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the abuses which are now practiced in marketing country hides. It 
approaches more nearly the packer's method, and provides a means 
whereby the small producer may participate more fully in the prices 
that his hides and skins bring on the market. Consignment market- 
ing presupposes mutual confidence and fair dealing by both producer 
and dealer ; otherwise it can not succeed. The principal obstacles in 
SHOWING THE VARIOUS STEPS AND AGENCIES 
EMPLOYED II MARKETING COUNTRY HIDES. 
THE HEAVY LIKES INDICATE THE CHANms 
AND AOENCIES HOST CEKERALLY USED. 
SHOWING STEPS AMD AGENCIES EMPLOYED 
IN DIRECT OR CONSIGNMENT MARKETING. 
TANKER'S BUY;.> 
notrcE "C 
S HOn KG PACKER HIDE MARKETING METHODS. 
Fig. 44. — Methods of marketing domestic hides and skins compared. 
the way of this method are the producer's preference for ready cash, 
his distrust of the distant dealers, and the elimination of local com- 
petitive buying. Unfortunately many producers prefer to accept any 
price obtainable from local buyers, such as general stores, produce 
dealers, junk collectors, peddlers, and traveling hide buyers, rather 
than to consign their hides to unknown car-lot dealers in central 
markets. 
