Show PARCEL POST SELLING The greatest hindrance to marketing marketing marr mar mar- r adaptable farm products products' by parcel post is the lack of in inn information information in- in n formation on current prices A Ahas As has been frequently observed the only basis upon UDon which such J trade can call can be developed is one of mutual benefit by producer and 4 consumer r or by buyer and sell sell- f er ere Th The present margin of profit profS prof prof- S it extracted by the various agencies agencies agen- agen cies vies entering into the transport transport- transportation transportation potion and handling of farm produce pro dt duce ce from the farm to the city home must be somewhat equally equal equal- ly distributed by the two parties transacting such business by byj bym j- j m mail il Just how to arrive at such rA division divisi n or how to establish prices that will be fair to both parties when market prices are r R. R fluctuating rapidly is is' is yet un un- solved Left to natural tendencies F. F vies cies s- s the city man luau manill will ill buy as cheaply as possible and the producer producer pro pro- ducer ducal will demand as high a ar r price as possible Consumers in ina in inthe a the cities have complained that farmers are demanding as much muchas as as and i in some instances more for their produce shipped by 2 parcel post than the prices asked ask ask- ed ed-by ed by the retail stores It is the same salue old element in human nat nature na na- t cure ture re which has stood in the phe way lof of successful operation co-operation these many many nany years the selfish tendency cy which destroys the possibility of future b benefit b by y yielding to toIre I Ire greed ed for present gain Hum Human nature cannot be chan changed changed- ed by legislation human greed cannot be curbed by system Hut But parr parcel par par- a h r cel eel post marketing can be maa maJ materially ma ma- J S improved e by the adoption adoption tf tion of a reliable system of in information information in- in i formation on market arket conditions a a and d current prices In n. n fact s some me system of determining prices hs and diss disseminating information on market conditions seems necessary necY necessary Y essary before the parcel post can reach the limit of its utility |