Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-09-20
SOUTHERN PACIFIC
WILL LEND ASSISTANCE
District Freight Agent Malboeuf
Gives Some Interesting Facts
at Convention.

the responsible position OF district
freight agent Of the Southern Pacific
company in Oregon. Mr.. Malboeuf,
by reason of his line Of work ID
brought more closely in touch with
every part Of his great common
wealth than perhaps any other railroad
official, and it is crafty ing to sec that
he is taking personal pride in seeing
the various parts of this great and
growing state coming right to the
front: BE goes INF person and looks
into the donations as they are and il
be sees that his company can aid
Il. developing any industry BY giving
lower rates or in any way whatever.
hs proceeds to..sct accordingly.
Mr.. Malboeuf gave the convention
something to think about in the mat
ter OF statistics and he got down
among the delegates, where he could
talk TO them in heart-to- heart
manner. He was brim full Of his sub
ject, which was 10 tell what the
southern Pacific has been doing and
what 1t proposes doing in order to
promote the growth and development
Of this entire state
He noted the surprising fact that
whereas the whole state has been
going ahead In all other lines, yet,
iu the matter Of fruit growing it
seems to have retrogrxded and;to bear
out his contention. he cites the fact
that the dairy industry has grown
from nothing in 1897 to $4,000, 600
in 1907. but in the meantime the fruit
growing has only advanced from
81, 500, 600, in 1897 to less than 80, 0OO,
900 in 1907. He draws the logical
conolusionn that while the dairyi ing
has grown 1900 per cent In 10 years
time. yet fruit growing has only
advanced very little in comparison.
and when it is known shat much ad.
vancement has been made in Hood
River aud In the Rogue River sec
tions, the natural inference must be
that other localities have failed to ad.
vance any.
Mr.. Malboeuf stated that his com.
psny had endeavorsd 10 foster the
fruit and vegetable industries in Ore.
gon by giving the growers the very
lowest rates given by any road in the
United States, but the returns showed
conclusively that the people did not
appreciate the Importance OF the
industry. BY way of comparison he
gave the figures from California and
Oregon. Last year there were 60, 600
cars OF fruit shipped from California.
and but 1900 from Oregon, while
California sent out 5000 cars Of canned
goods and this state only so. But he
sees brighter conditiors ahead, for az
results of only two months cam
paign upwards of $3.50, 600 has been
invested in canneries in the interior
OF Oregon by capitalists and whereas,
at the beginning Of the season there
were but three oanneris in operation,
two being small, at the present time
there are three new small ones,
while two of the larger ones have
doubled their capacity, resulting in
the output coming up to 100 cars for
this season, or dou BILE what it WAS last
season. He says that 10 new canneries
will be built next, season and that it
will make the output climb up TO
800 cars, or 100000 of the 9Js pound
cans.
illustrating the reason why fruit
growing has not kept pace with the
growth OF other industries, he said it
was because the people did not begin
to realize the possibilities of the pro.
duct and only raised the fruit for the
purpose of sending it TO market in
green state. In fact, the thing which
attracted his attention 30 the matter
was the way IN which fruit WAS going
to waste, either because it WAS un.
picked or not sold toi lack OF csnnery
facilities The markets which are
tributary to this section are Portlsnd
aud those larger places nearby and
the enormous crop raised south of that
part OF the state are too great for the
consumption of those places, and they
cannot take care of the fruit grown
here, with any degree of profit to the
9rower But the natural market for
the fruit is in tin, because it is pre-.
served and has the entire North
American continent as market. The
demand for canned goods is far in ex.
cess OF the present supply and now the
tendencies OF families is TO have the
canneries can their fruits, instead Of
putting it up themselves, and under
the normal condition Of national pros.
perity, the canning industry, potwith
standing its enormous volume, may
still ha COngfdprpd as in its IN fan~y