The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-01-11

OuluHSI run NTOW0TS ASSOCIATION,
held in Puyallup this week and re-
ported in the Tacoma Ledger, Presi,
dent w. H. Paulhamus made the fol-
lowing interesting report on the berry
market:
This meeting is one of the most
important in the history of the organi-
cation. About ten years ago, when this
association was first formed, the ques-
ton arose in the minds of several of
the members as to how long it would
be before the business would be over
worked. 1t has been found by the as
ISOLATION that it can take care of it.
self and that the berry business will
never be Overworked as long as it is
run on the right principles. 1t has
also been demonstrated that the soil
of Puyalup will bring better returns
from berries than from any other pro-
duct" said Senator Paulhamus.
Railroads a Serious Problem.
''The condition of the railroads is
serious problem for us. There has
been no coal received in Puyallup or
Sumner for sale to the public for six
months and l do not believe the situ-
alton will be bettered very much by
the time the next berry season comes
around, because shipping facilities are
so far behind the times that six
months is not going to benefit cOndi-
tons much. The directors of this as
SOciatiOn have, to some extent, fOrseen
this state of affairs and have provided
for it as much as possible. What we
need to do is to stop supplying dis
tant points with our best berries and
depend as little as possible on the
railroads 1t was found last season
that it was Improbable to Sip ber-
ries further than Billings, Mont, and
the best thing we can do is to devote
all our energies to the trade of Wash
ington, Oregon and Idaho. l think all
berries except our very best shipping
stock should be put into the cannery.
We made mistake last year in ship
ping our berries too far away and
nearly all of our carload shipments
averaged low. The chief reason for
| this was that the railway company
refused to carry our berries on train
No. 4, as it had been in the habit
of doing, but attached them to a
freight service in which the cars were
in very bad condition and the trains
were slow. The consequence was we
lost a good deal of the fruit. We were
also short of pickers and everything
went wrong except the market. The
market in Dakota was very good, but
the berries arrived there in such bad
condition that great deal of the profit
was offset by losses from this source.
I'VE have filed claims with the rail
way company for damages amounting
to over $4,000, but whether we can
collect them or not is question, we
will probably get at least part OF
them. While waiting for the MilWau'
kee road to reach here we should sell
our fruit III the local markets. There
is plenty of market for all our crop
in the states of Washington, Oregon
and Idaho, and there is no need OF
looking farther at present
Cannery Great Success.
"Myself and several others lnteresed
had grave doubts at first as to whether
a cannery for red raspberrles would
he a success or not. Mr.. Russell, VINO
furnished the money for the cannery
lavr hot hn
than pleased with Inc results OF last
seasons work and that he would bullo
fifty canneries if the association could
supDly the fruit | asked him II ne
could not pay us 3% cents per pound
for our berries instead of 31a cents
and he said that he would If he could
but that naturally, he did not wish u
pay any more than he had to Tor the
fruit. | think the cannery has been
great success and although we have
made great many mistakes. the out
look for the canning business, TINS
coming season is very bright. Inc
cannery shipped four carloads u
canned raspberries last season to Bos-
| n.
to Philadelphia and still more nave
been shipped to different places all
over the United States.
The association has demonstrates
that the people of the east want our
canned raspberries; and if Boston peo.
ple can afford to buy fruit shlppeu
from the western coast why canno'
other people? Last year we tried u
economic by using cheap cans, winch
we had stored away for nearly year,
and the result was that our frult I'll"
not keep we'll, and We have had da"
ages to pay in number OF cases
This demonstrates the fact that II Is
cheaper to pay more for good cans III
the first place than to pay damages
for spoiled fruit Next year we VIII ell
deavor to have cans which VIII Ut
lined inside with an acid-proo1 coat
ing that will not rust from the acio
in the berries and thus avoid furtne'
Loco. in future