Payette enterprise., 1923-07-12

ployees time for that OF sone 9TH,
person acting for himself This ma
o or may not be advantageous and DR.
/ fitable, depending altogether upo
# the special circumstances of pa,
t ticular case and the comparative abb
ity of the individuals (the previou
: group and those that replace them
: concerned in the effort.
3 1t has been frequently said o
late in all fields Of endeayor that thi
is the age of specialists, and II ther,
Is anything In that idea, it should b,
obvoius that individual products ant
specific localities are moro advant
agously handld by men e,perienced
In their own line that can can by
any possible stretch of the imagina-
tfon result from centralized dealing
with tremendous variety of products
OF very dissimilar kind character
and use, scattered over q tremend-
GUS and competitive area OF produc-
ton. A fundamental and insurmount-
able (that is. insurmountable to our
intelligence fault in the theory of
tn national handling of farm pro-
ducts nationally produced. is in inst
this very tt ing-competitive produc-
tions.
While 1t is easily probable that
neighboring producer NAV find tho
ueSiraDiiity OF spreading of the
average return of their product
among themselves because thew are
similarly situated in most important
particulars. producers of farm pro-
ducts are, nevertheless, as human as
other persons, and we do not be-
lleVe they want to eliminate the COM
petition with other similar produc-
ions, Of groups situated hundreds
ana even thousands of miles awav
whom they have never seen and who
probably have costs, values and sur
'oudlngs entirely different from
themselves. We do not believe that
'alifornia orange growers want 70
livide the average net return for;
ranges with Florida, nor that Flori-
a grower want to divide aveage net
eturns on oranges with the Cali
ornia growers; nor do producers of
ppies here want the pro rata aver
se OF the market for apples In the
nited Sttaes as whole-and so on
own the list. Rather than that
ley would each play up the special
liking points of their own particu-
+ locality and commodity in COM ,
'tition with other fruit IL possible.
obtain better price and mora
tisfactory market than some other ,
ate, locality or group.
Inc Farm Bureau Federation as
1 educational organization in gen
'alities, has place, but effort at
rectly attempting to reduce the re- Z
lrn OF all productions to the dead /,
vel OF national average. which
'acticaily would come about should
De possible to throw any material =
'oportion OF the selling of agricul-l
raj products into on sales agency.
Ill unquestionably fail of its mr.
'se and prove disastrously expens-i
9 to many, however pleasant the
cory may sound The probable
ltcome OF the matter will be that
test of the idea in the complete ~
'ss OF its logical conclusion will :
'er eVentuate, because we do not :
'lleve 1t can possibly get that far
AS we said at the start, we know
'enlng whatever about many of the
lportant lines in agricultural nro-i
lotion and do not know how pro- :
'reionateiy large the interest will be-
national sales program aside
ON talk and moral support, but so
as california horticultural lines
Q concerned, we do not look for any
ater1al change in the nrasant ,oo.,
ouping and handling of specific
ooucts by and through their own
eanizations. There is apparent sup
ut here to this general movement
iich mas settled headquarters at o
iicaso' IN the participation of two
three Californians important in =
+ producers cooperative marketing
but We are of the
IN opinion that it is more appar-
'nan real, SO far as specific oper-
ION In detail is concerned. Some
our people undoubtedly will en-
urase the general theory Of col :
eration in agricultural distribution
imariiy in order, in their opinion
Dc consistent. Others NAV he
interested in the develon-
'n' Oh some personal opportunity
nerwise' the plan, we think will
itself outside of and
[hout California.
nos' OF our Producers here have
4 good deal Of experience IN
80 tnings, and while their local
inuiVidual success In sales CO. No