The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-07-06

such quantities Of apples, the buyer
scarcely needing representative a,
shipping point except to pay for the
apples as loaded? And this Is not
absolutely necessary, as we found il
| possible to buy $4,000 worth OF
these apples by depositing $4,000 in a
local bank at shipping point as a
guarantee on our part to accept and
pay for the apples If up to grade
and the association make draft with
bill of lading attached for the cars
as shipped.
If you will continue this splendid
work Of fine grading and packing and
improve upon it, IL you possibly can,
the fame of Wenatchee will increase
each year very rapidly; and especial
lily is this true when the thousands
of smaller markets In the United
States learn that Wenatchee means
quality in capital letters, and that
your big red apples are scientifically
packed and graded, and that wher-
ever box of Wenatchee apples is Of
fered for sale it need not be neces-
.sary to open the box for inspection,
that the quality will be all right
without it, and buyer will know at
once that he will be as safe in his
purchase as If he had bought a pack
age of Quaker Oats or roll of barb
ed wire.
Are you aware that at the present
time if a Chicago dealer wants to get
apples properly packed and graded in
Old New York State, he will have to
take with him outside packers from
Michigan or Illinois and these men
will superintend the packing and fac
ing of each barrel in order to be as
surej that he will get a strictly num-
Der one barrel of fruit? The same
conditions prevail in the barreled an
pie sections of the Middle West, and
am afraid will always be so. For
years Eastern Canada has had a no.
torious reputation for dishonest me-
thods in packing apples, and few
|years ago for self protection the gov
eminent was compelled to pass laws
to try and remedy the case, compel
ling packers to stamp the variety,
grade, and their full name in large
letters on each barrel, and all apples
must be inspected before leaving the
country by salaried government in
spectOrs, and must be graded I'D to
the mark under penalty Of the law.
Even this did not give those interest
led absolute relief, and under no cir
cumstances would I pay a draft, bill
of lading attached. on any car of APP
pies out of Canada without inspect
ing at destination; and then I would
want to get well back into the rear
of the car before final acceptance. I
cannot imagine this condition ever
becoming real in the Wenatchee VAL
ley. Wenatchee now stands for quail
ity and color, and let 1t ever be So
Just little carelessness of one sea-
sons work might cause a start that
would ruin your fair name, AMI in
stead Of buyer feeling sure of a
fine pack on all his purchases, his
mind would be full of distrust and
distrust in any pack of apples means
low prices. Let a buyer get stung
once by poor, careless packing and
it is not at all likely that you will
ever stick him again. Take my own
case, l have handled your apples for
the past two years, l like them and
want more of them and hope we can
agree on prices this fall so l can Sc
cure at least 100 cars of them for
the firms l represent. The attraction
here is your fine, uniform, honest
pack and good color, and if for a
moment you dispense with these es-
sential points, you will retrograde
very rapidly. l dwell on this point
because l have learned since coming
to Wenatchee that some of your
Estate and county officials contemplate
a reduction of your fruit inspectors.
do not know the cause of this move
nent, and care less; but under no
circumstances should this be allowed,
rather double the force and pay the
extra expense by subscription or tax
alton. Every box of your extra fancy
apples that has left this valley in the
past two years you have realized at
least Is to Is cents a bow premium
over the best shipping sections; and
while We buyers are willing to pay
these prices, a tax of one cent box
on apples or 1-2 cent a box on
peaches would pay these inspectors