The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1923-08-16
POTATO GROWERS MAKE
CONTRACT FOR SALES END

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The Colorado Potato Grower ex-
change, organized under the CO
operative marketing act passed by
the last session of the Colorado leg
islature, has appointed the Weyl-
Zuckerman company. q California
corporation, also domesticated In the
states of Idaho and Colorado, - the
selling agency for the states ex-
change. The Colorado Potau Grow
ers' exchange has taken up with the
Idaho Potato Growers exchange the
matter of coordination in the sale OF
potatoes for the two states. The
Colorado Potato Growers' exchange
has the advantage over the Idaho
growers in that they commenced
sooner in the year the organization
of their exchange. but even with this
advantage they found themselves
handicapped In the matter Of the
selling agency. It was easily recog-
nixed the wished-for results could
not be gained in 1.-The co-0pefa-
tive movement unless the sell
ing end of the organization
was fully organized and pro-
ytected, and, inasnuch as time was
not sufficient to organize that end
of the business, the matter was taken
up with several of the most success
full sales organizations of the United
States. Among those who partici-
pated in this bid for the handling Of
the Colorado product was the Weyl-
Zuckerman company. and this In
stitution presented to the Colorado
Potato Growers exchange the most
favorable proposition and they were
awarded the selling contract.
The Colorado Potato Growers ex-
change is made up of twenty-one
local associations covering practic-
ally all the potato growing districts
of the state of Colorado and has
some so to IS per cent of the pota-
toes of that state under contract.
The company operates in all of the
territory west of the Mississippi and
south of the Ohio rivers and has sue
cessfully engaged in this business tor
the past seventeen years.
Maurice Zuckerman of the
Zuckerman company was in Poca-
tello recently and while there dis
cussed the matter of marketing for
the Idaho Potato Growers exchange
exhibiting a copy of telegram sent
by the Colorado exchange to the
Idaho potato growers. asking and
urging coordination with the Colo
RADIO growers.
In discussing the matter, Mr.
Zuckerman stated that he was
thoroly convinced that the cO-opera
tive movement on the part of the
potato growers of the community at
large is the only solution and saliva
ton for the potato growers OF this
state, and insisted that the farmers
alone have the solution for i'm
proved marketing conditions In their
own hands. That the trouble In the
past has been that the buyers at the
destination market knew thru gov
eminent and other reports, every
day when excessive shipments of po-
tatoes were being made to their mar
kets and that instead of buying on
an (. O. b. basis at the point of ship
ment, according to their require
ments, waited until these heavy ship
ments reached their markets and
then said, make me buy" or What
inducements will you give?" result
ing in a daily lowering of prices and
consequent necessity on the part OF
the shipper to each week buy more
cheaply from the farmer in prOduc-
ing sections, as every farmer was
usually afraid that his neighbor. in
years of over production, would sell
before he would, and this meant
dumping by the farmer, followed by
dumping by the shipper, and then
by dumping by the distributor at
i oil in
markets, which in the
end, as stated, reverted to the farmer
in a constant lowering of prices.
Mr.. Zuckerman stated that his or
ganization had agreed, under the
contract with the Colorado Potato
Growers exchange, to discontinue
the purchasing of potatoes in all dis
tricts competitive with the sale of
Colorado potatoes, and that hereafter
It will confine itself exclusively to
the sale of products handled by the
state cooperative organizations;
and, due to his interest in this
and his interest in the
Of the financial con-
lition of the potato growers and the
in general of Idaho, he
pliers to turn over to the Idaho
Potato GrowTs exchange his COM
)any's entire string of warehouses
situated in this state, on reason
lble basis for one year, and also give
IN option to the exchange to either
ease for term of years or purchase
outright these warehouses at later
late. He further stated that his
concern had agreed to finance the
Colorado Potato Growers exchange
o the extent of $450,00O to cover
he cost Of harvesting, sacking and
lauling of their potatoes placed In
winter storage and to insure the
rderly marketing of them, arguing
hat two things which have resulted
n the so-called dumping of potatoes
n the market on the part of the !
armers is lack of finances and
forage facilities. He also stated tina
: he were called upon at later date s
0 assist in the financing in like
1anner of the potatoes controlled by
he Idaho Potato Growers exchange, |
hat he would gladly do so, in con-
ormity with the statement that he t
,ould do any and everything to make