The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1924-08-20
]. vi. Fulton Gives Talk
On Nevada Subjects
GriIIs Reno Chamber For Lack of Coopera-
ton. Tells of State
Possibilities

now shipping Strawberries produced
at Reno to eastern Nevada account
no home market.
For many years Reno had flour
mill in operation. Old and respected
families, such as the Wheelers, Hol-
combs and others, planted. harvested
and hauled wheat TO the Reno flour
mill for marketing. Mr.. Holcomb re-
Gently said that II wheat was selling
at Port Costa, Calf, for $50 per
cwt., the Reno farmer was paid the
Port Costa price, less the freight, 35
cents, or s1.15 per 100 pounds. How
ever, while Reno was buying wheat
minus freight, and selling flour plus
freight, Arizona mills were buying
wheat at the California price, plus
the freight from California. The Ari-
zona mills are still running; our
Reno mill is closed The population
of Arizona is doubled; the popula-
tion OF Nevada has not increased. The
men who are trying to succeed In
the chicken business near Reno and
Fallon must sell fresh eggs at the
San Francisco price. minus two cents
per dozen.
Raps Chamber Commerce
Never. to my knowledge, has our
Reno chamber OF commerce called a
meeting OF, or circularized, its mem
bers urging proper support of the
farmers of Reno. Fallon, Fernley,
Lovelock and Yerington Much has
been done to stimulate the patroniz-
ing of home merchants, but would Il
not be profitable TO urge the same
merchants more generally to patron
ize the home producers? The farmer
would welcome such help and this
would be logical and constructive CO.
operation.
II has been shown by experience
in every state of the Union that CO.
operation and demonstration will do
more to develop resources and in
crease population and wealth than
advertising. Show the small farmer
what he can produce from the soil in
our splendid Nevada valleys and
where and how he can market thai
which he produces at a profit, and
you will see an influx of desirable
citizens that will prove surprising.
The Reno chamber of commerce
has collected from the people during
the past five years more than $780,
600, the bulk of which has gone into
salaries and rent, in carrying on va
rious campaigns designed to increase
the prosperity of the city and the
state. What has been done by this
chamber has doubtless been done in
good faith and with earnestness of
purpose; but, has there been any
persistent move by that organization
to make a profitable market for Ne
vada products? We have said Cali
fornia has 100 canneries; Utah 33
and Nevada none. What would the
result be today if our Reno chamber
of commerce five years ago had head.
ed a fund to be subscribed by the
people for the unit of a cannery al
Reno, with such a man, say, as Mr.
Chism of Reno's famous ice cream
industry in charge, and with Fallon
Fernley. Yerington, Lovelock anC
other splendid valleys to produce anC
ship TO the cannery? There can, how
ever, be enough raspberries, black
berries, strawberries. tomatoes, peai
and beans raised between Reno ant
Lawton's to keep such cannery run
ming for months every fall, and Ne,
yada could supply its own people as
we'll as Lassen and Modoc counties
Calf, and Lake county, Ore, with
as good or better canned stuff than