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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13 -1920. OE.EGOM EFFICIENT MARKETING BETTER FARMING -fAE OREGON r DAILY JOU RNAL. PORTLAND, OREGON 1 GROUP MARKETING FARM PRODUCE PURE BRED RAMS IMPORTED BY BANK OF HELPS CONSUMERS Bjr R. C Stewart A common belief la prevalent that all ot the extra profita a producer gains by becoming associated with a cooperative marketing organization are 'taken out of the pockets of the consumer. This Idea haa been fos tered by the enemies of collective marketing and has Induced, many consumers to distrust all cooperat ive associations., -' The fact of the matter is, the con 'umer.wlll pay no more and In many cases less for his goods when they are marketed by : the producers' oreanUa tions. Producers do ' not organixe In order to raise the price to the consumer, but they do organize to secure a larger share of what the consumer la paying for bis goods. No one is more anxious than the producers' organization itself to see that all of the crop is disposed of each v year and way made for the new crop. . If the old crop is still on the shelves of the stores or In storage some place. It will knock the bottom out of the price for the next year's crop, and producers cannot afford to stay in the business for what they can make in one year;: they most have a profit each year. , FBUXE FB1CE LOWEEED In many cases 'marketing associations have set the price for a certain year's? crop materially, below the then current price. This was not to break the mar- ket for the purpose of hurting the busi-f . Hess of others in the 'same line, but to establish a price that the consumer could afford to pay and one that would move all of the crop. Several of the California associations have found (bis necessary, due to san Increase in production without acor responding increase in consumption; They find that by keeping the price down to a reasonable figure consump tion will be Increased and a small prof-j . It made from all of the crop rather than a big profit from a small part of the - crop. Another point in favor of such a movement is that a larger demand Will pave the way readily to move tba next year's crop. i The Oregon Growers Cooperative as sociation has been severely criticised for setting the basis of the prune price at a lower level than the market price. ALL ABE BENEFITED Thia criticism haa not come from tha "- consumer, but from the speculator and . the independent grower, who believes that his business Is .being hurt. Who "1s going to benefit by this reduction I . First, the consumer, who can buy prunes at prices he is able to pay. Next, the distributor, -7bo Is assured of being able to buy right along at a fixed price and. . therefore, does not need to gamble, and whose stock is moving all, the time on account of Increased demand. And, fl4 nally. the producer is benefited, be- - cause his entire crop will be sold and consumed with the guarantee that the market will be In stillbetter shape to receive hla crop the following year. During the summer when egg prices . were comparatively low, one of the new organizations, the Pacific Poultry producers, was storing eggs. Did thia . mean higher prices to the consumer? Positively no. i If the producers had not stored them, the speculator would have and the prices might have been even' higher. It did, however, mean higher pricea for ihe producers, for, besides the market price which they received for their eggs at the time they pooled them they have now. receivd as much as 11 cents extra for each doxen of these eggs that were stored. On one pool this meant S173 to one producer! Not a cent of this extra profit eame from the consumer) It wae merely kept out ot the pocket of the unnecessary middleman. CANITOT BOOST PRICE j The producers' associations do not at tempt to broaden the nlarket for a com- modity unless the surplus not needed by the present trade warrants it The as sociations are not as apt to run the local market short as are the speculat : orsv No ; association, no matter how ... ' large Its scope of operations, is able to regulate the prices to a higher level than '" supply and demand will allow, for each , marketing organisation must meet the competition of other associations and in : t dividual. With modern transportation facilities the : supply and demand of a ihl' fiA it A h iP A Jr. : "f 'w,VA -V; t r . w id aVL-s J'-' il ill S,:k3U 1rrr i i ail i ' r mi I Cotswold rams to the tune of 150 that the Bend First National bank has Imported to cross with the tine ' wool R&mboullet sheep of Central Oregon. The Desert Sheep company of Council, Idaho, who sold these rams to the Central Oregon breeders, expects to Tony the lambs which result from this cross. . much larger .flel must be taken into account, and thia is something which can not be regulated by any association. Speculators and middlemen are . not necessarily rascals, but like everyone else, they are working to make money in the easiest manner. When the pro ducer becomes also the middleman he is accused of many things. He is; accused of forming a monopoly and of tryisg to force prices up. Even thdugh i all who are interested in the production of any one product in this country were or ganised under one giant association, they could not force the price up to the consumer,' and would not if they could. In the flrtt i!ace, they must .