The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-01-29
PRESIDENTTIBBITS
MAKES REPORT
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growers outside OF the associa lion,
ard lie fruit shipped from Yakima
and other districts, overstocked the
Sound markets and operated in low
ering prices.
The business corrections made dur
ing ;he past season with eastern
buyers is valuable asset for this as
ISOLATION, and as these will undoubc-
eddy he added to during 1908, the in
dications are that much of the sum-
mer fruit can be handled in carload
lots at satisfactory prices.
Seattle and the Sound Marketsc
Just west of the Cascade Mountaias
is {. large and growing population
that do now and will always consume
a great deal of our products. Seat
tie is The commercial center of this
district and from its ports our fruits
go tn Alaska, Australia and tao
Orient. These shipments will rapid
ly increase. Such a large and grow
ing market Immediately at our door
should be carefully looked after and
cultivated. Il zsS
During the past season the associa-
ton maintained man at this point,
who received their carload shipments
and delivered them among the COM
mission men. This was some help
but it was only a start in the right
direction and is long way from the
proper plan of handling our fruit On
this market. AS a child has to creep
before it can walk, your society has
to do many things that are not per-
lection at the start, but which in time
can be gradually improved.
In the handling of summer fruit it
is not likely that the association this
coming season will be able to sell
all of it outright in car lots at it's
warehouses. Last year such summer
fruit as was not sold in this way was
sent by the association to Mr. Nc
Manus, who was in the associations
employ at Seattle, and he distribut-
ed it among the several commission
houses who made their returns to the
association. This necessitated
great deal of expense besides errors
and delays. This plan can be i'm
proved upon and as good or better
results obtained with less expense.
The following plan has been suggest
ed that the several warehouses Of
this association be open to receive
fruit from all fruit growers in the
valley whether they belong to the
association or not, thus giving ali
growers the privilege of carload rates
to Seattle. Every grower shall mark
up all his boxes of fruit to whatever
commission house he wishes it sent;
the returns to be sent direct for the
commission house to the grower.
Tho association shall assume no re-
sponsibility further than the proper
receiving and checking in of the
fruit at the warehouse and the prop
er loading and checking out in car
lots. For this service it shall charge
regular warehouse fee, to be de-
termined upon by the directors of
the association. In addition to this
privilege, every member of the asso-
citation who has subscribed for some
CT the new issue of stock shall have
the privilege of authorizing and d.
recting the management of the asso-
citation to take any of his fruit at any
time and sell it, whenever in the
Judgment of the management a bet
ter price can be obtained for it than
it is likely to net the grower by al
lowing ii to go forward TO the COM
mission merchants.
At the first of December, space
was rented in the public market
building in Seattle and Mr.. Olinger
placed in charge. No one could tell
at the time whether this was a move
in the right direction or not; it was
like many other things in this world
that have to be tried out to deter
mine whether they are a success or a
failure. So far, all the indications
are that it was step forward
There has been a gradual increase in
the amount of fruit sold by this
means with better prices obtained
than the general market conditions
on the Sound would otherwise have
given. 1t is thought that much of
the summer fruit can be handled from
this market and that it will be an
outlet for over-ripe fruit which COM
mission men cannot handle to al
vantage. 1t is not anticipated thar
this will work to the detriment of
the commission mans business, but
that it will be auxiliary to it. Cor
dial business relations have been
maintained between the association
management and the produce mer-
chants Of Seattle as well as with the
local houses in Wenatchee, and it is
hoped that such condition will con-
tinue to the mutual advantage of all.
BY maintaining regular head
quarters in Seattle under a compe-
tent energetic and wideawake mana
ger, the business of the association
can be so conducted as to obtain the
best price possible on the market,
and also pay all the expenses of such
manager and his employees. The
manager at Seattle should telegraph
or telephone every day to the Wenat-
chez Office giving the conditions of
the markets and the prices current
for all varieties of fruits. This in
formation should be furnished to any
association member upon his applica-
tion at the. Office. There may be
times when the market is such that