The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-27
Shepard's Convincing Talk.

OUCRGtd convincing am
The whole OF the afternoon session. last
ing about two hours, was consumed by 1
r FL Shepard. manager of the Hood /
River Fruit Growers association, in ex- /
planning 10 the audience how a fruit /
growers organization could be erected, /
how it should be conducted, and in giving /
ideas that he had found useful in acver-
Using the Hood River fruit country and /
IN getting top prices for apples. After his |
remarks considerable time was spent by |
him in answering scores Of questions put |
10 him. The questions indicated the great
interest taken by the Utah growers in
the matter of organizing ana they seemed
TO want to know every detail OF ny: Shsp-
ards association He answered an ques-
tians plainly and took great pains TO
make every little thing inquired a bout I'M
derstood. His talk was entirely i.npromp-
tn and was very interesting
MI Shepard began his remarks by stat
ing chat the farming industry was the
greatest industry Of the country. stating
that all other industries depended upon
the farmer for their existence, ana then
he said that the most important branch oil
| farming was fruit growing. Fruit grow
I ing. he said. was the best kind of farm
| ing the most intelligent class OF farif-
/ ing the most interesting kind OF farming.
the most lucrative and the most beneficial
| to the whole lot of people tie stated
that while the northwest was already Ia
/ nous for its fruit, that the industry IN
| this section was still in its infancy and
I
! that the states of Utah, Idaho, oregon,
/ Washington and Colorado contribute only
| two-tcntbs of the fruit growing in TINS
| country This was IN connection with the
/ cry often heard Of danger OF overproduc-
/ ton That danger he said was -ng III
! ne pointed out that the northwest. as far
t as a,,Dles are concerned. Is producing the
/ host Favored. best colored and best keep
| ing appieS in the country In the east
| he said fruit culture Is gradually de-
creasing This is attributable to q num-
| Der OF reasons Diseases IN fruits are
rapidly becoming more ana more preNd-
/ lent in the eastern states, and the eastern
/ fruit growers are being bothered more
/ and more each year with worms IEey
have the destroying frosts that We do not
/ have to contend with in our best fruit
districts. and they have the cold rains at
blossom time. unknown to we GER
tainlv have a great future before us in
the matter Of fruit raising
Profits of Fruit Raising.
Mr.. sbepard stated that it had been es-
! tinated that 100 acres of hay OF grain
land was ONLY sufficient to maintain one
| ordinary family. He said $50 acres OF the
besf fruit land was sufficient to keep six
teen ordinary families and drew concur
sions that fruit sections could handle
larger population of people than common
! farm lands thus. when developed. max
ing the fruit sections, in comparison to
area. about eighty times as wealthy as
common farm lands communities.
I He spoke about the Porter measure IN
congress and urged the fruit growers OF
Utah toAresolve against the measure and
see that resolutions strongly against IL
he placed in the hands of the state Del
egates to congress. He explained the
/ measure was a knock against western
growers in that it called for uniform sizes
of fruit boxes and stipulated that Sp-
pies for instance. sold by the oushei
should be "heaped UP
1T would be an outrage to pass such
i Law" he said we don't sell our ap-
plessby the bushel- We pack them In
box, which We have found to be OF con-
venient size, and we sell our fruits by the
box-so much for that certain box AS d
matter Of fact. that box as packed con-
1 tsins little over the governments stan
. dard busheI Why should we be COM
oei,ed to sell our fruits by the bushel-
, the heaping bushel. The government Is
passing no laws making the breakfast
= food people put up their product in GER
p tain sized package. They have a pack
age that suits them and they sell their
) product by that package Why don they
. pass a law compelling the selling OF gaso-
: line by heaped up gaions?
! Mr. Shepard denounced the methOds OF
mani Spectators and promoters who
buy fruit lands for speculation What
We want out here" ne said. is not spec
ulators; We want men to come mere eno
settle on the land and improve II aEs
I benefit the country He spoke at some
! length on the benefits derived from tins
: good work Of the agricultural colleges IT
he urged the Utah growers to support
these institutions to the limit at all times
0 He said that organize ton among th'
: fruit growers was essential; that pig re
z suits could not be accomplished by an!
n other means OF his own association h
: | said;
!, Organization and Prices.
n The best example of what can b
2 gained by organization toward gettini
= letter prices for fruit ] can pest presen
III --orr ffr11reS of DTircS
> ceived since the organization of the Hoo
River Fruit Growers association. In lSJ
L we had no association and we received
/ that year s. cents box for our Spleen
J. berg apples After organizing We got s
s a box In 1903 s. 10 a box in 1894. s. u an'
d 3 90 a box in 1905, g. - q box in 1905. Nz
a to 1927 a box in 1907 and last year W
got 81 % a box for the fourier packs.
The speaker said there were two kind
of ssociations-mutus1 and stockhold
4 ers' He knew more about the mutual
he said because that was the kind of al
. association he belonged to. He said MI
Moore Of Grand Junction could tell then
q. later about the stockholders kin0-
i believe there is not much choice betweei
= the two kinds" he said. each probabl
. has good points that the other has not
In our association We charge the grove
per box for what Il actually costs US I
q handle the fruit Every member o. IN
I sszOciatiou must be a holder Of stock i
l. the association He must hold at ieas
{. ten shares at SO each, and no mem0e
J. can hold more than sJo0 worth OF snare:
s. That is to prevent any one person or Sc
l. of persons from getting entire control Q
}. the association. We capitalized for 80
ID C6H. We pay no dividends. The grower
get their dividends in the increase
s, prices they get for their products. Abou
s. Is per cent of the growers In the Hoo
I River valley country belong to the as
= ISOLATION
b, In forming an association the speake
p said it vas very desirable that none bJ
fruit growers be allowed to join; that a
growers be compelled to have some stoc
in the association, and that limit Of til
Of amount Of stock each could hold be pro
vided for. and he also urged that III
e. rules adopted be such as to protect tn
l. small growers as well as the big one
,, The objects to be accomplished WEI
r~incinsfIv Uniform grades OF fruit. un
ne form packing Of fruit-these to create
Dc confidence among BUYERS to the extsT
~ that they were certain any fruit pun
= chased under label Of the assOciatio
O. vas hound to be perfect. In choosing d
m rectorS. he said. they should be chose
IS equally from every fruit district and {
IN ssfd that great care should be used
ID employing a manager.
acaIIs for Able Management.
q. u You will have to have a man who ca