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Show M TOO MUCH MIDDLE MAN H Tho curse of tho American farmor Is H the rapidly Increasing expanding and H perpetuating middleman. H No matter what the farmer raises H or produces, or what prire tho ultimate H consumer pays, tho middleman and his H cohorts and satellites get tho bulk of Hj When apples wero rotting on the Hj ground in many tactions of the count- H ry last summer becausu tho growers H could not got a price sufilclent to pay H for marketing them the people of tho H cities wero paying a nickel for three H little runts. If fair sized they w.ro H two for a nickel, and in many cu.ies H fivo cents each. H Why can't tho farmers of this H county band together in some kind of B an organization and do their own mnr- H ' ketting without tho assistance of H these grasping and devouring mld- M dlemcn? Surely some method could H bo dovlscd whoreby their crops could m be marketed jointly and in bulk nnd H thus save tho tremendous shrinkage B that now goes into tho pockots of a H horde of useless go-betweens. H Orange growers in Florida have H such an organization nnd aro getting M bettor prices for their fruit and with H less trouble. H In Chicago there aro a number of H men who have purchased fruit and H truck land in Alabama. They have H formed an organization for" mutual H advantage and protection and ono man H disposes of all of their products di- H rcct to the retailers, realizing good H prices on every commodity. H Thero aro enough farmers in thcis H county to form a largo and powerful H organization. Agents could bo np- H pointed in tho largo citlos and ship- H' ' " ments could bo mado direct. Tho scr- H vices of numerous middlemen would H be dispensed with and tho increased H profits would go into tho pockets of H tho farmers. H Tho coming year promises to be one H of great prosperity to the American H Why givo tho bulk of tho farmer's H profits to a bunch of blood sucking H leeches inthe guise of middlemon? |