The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1922-08-25
IDAHO IS F ACE
|. 7 D F ACE WITH
BIG PROBLEMS
Overproduction and fail
ure to Advertise Basis
of low Farm Prices,
Thinks Speaker.

Commission men, railroads strikes and
no other OF the usually given reasons
have depressed the market for Idaho
potatoes, in the opinion of H. w.
Dorman, who spoke briefly before the
Caldwell Kiwanis club Thursday on
the problems of marketing farm pro-
ducts now before Idaho.
There are just two causes" Mr..
Dorman said Zone is overproduction
and other is Idahos failure to place be-
fore the consuming public the true
value of Idaho grown pro-
ducts. All over the United
States farm produce is go
ing to waste because there is an over
production. Peaches by the car load
are rotting on the trees in Missouri,
Apples will go begging this fall. Ida
no potatoes, far from market, are in
the same fix.
1--WE haven't advertised the quality
OF Idaho products found grocers
in Kansas City selling Idaho prunes
for California Buet Plums," | saw
them sell Idaho apples from unmarked
boxes as Oregon and Washington ad-
vertised apples. selling them in pre-
ference to the advertised stuff because
they could buy the idaho apples for
/ from rs to rs cents less per box and
sell them the same price.
Mr.. Dorman has been in Kansas
City for the past six months, engaged
in work where he came into intimate
contact with marketing conditions
there. He has organized brokerage
concern with a potential capital OF
$2O0.000 to handle Idaho produts ex-
clusively.
But there is no use trying to do
d anything under existing conditions,
e Mr.. Dorman explained. As matter
h of fact, Idaho can today be prosperous
1t only when some other part of the
n country is unfortunate, we can ouly
;, profit as some other states expense.
r with crop conditions IS per cen,
e normal in any year in the United
re States, an over production occurs.
II Because of the long railroad haul we
o are unable to market our stuff under
IS those conditions at profit to the
" producers.
re Speaking to representative Of The
e Tribune on the same subject, Mr..
J Dorman said.
l. This most disastrous condition now
o prevailing could not possibly occur
if we gave our attention to dairying
r and the manufacture of cows pro.
n ducts into butter, cheese and con
lie densed milk, the evaporation of 1
at large part of our fruits, the drying
ls and canning of our vegetables, th'
a growing and curing of pork, the pro
or duction of few sheep on every farm
n, and, still more important, the raising
n of poultry and its egg production.
as 1--WE can raise these things NOR
as cheaply and of better quality tina
any other part of the United States
W, But the average citizen of the Unite
s; States is laboring under the impress
IL sion that Idahos speciality is the CO,
=. boy and the sheepherder. | believ
ITS the proper publicity, advertising, pre-
OF ceeds marketing as Idaho's probler
Is today.
There is absolutely no effort mad
by commission men, middleman r,
taller 70 hoost fine name of Idaho
,tv We ourselves have failed and we ca
nd not expect others to do it for US.
no Right now, in the face of owe
pe production in the east and the 10
IT. price obtained for our potatoes, ha
Elk the Idaho potato the reputation ft
no quality that it is entitled to, the r
mt. turns would certainly be greater f.
ere our producers than they are today.