-meet out side competition and In the second place, a price level must be maltnalned that will move the crop. j COMMfJHlTT BETTERMENT j It is . to the consumer's advantage to keep the producer in the business and the only way this can be done is to al low the men engaged in the ! primary industries a margin of profit consistent with their work-and investment The law of supply and demand will Work out more nearly perfect with the associations than It will without them, and these organizations, through their marketing knowledge, are better able to arrive at a fair price than are any of the individual concerns. The larger profits derived by members of collective marketing associations en able them to use better and more tip-to-date methods, which increase production. Each Increase In production makes for a richer community, state and nation, an jnd which, both consumer and producer are striving to attain. CowTesting Plan In Jackson County Is to Be Continued Medford, Nov. 13. The Medford Chamber of Commerce has made possible the continuance of the cow testing as sociation of Jackson county for another year, beginning December 1, by guar anteeing a sum up to $200. A centralised effort is being made by the -dairymen to get all to purchase purebred Jersey cows in an effort to make thia county a center for Jerseys, which will enable the farmers to get better prjces for their calves and such cowa as they might wish to selL . Prizes of $50 and $100 to Be Given In 0. A. C. Contest Oregon Agricultural College, CorvaUls. Nov. 1J. Prises of $100 and $50 are open to , the competition of O. A. C. students in agriculture,; according to word received by Dean A. B. Cordley of the school of agriculture from Pro fessor H. P. Wilson, formerly head of the O. A. C, department of entomology and now entomologist at the-University of Wisconsin. Such prizes will be given to students submitting the best articles on "The Relation of Agriculture to the Development of the Nation," ; by the scholarship committee of Alpha Gamma Rho, national agricultural fraternity. Bank of Kenton PIONEER BANK OF STOCKYARDS DISTRICT We invite stockmen and visitors to make our bank their headquarters during the Pacific International Livestock Exposition -7- STUDIES METHODS To use Oregon apple packs, pack- L.gr and market methods in formu lating a new and better fruit hand ling system for ' New Zealand. Ar thur S. Jupp. a fruit grower from Wemiaston, k. Z., !" making a sci entific study of handling fresh ap ples in this state. ; i"W grow apples in' commercial quan tities." he says, "and make considerable shipments to South American and Eng lish ports. Our great lack Is bottoms equipped with refrigerators for our fruit tonnage. The frozen meat traae naa a monopoly of the few refrigerator ships we now have, and the apple export trade has suffered correspondingly." Jupp has made a special study of the Hood River packing and marketing sys tems, and also investigated the agricul tural college and Benton county fruit handling methods. : He is on his way from London, where he pursued special horticultural studies, and will return by steamship from Ban Francisco early next week. . " ' 0. A. C. Team Wins Livestock .Judging Contest in Idaho Oregon Agricultural College, Corvallla, Nov. 18. Another O. A. C. livestock judging team has ; brought home the bacon by carrying off the honors at the Northwest livestock show at Lew Is ton, Idaho. ' First honors were won last week when an entirely different team took first place at the Western Royal Live stock show at Spokane. Ernest Arthur, senior In animal hus bandry from McMlnnville, was high point man of the team, other members of which were Raymond Badger of Ash land, Frank Brown of Walla Walla, Registered Jersey Boll Castlerock, Wash., Nov. 1J. George Bain has just received a registered Jer sey bull. IS months of age, weighing 700 pounds, from the Gentry farm of Aums ville. Or. He Is of the Ashburn farm breeding and shows the quality that Ash- ! i. . . j 1 urn mtiti uuicu lur. . See the Western Trailer it ' t " t- SI : . "-"!L 1 TTIt-'l . V . -Vs v , - ' Exhibit,at the Livestock Show. The Western Trailer invites close inspection; " is built for service, and preserves the life of your car. Designed for haul ing livestock, poultry and other farm products, also for tent, bag gage, etc. FARM TOURIST TRAILER CO. East Third and Madison Phone East 774 BALLOU & WRIGHT 3TORTHWEST DISTRIBUTORS m mk Wart ' j&l today for i BCOK(NIAND CLEARING it also tdls about laba savtng Dull Dog Stump Puller IMOHR. 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MftdfCML. r 17 & " q n . x." xi-- 1 i& fr WaaK: John" Peldhausen I of Boise. Idaho, and R. W. Hogg of CorvaUls. in. nignest point men 'of both vic torious teams will be selected to repre sent the college on the student judging team wnicn will compete at the Faclflo International. , Oregon Seed Tried . Triala to determine whether Oregon grown cabbage seed stands: up well In competition with seed , grown by New York and Danish growers, are being convicted at Oregon City and Oswego. The aeed was distributed by A. O. Bou quet, head of vegetable gardening at O. A. C. who will make the testa for solid ity, uniformity and siae of head. Water taken from an automobile coot ing system, heated In the exhaust mani fold and Injected aa steam into a new carburetor, is said to inereaas the mile age from the gasoline and the speed of a car; . says tho genuine dates back to 1866" mm?; MI Temember well when we used Waclc powder for Stump blasting and mining. Jnst after the Civil War the first Giant Powder ever made in the United States was manufactured in a little laboratory in what is now Golden Gate park. "Out of that beginning has grown The Giant Powder Co., Con., with its chain of great plants and magazine stocks throughout the entire West. , And the Giant Farm Powder9 are being used for stump blasting, boulder blasting, tree planting, etc., by thousands of Western land owners. Giant' Powders have always been so popular that some people have thought any ordinary dynamite was Giant Powder, but that is wrong. The only way to get Giant economy and efficiency is to get the genuine Giant Powders made by. the originators of the name. Jmi tail o "send me your book " and we will mil you out valuable guide t. blM'ioB. "Better Farming with Giant Farm Powder." THE GIANT POWDER CO., CON. "Everything for Blasting" 24.8 rtrit Nfttional Bank Bids.. Sua Vranctteo. Branca Officu: Duner. Portland. Bait tk. City. Aaattia. Bpokasa, Butt. Vr lunlaa. 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King's Store Phone Main 8048 ' ( GOQQOIHE Cm ) Black The New Hawk Spreader I The new low down Black' Hawk spreader with its large eight-bar jsteel beater throws the manure from the load in an jeven continuous low, and .the wide spread attachment thoroughly pulverizes the manure and scatters it evenly. The front axle is of the auto mobile type arid turns to the right or left without altering ihe position of the axle. The entire wfieel base is only 96 inches, therefore your wheels are always under the load and insure light draft. Write for circulars describing the Black Hawk low down spreader. Oliver Chilled Plow Works 321 Eat Taylor St. U Portland. 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