The daily sentinel., 1907-06-04

The individual is severely handi-
capped. He must compete in East
ern and Western markets with his
fruit and in many cases is at a dis
advantage on account of high and
often unjust transportation rates.
Success demands that carload lots be-
the shipping unit, and the condition
of the market must be known each
day in order to dispose of produce
to the best advantage.
"In former days the small grower
had no means of becoming acquaint-
ed with the condition of the outside
market and was more or less at the
mercy of the buyer, An association
combining the interests of the grow
ers of an entire section and under
the control of a wideawake and eX-
perienced manager becomes the cen
| ter through which the entire business
of district is handled.
ION account of the volume of bust
ness involved the association can af-
| ford daily telegraphic reports on the
state of the market. The manager
often has a personal acquaintance
with the buyer, and finds it to his
advantage to make occasional trips
for the purpose even to distant stat
es for markets.
Associations are successful in
maintaining a uniform pack, and by
this means they establish reputa-
tion for their goods. Usually the
best grades of goods are sold as a
certain brand. The manager looks
after the icing of the cars and is the
means of getting lower freight rates
because the handling of several hun
dred cars is an item worth competing
for and i'm n number of instances
rates have been changed to the ad-
vantage of the fruit men.
"The fruit organizations purchase
, the various kinds of supplies, which
are used on fruit farms and get them
at wholesale and carload lots. The
: association means a saving in buying
and selling and increased facility anC
G returns in disposing of crops"
Prof. Paddock finds that the as
sociations have been uniformly sue
cessful. Failure. where it has occur
y red. has been caused by petty jeal
J. ousies and distrust of the members
- The professor sums the observation
of others and adds the weight of hi
n opinion to the advice; Get capa
bic manager, pay him salary worth,
of his own ability and the busines
handled and then give him oportun
ity and n fair chance to work on
his ideas"
There are two methods of paclin
and grading fruit SAYS Prof. Pad
dock. "ln one instance the association
does all the packing. the grower de
livdring the fruit to the packine
house just as it is taken from tn
trees. Here the packers, under tn
direction of n superintendent. soT
the fruit into various grades, and a
the same time pack il into boxes o
crates.
But where there is Iarg
amount of fruit to be handled it
impossible for the association to d
the packing; consequently the grow
ers assume the work With this al
s. rangement the association EMPLOY
Sc an Inspector. whose duty it is to ii
spect each load as it is delivered
This he does by opening the box o
ly the side, in case of apples. wher
or a good estimate of the contents ma
III be made. If the first two boxes al
G unsatisfactory several may be exam
ined and If all run under the inspe,
tors standard the entire load mui
either be placed in lower grade {
- else repacked.
Most of the associations hay
ot adopted this last system, althoug
So nearly all have tried the former II
e, association charges commissions c
scales. usually per cent, to defri
expenses.
"Only a small portion of Colorado
ur fruit is distributed by express. al
he the employment of the commissic
merchant is going out of favor II
great bulk is sold F. o. B., consig