The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-10-16
GLUT OF FRUIT
HURTS GROWERS
%-
Horticultural Society Would
Limit Supply.
FAVOR A CANNING FACTORY
FRUIT GROWERS UNION TO BE
ORGANIZED.

The giut Of the local fruit market ane
plans for its cure was the subject Of an
animated discussion before the County
horticultural society al its regr,lar mot.
.ls IN the city and county building We
NrlNdy Inc subject came uD IN tho form
81 committee report submitted bv ! r.
81 -, ne report was adopted at the close
me discussion and the request vas
made that II be printed IN FIJI in ~
Socal papers. 1t took strong grounds m
-@Nor OF a fruit growers association and
@s s1U IA ISvor of the establishment Of a
rr4lll'Ihg factory for Salt Lake county.
ne report was as follows:
What Committee Favors.
=, Your committee on the glut Of fruit in
TO-, ma ~ peg TO report that the cOndl-
luis OF the market in this city are a
menace to the practical orchardist in thai
nose raising only small 0uantitv arc
, Ssreless IN the quality Of the fruit ITS
pachIIlg and Its price. thereby to a lar.e
extent regulating the price maxine ~
gnprontable to the orchardist who nm
neTstanos the planting pruning. thinning.
pIaylng' watering and fertilizing of his
ICES, the care OF handling and packing
IN first class condition, the selection and
ing.
There is sold on Salt Lake markets
me fruits not only of this county but
also OF the largest portion of paws con-
Siusraoie from Utah and TOoele counties.
besides other points reached by team and
LII LII, SO mat the supply far exceeds the
NtHldnu even IN So-called off wears
Your committee suggests especially TWO
Tenledles. a canning factory and fruit
growers union for the purpose of SHIN
ping truit outside the state. As regards
ne canning factory tie committee finds
mat the nearest successful fruit factory
j located at Syracuse but il cannot take
Sare or all the fruit in that section. 80
WAT IL is very patent that there is room
n mo fHar Ior
IHctooy ana capitalists should be invited
10 investigate this particular line as a
certain dividend payer from the start.
Regarding the fruit growers union the
committee find such organizations at
Ihree or four cities in the state besides
Trims that arc successfully exporting. and
IN one Instance the returns for "A crate
OF peaches netted the difference between
= cents and 81. less 81 cents freight so
mat 1t more than pays to organize a
union as the demand is always greater
than the supply outside the state
Before closing we would say that il is
also surprising that evapOrating is not
resorted 70 as much as il should be
even by the old process Of sun drying
ana yet an evaporator plant is easily
Wlthln the reach OF many of our orchard
lists, and this would shut off importa tons
shame
We should also use more bottled fruit
on our homes thus reducing the meat
bill, besides being such an healthy diet.
There IS still another industry that can
be made profitable. that Of distiliing and
We should encourage it."
\ larger committee was favored 10 take
up the different propositions suggested
and this Will undoubtedly be done later.
ihankS were extended A. ". Casey for
acting as judge on fruit at the state
fair; he was also requested 10 recon-
mend TO the State Fair association inn
proved methods In the matter OF award
ing prizes in this department. The socI-
city felt we'll satisfied as to the showing
made at the fair by Salt Lake county
fruit growers under the management of
j. y. Elliott