The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-04
NECESSITY OF ORGANIZATION OF
FRUIT GROWERS.

peal to the fruit growers of Utah in
which he says;
Utah today is passing through the
experience that California. Oregon.
Colorado and Washington have pass
ed through. We have reached a pc,
riod where the fruit industry demands
a concert of action, or, In other words,
that they get together by forming
| fruit growers associations and there
by insuring a uniform pack and bet
! ter prices. The writer Is personally
| acquainted with the managers and
| some of the most prominent growers
| of the associations 10 the states mea-
toned. and It is the universal verdict
that the only way 10 secure uniformity
i'm picking. packing and marketing
fruit is through organization, for the
reason that where associations are
formed all fruit must be picked ard
packed under inspection. Statistics
Will show that in each OF the states
mentioned land values have increased
many fold. In conversation last week
with a man from California. largely in
terested in the fruit deal for a great
many years in that state, l was told
that prior to the fruit growers organ
ization. nearly every fruit farm in
California was under mortgage. and
that in very few years after or
ganization prices advanced so mate
rally in both product of the orchard
and also land values that a great
many of those growers are today auto
mobile farmers.
In the spring of 1908 associations
were organized in the following
places: Ogden, Brigham City, Salt
Lake and Provo. Arrangements were
made with the manager Of the Grand
Junction association. John F Moore.
10 supervise the picking, packing and
marketing of the fruit Three hun
dred thirty-three cars of peaches were
shipped by said associations that bore
a uniformity OF pack, and did more 10
advertise Utah fruit than great many
people have any idea of. Letters arc
being received from the different mar
liets where said fruit was laced that
speak very highly of the fruit and also
of the pack II is true that we were
confronted with low prices which
seemed TO prevail throughout the
United States last year, but the writ
er is of the opinion that had it not
been for organization a big per cent
OF the fruit that was shipped would
have been allowed TO remain in the
orchard The reasons for the low
prices were First nearly every fruit
raising district in the United States
had full crop OF peaches last year.
Second, owing TO tho panic closing
down so many factories a large mum
Der Of men were thrown out of en-
ployment consequently cutting down
their purchasing capacity.
We have now in the state, eleven
fruit growers organizations which
viii no doubt be added to until there
VIII be an organization in every fruit
growing section. When this coudi-
ton prevails, Utah can then expect
10 take her proper place and receive
prices equal to the best There Is
no question about the quality of Utah
fruit, The sweeps take prizes re-
ceiyed by the State Board of Horti-
culture at the Irrigation Congresses
In Boise, Idaho. In the year 1906. and
also al Sacramento. California 1907.
and Albuquerque, New Mexico. 1908.
! giving to Utah fruit the first prize
against all other states in the Union,
should convince us that our fruit Is
equal to the best / am informed that
Utah cherries won first prize AT the
Alaska-Yukon Exposition now being
held in Seattle. Washington The fol-
lowing letter will give us an idea OF
where we stand on sweet cherries
The cherries referred 10 in said letter
were grown and packed by e. G Nc
Griff, Of North Ogden. who presented
them 10 John Derrig. manager of the
Pioneer Fruit company, Ogden Utah
who, by the way. is marketing the
fruit of the associations this year. He
In turn sent them to c. B. Bills, presi-
dent OF the Pioneer Fruit company
of Sacramento, California:
Sacramento. CAL July 16. 90
John Derrig. Manager Pioneer
Fruit Co. Ogden, Utah, Your letter
of the l4th and the box of cherries ar
rived today at the same time and
these Bings are the prettiest things