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Watermelons show middlemen's slice of price rise
A railroad man recalls a car of watermelons from Oklahoma to Minneapolis selling for 53 dollars while consumer price reached 600 to 750 dollars. Four middlemen took cuts, leaving the grower with 150 to 225 dollars. The piece argues high living costs stem from middlemen and rail charges. It cites Washington Good Roads meeting and Oregon's Teal for Secretary of the Interior, plus Christmas shopping advice and local election results.
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