Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-12-29

farmer had no chance. This COM
petitor shipped 1877 loads of cattle,
hogs and sheep in the 90 days. He
paid out $S9,393.S3; he got back
S91, 344.42, leaving balance of
$1,950.59, which AMOUNTS to $14.23
per car.
Now, this had TO cover profit, ov-
erhead labor, and everything else,
and this is less than the average
charge by the average manager for
loading the stuff
Again it costs more to handle the
cooperative stuff on the market.
The government set the additional
charge that the commission man
should charge for cooperative stock
at from SO to SO per car for addi-
tional sorting, weighing and pro-
rating bills, and have seen loads
containing mostly veal calves that
had 60 to 70 owners, requiring the
commission man to make so to 20
bills, and the extra pay does not pay
him for the extra work.
l think in Chicago at present 1t
would be impossible to get all CO.
operative hogs weighed each day if
they were all sorted. and weighed
separately, and where they are
weighed together and the shrinkage
prorated the fellow with the good,
solid corn-fed hogs, weighed up
empty at home has to divide the
shrinkage with "Old Man Corwin's"
grass and buttermilk hogs that are
stuffed full before weighing.
Mr.. Blythe says that the most
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shipping in the absence of overhead.
He says the farmers shipping asso-
citation of Lake City, Mich, shipped
l64 cars of live stock with only
s26.25 overhead. l wonder where
he gets that stuff would call all
expense at home, such as managers
fees, corn put in the car, and all 9TH
er items as overhead, and ii would
seem Mr.. Blythe purposely misrep-
resents when he states $26.25 rep
resents all overhead on 1874 cars.
Mr.. Blythe speaks of the Post
vile (Ta.) Shipping Association s
success. l will take off my hat 80
them. They have made splendid
Nsuccess. But, as / understand it,
this is a private organization just
among themselves and does not have
to pay tribute to a lot of county and
state organizations. They handle
their own business in their own way
and are not doing lot of duplicate
work, which does no one any good.
am personally acquainted with
one of their managers who was with
them some 10 or IL years, John
Waters, who, by the way, did all
his own pro-rating and worked on a
salary instead of so much per car.
He certainly contributed largely to
their success.
cannot refrain from taking ex-
ceptions to this article written for
the public by Mr.. Blythe when it is
so far from the facts as see them,
I and real facts are what most people
want.
When they killed off the stock
buyer and shipper they destroyed
the best competition they have ever
had, and honestly believe the BEN
efits of cooperative shipping of live
stock have been very greatly over
sold in this country, and chat for
every rs cents that the local buyer
ever made in the past the producer
is now paying at least 81 TO get the
same stock marketed through CO.
operation.
I have never known any set of
business men that have invested as
much money and taken as great an
amount of risk and done as much
hard work, for as little profit as the
live stock buyer and shippers have
done, and gotten as little thanks for
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Membership Agreement
This agreement made and enter
ed into this.day Oh, A.
ID. 1922, between the ....--.-..---..-.
..-......... Cooperative Livestock Ship
pers' Association, having its prin-
cipal place of business at ........-.-.---
Iowa, hereinafter called the Associ-
alton, and of
..---...--------.-.5 Iowa, hereinafter call
ed the Member,
Witnesseth:
"a The Association shall engage
suitable manager for the handling
of livestock shipments, and provide
care for shipment, secure a market
outlet and attend to the shipping of
stock, the collection Of claims, and
the disbursement of receipts.
ca The member shall list with
and deliver to the Association for
the purpose of selling all livestock
produced or acquired by him, except
(a) livestock butchered on the farm
or sold to local butchers or other
local private customers, (b) stock
er or feeder animals sold locally,
Co pure bred or other animals sold