The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1907-06-06
FRUIT GROWERS
HOLD Meeting

An important meeting Of the We
natchee Valley Fruit Growers sssocis.
tion was held at the offices Of that Or
gsnization yesterday. All Of the mem.
bers we're present and considerable
business of Importance was transact.
ed.
Mr.. Campbell. super intendent of
the Great Northern Express company,
with headquarters at Spokane, attend
ed the meeting by appointment and
the matter of shippine fruit In Car
lots by express was thoroughly dis.
oussed. Ii is the intention OF the as
socation this year not only to have
the fruit we'll packed and graded, but
also to get 1t to the market in the
quickest possible time, so that IL will
reach the consumer 10 fresh aud pa.
latsble condition, and thus satisfy
them SO we'll that they will be willing
to pay the price that Wenatchee val.
ley fruit ought to command.
1t IL thought that exrpess car ship
ments can be handled into Spokane
and Seattle, and also in British Co.
lumbia points to advantage. This year
the general supervisor OF the general
affairs OF the company will be under
the direct charge of the president of
the association.
Mr. j. b. Olinger was engaged as
manager OF Gales and shipping depart
ment. Mr.. Il. L. Balch will be man
ager of the racking department. Mr..
Bennett was engaged as bookkeeper OF
the association.
Mr.. Balch Is secretary OF the asso-
ciaton and also one OF its directors.
He will spend his time out among the
fruit Il overs giving instructions as to
how packing should be done, SUPER
vising the pack, and In a general way
assisting the growers In getting their
fruit packed In the best manner. The
packing will be done at the warehous
es of the association or at packing
sheds erected by the growers In differ
ent communities where few growers
can get together and pack their fruit
under the direction OF one of the fore
men. In the case of large isolated
ranches the packing will be done at
home. The association desires to be
understood that the growers must not
rely on the association to furnish
packers, but all must 60 ahead as they
have heretofore done, and engage
enough help to take care of the crop.
The supervising of tie packing and
grading will be arranged for by Mr..
Balch. j. b. Olinger takes charge CT
the sales and shipping department.
The association this year will not
buy and sell fruit as was the custom
last year. The fruit will be taken from
the growers at the several shipping
points along the railroad and at the
time of delivery each grower will
simply receive receipt stating the
number Of boxes, grade and variety
of fruit delivered.
This will be sold by the association
for the growers, in the different mar
kets to the best advantage, for the
est prices that can be obtained.
Each grower will receive from his
fruit according to its kind and grade,
less the regular charges for handling,
SO that every glover will receive the
same price for the same variety of
fruit delivered at the same time. The
charges for handling this fruit has
been fixed at four cents per box for
peaches and boxes of similar size, and
six cents per box for apples and boxes
of like size.
There will be no other charges or
deductions. 1t was thought that 1t
would be best to charge each gro yer
tour per cent on the amount of bis
net receipts in order to create a sink.
ing fund to eliminate the debt OF the
association. But the affairs of the as.
sociation have been so financed that
it has Eeen found necessary to insert
this clause In thecontract this season
thus the contract reads that all grow.
ers shipping through the association
this year will be required to pay only
the regular cost OF handling the
goods.
The matter of getting the contracts
signed up by growers was placed in
the hands Of the standing committee
of % that were elected by the stock
holders at the last annual meeting.
G. b. Reed, of Malaga, is chairman
OF that committee. The up town office
of the association will be In the
Griggs block on the second floor, over
the Wenatchee department store.
Aho outiouh lOt tu6 buCUO6HH OF tn6
association this year is very bi light.
Already numerous inquiries have been
received from the New York, Chicago
and many eastern points, as we'll as
from numerous dealers throughout
the middle west and the Pacific north
west. The fact that the association
is going to have uniform grade and
pack meets with general approval from
wholesalers and oomission men, and
the association 10 assured by these
people that fancy price can be Sc
cured for the ieal first class article.
1t is the purpose of the association
to place upon every package OF fret
class fruit registered trade mark
guaranteeing the giade and pack.
1t is fact that all high grade gro-
Gerry houses, restaurants and hotels
will pay fancy price foi fruit that
is picked at its proper stage OF ripen-
ing, packed and handled as 1t should
te and PIT on the market in fine con-
dition. The management of the asso-
citation fully expects that 1t will create
permanent market for this kind Of
pack. k.-Wenatchee World.
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