The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1905-06-08
DO NOT CONSIGN,
ADVISES MR.. RAE
RISK WILL NOT JUSTIFY IT
New York Apple Exporter Takes Is.
sue with Statement Made by
Business Competitor.


the senior member of the firm of Rae
4 Hatfield, fruit and produce com
mission merchants of New York City,
is in reply to remarks made by Horace
w. Day, another apple exporter, which
we're published in the Glacier a few
weeks ago
New York, May "a Editor Glacier
Hood River. Ore: We note in the
Hood River Glacier under date of
May Is, an interview with, as stated,
q prominent New York commission
merchant, wherein it is advocated
that the Hood River farmers could
net more money fer their apples by
selling them direct g. NHgland, init
mating that as the tas.Gn operators
only buy up the HCy, River apples to
ship to ECIClc on lie strength OF a
worry large margin OF profit, it would
be more advisable for the grower to
speculate hin olf, aud renp this large
profit made by The Eastern buyer,
rather than TO srll 20 the middle man.
The writer considers that if this
New York man had the interest of the
Hood River grow er, ut heart instead
of his own, he Wonld not advocate
gambling, as he STYLES it, in consign-
ing apples to a market 1000 miles dis
tant. While it is true that the New
town Pippins have realized eXtrava-
GENT prices on the English markets
e. ring the PAST se0son. yet it was al
together duo to the fact that the Wat.
snnville, Cal, Newtcvn crop was
ICarly a complete failure which made
tie extremely high prices possible.
Anyone who viii cudevor TO influence
Cnnsignments in a season other than
thlt prevailing last yc0r Is surely not
looking after Guy other interests than
his own, taking into consideration the
fact that he must certainly know what
the crop of Wats0nville Newt0Wns is
likely to he the coming season, after
having been through that country
just previous TO his arriving at Hood
River.
The writer considers that by reason
of his former connections, he has done
moro to further the interests Of the
Oregon, aud for that matter, the en-
tin Western commercial apple prOpO-
sition, and has said less to the grower
about it than anyone on this market,
having introduced tho Western apples
in the East against strong Competi-
tion, to say nothing Of sectional feel.
ing. We consider that the growers
and buyers are in this business for
what they can get out Of 1t, and not
for their health II this merchant
knew for a certainty, and the induce
ments which he held out would indi-
cate that, there was profit of 71C to
| 81 por box for the spectators, he
would be one Of the first ones to say
the least about it, and take advantage
of the situation himself, as probably
some of the pioneer growers in Hood
| River will know, by reason Of the fact
| that their early crops were bought up
indirectly by this same party, at what
are today considered rediCulou.ly low
prices In making this assertion, re-
| garding the benefits that the growers
! have realized since, by reason Of the
writer's coming in direct competition
| to secure their goods at the really cX-
| travagant prices which we're realized
by them the past two seasons, we de
sire the credit to be given whore
| too much Of the credit upon our
/ selves, but are frank to admit that
| the prices would never have been raised
| to the high standard that has prevailed
| the last two seasons, were it not for
| the fact that by reason Of our superior
outlet, we were Obliged to cover our
requirments by running up the prices,
where only two concerns could take
hold.
Now the object Of this CommunCa-
tion is simply this that on recent
visit to your town, the writer was i'm
pressed very much 10y the large
acreage set out, which in few seasons
will come into bearing, and the OPTIC.
mistic idea regarding future values,
due primarily to the fact that one OF
two parties who had visited New York,
returned with stories regarding the
fabulous amount of money which the
Hood River fruit was being sold at
Now, we do not know whether this
was simply newspaper talk, or actua
facts, but in either event, we trust
IidI IIlt EdIllt w III liDl ia Nc any i'ti
ings on the parties, who may have
control of the disposition of the grow
ers' fancy varieties Of apples the com
ing season The buyer, being obligeC
to pay the price that was paid las'
wear. adding freight and charges the
growers must admit that if they wcro
Obliged to pay the wholesale price tol
anv apples. they would hesitate before
purchasing. As before mentioned
no one is in business for his health
and when parties enter the field will
the good currency of United State
in hand, it il well to carefully consld
er that ga bird in the hand Is wortl
two in the BUSH - und not XIII The
goose that laid the golden eggs - anc
take up with parties advocating
speculative proposition, merely tt
get their commissions, without rirt
or expense to themselves, and fine
in the end that a serious mistake haC
been made.
As regards the pear proposition
would state that we consider it bette
taste and good form to let other
speak Of results rather than adrertist
ones own good work himself, cspec
ilaly 20, since the same party know
that better prices had been realized
by Others for several cars of boy dl
Comice pears by fully 81, 600 Per car
than the price mentioned in the Hoo
River Glacier, both lots Of pears be
ing shipped by one and the sam
party. Wetmention this fact, not t
advertise ourselves, but simply TAX
it for granted that the prices wer
mentioned to further a con-ignmen
proposition against a buying one
if anyone doubts the adyisabillty c
consigning rather than buying, v
only have TO refer the growers i
: Hood River to the growers in Caliiol
MIA. who have, by reasons over whic
they had no control, been obliged t
ccusign, with the result that at th
present day, there Is only one Of tn