The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-01-10
MARKETING BIC.
PROBLEM ! !: | ! |; LUJ.BES
Of STATE T ACE.
Governor Frazier Declares Pro-
: Queer and Consumer Must
Ill.,. Be Brought Closer
INDIVIDUAL SELFISHNESS
COMPLEXITIES PROBLEMS
Everyone Looking After His Own
Particular Interests Above
All Others

"The great problem which CONNER
eial clubs not only in this state but
Y in others must face is the marketing
problem" declared Governor Lynn j
Frazier this afternoon in delivering to
the Bismarck Commercial club the
first address he has made since he be-
came North Dakota's chief executive.
"The producer and the consumer
must be brought closer together" said
the governor. There are too many
leaks in between under our present
system The producer does not receive
enough and the consumer pays too
much. Too much profit is eaten up
by the marketing, or distribution Of
the Product.
THE sooner the business organiZa
tons of this tate and nation get to-
gether and formulate some plan which
will eliminate the unnecessary leaks
jbetwee the production and consump-
ton OF our fOodstuffs the better it will
be for all concerned and the greater
will be the prosperity and the content
F,lnent Of all Of us.
Or. Ladd's Tests.
"The producer and the consumer
are awake to the situation. Dr. Ladd's
recent tests showing only eleven cents
difference in the value of -four manu-
facturd from 60 pounds of No. Hard
and 60 pounds of poor grade, shrunk
en- wheat, while the difference in price
per bushel of grain was S. cents and
has since become as great as 81 .O5,
has not escaped the attention of eth
er producer or consumer The farmer
feels that he is not receiving enough
for his poor grade grain. The con-
sumer feels that he is paying too much
for -four made from this grain-that
someone in between is taking too.
large profit on the transaction. It.
may be argued that with so small a
wheat crop this discrimination does
not greatly affect North Dakota this
year. But 1t does affect the state, for
it. is the principle of the thing that
counts.
THE only way in which we can
bring about necessary reforms in our
marketing systems and the repedying
OF other abuses is by the Intelligent,
common.sense use Of the nonpartisan
ballot. These reforms will come when
men are elected who will be honest
and who will fairly and fearlessly re.
present the people who elect them"
4 '.;' q Good Story-tlIer.
., The governor, upon his introduction
by President c. l.. Young of the Com
mercial club, apologized for not hav.
ing had time in which to prepare a
set speech. The apology was uncalled
for. as the chief executive started out
with sure stride by telling success
fully humorous incident of his cam
paigning which put his audience II
good humor. The victory was won
there
The anecdote concerned an appli
cant for the warden's job of the Bis
marck penitentiary, who stated that,
while the job paid 1865 the month. he
was willing to take it for $165, and
suggested that perhaps the governor
would know of some good way OF
spending the other hundred per
month.
.,.,. "a. .,.,, United on Good Roads.
Tie commercial clubs of the state,
4he governor said, in their recommen'
dations to him appear united on the
need Of good roads and on the import
1nce 7,of public health commission
and. if practicable, public health
survey.
The game laws have been under fire.,
said the governor, and sample of the
recommendations was quoted from
two letters received this morning, one