Milford chronicle., 1927-07-22
QUOTATION COM. PRAISED
BY HEAD OF DEL-MAR-VA
MARKETING BUREAU

The average farmer, banker OF
business man of the Del-Mar- va
Peninsula may fail to realize the
value, to the prosperity ol 'ne
Peninsula, of the work that mas Oeen
and is still being done by t2e Quo-
tation Committee of the EasteIn
shore Farmers Association IN con
nection with the marketing Oh the
white notato crop this year. yet
according to DR.. Franklin b. Bonn
heroer. Director of the Del-Mar- d
Marketing Bureau, the effort OF tne
Onotation Committee have alreauy
brought a million dollars more u
the farmers of the Peninsula tnan
thew would have received had there
been no Quotation Commltlee lunO'
ioning as a market stablllzer'
Discussing the matter, Dr. bonh-
berger said in part: of
"Very few persons, outslue on
those Immediately engaged IN the
actual marketing of the potatoes
realize what a task it has peen'
Never before has there been such
cron grown on this Peninsula. AS
one important dealer said yesterday
eve have already marketed one
notato crop this year, and are no"
working like Trojans 10 sell "n
other" ,,,+ Inv
"This statement is borne out Dy
the fact that on July 13, 12'1O9 cars
of notatoes had already been snip
ned from the Shore during the pre-
sent season as against 1850 tne
total SHIPMENTS in 1916, while snip
ning seasons has two good WEEKS
vet TO go. That, however, does not
tell half the story. During most ol
that time North Carolina mas peen goon
Flooding the markets with 'OVo
car CROP. Under ordinary conoit,
ions and left to itself, what wouio
have happened to the potato marheo
Sneculation is uncertain business a.
hest. but there are those "no a. =
verv confident that white potaloee
would not be selling now on the
peninsula at S3.40 to $S.5O per OAR
rel. 81. o.+;,,oa+e
"In order to form a fair esumaIe
of what the Quotation Commlttee
has been able to do to staDliize lne
market let us examine few tlgures.
I'm tn and including July 9tn tnis
year there had been marketed ~
954 cars of potatoes as against '.o'
on the same date last year. an IL, u
crease of fifty percent. iet -
snite of this vast movement, anu lne
terrific competition of North caro-
Ina the price of potatoes was not
on1v higher on the ninth than ltWas
on the same date last year, Dut the
average price per barrel lor Ine
season has been on basis tnat hds
Welded higher average return pc
barrel this year than was recelVeu
frono the same number OF barrels
sbinned last season. The actual
figures show that the average pl1oo o0o
for U. S. No. grade based on Il,voU
cars shipped up to and lncluuIn5
tuesday. July q, 1927, avera9eu
"a 40 per barrel as against an aver
age of S4.OO for the same numper VI
cars shipped in 1926. Gov,
at is true that the Quotation COM
mittee by maintaining steady price
levels "held the umbrella, as 1t
hos been said, for the North Caro-
iino and Norfolk section growers
no hing them to sell their potatoes
ot from 25 to Scots, less per parre1 81
"a "r moving them easily; but, 1t
must be kept in mind that III 81 uU
ing. the Carolina and Nor1olh stU"d s"d
ars lost from fifty to one hunuleu
dollars per car for every car VI pT
tatoes they shipped. They acCu'.ay aa'.
roceived that much less money noi
overv car they sold than tne VI
oinia and Maryland growers goC III
fheir own potatoes sold in tnaI SAM SAM
uoriod An actual calculation, Daseu
On On 9581 cars shipped from TINS Pen
insnla from June 9th to June 14.n
this wear. netted our growers ainlose 1n,s
a half million dollars more Ihan
Nth Carolina growers received Oh
1883 cars shipped in the SANE Pm l,T,-
iod If that be holding tne uN -
hrella" for the Carolina grOwels'v vo ~
would seem that the Del-Mar
lowers would be decidedly Willis
for the Quotation Commlttee u Aeep
up the good work. .aoro+ion
nTbere is another conslderatlon1
that should be kept IN mlnu. "a o 81
wear on July 18th potatoes so1u 10
se75 as against $S.4O this year
NToreover they dropped to $z'oO On u
the 22d of July. Today 4 Ihete tho
everv reason to believe thaI 80
trorst % is past and careful JUDGES ,n "
W. Moi ,;+nation do not except a slunIp'
0,s Sn tbe contrary many woulo no' Oo
On O.;cod to see an advance.
Sa aShould present prices noiu o,on an
ia +bere he an advance, OF even
% tbare should be decline ao W to
ioH IL as $500 per barrel, the poCa. pS
lom ars or of Virginia and Maryianu
would be indebted direcuy ,o;tta ~ Toe ae
services of the Quotation Conn IN 20
for for a vast addition to tnelr ne' Ono
coints for the potato crop. sono
s;IIion does not seem an unreaeo
III nt high estimate of the increase
AZ 49, total amount of which cannot oe
Jotormined AZ until the s. season n''
ended" ..4od out that
~, ~, : 1gorE of the Quotation Commlttee
nos been done under most olsheai sn,,
ening circumstances u , lowers.
criticised, he said, by slo"It IT,
dea1ers ~ and the buying trade ~
has been handicapped by tne lot oot
that all the Virginia farmers at S,,nre n
members of the Eastern ono
Ta-noers rtr Association and that prace
!oa1iv none of those in the MARY
iond 1on counties belonged. 1t has oeen at
further handicapped by the IaG1 t;ne en~, nn
not r ali of the dealers operating o4 nt