The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-01-27
GUARANTEE PACK
Stockholders Of Horticultural Union
Will Have Opportunity to Vote
on Plans.

Practical cooperative features for
the Yakima Horticultural union by
an arrangement for each stakeholder
to only have one vote in the meet
ings, extra inducements to growers to
consign fruit rather than sell, insti-
tuition of packing school and guar
antee of the pack of apples and pos
sibly other fruits, are the principal
features of a compromise submitted
to vote of the stockholders at the
special meeting to be held next week
and have the unanimous approval of
ten of the leading men of the hort-
cultural union, the committee that
has arranged them. Such was the
announcement made Thursday after
noon by W. y. Irish. secretary of the
union, after the committee had COM
pleted its conference.
The members of the committee are
Messrs. NJ n. Richards, w. n. Irish,
w. l.. Wright, Edward Remy and J.
M. Brown of the directors and Alfred
II. Henry. Granville Lowther, ]. f.
Shannon, II. B. Scudder and w. M.
Nelson of the stockholders. Two
other members of the board of direc-
tors were absent from the meetings
While the formal draft of the reso-
lutions and constitutional changes
that will bring about the reconstruc
ton of plans has not been announced,
an informal review by members of
the committee show that they cover
practically all the essential features
of cooperative organization, as de-
sired by many growers.
Ono tho prinnino1 fanf,,roc &c
that provision by which each stock
holder, no matter how many shares
of stock are held, shall be entitled to
but one vote in the business meetings
of the union. This was proposed by
II. B. Scudder, who is probably the
largest stakeholder of the union and
represents others who hold many
shares.
Starting of packing school and
guarantee of the pack of winter ap-
Piles is another essential subject that
has been favorably acted upon. The
resolutions If adopted will make it
mandatory on the directors to estab-
fish this school for packers and to
turn out foremen and packers who
are competent to handle the fruit.
With this specially trained corps
of packers, all bearing certificates
from the union, it will be possible to
have all winter apples consigned
through the organization packed and
the guarantee of the pack made by
the Yakima Horticultural union.
AS an iuducement 70 ranchers to
consign rather than sell to the union,
or to any other buyer, the committee
decided on a plan 20 only pack the
consigned goods and to only place
the union guarantee of excellence on
the boxes consigned. Other induce
ments are to be provided to secure
consignments, and every effort will
be made to have every fruit grower
in the union consign all he produces
and sign up for the amount.
Owing to the fact that the good
packers are not quickly produced, the
union is to make no promise to guar
antee packs of other fruits this year,
although that will be done if possible.
The winter apple shipment, however.
is the principal feature of the Yakima
fruit business.
Secretary Irish says that the agree
ment that has been reached is entire
ly satisfactory to all, and Alfred H.
Henry who has been prominent in
enorts to either secure changes in
the union or form cooperative as
ISOLATION, says that if the plans of
the committee are adopted, the Yak
ina Fruit Growers association, for
nation of which has been practically
effected, will be dropped.