Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1922-06-30

who may wish to discuss them The
editor assumes no responsibility for the
views here expressed, but does welcome
from anyone who will not
abuse the privilege whether the opinions
agree with ours or not.
Chokio, Mimi, June 20, 1922
Editor Morris Tribune
AS we have seen Mr.
Halbe's answer to Mr.. Anderson's
question, we got our side of it. I
wish the Tribune would print the en-
closed livestock shippers request.
That will be the other side. Then
someone else will have a chance to
settle the question for both sides.
Yours respectfully,
H. P. Carlson.
Attention of Livestock Shippers
Requested
THE SOUTH ST. PAUL REPORTER
recently printed an editorial in support
of clean marketing methods. The edi-
torial brought a letter from Mr.. E. E.
Peterson of Rush City, Mimi, in which
the writer questioned the motives that
might have prompted the editorial and
requested facts rather than theories and
opinions.
The following letter, which was print
ed in the Granite Falls, Mimi, Tribune,
its issue of January 31St, will undOubt-
eddy be of interest to Mr.. Peterson and
others. 1t should be of particular in
terest in view of the following state
ment which is taken from Mr.. Peterson's
letter.
Il sincerely hope that shipping asso-
citation managers know stock values
they are getting as good sales from one
firm as another"
Granite Falls, MINI.
EDITOR TRIBUNE
In regard to this news we have been
getting in our local paper supposed
to be Farm Bureau or agricultural news,
it all has been coming from the Central
Cooperative association, South ST. Paul.
Now, I have always been working for
cooperation where it would benefit the
farmer and no one has put in more hon
est effort than have to make our ship
ping association a success, and tried to
get the farmers the most dollars and
cents for their stock entrusted to me,
at the lowest possible expense, striving
all the time to hold down expense, which
I could have held down more If I had a
little more cooperation and help from
the farmers in regard to getting more
stuff which would enable me to load
heavier and by getting in full weights
help a lot to hold down expense.
Well, to make a long story short and
get back to what 1 intended to explain,
is that to someone who has been on the
market every week and has watched
conditions and has shipped to the Cen
trail Cooperative Com. association and
to other firms this news looks very mis-
leading and unfair to me, to be placed in
front of the farmers only from one side.
nv T h hna yoit inc f0r oToo
to explain these things but have only
seen one side of it in the paper. Now as
am on the market every week and
know the conditions I think it would be
an injustice to the farmers for me to
keep still and have them blindfolded by
such news.
Now they come out and try to make
farmers believe they have saved them
$4,000 or more in commissions. 1t is
true they have charged less in commits
sion, but the total epenSe on a car of
hogs to them or to an yother firm is
almost always the same so there is not
as much saving as their commission is
less, as they figure, for their sales were
most always under the sales of other
firms, at least, ours were, and I have
compared statements with some of the
adjoining towns when we were in or
the same days when they shipped to the
Central Cooperative and I to other firms
and my hogs sold from Is cents to AZ
cents per head more than theirs on the
same quality hogs
Cattle sales were worse than that as
they have stocker and feeder division
and in many instances just weigh then
up to it at any old price to suit them
selves and either ship them on, some
Whereelse or sell them the next day OF
so. Now do you want your cattl'
marked up that way or would you soon
| O h1 Tyn r xyk
| market.
They tell you they are doing ava!
with the speculator but they don't tel
you that they are taking the place O
the Spectator themselves, only are hav
/ ing much easier sailing than the oil
Spectator for he had to go out in tn
open market and buy what he go
against open competition as there al
ways were other buyers besides him
self, while all they have to do is t
! weigh it up to the stocker and feede
division at price to suit themselves
I regret to say that they have cause
more dissatisfaction among the associa
tions than anything that has ever com
up at the South st. Paul market. AS
is an impossible thin gto pro-rate out
shipment and have your customers salts
fed unless we get a good sale accord
ing to the market and not from Is t
As cents under the market. I hav
| talked with lots OF managers and the
all admitted that every load billed ou
to the Central Cooperative association
was done under the feeling of uncertain
ty for they were not sure of a good sale
not sure of a fill on their stock
They are more or less to blame TO
associations splitting up and have tw
in town where it could be handle
cheaper with one. And in lots of case
they are the cause of putting the buyer
back in towns where associations hav
handled their stock successfully 70
three or four years. This slogan the
use about the farmers owned and cor
trolled commission company is all bosI
The association has furnished none
for them to start with, but has ha
nothing else to say outside fthat.
! was to all of their meetings when j
started. They simply had all their di
rectors and manager picked and rail
roaded them in a bunch, which was oh