The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1909-11-05
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RECORD PRESENTED
..u Z Voolfolk Defend Distribu-
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,..ssonville, Fla, Nov. Bird, 1909.
,, a appearing in your issue OF
w., 18th, contains statements so
~ Misleading that we believe your
y and and the growers of the State
~ .,,IaI to absolute facts in order
9 ',"' a correct judgment. We re-
s,'' Litter written by r. l.. Good
W md we PARALLEL his statements
he actual facts. ,,r
u GoOdwin's statements: 1.-TWO
400, Crutchfeld e. Voolfolk en-
' Atlanta and captured the GeOr.
bach Growers Association, and
esteemed with tales of the Won
,ssults to follow their matchless
s;ag Of the crop, through their un-
s1J channels at so much per word
msd out to be the worst year for
Georgia peach growers than they
Lnew, worse than promiscuouS
EnmenlS,
AL year the Georgia peach people
Ir the California way and came
rth flying colors. They obtained
Irtory prices; the organization
Ten per cent dividend and carried
stome surplus to begin business
next season.
FACTS: -Crutchiield & Voolfolk
m capture the Georgia Peach
ssn' Association two years ago,
I'D they handle its output. Crutch-
4 Voolfolk did handle Il small per-
he Of the crop for the growers
rsults are evidenced by the follow
utements from some of the most
bnent growers in Georgia. We
sfrom their letters, giving facts.
originals of these letters are on
1t Jacksonville, subject to inspec-
dany Interested grower or shipper.
atlanta, Ga, July 18th. 1908, IL
ba that our Orchard did not give
ahrger portion of this seasons
hess i hope that next season. the
gany will be able to send you Il con-
Fable portion of its business. Very
yous, Bagley.Gobcr Orchard Go.
{. Bagley, treasurer III. {.
Ky is the present president of the
ys Fruit Exchange.)
Atlanta, Ga, August 22nd, 1908.
rMnt sales for car 1868 has been
wed, which closes up our business
IBIS season. ! have been entirely
Med with the manner in which your
has handled my business and feel
ne prices you received were very
ioetter than would have been the
lsd ] shipped them direct to local
nsiOn houses. "
e system, which you have intro
should commend itself, to the
growers generally; 1.-The solution
aotable prices '"pen,EIlpon proper
'elemetic distribution of the fruit.
aeie IS q call for n general meet
iult growers to be- held in At
september 10th, for the purpose
ssullng ways and means Of better
slloh''of the fruit another year.
Fm will doubtless be interested
,eetmg Of this kind. Yours very
nafvey Jordan. /" (Harvey Jordan
" chief of the Cotton journal,
o. the best known men in the
Jlen, Ohio, Sept. 4th, 1908. We
MMlng your diverting system one
s'er our peach shipments began
: mat you realized for us more
!. man those realized by other
EaIalng the crop Of 1909, we
pleased to take this up with
lM proper time.
mixing you for your very cour-
uealment, we remain, Yours
wy Ivy The Acknowledgement Fruit
.MG. Kettle, Chmn. +. G."
'"''a quote from numerous other
neorgla crop for the season of
~,s's.ed OF approximately 5000
I. %1,scllcally the largest crop ever
IRON the State. There was no
g mstribution Of the crop as a
nrm or organization han
|,s.10 "a small percentage of
49, ne they were naturally
Mss s y prevent the glutted mar
'~s' sssp the country. and Good
iwIen,ent, implying that Crutch-
"no'lolk We're responsible for
a ''" =" season is little less than
me Georgia Fruit Exchange
9.ra' result of the disastrous
:. was organized as a stock
sc..s s profit making, dividend pay
. ~. and among it's mem.
a: Sae many staunch friends OF
lsIt y voolfolk. Crutchfield &
were selected a. one of the
~ s y for the season of 1909.
az iSO9 consisted of approx.
~ oV cars against 5000 cars
q, ' : season OF 1908; many'of the
49, Hs'e short of peahces. Every
r.Sso mad good peaches, whether
~ Rns,nge or not. secured good
SuWln's statement:.- "This