The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-10-07
YAKIMA GROWERS
PEEv|SH
STILL HARPING ABOUT THE DE-
FEAT OF LAST YEAR AT Ma
TIONAL APPLE SHOW AND
MAKING UNJUST CHARGES.

Some two weeks ago T. H. Atkin-
son, of Entiat, received word from
Stark Bros, at Louisiana, Mo-, that
a Parker Bottom fruit grower had
500 or 400 boxes of Delicious apples
this year. The trees from which
these apples grew were sold by Stark
Bros. and this company, the same as
last year, are buying up for adver-
tising purposes all the first class De-
licious apple grown in the northwest.
Mr.. Atkinson was instructed to go
to Parker Bottom and If possible buy
these apples. The Yakima Republic
has been loudly advertising the fact
that Wenatchee people have bought
these apples for exhibition at the
National Apple Show in Spokane.
This is not the fact in the matter,
however, and the Parker Bottom De-
licious If purchased at all will go to
Stark Bros. at Louisiana, Mo. The
following story from the Yakima Re-
public shows what stress is laid upon
the fact that Mr.. Atkinson made a
visit to Parker Bottom:
"In order to aid in securing for
Yakima valley fruit men that thing
known as a square deal at the Spo-
kane apple show, the governing board
of the commercial club indorsed last
night a letter written by H. NJ. Gill
bert or the Richey e Gilbert Fruit
company to the officials of the apple
show The board also took action
relative to the securing of better
freight rates from North Yakima to
h,,c
ness of less Importance.
Wenatchee Buyer at Parker.
THAT Wenatchee buyer has been
in the Yakima valley to buy Delicious
apples to show at the Spokane apple
show is the opinion of Mr.. Gilbert,
as stated in the letter presented last
night, and indorsed by the governing
board of the commercial club. 1t
asks the officials of the apple show
to permit the entries for carload COM
petition to be made by combinations
of growers as well as by single grow
ers. In looking up growers to show
exhibits from the Parker country,
Mr.. Gilbert came across what he
called 'snag' in the attempt of the
buyer from the other section to get
800 boxes of Yakima apples, as there
are not enough Delicious apples
either in the Yakima or Wenatchee
valleys for carload entry.
Orchards Not Large Enough.
'Orchards are not large enough in
the Yakima valley so that a single
grower can get carload of perfect
apples from his own orchard. This
is one of the complaints which We
natchee people have been making
also, and the letter forwarded to the
apple show officials suggests that the
growers of the Wenatchee, Yakima
and Hood River districts would all
be glad of the adoption of this change
in the rules, and suggests that repre-
sentatives of these three districts be
asked to confer with regard to the
change With the rules permitting
exhibits by combinations of growers
the temptation to dishonesty will be
removed.
Old Charge is Stated.
1.-THE letter which the board in
dorsed last night definitely formu-
lates the charge, which is generally
believed by Yakima fruit men to be
true, that the car of Wenatchee ap-
pies which won first last year was
not taken entirely from the orchards
of Mike Horan, as was claimed, and
the letter states that Mr.. Gilbert has
at hand proofs of these statements
which will stand in court as evidence
The meaning of the letter appears to
be, that If growers are going to COM
bine in making carload exhibits, the
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can do it legally"