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most cases h1gher prices Tor dairy
products than other counties.-R. B.
Kinkead.
Mt. Vernon is weak as a stock and
wool market and needs attention in
this respect.-W. l.. Ward, J. S. Nc
Crackin and w. M. Coup.
That Mt. Vernon as a market is
weak in only one phase-stock and
wool-was brought out Wednesday at
probably the most instructive noon
day luncheon yet held by the cham
Der of commerce.
Glowing comparisons of Mt. Yer
non contrasted with the surrounding
county seats and even the state at
large proved more or less of reve-
lation 10 those whose daily pursuits
| do not bring them in contact with the
farming and marketing situation and
filled them with an enthusiasm which
augurs well for a bolstering of the
single weak point.
William NJ Coup was the first to
outline Mt. Vernon's marketing, his
discourse dealing with the grain sit
uation here. Mr.. Coup pointed out
that the local grain market pays from
four to five cents under Toledo cash
and that farmers would receive from
$4,000 to $500 less annually if there
was no elevator here.
In speaking of comparative prices,
Mr.. Coup stated that Utica pays five
cents under Toledo cash, Millwood
three to four cents less than Mt. Yer
non and Danville seven to ten cents
under Toledo cash.
There is no market within fifty
miles as good as Mt Vernon, Mr..
Coup affirmed, and very few in the
state at large. This announcement
provoked much applause.
Poultry" was the next subject that
came in for consideration and a pa
per was read by Secretary Leopold,
written by Harry V. Smoots. The pa
per stated that three prices are paid
for eggs in the county: q cents at
Bladensburg, which represents mere
ly local condition; 10 cents at Fred
ericktown and 20 cents in Mt. Vernon
and all other places. Butter gets "a
cents a pound in Mt. Vernon and on.
ly % cents in other places in the
, county.
Comparing Mt. Vernon with FTeder
icktown in the matter of egg ship
ment, Mr.. Smoots stated in his let
ter that $50 cases, representing 7,50C
dozen eggs were shipped from here
last week, while 5000 dozen eggs
were consumed in the city. At Fred
ericktown the past week 2S2 cases
were shipped, representing S,460 doz
en- eggs. OF these, however, 1866
dozen came to Mt. Vernon.
Cases of poultry, to the number o
: 4,500, were shipped from Mt. Vernon
last week as against 1850 from Fred
ericktown, the paper concluded.
The only complaint that marke
$ gardeners and berry-raisers make
William L. Ward stated, is that the
) are unable to raise enough to suppl
II the market here. He stated that h
had talked to number of these mel
all of whom remarked that Mt. We
; non has always taken care of thei
entire output. The speaker referre
!. to eight men of his acquaintance VIII
raise from 1-2 to Is acres of true
and always find q ready market
IS Local milk mel. are paying as hig
L If not higher, than surrounding cou
IS ties. was the statement of r. B. XII
n kead of the local branch of the Lie
70 ing Co. Creamery, who spoke {
* Dairy Products" He told that Il
v price paid here is two cents abo,
" Elgin, the norm, for the ordinal
product, while the cost of marketiI
+, is one cent pound. Sweet crea
Of is paid for at the price of three cen
Id a pound, while sweet butter fat ]
BE ceives four cents above Elgin an
is starting July l, five cents-the hie
n est price in the country in an OPP
tie market-will be paid for this.
n j. S. McCrackin, w. L. Ward al
k w. NJ Coup lamented the fact tn