The Independent. (Cashion, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 28, 1911 Page: 1 of 8
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The Independent.
' K !• K H I N 11 1 V K K I. A S I 1 N G 1. Y A I I I I
BOUND TO BRING SUCCESS.
VOL. IV.
cashion, kingfisher county, oklahoma, thursday. september 2s. igii.
NO. 2i
Expensive Middlemen
The gregariousness of man that j
causes people to herd and huddle j
together in cities and away from
the food-producing centers makes
necessary the middleman, and the
middleman is expensive. This
Was practically demonstrated in .
Chicago the other day, when aj
gentleman purchased a barrel of
apples for S4. and on opening!
which he found a note from the
fruit grower who raised the apples
reading: "I was paid 75c foi :
this barrel of apples. How much j
did you pay?"
A simple calculation will show
that the middleman, be he few or
many, received $3.25 for trans-
ferring that barrel of apples from
the producer to the consumer,
which is more than four times as
much as was paid the producer. :
This makes it rather expensive to
the consumer, who, in the last
analysis, must pay the freight.
Were that barrel of apples sold j
to the public from street corner
stands it would probably cost the
consumer #8, or $7.25 more than !
the producer received.
It is the same way with other
products. A bunch of bananas
is worth about §150. And so it
goes thruout.
Under our present economic j
conditions it is not possible to
eliminate the middleman ; but it j
may be possible to reduce the,
amount paid him by simplifying
the transition from the producer
to the consumer. The middle-
man is too expensiue. He gets;
more than his share. Our sys-,
tem is wrong in some way and
captains of economics should ad-
dress themselves to correcting it. ,
—Memphis N e w s - Sc i m i t a r.
COFFEES GROWN on the
high lands are richer in flavor, j
THE ALTON GOODSCOFFEE
is grown in the highest district j
in the world.
N. J. Cruse, of Bridgeport, who
has been R. I., agent here the |
past six weeks, left Friday fof his j
home. Mr. Plum, of Hennessey,
is now in charge at the depot.
Governmentally speaking, the
only difference between Edmond
and Hunnewell, Kan., is that
Hunnewell is getting a little more
space in the metropolitan press.—
Edmond Enterprise.
cost from 18 to 30 cents on the!
plantations to the south of us. ^
When they are bought by the |
people, the actual consumer pays |
something like these figures the
dozen, and the middleman gets I
the difference, with which he
builds and equips great steamship
lines.
The "sang diggers" who bur-
row in the ground for ginseng
* - '
root sell their product tor $4 or
$5 a pound. The middleman
who manipulates it, the maker of
proprietary medicines, converts)
it into medicine worth $140.
The rice planter receives 2 oi 3 1
cents a pound for his product, j
and the consumer must pay from 1
6 to 10 cents a pound, and the
middleman gets the difference.
A pound of cotton worth 12
cents is sent to New England and
it is converted into imitation lace
that costs the consumer $35 the
pound, the middle man receives j
$34.88 for his services.
A pound of iron costing a few
cents converted into watch sgrings
SCIENCE has taught us that a
good Tea well made is superior
to any other form of mild stimu-
lant. THE ALTON GOODS
Teas at 60c a pound are worthy
of a trial. Your Grocer sells
them.
It might be well to hint that it
would be a good idea now sinee
so many nice new cement walks
have been put in, that tobacco
ehewers will please not spit on
them. It doesn't look well for
sidewalks to be splashed up with
tobacco spit.
Receipts for your Christmas
Cake. Plum Pudding and Mince
Meat may be had from your gro-
cer. If he has not got them,
mail us his name and also your
address, THE ALTON MER-
CANTILE COMPANY, Enid,
Oklahoma.
The Man Who is a Borrower
And the man who desires a safe depository
for his money, are both welcomed patrons
at this Bank.
•
We are constantly adding new names to our
list of customers and shall be pleased to
number you among them.
This Bank has never failed to take care of
the needs of its customers, whether de-
positors or borrowers.
The First National BanK
of cashion, oklahoma
W A N T EI)—som e cotton pick -
ers at once. Phone Fi55, J. M.
Byrd, Cashion, Oklahoma.
The Open Door
THE FARMERS' STATE BANK has
opened legitimate banking privileges to this
community—privileges long their due—and
the people have shown their appreciation
therefor by the large and increasing patron-
age given this institution.
The Directors and Stockholders who make
the semi-annual examination of the bank, in
all its details, are men of twenty years'
acquaintance in this community.
It is to the interest of every farmer to
open an account with the FARMERS' Si ATE
BANK. In addition to the safety afforded
by the conservative management of the bank;
the depositors are further protected by the
State Guaranty Fund, and rigid regulation of
the State Banking law.
This bank is doing a strictly banking bus-
iness, and engaging^ in 110 speculative
side lines, combinations or pools.
Our Deposit Account registers the con-
fidence of the community. It is not bolstered
by any outside money, public, banks or other-
wise.
We will clerk your sales, guaranteeing
satisfaction as in the past, and will render
full and detailed account therefor the next
day showing article, purchaser and price.
We will negotiate farm loans at the best
rates obtainable.
We pay interest on time deposits, large
or small.
Legal documents properly and neatly
drawn by Notary Public in bank. Cashion, Ok
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Barnard, W. F. The Independent. (Cashion, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 28, 1911, newspaper, September 28, 1911; Cashion, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc107673/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.