The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1906-10-03
MUCH GOOD BOUND
TO Be THE RESULT
ADVERTISING GAR WAS POPULAR
y. T.. Fitch Found Fasteners ia Many
states Eager to Learn About
the Yakima Country.

The county never had better adj
vertising than was obtained through
the venture of the Yakima Real Els
tate company. The plan they
adopted met with general favor and
the fine display Of fruit and produce
which they took east did the rest.
The car was advertised from the
time of leaving till its return. Mr..
Fitch came in contact with a large
number of people tom all parts OF
the country while en- the train and
did q lot of good advertising with
them.
Having to lay over in st. Paul, he
visited the Minnesota state fair and
came in touch with every one who
was interested in the horticultural
display. The treatment received at
their hands was very gratifying.
During his stay in st. Paul he Wis
tied all the commission merchants
and found that Yakima Bartlett
pears were bringing $2.75 per box,
while the New ork Bartletts were
only bringing 81 per barrel The
reason given for this was that the
Yakima product would keep till the
merchant could handle it, while me
eastern pears were over-ripe and
had to be disposed of quickly This
seems to be the regular condition and
certainly speaks we'll for the Yakima
article. The same condition pre-
walls in indianapolis.
The car of fruit arrived two days
late at indianapolis, yet Mr.. Fitch
was successful in getting fine loca-
ton, being at the entrance of the
horticultural building His display
was exceptionally fine and if entered
to compete for prizes would have
carried off the sweepstakes.
Four people were kept busy pass
ing out literature and selling fruit
in and 10 cent packages, while Mr..
Fitch spent his time explaining the
wonderful resources of Yakima
county and showing what could be
raised here.
The points that he talked on most
and seemed to convince his hearers
that he was right on were the eli
matte conditions, quality, quantity,
pack and the keeping qualities.
In answer to inquiries as 10 the
market for Yakima products Mr..
Fitch explained that the whole world
was our market and that at present
Yakima fruit was being shipped
everywhere.
The general results of the trip
were very satisfactory and returns
are already coming in in the way of
letters for more particulars. Mr..
Fitch could have sold great deal
more fruit if he had had It. He took
one order for four carloads Of fruit.
which is being filled by one of our
local houses Five thousand copies
of literature were distributed and a
list of 1000 names remain of parties
to whom he has promised to send
more information.
Mr. Fitch can not be too loud in
his praise of the railroad companies.
They showed him every courtesy ard
did everything to assist him through
out the entire trip. The car furn
ished was one of the new kind which
the Northern Pacific is installing. 1t
gave excellent service and was
spoken of by people familiar with the
fruit shipping business to be far
ahead of anything yet seen.
The Monon Route joined IN with
everyone else in assisting. Imme-
diately upon arrival at Indianapolis
they spotted the car and moved it
to the fair grounds which saved
a haul of miles by wagon
In speaking of the conditions pre-
vailing in the east Mr. Fitch said
that while they were good through
out the middle west the land
values were increasing While the
returns remained about the
same. This compels the farmer
to work on a closer margin than
is necessary here. The tendency
seems to be to move further west
and a large number of people who
are closely watching the conditions
in the northwest may soon be ex-
pected to migrate TO this district