The daily sentinel., 1908-01-18

cars; business. $s14,278.
No fruit association Of any kind in
this or any other country has such
loyal members as has this pioneer
association. OF the 600 fruit grow
ers who hold stock In the association.
every one of them is loyal and faith
full to the organization. 1t Is easy
to realize the advantages Of having
your fruit handled through such an
association. 1t Is an old principle
that one man can never. under nor
NAL circumstances, accomplish as
much or secure as satisfactory re-
suits In a business transaction as
two or more men can accomplish
when working together for common
interests. with 600 fruit growers
working together. supporting the
same institution. standing back of
a set of selected officials In whom
they place complete confidence and
trust, it can readily be seer that far
more influence can be welded. far
better prices can be secured and far
more markets can be reached than
could ever be welded. secured or
reached by any fruit grower shipping
independently.
If each Grand Valley fruit grower
was shipping out his fruit independ-
ent of every other grower, making
his own prices and dealing with his
own markets. how long would Grand
Valley fruit be commanding high and
good prices? Not very long. For
then each of the coo growers would
be competing with the other. prices
would be slashed and pretty soon
there would be no prices at all.
Hence, the undisputed advantage
of the fruit growers association
formed along such lines as the Grand
Junction Fruit Growers Association.
Lack of organization and poor mar
agement has been the ruin OF many
fruit growing district of this coun-
try. The member of the Grand juno
ton Fruit Growers Association does
not have to worry about his prices.
He raises his fruits, he delivers them
to the association knowing that COM
petent men are in charge of every
department and knowing that he will
get the best possible prices. In good
time his returns come in. and nine
times out of ten these returns are
immensely satisfactory to the grow
er.
Again, through the association the
grower can purchase his needed sup
plies. such as boxes, wrappers. spray
material. wagons, ETC.. at practically
wholesale prices, such goods being
bought by the car loads by the asso-
clation.
The Grand Junction Fruit Grow
ers' Association. above all other
things. is noted for "the good fruit
and the honest pack" 1t has always
been its policy to ship out no rankly
inferior fruit and it will not accept
such for shipment. 1t gives Its MEM
guidance of experts as to how to
produce the very best fruit, how to
care for the orchards and make them
yield the greatest amount of good
fruit. For several years 1t has en-
ployed one of the best fruit inspect
ors in the west. w. S. Chandler. He
visits the orchards in the spring and
gives valuable advice to the growers,
and then when the shipping season
begins every car of fruit shipped must
come under his watchful eve for in
spection before 1t is started on its
way and unless that fruit In every
box measures up to the standard OF
quality 1t is rejected. The growers
know this. and naturally 1t makes
them anxious to raise only the best
quality of fruit.
The association demands that the
grading be good, the packing syste-
matte and honest. and every effort Is
made tc develop the very best color
and flavor in every class of fruit.
To keep the fruit up to the highest
standard. ever striving to make i'm
provements in its already rich quail