The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-09-11
POTATO OFFICIAL
ADDRESSES FARMERS
S. J. RUBINOW OF MINNESOTA
EXCHANGE SPEAKS AT PRO.
GRESSIVE CLUB MEETING
MORE ACREAGE NEEDED
VARIED PROGRAM ENJOYED BY
LARGE NUMBER = ALSO
FINE LUNCH

FINE LUNCH
The Progressive Farmers Club
meeting held at their club house
south of Sank Centre Friday evening
was very largely attended.
S. j. Rubinow, general manager of
the Minnesota Potato Growers Ex-
change, of St. Paul, attended the
meeting by invitation and addressed
the Club briefly, relative to the
marketing of potatoes.
The Minnesota Potato Growers Ex-
change, he stated, was organized
from Kittson to Winona counties
with the exception of Stearns and
Benton counties which were unable
to raise their quota of fifty per cent
OF the acreage which was necessary
to enable them to cooperate. The
exchange, however, has member
ship of over $4,000 potato growers.
He pointed out the fact that the or
ganization was started with no money
and had developed sufficiently to take
over 225 potato warehouses in the
state in the past few months. These
warehouses are now owned and con-
trolled by farmers, and the Mime
sofa potato growers exchange is to-
day a going organization of which
the farmersS especially potato grow
ing farmers, can be justly proud.
1t was pointed out that men grow
ing potatoes usually dump them on
the market as soon as they were
dug; oftentimes immature, and not at
all fit for the market. One farmer
was working against the other, and
as result of this system of market
ing the prices for the produce was
shot to pieces.
Under the rules of the Minnesota
Potato Growers Exchange any grow
er shipping his potatoes through the
exchange must be a member which
costs him $500 for five years. He
signs contract to deliver his entire
product to the Exchange during the
entire period.
Because Stearns county had not
raised their quota and could not in
corporate, Mr.. Rubinow pointed out
that the growers in Western Stearns
could be attached to Todd county for
the convenience of handling this
years crop; that there will be no
charge made for membership to the
growers in this section for this year,
but that it would be necessary for
those who have potatoes to market.
and desire to put them through the
local warehouse to sign the contract
and option blanks which can be Sc
cured from George Fish, in charge;
of the Sank Centre warehouse. Mr..
Rubinow stated this was only neces-
sary to enable the Minnesota Potato
Growers Exchange to determine if
the house in Sank Centre could be
operated. If an insufficient number
of growers decline to do this they
could not well afford to operate here
this fall.
In closing, Mr.. Robinow urged all
growers in this territory to sign up
with no cost for this year and satisfy
themselves that the Minnesota Pota-
to Growers Exchange will be a bene-
fit to them and that it will stabilize
sale prices.
Although the potato season has
not fairly started the Potato Ex-
change have shipped thirty carloads
this fall, netting the farmers
from 30c to 35c per hundred more
on track than they were offered by
independent buyers.
In the near future a meeting of
potato growers will be held in the
Sank Centre Community Club rooms
in a final effort to secure enough
signers to operate the Parker & Cass
warehouse in this city which the Min
nesota Potato Growers Exchange has
recently purchased, this season.
Following the address of Mr..
Rubinow very fine program consist
ing of speaking, readings, songs, and
tableaus, was given by the young
people Of the club, in which some
splendid talent was displayed. At
ter the regular meeting was disposed
of members of the club and visitors
alike, were served a most delicious
lunch which was followed by an hour
of dancing.
The following is the detailed pro-
gram given by club members at Fri
day evenings meeting:
Song-"Way Down the Suanee
River" ......... Audience
Reading 49,. Mavilla Dryer
SOHS- LuldDyt hdlu
Margaret Key, Madeline
ellison, Margaret Botz, and
Luella Halverson.
Dialogue-'Buying a Hat" -.
Mr.. IwinsG, Ruth and Esther
Reese and Rahma Weisner.
Recitation-"W hen Mother Goes
to Town" $3.50. Raymond BOtz
Song-"Drifting Back to Dream
land", Mr.. and Mrs. Twin
ski, Mr.. and Mrs. Grundman
Mrs. Gibson, Esther and Ruth
Reese and Rayma Weisner.
Recitation ...~..... Richard Otte
Song-"Swede and Spuds Must
I Have Its Day.. Same as
Drifting Back to Dreamland.