White County record. [volume] (Judsonia, Ark.) 1922-200?, 1922-06-29
ABOUT MARKET NC
OF STRAWBERRIES

cars per day. Quality Of berries
would not permit shipping any
further.
AS to the Test getting more
for their berries tnan We die,
southwest people got mole fol-
Their berries n an we did as they
were from five TO ten d lys ear
her. They were III their best way
of shipping when we shipped or
first car and quite number of
cars in this district sold for more
than five dollars. In Northwest
Arkansas the people that were
shipping at the same time we
were. quite number of them
quit shipping because they
would not pay expenses, turned
the pickers off and the paper
stated, quite a number of them
were taken care Of by the Red
Cross.
Mr.. Bauer stlted that we
shipped around coo cars OF Der
ries in the sea Il of q, and if
we had Of gotta ten cents more
we would of had S26.400 more
for the grower. That is all true.
But in 1921 we had state or
ganization handling three assoc
Citations in this district. And l
am told by one of the secretar-
les that they lacked one dollar
a crate getting as much as other
associations got.
Now under Mr.. Bauer's plan
if the state association had them
all we would be short around
S250,000. Now Gentlemen, that
is the way I feel that we would
come cut every year with a
statewide association. Mr.. Bauer
states that anyone with intelli-
geRCe could see if we could on
" get ten cents per crate more
it would be better, Sure. A ten
year old negro boy could see that
much. But getting it would be
proof of the pudding. Further
more, | do not believe that there
IS & man living today that could
answer all of the questions in
diligently that would be put to
to him during the berry season
rush, and stand up under the
strain.
There is another question that
maybe Mr.. Bauer has not thot
OF. When you come to a state as
$ ISOLATION that means equalized
pElce. Do you want to take the
same price for your berries that
the association gets that does
not know anything about it or
his land is not adapted to straw
berries? No, | guess not. | am
sure | would not. Some associa-
tons only half work their ber-
ries. Never have anything better
than number one. Do you want
to equalize with this bunch?
am sure do not. Do you suppose
Bert Johnson would join the
peach association and equalize
the price with a White county
peach orchard. Certainly not.
Gentlemen, | am not for one
association. | would not be for
one White county association be
cause they could not agree. And
| will just show you that we
could not agree, and let you be
the judge. You may elect the
best man you have as salesman
in the White county berry dis
trict. A man with brains. who
has proved his ability and hon
esty. But suppose this man lived
at Kensett. That would be al
most the center of the berry
district Or suppose he lived in
Searcy, would you want head
quarters made at Kensett and
all your instructions come from
Kensett. But now if he lived in
Searcy that would suit about 90
per cent of the members that
belong to the association in
Searcy. I would suit about one
half that lived up and down the
road in other towns. And that
would be about all. Every town
up and down the road would be
pulling for headquarters and ev-
cry reader of this article deep
down in your heart, you would
hike your town to be headquar-
tiers, and I do not blame you
either, and it would not suit Mr..
Bauer unless his town was head
quarters.
Now Caufloyao73 A. a. =; T.