, 1889-08-29
RIPE AND MELLOW.
Luscious Fruits from North Yakima
and Walln Wnlla.
From the Tacoma Ledger.l

LusclOCs rruits from NOrtn h"hi""
and WaIla wnlla.
From the Tacoma Ledgerl
Thousands of big, fat melons and
ripe fruit from the fertile gardens east
Of the mountains will reach Tacoma this
week.
Every wholesaler and many retailers
expect carload or two of fruit rom
North Yakima and Walla Walla. The
Fruit Dealers association Of the latter
city are doing q rattling. business in
this city, and the fruit furnished by
the association Is giving the utmost sat
isfaction.
Since the receipt of the initial carload
of melons and fruit from Walla Walla,
couple of weeks ago. by W. g. Row
! land, there has been q general move
mcnt among dealers to cut the. Califor-.
mia and Oregon producers In favor OF
the home product.
THE NORTH YAKIMA rRUlr.
| North Yakima fruit has been coming
in large consignments during the past
week. The product from that section is
delicious. Complaints are still being
received at the Ledger office with regard
to freight rates
Said Railroad street commission
merchant yesterday:
Eighty dollars freight for car of
melons from NOTlH 1hklItlu W i'ohia
is enough to break the heart OF shippers
and make them give up in despair, and
| yet there are men sufficiently endowed
with patriotism and courage to run an
unequal race against California and Ore
gon,
Washington can without doubt pro-
duce not only suifioiency of fruit for
| home consumption but also vast quanti-
tics for expectation II only our one rail
road would encourage with cheap rates
| the farmer to grow and the dealer to
| ship. As il is the heavy freight rates
| handicap our growers and shippers and
build up protected trade for Oregon
and California.
NERvY MEN.
"Still, as stated before, there are nervy
men like Chappell & Herke of North
Yakima who are trying to build up n
| fruit trade for the state with such big
melons shows that the home produc-
tion is far superior to the imported both
in quality, crispness and the superior
condition in which they arrive.
"These melons cannot be surpassed
by any raised out of the state in size,
delicacy of flavor or crispness. But not
withstanding the superior quality of the
heavy tariff in the shape of freight will
greatly hamper the newly born trade.
| Eighty dollars a car from Yakima
against $50 a car from Portland seems
too great a difference In freight to be
overcome by the better quality of the
goods.
1--WE are all pleased with the efforts of
the Ledger in encouraging the estab-
'lishment of large trade with the home
producers of fruit"
THEY MAY MEET.
| a.. IL, 4,
several of the wholesale commission
merchants to the effect that OH and after
! September |, all bills will be payable ON
Monday following the sale.
"a meeting of the commission mer-
chants should be called" one of the in
tercsted parties said yesterday while
boxing up an order of Yakima melons
should be reached, to the end that all
bills should be payable in accordance
with the notice that has been sent out.
"This custom of prompt payment pre-
walls in the east and should be inaugur-
ated here. You see, the goods handled
are perishable and we must pay cash for
IL In every instance. IL is not an infre-
ouent thing here for the customer to bc
carried two, three, four, even six weeks.
This is manifestly unfair.
ABOUT DELIVERING GOODS.
"Then, there is another point that
should be settled at meeting of the
commission merchants of this city. AT
present it is customary for the whole
saler to deliver his goods to the retail
purchaser in the city.
"Well, / must say have been in the
business for twenty years in the east, and
never heard of this custom of deliver
ing goods before. The proper thing to
do is TO allow the retailer to come to the
commission house and take the goods
with him. Every retailer has Il delivery
wagon and it is certainly little trouble
and no expense for them TO come and
get their goods.
"of course, when we ship goods out OF
town we expect to lay our goods down
at the depot without extra charge over
city prices. a meeting Is talked of and
will probably be held in a few days"
THE "TIP" FOR HOUSEWIVES.
Some of tho best peaches and plums
for canning purposes of the season will
arrive this week. II Is expected also
that several shipments of Walia Walla
grapes will arrive during the latter part
OF the week.
Commission and wholesale merchants
say the "tip' for housewvesi Is to buy up
and can the remainder of their stock oil
plums this week, gs the quality of the
supply will not be guaranteed ten days
or two weeks hence.
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