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proved highways in ]\Iiehigaii is comprised in those 

 pntering Detroit, and these roads connect the city 

 with the other large population centers throughout 

 the southern portion of the peninsula. 



It is apparent that Detroit's transportation facili- 

 ties, as here described, have great significance for 

 jlichigan agriculture. The Detroit Board of Com- 

 merce reports an aggregate freight tonnage entering 

 the city by rail in 1918 at 32,700,774,169 pounds; 

 by electric railways at 184,796,000 ; by steamships at 

 3*78,582,000; while the highway tonnage by trucks 

 is estimated in 1918 at 87,640,000 pounds. It does 

 not appear what proportion of this in1)ound tonnage 

 is attributable to the products of Michigan farms. 



M-AEKETING ASSOCIATIONS AND KEGULATIONS 



The development of Michigan's transportation as 

 indicated in the foregoing pages suggests that this 

 first condition of a market for farm products has 

 been fairly adequately solved. Latterly the farmers' 

 chief problem has been one of selling their output 

 at a remunerative price, and to this end various 

 agencies have been called into service. The statutes 

 of the State forbid monopolistic arrangements for the 

 purpose of enhancing prices. However, saving of 

 consumption costs has been effected through coopera- 

 tive purchasing, and better sale prices have been 

 sought through sales associations, such as those estab- 

 lished by grape-growers and potato-growers, and 



