whole region had been prac-
ticaily destroyed by hot wind. one farmer
time after time. would bring IN a fine crop
Of corn. Upon nqulring Of HIM how ~
managed 10 do II, he replied that when q
hot wind commenced To blow he hired ali
the teams Of hi~ nclghborhnod and kept
them cultlvating his corn. This worked
all right until hiS neighbour found on what
H. was accomplishing. after which they
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-02
TO RAISE FUND FOR
COLORED CHARITY

The Tag Day which Is to be held
today will be conducted by a
committee who is highly respected
by both races. This Is known as the
Women's Movement for Colored Hos
pital and Training School for the bet
terment of the colored women.
This committee is one of the most
reliable committees in the State and
has conducted many Tag Days. and
has been successful in them all The
Tag Day which was held in 1914 real
lied over $1,000 which was turned
over to the board of the Old Folks
Home and Friends Orphan Asylum,
which consists of the leading ministers
in the city.
The com mittee also held another
Tag Day this year and raised about
1900.
The money which was raised some
years ago for the colored hospital is
on deposit with John l. williams &.
Sons. The amount 10 be raised SAT-
urday will also be placed in there
with it. so this committee is asking
the public to contribute largely and
wear a tag for this worthy cause.