The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-01-26
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had.
Practically every wire inquiry tina
ONES into the state regarding pc
atoes specifies U. S. No. / quality
md all of our quotations are baset
III this grade as a standard. Ou
laily sales are made on this basis ant
! large number of our customers in
sist upon the grade certificate. w,
are selling 12orG and more cars F.C
B. Idaho each year, as the OUTSIDE
trade requires confidence in the eft
ficiency and correctness of our grad
ing certificates, and hundreds O
ears have been sold during the pas
few months, on this basis to receiver,
in eastern and California cities, will
whom we as dealers were only
slightly acquainted, OIL the sole basis
of our state grading certificates. Al
the present time practically all o.
the bank guarantees wired into the
state covering purchases of potatoes
specify that payment Is guaranteed
only when lading and inspection Ger
tificates are attached to our drafts
This means quicker returns, broader
demand and wider distribution Of
Idaho potatoes; and these in turn
spell more stable local markets
heavier purchases and higher prices
Our state law provides that these
inspection certificates shall be re.
ceived in the courts Of the state az
prima facie evidence of the. correct
ness of the statements thereon, and
any one who has had experience with
railroad claims will realize some
thing of the value of these certif-
Gates when it comes to filing claims
against the carriers for damage due
to freezing or other hazards of tran
sit. >. These and other advantages
that might be enumerated explain
why that over IS per cent of the
shippers of the state avail themselves
of the state inspection service, under
a voluntary system.
Another very important feature
not mentioned above is the vital i'm
portance to the industry Of our in
spection service with respect to the
alfalfa weevil quarantine laws of the
state of California. This state has
very seriously considered an abso-
lutte quarantine against Idaho po-
tatoes, and we positively know that
the only thing preventing this action
is the faith their officials have in
our excellent inspection system, and
the cooperation they have been re-
ceiving from the department of ag-
riculture at Boise. We doubt If the
Idaho growers recognize the import
ance Of the California markets for
our potatoes. In passing we will
state that at the present writing
they mean twenty-five cents per
hundred weight premium over east
ern markets, or one hundred dollars
per car on every carload of russetts
in the state. Figure it out for your
selves.
Summing up we may state without
fear. of intelligent contradiction,
that the fruit and produce trade all
over the United States, are demand
ing a uniform standard quality and
pack of whatever product is offered
for sale; and experience has shown
that no given standard can be main
tanned without some sort of inspec-
ton under universally accepted
grading rules, by licensed inspectors
with either state or federal authority
behind them. Practically every po-
tato growing state in the union has
laws providing for statewide inspec-
ton, and the question is put square
up to us as growers and dealers of
the state of Idaho, whether we, who
we're among the very first, shall
carry on" at the head of the pro-
cession, or whether we shall step
aside and "let the rest of the world
go by"