The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1905-04-06
APPLE UNION
PLANS WORK
WILL INVADE ENGLISH MARKETS
Greatly Encouraged by Past Years
Results - Annual Meeting Held
Last Saturday

aSer we're read ana accepted, new
poard OF directors elected FOR the
coming year, ana ad1ourhmeht taker
uuCii lU ~ cloch, SATURDAY morning
Aprll -, wheh Che manager OF the
union VIII DC resent TO answer ques,
tiohs ana assist III a discussion OF
Ihe pest methodS OF marketing TINS
iall crop OF apples me SUBJECT OF
securing Iocatloh on the O'h. n,
tight OF way ana the erection OF
storage HaIehouSe' VIII also pe TAX
en- up at the adjourned netting
The newly elected board of direc-
tors consists of c. IL. SprOat, q. d..
Woodworth, q. +. McCurdy. f. G..
Church and Chris Dethman, the lat
ter two being holdovers, as is required
by the bylaws of the corporation
When it came to a selection Of a board
Of directors, it looked for awhile as
if none of the old board would consent
to reelection nor any other members of
the union permit such honors to thrust
upon them. The time and hard
work a director must devote to board
meetings makes a directorship "a very
strenuous position, to say the least.
BY a unanimous vote of the Apple
growers union, the thanks of the as
sociation we're extended to Charles
V. Galloway, the young man from
lamhill county, who ably managed
and displayed the Hood River
apples at the st. Louis fair last fall,
and made it possible for Wasco coun-
ty to receive the only grand prize
for apples in the United States
The general financial statement of
the Apple Growers union as read at
Saturdays meeting is as follows:
Receipts Amount of cash received,
sol, ,47I6D; amount of credits cash,
$50 90; total amount, SOL, ,5l3.60.
Disbursements Paid to growers,
S4S, 9A 95 less paper returned, S44. So,
and charge on M. b. Twigs, $40. OS,
SI3 93; leaving net amt. paid growers,
SiS, 9Ol. O2; union charges, -, 04l. 30 :;
surplus, 57l. Oh, total S5l, , ,5l3. 60.
While quorum of the stockhold.
ers was being drummed up, +. l.. Smith
in a ten minute speech put forth
the good points in arsenate of lead
as spray for the destruction of the
Goblin moth. After the transaction of
routine business, A. |. Mason, retiring
president of the union, in we'll word
cd talk, presented number of recon-
mendations pertaining to the market
ing of apples
Mr. Mason contrasted the old way
of paying packers by the day, as was the
custom two years ago, and the plan
adopted last season of paying by
the box, which proved in all cases far
more satisfactory.
The one thing Mr.. Mason believes
would improve the efficiency of the
packing crews is the use Of foremen to
directly superintend the packing of
apples.
To place the members Of the union
on an equal footing, there must be a
uniform price for the same apple, but
to insure this with justice to all grow
ers there must be absolute uniform
ity in grade and pack of that variety
Of apple.
ITO insure satisfaction in the sale
Of fruit f, o. b., the inspection of the
fruit by the buyer should be made at
this end Of the line, insists Mr.. Ma
son. "We can better afford the ex-
pense of bringing buyers here than to
waste time Wrangling with the buyer
who endeavors to make out that the
fruit is not as represented when it
reaches his commission house. -
The system of arranging contracts
with the growers to deliver their ap-
pies for sale through the union was
found this year to work very satisfac-
tory. In this way, Mr.. Mason ex-
planned, the manager of the union
was enabled to know just what he
could do when buyers ask for quota
/ tions on various varieties in carload
lots.
Mr. Mason spoke of the duty of the
members to the board, and requested
! that the fruit growers cease the prac-
tice of alluding to the officers Of the
union as "you fellows. LET it be
/ we in all matters pertaining to the
work of the association" " urged Mr..
Mason The president advised an in
crease in the number of the direc
/ tors. declaring if it was possible that
/ he would like to have every member
] in the association convene regularly
for transaction of the business OF
the union. ut will make you bet.
/ ter union men," insisted the retiring
president.
Heretofore the union charges fol
shipping apples has been five cent,
a box, but Mr.. Mason believes thi
will have to be increased to six cent
if the system of foremen is installed
the coming season. eve will NOR
than make up for the cost in uniol
charges, " assured Mr.. Mason, "iI
the high prices obtained for our fruit
1T i better that we maintain the
union even though it cost us twice ii,
cents box on each box Ct apples VI
ship. The union is the salvation o
the apple business in the valley