The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1892-07-28
The ADVANTAGE OF AZ ASSOCIATION.


II. j. Bicknell, North Yakima, Wash.
Dear Sir:-Mr. T.. F. Benson, Of North
Yakima, called at our Office yesterday
with a sample box Of peaches from your
orchard, and tells us you have plenty Of
the same kind. We were not aware you
had any as fine fruit as this; had We
known, we should surely have been look
Ing to your market before this for some
Of our supplies.
At present we are receiving the bulk Of
our fruit from Snake river and Walla
Walla. We find upon inquiry at the
Northern Pacific railway office that you
have fully as good rates as either Of these
points. Now, as the quality Of your
fruit is fully us good as Snake River or
walla WalIa. and II you can manage to
raise and pack your fruit as cheaply as
these parties, we cannot see why you
would not be able to supply some of the
fruit used in this part Of the country.
OF course we do not expect any one
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but they could form an association such
as Is in existence at Snake river and
Walla Walla, and could make up a car
between the members Of the association.
One advantage you wound have over the
Snake river people would be the matter
Of hauling to the railroad. The Snake
river people are Obliged to cart their fruit
from fifteen to twenty miles before being
able to load on a railroad car, while we
understand you would only have from
one to three miles to cart your fruit.
The Walla Walla people are in position
to compete, the same as yourselves, by
not having to cart their fruit any distance.
We mention this matter Of hauling mere
ly to show you the advantage you would
have over the Snake river people, not
only on your loading cheaper, but your
fruit would no donbt carry better II you
were shipping any distance. Fruit
hauled in wagons cannot possibly carry
without being more or less jammed, and
when fruit lie bruised 1t will not take long
for IL to commence to decay.
You would not be Obliged to depend on
Spokane alone as your market. Several
cities such as Denver, Omaha and St.
Paul are receiving great many OF their
supplies from this section Of the country,
and should you have surplus you could
easily get quotations from these points.
Helena and Butte City are also good
points to ship to, providing you can man
age to get some reliable house to handle
your goods; but our experience in these
two cities has been that il Is very hard to
find any one Who is willing to take
reasonable percentage, but seem to want
the "lion's share"
Should you and your neighbos be able
to make up car, We see no reason why
you could not ship to this point as well
as other parties. We will say for our
selves that at any time you wish to know
what the ruling markets are on any class
Of fruit you might have, we shall take
pleasure in giving you the exact situation
Of the market before shipping, and should
we consider that some other point would
net you 4 better price, or that by ship
ping to Us would lose you money, we
should surely help you to divert the car.
We make a speciality Of fruit and vegeta-
bles, and have been handling on an av-
erage about three cars Of vegetables and
two Of fruit weekly. We would like very
much to hear from you, and would like to
know how your people feel on this propo-
sition. We are not only in the market
for fruit alone, but want potatoes, onions,
melons, cantelopes and the like, and can
use in car loads. Yours truly,
D. B. IDE 4 Son Go.