Ogden Evening Standard | 1912-01-18 | Page 7 | After the Middleman Again

uu . AFTER THE MIDDLEMAN AGAIN. If the advance accounts of the matter mat-ter In tho President's message are to be trusted, the black-hearted middleman middle-man is going to catch It again Trusts, tariff, railroad charges, inrreased production pro-duction of gold none of IheBe things have anything to do with tho increased in-creased cost of living. It is all duo to the machinations of this greedy and unscrupulous person, tho commission commis-sion man, the wholesale merchant, the corner grocery man, or whoever it Is that stands In tho middle of the transaction between the original producer pro-ducer and the ultimate consumer. Now, there are doubtless middlemen middle-men with black heartB, but under the present system of trade goods must be handled by several dealers, and every one of them has to make a living profit It seems to devoho upon up-on tho consumer to organize himself and get In closer touch with the producer. pro-ducer. Until he does so, no good will result to him from denunciation of the middloraan. Until ho does so, ho has got to havo the middleman. One good way to bring tho consumer con-sumer Into closer touch with the producer pro-ducer Is to introduce the parcels post. In Britain the average householder now has his butter, egge, meat and other country products sent to him by post, direct from the farm A twelve-pound parcel by mall accomplishes accom-plishes that. Tho faimers, and the salaries consumers con-sumers who want farm produce cheap, constitute the great majority of tho American people. If thoy want tho parcels po6t, why don't "they send representatives and Senators to Washington Wash-ington who will vote for it? New York Mail.