The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-02-07
BOOST SALE Of POTATO
FRUITS ALSO WILL BE PUT
UPON BETTER MARKET
Meeting To Be Held At Which
Matter Is To Receive
Attention

In response to an invitation from a
committee of farmers representing the
potato and fruit growers of this vicin-
ity and the local Equity warehouse, the
Commercial club appointed commit
tee to meet with these men to discuss
plans for a better market for farm
committee consisted of F. o. True,
Charles Brooks. George Goettl, Jas.
Ballard, and M. r. Benedict. The
Commercial club committee consisted
of George Atchison, ]. C. NARROW. Will
bur Taylor, E. A. Engwaldson, and c.
w. Fisher. The meeting was held
yesterday.
M. r. Benedict was elected chair
man of the joint committee and ex-
planned briefly the plan outlined at
last Tuesdays meeting by F. T. VIII
son of Saltwater. Saltwater has had
for the past ten years, co operative
market which offered steady and
satisfactory market for practically
every product the farmers of that
vicinity have to sell.
Never Had Real Market.
George Atchison' stated that Man
kato' had never had a real market
especially for perishable products. He
said that the conditions of the market
depended very largely upon how much
the local trade could absorb rather
than upon the general conditions
through the country. He stated that
it would be better for producer, con-
sumer and retailer to have a stable
market independent of local condi-
tions.
Charles Brooks stated that the CO.
operative shipping of livestock from
Mankato had tended to steady the
market and had resulted in better
market conditions at all times. M. r.
Benedict said that some improvement
was necessary in conditions for mar
keting such products as potatoes, ap-
pies, onions, etc.. than has been had in
the past; or there would be decided
tendency for farmers of this vicinity
to drop these lines of production.
Stronger Community Market.
]. c. NARROW and c. w. Fisher Also
expressed themselves as being in favor
of building up stronger community
market along the lines already sue
cessfully begun by the Equity ware
house company.
Following these discussions, the
joint committee voted unanimously to
arrange for join meeting of farmers
and business men on February Z and
to invite Judge Wilson of Saltwater to
be present, and address the meeting at
that time Judge Wilson has been
secretary of the community market for
years, and has d great fund of prac-
tical experience lin handling a CO.
operative market of this kind
VIII Arrange For Hall.
E. F. Soaring and M. R. Benedict
were appointed as committee to ar
range fTrsa -Haif. etc. -fffie place = 81
meeting will be announced later This
is meeting that. will be of interest
to every farmer within hauling dis
lance of Mankato, and to every
business man Of Mankato. Judge Will
son has message for every man in
interested in efficient economical
marketing. George Atchison men
toned the need, also for an efficient
city scale over which both farm pro-
duets and commodities purchased
from dealers should be weighed thus
doing away with any exist between
different scales. After some discus
sion it was voted that the entire joint
committee appear before the city
council and ask that such scale be
built.