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Show H THE HIGH COST OF H i DISTRIBUTION (No. 3) BBB BBV ! It Is a complicated structuro of H I middlemen through whoso hands food BBV ' i products pass from producer to con- BBS I sumor. Many fruits and vegetables H I go through II vo hands. A local buyer H K ' ' and shipper purchases from tho farm- H j I era. Ilo so'ls to a commission deal- BBH , i cr in sonio city. Tho commission H ' man often puts tho fruit in tho hands H ; of nn miction houso. Tho auction H ' i houso sells (o a Jobber. The Jobber It sells to tho retailor. ' , Plvo profits Imvo to bo paid. Ov- BBH oihciid charges on live distinct filter- H s . prises lmvo to bo settled for. In ad- ( , illllon cartage and freight charges , ' nio multiplied. No wonder It Is a ; ' costly thing to Uo in tho United H I j rive mlildlcnu'ti aro porhaps In ex- BBBj l reus of tho us jr.; uumber. Yet proli- BBBj I nbly tho nvornur urtlclo of food goes BBBJ through four bands after leaving tho RBV BBBJ Tho wholesale and commission H trndn Is ono In which many abuses BBBJ I dovolop. A commission merchant BBBJ may n:t also as n Jobber. If ho sees BBBJ tho maiket rising, ho can transfor j BBBJ tho farmer's product from Ills account BBBJ j ns n commission agent, to his ac- BBBJ count as a jobbo", pnylng tho farmer BBBJ i n commlselon nn tho low prlco only. 1 I ' Then ho can sell out at a high price, BBBJ I i ' I 'mis making two profits for ono ban- BBc BBBV Tho majority of tho wholesalers BBBJ I, nml commission men nro no doubt BBBK i honest. Hut abuses llko theso havo BBB hrcn very common, nml nil mount BBBB up to ruhanco tho prlco tho cousum- BBBl i or pays, besfdes Impoverishing tho B Tho wlioles.il business has Its lnrgo I BBBK i function. Hut tho cconoml; exports BBBB I fool that there nro too ninny mtddlo- BBBB ' i men, mid that they mnko too much BBBB j monoy, that by tho proper tnltlattro BBBB 1 j. on tho part of farm or and consumer, BBBB much of tholr profit can ho cut out. B Europo, which Amoricans consider BBBB ns being far behind our country hns BBBB achieved wonders In eliminating BBBB h!t theso suporlluous profits. It seems B p slow and stupid on tho part of Am- Hv Orleans to fail to do likewise |