The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-04-15

find such fruit coming out of a box
of apples from the Pacific Coast.
Those Western growers know that
such fruit would kill their trade in
short order. Their only hope is to
make the papers fit the apples, and
have them packed upon honor A man
caught selling oleo for butter, or a
bogus cow for a purebred, or corn
cobs and dirt for cow feed, should
have his name posted, for he is a
germ of disease in honest trade. Just
the same, a man who would send out
such apples in a package marked
Choice Baldwins' ought to be rumi-
gated with printers ink. The chances
are, though that the packer was slick
enough to keep his name off that pack
age"
The following clipping shows the
widespread interest in fruit growing
in the Pacific Northwest. 1t also
shows that our great railroads are
vitality interested in the development
of this business. The more fruit grown
along the lines of these railroads, the
greater will be their freight business
Fruit pays double the rate paid by
lumber and shingles. 1t is profitable
business. Here is the clipping re-
ferred to-:
Spokane, Wash, March 19.-(Spe-
cial. AT a meeting of prominent cit
liens today it was decided to make the
big apple show that will be held in
Spokane next December National
affair, and such large prizes will be
offered that fruit from all parts OF
the United States will be entered in
competition. 1t is expected that the
awards that will be given will attract
some of the greatest fruit experts of
foreign countries.
''To carry out the plan corpora
ton to be known as the National Ap-
pie Show will be formed with stock
amounting to 100000, and governed
by a board of trustees of seven or
nine men. 1t is anticipated that one
of the directors will be Louis w. Hill,
president of the Great Northern Rail-
road, who has been requested by wire
to accept a position on the board.
at is intended to offer from $4,000
to $4,000 in premiums and to make
the show an annual affair. Among
the leaders are W. D. Vincent, cashier
VI Tic Olu 4NdIlOlldl l1ohh, oho lawn
Brown, president of the Hazelwood
Company"
The Great Northern Railroad is not
alone in encouraging fruit growing
along it's lines. The Northern Pacific
Railway has often gathered up Stats
tics showing how profitable it is to
grow fruit Their chief men have sew
eral times visited my orchards and
taken pictures to be used in their ad-
vertising department. l have fur
nished written statements for this
road. I know these statements have
been widely circulated, for I have
received numerous letters stating that
the writer's had read what 1 have said
in the advertising matter sent out by
C. w. Mott, the General Emigrant
Agent of the Northern Pacific road.
Just how I am ever going to shake
off this stream of letters l do not
! know Recently have been employed
by the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
Railway to write a statement OF five
thousand words to be used in adver-
Using the resources of the country
through which this company is build
ing to the Pacific Coast. Very natur-
ally | was to write of fruit growing.
My work has been done and turned
over to the company This is another
illustration of the interest that rail
way companies take in the matter of
fruit growing. There is but one
thing that regret in connection with
this matter, and that is the fact that
l will be bombarded with letters from
those who read these advertisements.
| have had some peculiar experiences
along this line. When l first visited
Washington Territory, in 1887, l was
an associate editor of the Christian
Oracle, published in Des Moines, Iowa.