Gunnison news-champion., 1922-07-21
Continued from last week.

farrD.rs =~... .-..r-.. md s-. hsv sar
they are real Ia .-z 80. ae sa.4 o..
e-eEtas '.r'. a.., '.r-- have been.
bnd s'.u are rs..-.a. ., rlrI----,lr
all. .a- r....r -.' h- o..
prraras-l r.,a ne. -.-.-sr ura,u.. 90
10 sr... - q ... .r -r-.- r= u, &c.
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ra'a-- age. . ...-... ...r '.ar r..
In1-..'.r- '.-.. i-..-~r. Las not
h-.a r.-'r-r n-l
Az aa .~-. .n. .rt rr~.,,-ar,
oEa. .- .... 49, .e.--.. Ok - 'a-r p-,d
ur... a.-. ..r ..r-.r -H' eaa, the
farmers --.. u- - .rs quality is re-
sa.a as ~ a a.s..- I.H' Kills ~.-r u
ca-an.-g SHOULD r.--,I-; on my i'm
porrar, -s-r- ln 'Nr-e days ~ bust
ne,s Integrity u.a'I seem almost In
credible. bet ".r, b.. much evidence
that 6, de-. 3. i..rslst Even a. !
wr'e. the u-a ,gaprrs announce the
suspension u sc,crnr hrms from the
New York Produce Exchange FOR eI
porting % Germany as No ? whea, a
whole shlpluni II grussIy Inferior wheat
MIXED wl,h oats. chaT and the Ike
Another evil Is that Of Inaccurate
weighing OF farm products. which, Il
Is charged. Is sometimes matter Of
dishonest Intentlon and sometimes Of
protective policy on the part OF the
local buyer. Who fear. that he may
weigh out" more than he weighs In -
A greater grievance Is that at pres
ent the nelf farmer has mil. or no
control over the time and conditions
of marketing his products with the
result that he Is often und-rpaid for
bis products and usually oyercharEed
for mark eting service. The differ.
enc. between what the farmer re
ceives hnt what the consumer pays
often exceeds all possibility OF iustI
scation- To cite q single Illustration
Last year. according TO figures attest.
ed by the railways and the growers,
Georgia wHtsrmelon.ralsers received
on the average rs cents FOR a melon,
d..
Ing It to Baltimore and the consumer
paid one dollar, leaving Tss cents for
the service of marketing and It's risks.
as against 2O2 cents FOR growing and
trnn>portlnE The hard annals Of
farn.llre are rcplete with such com
men'aries on the crudcness Of pres
ent practices.
Nature prescribes that the farmers
goods" must be finished within two
or three months OF the year, while
financial nni storage limitations zen
orally compel him TO sell them nj the
same time As rule. other Industries
are in continuous process. Of finish
Ing goods for the markets; they dis
tribute as they produce, and they can
curtan production without too great
Injury to themselves or the commu.
nifty: but II the fnrrner restricts his
output. Il Is with disastrous conse
auences. both to himself and to the
community
The average farmer Is busy with
production Tor the major part OF the
year. and has nothing TO sell. Tn.
bulk OF his output comes on the mar.
ket al once. Because OF lack OF stor.
age facilities and OF financial support
the farmer cannot carry his goods
through the year and dispose OF them
as they are currently needed. In the
great majority OF cases. farmers have
TO entrust storHge-In warehouses and
eieVstors-and the financial carrying
OF their products to others.
Farm products are generally mar
keted al a time when there is a con
gestion Of both transportation and
hnance-when cars and money are
scarce The outcome. in many in.
stances, Is that the farmers not only
sell under pressure, and therefore a,
a disadvantage, but are compelled Ia
take further reductions in net returns
an order to meet the charges for the
service Of storing, transporting, financ
ing, and ultimate marketing-wh!ct
charges they claim, are often exces
s!ve, bear heavily on both consumer
and producer. and are under the con.
troll OF those performing the services
II Is true that they are relieved OF
the risks OF q changing market hy
selling at once: but they are quite wifi.
ing to take the unfayorable chance
II the favorable one also is theirs and
they can retain FOR themselves q part
Of the service charges that are uni.
form, in good years and bad, with
high prices and low
While, In the main. the farmer must
sell. regardless Of market conditions,
., the time of the maturity OF crops.
he cannot suspend production In toto.
He must 90 on producing II he Is to 70
on living, and II the world Is to exist
The most he can do Is to curtan pro
duction little or alter Its form, and
that-because he Is In the dark as ,e