Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 72, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 25, 1917 Page: 5 of 6
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marketing suggestions for canning clubs
MEMBERS OF THE ORGANIZATIONS SHOULD MAKE CAREFUL ARRANGE-
MENTS FOR DISPOSING OF PRODUCTS ir OUERATIONS ARE TO BE
REMUNERATIVE. SAYS U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
\vashi\<;to| ik r.. s« pt. j». rio
attention to marketing prohicn should l«‘
given by member* ot Im»\-* and girN* <*an
ning club-. now tiiai the products of tin e
orgiiniz.itlot's ar lieiug turned out in eon
>lderabl«* proportions sns specialists ot
the Tailed Slate* Department <*f Agrii I-
twre I nle-s steps art* taken to britr.’
about the <iis|Mis;:| .>t tin* canned good- in
a well-ordered and practical way. it i
pointed out. there is likelihood that the
op« rations <>| the club x ill not bt re mi
neralive. The specialist- .a • r *ii:*g -
for the solution of marketing problems
lacing tile club* in a publication. “The
Marketing ot Cauniug Club Toducls’* r*
eentfy issued a* Markelk It *■ 'tin ■: \
t hie ot the lir*t es-entials to satis!:* ■
tion. say -pei alists j- standardised pr *d-
uets. Standardization -hould be brought
to a point where jars ot a given tint ot xeg-
the clubs are uniform in pack a peg ranee
ipiality ami emtdii ou. Kxcfx container
which is fully up to the standard represent-
ed by tin la Ik*! or brand will then be sin
advertisement in i!>el! aud often a guar*!
«ntee of Ir.rther purchases.
also to put up ii large • plantity ot special
ties in compuarison with tiie quantity ot
(dam canned gods such «s toiuatiM's since
there will then lie less eonipel it ion with
commercial goods.
Having assured tin ipiality of liter
products tiie clubs -liutiid then make an
infernal survey of the conditions in tbeir
eoinuiiiiiitV to aseeriain the eoii'iuning • i-
paeity ot the community served by retail
efs tin' ipmutdy ot tin various kind- ot
produet- handled by the retailers the
source from which they obtain tin r -up *
plic> llu price they pay the priei s at
which lhex sell and their attitude toward
the handling of club products in the plat e
ol stone of their commercial products.
Such a -nrxtx a - the club xx rk i* organ
ized at present may well be based on tin*
county as a unit the xxerk being dixuded
among tin* various clubs ot the county.1
When a survey is being made the met
chants should be acoiianPed with tin* prod
nets in which the elnh- are sjwcializittg. |
AHVKUTISIM;.
TIi enext step in dcvebt|»ing tile market
is advertising the products to tin* eon
sumer. A number ot merchant - have been
found PseJ ul hv VIInoils club-. These in 1
elude the maintenance of permnneut ex-
hibits of canned good at easily acee*-ih|.
places; the placing of teni|N»rary exhibit
»n xnriotis -s..res ;*• tairs. et**.. the inc inj
local newspapers ot news -furies and dis-
plav adv ertisiug; ami tin -(...ring o ft he
rn-operation of the !«•••.il housewives win*
will a~k the store kec|H*rs for tin- club
products . Where it is essential t<> incur
ex|K*nsp in advertising mu* of the bc-t
V%iiv- to make up tile neees^arx tuial i" Jo
have each eluh niemWr emitt'llulle one or
more container* <•;' product" carl* year.
’Pie market nur plan- developed in
North t aroiin.' rail Lor a eommitlei of elul*
•needier" in eaeh loitinmuilx which can
»;i — lion -« w ive tor order- and r
iir anjjh tlieir firocer". Il eluh" can not
!! all i!m r prodnet" locally they cal! on
he < ooiinlx roiumillee for a•*>i>lam-e and
ti >ome c:t *r the county conimilfee app -a!
.«» the "late committee lor help.
In t hattan«H.va Term. the eluh" uiatn-
tt ; h< »*th in ; central market hoti*r with
a i-.u'i men; kt iii eharjfe. Tit’" mcndier
' >; a comi'i - nut >>ii "ale" N'arion-
ot|.. : market my phr > nr* outlined in tin*
p«l'ieatioi! | r; \ tin nt tom d. t opi.-"
"1 tin publication can W had on appli-
' ; n to 'Iir | „i| .1 Stall*" Department of'
\s.ri"iihtire \\a -hin^toii. It. t .. >o |ou<_* a *
She "apply la*«"t". 1
Novel Trench Evolved !
