The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-02-19

The Inner Northwest Will Take
Washingson's Crep-
WoRk or SPOKANE CONVENTION
AfznespoEts Cemzisxson Mxa Talks OF
Ees9Its and Prosps~ss-Ths
sysaem If PsekfaE-

A party q yszaea5soEzs srzas eoz-is-
ssor .zsn wEaea has h~en sEEs1da3s tGs
s-zss growers es-vezss0z 81 S7cx81@ ar
rzs=1 t5s ely carry yesterday Morning
accom- - zss1 5T Noses Fo@s2-1. 2s-vs<tSs-
ing a<s1s Of lie G-eaE Northern railroad
for tee tie P2-zzc Ss<sasess states Tzsv
are. 6. L stacy. william C. C1-a@Ef. Il
9 SzfEk, George B. B-saa1-T- G. w.
Lc-gsesscs aa3 C. 6. Hl2Esa- Taey r1s
70 ~ tEs sg-tasrn ard s-s1s tae day Il
seeing The ctr ua1er NJ Folsoz's sxre-s-
saeed x1s6Ence IN dzsc9xsi2r tee p<1s-
r@cts 81 developing azzrxss for sAe f-zI-
81 sAIs s@cEsoa IN Ea- lase-scr Northwest
Mr. C0-oe-s sad:
i have 10 d0zbs tat yczr psop.s can
SCI large azzEs4sy of t5esr 1ers2zoa=
.rzzts In Minneapolis and 3. P2zI- sz1a
Is pess1~s. peas. cherries. ps-Es and
r-z1@s. Z shey have wh2s they claim
For snea traits yo1 are much nearer 20 zx
sEzn any o.1e- section. ncs n distance Ct
coarse. Bat n bsiry On the direcs lins Ct
Communication I 5sve ret seen .Ae.@
f-a1ts g-oEi1g CIT here. - car oziy sS~sx
trcza shat ! hare b1ea tod a11 from tie
specimens / 1ay. seen. Ezs yc1 earzos
ecr5 pete sath the East IN apples n ord
Eary vezrs. Last yes- ass rerlod Of fslse
encouragement 20 pour recpse IN TIA. lie.
10. there Eas failure Of The crop II Alea-
igaa. Missouri. Ea-szs. Nebraska. SoaSh-
ern iosz and Ssr YORK. - shas 0zezos
AM Ialisornis apples oro1ghE 81 5 20 s. %
Per barre. Wills IN ordinary years saey
cannot gss over 81 80 70 S22a Ta.: does
not admit shipping OF Wzsaia gton sppie<.
even vsrn TIE advantages they calm.
cOa5-. also, 4 yo1r straw berries can CON-
pete w.th shose Of Tennessee. OF which
the price 10 $50 20 sI75 per case OF
txenty-soar quarts.
"BQsIa 3eclaEo.s traits yca ought 10 De
abe 20 do good business wish Is, for sher
can 5e shipped IL four days from Spokane
in ventilated cars, and Is yoz DO no. need
ice IS n. north as this. vo1 vii make
saving q Sis 20 $50 per ear - again..
California, zasre they ship across the hos
Southern plans. and TIE trains are longer
IL transit. 50 that taey have 20 use Ice.
Minneapolis and Omaha also hare an al
vantage OF III cents per t00 pounds in
freight rates against Chicago and other
cities. and tnS., too. would Be- IN your
fsvor.
Bat do not ie. y3ur people az get rush
bare realized iha: il is 3 good thing. That
is what Western people are TOO apt 70 Go,
and the resgl: Is that they oysrao il. Sone
man may bur forty acres aad plant il
With fruit trees. spe aiding al he has on IL
and gong N debt for the greater
part o. the cost CT the land. HIS
crop fails. OF prices 60 sway down
and be loses everything. Do no.
be drawn away from diversified farming
BY craze for fruit growing and yoa wia
be all right. The business /. a good one.
and. IL yoa do not lose your heads over il.
II sill continue good, for in Minnesota.
North and S8uth Dakota, Western Wis
consin. Northern Iowa and Montana ron
have non-trair producing country with q
population OF S.oOo.o 90 which you can sup
ply IL refrigerator cars az regular freight
rates, wh.cn are half the express rates.
The convention ADOPTED the California
standard of packing. wrapping and select
ing, aad / have no DOUBT your growers
viii soon learn 20 do this par. OF the bas!-
ness well, for I found them more in
tel!lgens. business-iike Sc: OF men than
| have met in any other fruit district.
But shst is 10 bs expected, for the
most enterprIslng and energetic men
river and WalIa WaIla are the onlv dis
t-icts which have advanced far enough 10
ship By the car load. and they have organ
izei local packing associations The man
ager o. each association. who is supposed
to be an experienced man. gives notice TO
the growers that he will load car next
day. In the morning they pick the fruit,
and in the afternoon il is picked under the
.F sha
the car with due regard for ventilation.
Peaches and apricots should each be
wrapped in thin. Light paper. So as TO IN
6ividaalze each one and keep out the
dust and keep it fresh as /. Was taken from
the tree. TIE boxes for pranes should be
lined. and You should use four-basket
crates with capacity of twenty pounds.
You also want eyaporasoFs so that if the
market goes against you for green fruit
you can save the crop by drying IT,
You ought also to get fresh fish into
cur markets. You ought 70 be able TO
ship salmon 10 Mlnneapol.5 and 81. Paul
81 ~ cents pound al profit 70 the
shipper. II you can catch mackerel on
this Coast you can command q sure mar
ket. for that nsh is almost extinct in the
Atlantic. I am told that yoa have a her
ring equal TO the Norwegian herring and
IL that IS SO you can always get good
price for them and they require no great
appliances 10 salt them
Mr. CoEbett added that eight houses
from s.. Paul and Minneapolis we're repre-
sented a. the convention and one from
Chicago, and tina. they were ali pleased
with the trip and the results attained aud
spoke highly OF the character OF the men
in the fruit business. The party goes this
morning 10 Tacoma, from there to Port
land, returns TO Spokane over the Union
Pacific and then goes home over the Great
Northern.
d. $1,000 Ii. ~ - L. -.