The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-02-16

Z Will ouCu uOTS0S as ne mad annOunl
y ed that he would buy.
n When the day came, some of tb
J, local horse traders and buyers wer
a to the feed yards and stood aroun
e d1ckering for the horses which hi
t money had caused to be brougt
there. Some of them stood out
: the road and stopped the farmer
: on their way in to the yards an
= others listened around in the yard
l to see what sales were made or wha
. prices were talked. In some instance
when final offers were made, the lo
cal man would watch his chance t.
, Slip the word to the farmer that h
} would give few dollars more if h
would just take his horse around tn
, block and deliver it to him. AL
, kinds of small unfair tricks wer,
: resorted to to prevent the man witt
paid the expenses from getting an,
horses or from securing enough tt
make 1t worth while. When he wa.
ready to leave town he said he hoped
he had met the worst horse trader.
and the most unreliable farmers W.
have in the community; that if those
he had dealt with were fair sample
OF the whole population he was sorry
for the man who has to put up with
their tricks and unfairness all the
time. His experience made him feel
that because Of the unfairness of the
men he came to spend money with,
he should hesitate to come again.
Bumped Butter Buyer
But talking of smooth Ephs, we
nave a farmer who is reported to
have gone to hotel one morning
in spring and made a bargain to sup
ply the hosiery thruout the year
with his very choice Jersey butter at
the average price of, say, 25 cents
a pound, for it was sure to be lower
than that in summer and higher in
winter. 1t, was considered good
bargain for both of them for the
hotel Always had trouble getting good
butter in summer and more trouble
getting any kind in winter. Well,
that farmer brought in his Jersey
butter all summer when butter was
begging for takers, and got his 25
cents per, but as soon as the fall
prices exceeded rs cents, then the
hotel people saw no more of him till
spring. Some of the fellows say that
he hates himself so thoroly for his
slick deal, that he never goes by the
hotel without looking the other way.
Solicits Gift
Speaking about people doing
things that might be improved upon,
a good while ago there was an emin-
emily respectable farmer from the
back district who used to bring in a
large quantity Of butter each time
he came to town, but he did not come |
very often. At first he used to swell |
up with manly pride and say to a |
grocer, What will you give me for !
40 pounds of butter?" The grocer
would do some thinking and act on
the conclusion that 40 pounds would
over-stock the village market, and
would offer low price, or he would
offer to take part of it and pay the
farmer In goods. Then the farmer
would have to go to some other store
and dicker for the sale Of the rest
Of it. He found that he could sell
20 punds to better advantage than
ne could 40, so he became cunning,
md whenever he came to town he
would slip into some store and dicker
or the sale of his butter. The mer-
liant, on finding that he had only 5
" 20 pounds. would feel safe in pay
ng good price because he was get
ing all the fellow had. After de-
ivering his "entire stock" he would
70 to some other store and play the
anne game, and this grocer would /
ret overstocked on the supposition |
hat he could supply some of the
customers.
Farmers Fight Success
The potato dealers think it would I
e Of great advantage to all the pro- /
God seed, rotate their ground and '
o all they can to improve their I
roduct, but most important of all, I
hey say, is to be honest with them Il
elves when the potatoes are sacked, !
nd put nothing into the sack that n
ill not be desirable for use when it
caches destination. One dealer goes a
0 far as to say that no man can c
ort his own potatoes by hand and il
OF put in poor stock. Another says t
othing. but mechanical sorter is S
bsolutely impartial, and that we t
ave farmers in this county who are u
)nstitutionally crooked and that if T
II the others did their best to give "
onest goods, the crooked fellows t,
ould keep our reputation down if r,
ermitted to put their goods into the n
lme market. He says the potato G.
User is his own worst enemy, and n
lat IL he could only do away with o
imself he might get rich raising Fl
,uds. He says he found some very d.
leerful farmers last fall who were p
bod business sports, for they en- OF
aged to sell all their potatoes at m
LAO or some other price which they fl
opposed would be the top of the Al
arket, and brought them in when
'uds were selling at $500 or $2.40,
Id delivered them as cheerfully as
David Harum. =,
Uncle Sans Men Talk fl
How would you like to be the post W
asters? Here is what they are up u
sainst. There is family of six u
lildren living down the street, and OF
re of them attend school. The al
Their works somewhere about town, p'
Id the mother gets out little al III
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