The Delta independent., 1922-10-27
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Grande, in which it was stated that
the majority of the people over here
are satisfied with things. He stated
that during the last month his COM
pany had paid out over $1,000 in de.
tentions.
And then he says they have an
other problem to contend with, and
that is this: The cars are shipped in
half full of ice and they are still
charged with 500 or $40 for ice
He said that what the market game
needs is confidence, and he believed
that confidence was the keynote to
the success of the farmers and pro-
duce buyers This year it was better
than in some years, and he urged the
occasional getting together of farmers
and business men. Reciting that the
farmers thought the produce man was
getting everything, and some produce
men thought the farmers were get
ting everything, and said that these
folks should get together and work
out their problems. We must take
into consideration that we are located
on one railroad which is badly man
aged. We can produce the tonnage,
but we are handicapped when it comes
to getting it out. The keynote Of mar
keting is to get good quality and sell
to the best trade. There are too many
are not capable of doing and there is
too much produce which falls into in
competent hands.
The chairman of the evening then
called upon Lion Baird, a farmer-law-
yer-politician, etc. The speaker made
no excuse for any of the appendages,
although he told of some of his exper-
things he had encountered on his
Colorado farm. He said he had recent
ly received a notice from the govern
ment that it would be necessary for
him to deed 40 acres of his land to
someone or sell it, as he could hold
but 160 acres of land under the tun-
mel project He disagreed with the
land, as he said that he didn't have
$50 acres of irrigable land out of the
200, and he didn't know but that he
would be perfectly willing to relin-
quish the other 40 acres. as he didn't
believe it was worth anywhere near
what the government wanted him to
pay for it. $40 an acre
B. Kesling, one of the guests. re-
piled from the farmers standpoint
He started off by saying that he had
felt sorry for the farmers, but that
his blues had vanished. He believed
the problem had been solved. He said
he was supposed to hand it" to the
business men, but that he believed
that it was not necessary to hand it,
to anyone; that the secret lies in ev-
erybody's doing his part. He showed
that we have ten grocery stores in
Delta, all paying interest, rent, clerk
hire. etc. where two would be plenty.
He said no one was to blame people
didn't like to labor; they want to get
to town; that after all confidence was
the necessary element in all our af-
fairs.
The meeting then took the nature
of an open forum. Starr Nelson was
called upon and gave a short review
Of the railroading game: also telling
OF the diversified crops on his place
He was a strong believer in feeding
as much as possible to stock.
R ]. English thought that our con-
ditions are about the best in the world,
here in Delta county. He reviewed
the business. IN which he had been en-
gagged in Pennsylvania. prior to COM
ing to Delta-bridge building-and
told of the inefficiencies of transpor-
tation, even in the state of Pennsyl-
vania.
At the close of the meeing Presi-
dent Mathers expressed his apprecia-
tion of the farmers attending and
stated that it is the purpose of the
Lions to be of some service to the
people of Delta and the surrounding
territory and that the farmers would
be welcome at any meeting of the
club.