The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-27
A Hot Thing for kIcndIkers-
". FURUYA & CO..
1oe Yesler Way and 500 Second Avenue.

buying cheap trees. 1.-THE cheapest are
not always the best" said he. IF you
find man Offering to sell you trees at
81 a hundred. you may be pretty sure there
Is something wrong with the trees" He
volunteered to expose any dealer who
might be detected in dishonest practices,
and said he would do the same with any
commission merchant whom he found after
investigation to be guilty of defraudIng
his customers
one of the lveliest speeches OF the day
was made by r. Merchant of the Cash
buyers Association. who urged upon his
AUDITORS particularly the necessity OF bring
ing their produce 10 market properly
packed and in good condition. II can
give you little instance from my own
experience" said he. THE other day an
Old gentleman came over from Eagle har-
Dor with seventeen boxes of apples to sell
they We're fine apples. but they were very
badly packed. He had made his boxes
roughly out Of boards, and when the boards
gave out he had apparently split a few
more. He tried at various places to sell
them. One dealer offered him so cents a
box; another $40 for the lot Finally he
came TO me. l offered him s12 He raised
long protestation, which I didn't have
time TO listen 10. but finaIly decided 10
sell. 1 called his attention to the way
the fruit was packed. and told him IL he
would come back after a. while | would
show him the same apples properly packed
and he wouldn't know them. OF course he
was skeptical, and went his way / had
our packer take couple of boxes and re-
pack them in proper shape and In good
boxes. He gave them a polishing touch
or two. and they were not out at the front
long before / had an offer of s1o5 for a
box. | refused II, just to show the old
man hts sapples. AT last he came back
Then you ought to have heard him. He
began abusing me for putting those big
California apples out In front and putting
his IN the background. He didn't know
tina. the big. shiny apples out in front
were his own fruit. simply transformed
by the skillful touch of n man who knew
how to put them on the market. 7 made
about IS on the lot. minus the expense Of
rehoxing and handling
Mr.. Merchant gave other practical Illus
trations and in fact his entire speech
was punctuated with useful suggestions
and pointers for the fruit-grower. He told
of the success % a small evaporator that
had been started In Portland, and said he
thought a similar one could be started here
at once, as he knew of a competent man
who was willing to take hold OF it. He
showed how growers could help the mat
ter on by contributing fruit whore they
were unable 70 pay cash. and said they
had better put a few hundred pounds OF
fruit or vegetables into the evaporation
and let 1T go for nothing than 10 allow 1t
TO rot on the ground he thought a plant
Of this kind could be established for 81 600
ard offered TO subscribe $50 cash toward
starting II.
Secretary Bull moved the appointment
of committee of three TO investigate and
canvass the feasibility of establishing sucn
an eyaporator as Mr.. Merchant had iHdi-
Gated and the chair appointed James Hart.
Julius Horton and w. +. Mcknight
Mr. Bull also brought up the matter of
holding q fair in this city next fail, and
after considerable discussion committee
OF seven was appointed to look into the
matter and report at tne apTii meeting.
The chair appointed A. j. NJ. Hosom. OF
Coupevilie: james Hart, Of Christopher;
James \. Stewart. OF Christopher; W. r.
Hopkins. OF Seattle: ". Duncan, Of
Houghton: ]. ". Prouty. Of Van ASSET
and Ben Bennett of Silverdale, and re-
cuested AIR Hopkins TO act as chairman.
The meeting returned thanks To the
Acme Business College for the use OF the
hall.