By American Marine
(Special tu Tin* 11rit l«l. > v
(Jl'INTIt O \ a. Sept. •_»:». Trenches
tliat max lie picked up hodilx ami moved
around from plan* to plan* t- the invention
o| i lull'd States marines stationed here
who u-< this novel apparatus for praetiee
in l and grenade throwing.
Seelioits ahout 10 leet long with a par-
apet that stands three feet above the head
"1 the grenadier form a skeleton trame-
work o! pine shaped similar to the regu-
lar tninlies. From inside these portable
lretiehe- or ••stalls” as the marines rail
tin in. the sea-soldiers hurl the grenades
over the lop and into other stalls placed
ill oat :>« leet awa\ to represent the etieatv
t roaches.
I In* practice grenades are inm-e.vplosive
lut it re ot the same weigh! and sjz.
tin •« u-eil li\ the allies. Fong rangv fel-
lows prove to In- the Ih*s| throwers a~ their
greater reach 'help them to develop the
weeping <*V'rln.nl throw that experienced
grenadiers use.
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Negro Boys at Sute I
School Transferred
I H> i i !■> ■.)
Al S I IN I e\u> Sept. Appmvi
mutely 100 negro hoys now eoiil'ineil in the
"tale training "eliool a; Ureenville ai > i•
la Iraii"tr rreil to the lieu "tale training
"* hool lor negro hay In lie established ti
an.htoi taoi "lir<l lir I hr I <*!.<■ ii~.iiVilhinnii
the Ferguson State l arm in M di"on
ei unly the preseul legi"intim* having
passed a law providing lor the i-rentimi ot'
llii" new iii"lit|ition. The law provide that
all deliin|uen; negro lio\" not nidi r than
7 year' "hall lie plueed in new "eliool and
the traiii"t'er mii"t In- made not later than
da unary I H»1H.
The iiiauagi meat ol the "eliool i plaeed
with the hoard ot prmoii niiimn -mui r-
and tin* net enrrie> an appropr .ilmn ...
*MMl to eon "I rtlet llie neeess.iry hudd
ing" tor hot)"ing the ho\".
It i" planned to make t liese I toy" sell
"U"lainmg hy reipiiring them to work on
the farm. I hi" "eliool also relieve- the
eotige"!ion al the UnUSvtflr "eliool and
"egI'egal» " the white" from till Iiegroe".
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A Hard Knock.
I hiring the ero""-etcamin.tlion id a
young phv"ieiHti in a hivv"int tin plaint.If"
lawyer made disagreeable remark* about
fhe witite""’ youth and im xperienee.
'A on elaim to hi* a e« • > i a in (ed with [he
varioii" "vmptoiii" altmiding eoi)i-it""ion ol
the brail* asked the lavvver.
“I V*
“W * wdl take a eonerete ease.’* con
tinned tin lawyer. “It mv learned friend
iMUilisel for the deleii"e. and myself wen
to hang our head" together would we get
•oiM*U""ioii ot the brain.’*’
The young physieian "iiiihd. “The p*oh-
* hill ties lire” lie replied “that the eoiin-
i I lol' tile defense would.’*- Boston
fraiiseript.
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Wanted Exemption.
A hiirlv negro who regi lered mi mn ot
lie Fourth ward preeinet* id Oklahoma
l ity was anxious to e"oa|K* military s« rv
leg. Some otie had ividenlly told him ot
• me of t|n thing" that would exempt him.
It<* tpi« - lions and an wii on hi" earxl
m r.‘ a follows:
“lb v old an you.’”
“Ah " most thutly one.”
*\x hen were you horn .*”
“Ah ilon’ '/aellv reineinher ho
“An you a natural horn eittxrii ?’*
M» don’ think mi.”
•U*n you Imrn in the Failed Stale"?’
' No -i | wa- hrin m Texas.’’
‘‘!ixe von {iny one de|iendent on \mi ’
“Yes *ir.”
“W ho are they .’’
“Ah don’ right know. "ir. \h " g >|
ot" ot relations.” Everybody's.
«N»
“’Aw’ he "iinl. savagely *1 gue-- | \r
een about everything.’” (lelroii Free
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I WESTERN UNION
B| Particularly in such changing
^ days as these it is good to know
that Western Union service is being
continuously lengthened to meet
the new conditions.
Day iftteti— No matter where the soldier
cSuttZ'' boys may go you can depend on
?tontyirant/trrtj Western Union to reach them
Av w"r quickly and at small cost—so elastic
is the service—so universal.
THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH CO.
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Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 72, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 25, 1917, newspaper, September 25, 1917; Brownsville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1376888/m1/5/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .