The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1909-04-01
FAKE HOOD RIVERS.
Inferior Northwestern Apples Palmed
or as the Famous Hood River
Article.
New York, March 10, '09.

New York, March 10, '09.
Speaking of the box apple trade in
general and the Hood River, Ore,
fruit In particular. Mr.. Joseph Ii.
Steinhardt Of Steinhardt q Kelly said
to Guide man:
"Ihis has Eeen very peculiar
season and our method of selling the
| bulk Of our stock as fast as 1t arrived,
to the trade at a fair advance over
| our original purchase price, meeting
as it did with ready response, by the
wholesale trade, TO whom exclusively
we appeal in the disposal of our stock,
we consider to have been the proper
method OF harvesting the crop this
year. Future events proved our judg-
ment to have been correct. Boxed
apples did not advance in sympathy
with the barreied fIuit, nor did they
| at any time since bringing as high
prices as at the beginning Of the
| season.
"lo prove uur contention you have
but to walk around the market and
you will find some of our good friends
offering cold storage fruit at for from
rs cents to 80 cents u box less than
they could have obtained Tor them at
the beginning OF the Aaeson.
'Of course Hood River apples are
in class by themselves They were
never packed as well rs this season,
when they were packed under the
| direct supervision OF the directors OF
the Apple Growers Union. 1t was
the first season for the union label
and the result justified the extra OK
pense aud labor naturally attached
to such large undertaking.
"OuI entire deal with the Hood
River Apple Growers Union was
one of the pleasantest business expert
ences we have ever had, and now that
the season is practically completed
we look back to it with great deal
OF pleasure and pardonable pride, be.
| ing as 1t was without any question
the largest apple deal ever put through
| by any one concerned In the history
| OF the trade.
| "Ihere was, however, one unpleas
ant feature this season In this trans.
action which no doubt another sea.
son will bs entirely eliminated. That
was the foisting Of lot of inferior
northwestern fruit upon the market
with fraudulent labels, misleading the
buyers, and giving the impression
| that IL was real Hood River stock,
One firm In particular may be picked
out as being the principal offenders
In putting these fake packages on
| the market.
The label declared that tho fruit
contained in that box had been inspect
ed and packed by that concern which
claimed a Hood River address. 1t
naturally gave the buyer the idea that
the fruit was Hood River fruit, when
| in reality 1t was very inferior fruit
raised In Districts hundreds of miles
from that celebrated valley. Legal
efforts we're started to have the con-
Germ indicated tor using fraudulent
aud misleading labels in defiance of
the Pure Food Law. Wiser counsel
however, prevailed, and the matter
was allowed to be dropped for the
present.
Especially injurious Was this fake
package to the Hood River fruit and
its good name on the European mark
ct. where the buyers are not Us we'll
acquainted with American geography
as they are here. Thousands of box
es were there catalogued and sold as
| Hood Rivers, which never grew sny.
where near that cele rated valley, and
the consequence was that when the
real Hood Rivers we've offered they
could not be disposed Of excepting at
pr es which showed considerable
Losses to tn" exporters.
| "lhese concerns cleverly hid them
selves behind these fraudulent labels,
giving teople the impression that
the fruit was inspected, packed and
shipped from that celebrated valley Z,
thereby iniuring the growers OF the
valley great deal, and 1t will take
several seasons Of strenuous work and
advertising to obliterate this false iu-
| preston.
''Ihe campaign of education in
sugursted by s ienhardt & Kelly at
the beginning OF the season in this
GCuntry, did great deal to nip in the
bud his fraud, as far as the New
York market was concerned, and nc
doubt by the time another season
comes around both the domestic aud
foreign buyers Will be on these palp
alta frauds.
Present ruling prices on real gen.
me Hood River Newtowns, about the
only tiety lett from that section,
Command 81 50d 81 81 hoy.