Faltner, Alaska • . ,Dorothy M;. Bjeli* Ed/tor
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ARE WE GOING TO BUILD OUR MARKET WITH AN EYE
TO THE FUTURE?
Some very definite steps ore being taken to
nsure a high quality product for our market this
year. There has been some criticism in the past on
too close grad ing. On the other hacld--we con get
criticism from the other end* of the line—the Market--*
which will hurt us as an Association much worse
than that of any one dissatisfied producer or even
group of producers.
We are facing this year much more competition
than we have ever faced before — and if we 'want to
hold the place we hove or enlarge it-‘-it means
one thing and that is : That we put th^ best
we Baer nnve>pn the market. Now is ^
the time to tWink about it and see
to it that the plants have the proper
amount of moisturb and fertilizer
thet will make high quality
oroducts. \j
We are this year beginning
to reach out and build our
Air Markets. Air trans
portation is expensive and
any* firm buying produce
shipped by air will necess
' arily pay a high shipping
cost# These items as they
go on the market will be
expensive, but they will sell.
Anyone of us would be very much
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f'or some choice lettuce or bunchH / radishes and found them going
to seed or wormy. Therefore, Is absolutely necessary that we
put out the highest grade on *this new market or we shall lose it with
no hopes of recovery.
Elder Benson, In his short talk to a few Co-op members on Tuesday,
pointed out that there were always some outside agehcies ready to pull
Co-op members away from the Association* They offej? more attractive
prices for the time, but beware—once they get enough out to hurt the
Association, they pay thetr own price. This Is very apt to.be a*lower
price than the Co-op was paying. Co-ops were established for the pur
pose of maintaining a higher price level to the ’producer. They have
been able tOvdo this because they can operate at a Smaller margin. It
stands to reason that no private Individual or firm will maintain the
high prices with which he used to entice members out of the Association
for any length of time,’'He Is^oUt to'mnRe mfrney and cannot afford to
operate on a small margin of profit.
We are building for the future —so let's build-oh rock and not sand.
If we build a good market now, we need not worry abput our future
market. If we Don't, we won't heed t5 .worry either for we v&ill have no
future market,- ; • * •* ;
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> "HEAR no evil,SEE no evil,SPEAK no ev.il,n and you’ll
never be a success at a tea’ party. •
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/ A physician sa;ys one. million women are - overweight. These
of course, are in round figures^ ... • •