The Scio tribune., July 24, 1924, Page 5, Image 5

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on- of the country where moat demand­ «igning contract* to any great ex issued by the oermanent committee
producer and middle-weal eon-
■ sumer. and the middle interests who ed. in orderly distribution; prevent­ tent at thia price, they believing the for a general meeting to lie held tn
take thia great profit toll never in­ ed the excessive supply in home market price will be higher than Cleveland. August 11-16, thia year,
market*
Ton* of Bing and other variettea vested a cent in the industry.
prices.
Like many other farm products,
of cherries have dried down on the
and
revolved
With the Northwest for the preliminary work of canva««-
Wheat Growers* ao>.M?tati*>n susp rid­ mg the entire cooperative, ita sue-
fair profit this figure.
The cherry situation but illuatrate* ing operation*, farmer* are hunting
tree* in the Willamette valley be­ cherries come all at once, producer*
cause the grower* found it unprofit- ‘ dump because they have tn and the the farm situation generally. The ! their own market* thia sea* n. The
This fram<*s a farmer* produce that other* mav \ association controlled toe small a
aide to pick them, while the retail market ia glutted
price in the cities was He and 10c a situation whereby the middle inter­ make profit* from their product*. part of the wheat t<> b«> a dominant
pound.
Rina cherriea in the Salem district
' netted the growers 2 to 2j cents a
pound, while in Chicago. Milwaukie
and other mid-west cities these same
cherriea retailed at 40c to 50c per
pound.
A
Willamette grower ei-
prtased a shipment to Milwaukie and
the express chargee were 14 95 per
c<-**■* and problem*, and working
out
a
comprehensive
program
More and more farm leader* r«*alixe
that they must be their own saviors;
est* make big profit* while gr.. .
On an average two dollar* are added marketing factor and now r will let that they must organile ami conduct
get hardly enough to warrant dam­ to every dollar the farmer gets when . the grower* find their own market* their busines» as the other big In­
the product* are finally retailed. ‘ for thiaaraam. or until «uch time a* dustrie« of the nation do if agricu
age to trees by tucking
enough will cooperate to make the ture is to survive.
If there was a thoroughly organ­ There is ample room in thia price
association a real price determining
«pread
for
living
profit*
to
giower*
ised and tight cooperative shipping
organisation.
W. F. Gill and wife and Mia« Ju
and
lower
price*
to
consumer*
With
association.the growers c»u!d re, *
••
l»>th
clasae*
organise*!,
this
change
<e
K >tan, E l> Myer* and family.
these fruit dealers and speculator*
Mr.
and Mia. Riley Shelton. Mr and
An international ci» pera'iv met ■
and make the profit* that are n « can be made
••
tut« it under way by all of th« farm Mra N 1 Morrison. and Mr«. Cora
made off of them
They c -ul-i have
Grain dealer* are offering one dot-. organisation* and cooperative organ- (Javan and family attended the
arranged for market* h>ng before
Ten the crop was tucked, could have d *- lar per bushel for No. 1 wheat in nation*, and th«* plana are to hold it Sunday school rally at Lacomb Sun­
time* the coat of production between tribute*! them to the various part* eastern Oregon, but farmer* are not about a year heneo A cal’ ha* been day
hundred, practically 5c per pound.
There you have the system.
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