The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1920-06-24
HNDEN WINS PLANT
/ FOR SHIPPING EGGS
lpultrymen Sign Up $4,000 Hens To
Guarantee Backing for Station;
Enthusiastic Meeting Held

mation of the Washington Cooper
&tlve Egg and Poultry Association,
tith all the advantages that go with
ecoming wholesale distributing g
enter!
NJ Poultrymen of the district crowded
Iawley's Hall last night, and after
he project had been explained to
mem, marched up to the front en-
Enthusiastically and signed up enough
contracts to guarantee the support of
me station, with several thousand
more hens than required for good
measure. Never before in the history
sIcf the county has as large an aud
Hence of poultrymen gathered.
* John l.. Crab. manager of the
Association, announced that it would
Require at least 10000 hens to bring
u station to Lynden. Contracts for
lxeS,62o were signed at the meeting,
which with 10000 that had been
,signed up before the meeting brought
the total close to $4,000, with scores
of poultrymen additional ready to
sign up.
81 The station will be stablished in
LINDEN as soon as details connected
with a new station at Tacoma can be
settled. Mr.. Crab will appoint
manager. and will. select assistants.
Two Gamblers and a helper. besides
a bookkeeper. will be employed.
At the present time. 1t costs AZ
cents to ship a case of eggs from
LINDEN to Seattle, where it is re-
shipped to other points If not used in
the local market. BY using the Lyn-
den station as main distributing
center, the Association hopes to save
a large part of this freight cost, and
expects to be able to return more TO
the poultryman.
with stations at Tacoma. Win
lock, Lynden and other points" said
Mr.. Crab, I'VE can divert eggs from
the Seattle market, and strengthen
II there. For instance. last week,
out of 400 cases received at the
Winlock station. but 1877 were order
ed to Seattle. At the present time,
the wholesalers get together and de-
eide what the producer shall receive
for his eggs. The great number OF
poultrymen who are joining the AS
sociation. however, is putting us in
control of the big volume of eggs.
and we are now able to dictate what
the price shall be to some extent. The
greater percentage of the total vol
ume of eggs produced in the state
that we can control, the more power
full will we become in maintaining
prices. and bringing them up to the
cost to the producer.
Nineteen carloads Of Association
eggs were shipped out of Seattle last
winter. Who can deny but that this
prevented the swamping of the MAJ
ket there. and helped hold up the
prices for every poultryman in the
State? Every poultryman is bcne-
fitting by the work of the Associa-
ton"
President Saunders of the Pierca
County Branch of the Association
told of the enthusiastic support that
is being given the Association in that
section. Ninety per cent OF the pro
ducers there have already signed up
he said.
Harry Eeernink, vice-president oi
the state association. presided at the
meeting.
Under the marketing agreement
that must be signed by the producers
not more than &c dozen is allowed
the association for marketing the
eggs. and the producer agrees to sell
the Association his entire output, ex-
cept that sold for Matching pur-
noses. In the event that eggs are
sold elsewhere. the Association must
receive SC dozen for each dozen
sold. The purpose of this sc pen
atty is to hold the producers so as to
give the Association the control -oi
the market. Inc prouuSoi 10 e''S
the opportunity once a year to with
draw from the Association.
Stock in the Association can be
held by none but poultrymen, ano
each signer agrees to buy stock TO the
total of &c for each hen owned bs
him.
In addition to the 10000 original
" signed up, the following put theii
names to contracts last night:
F. E. Stanley, 500; Ray Slade
225; J. E. McSorley, 375; Geo Gus
tin. 500; John Borst, coo; T. l
Bruins, $50.
Bayes and Bylsma, 24oO' Alfred
Nelson, 200; Walter Telgenhoff' soo
Ellen Bayes, 600; J. w. Keidel, 25o
n. F. Harvey, 400; H. A. Stauner
700; Peter Jensen. ESQ; Henry se'o