The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-10-01
Yakima County Horticultural Union

Yakima County Horticultural Union
passed the following resolution:
Enclosed we hand you copy of q
resolution passed by unanimous vote
at meeting of the trustees of this
union today. Throughout the fruit
growing sections of the Northwest, In
Guiding Washington, Oregon, Idaho
Montana, Utah and California, there is
almost a universal protest against the
changing of the size of the standard
apple box, which has been adopted and
used in all this territory for years.
1--WE feel that eastern commission
men and shippers have no more right
to dictate what size box we shall use
than we have to say what size barre
they shall use in the east. The success
of the National Apple Show depends
largely on the cooperation of the apple
growers of the Northwest, and we
representing indirectly large percen
tage of the growers of the Yakima
valley, ask that you recognize our re
quest as outlined in the resolution"
Armed with this resolution and SINH
lar statements from other apple grow
ing sections of the Northwest, Presi
dent Dumas appeared before the trus
tees of the National Apple Show in
Spokane and asked a reconsideration
of their former action. The papers re
port that he made the following state
ment:
"The standard apple box now in use
of ino Of hn h
west Fruit Growers association Ii
years ago. The organization was com
posed of fruit growers, professors Of
horticulture from the agricultural col
leges, boxmakers, commission men
representatives of the refrigerator cal
service. After careful consideration
from the standpoint of all of these
interests box 10kx11 kx18 inches
inside measurement, was selected as
best adapted to our needs.
Our experience has proved that the
selection was good one, and with this
box we have developed a scientific
pack that has made our apples famous
over all the world.
Eastern Dealers Object.
"The eastern commission men say
that this is short box. This we deny
because it contains more than the
United States standard bushel, moi
counting the bulge.
"The Porter bill, which was intro
duced in the United States congress al
the instigation of the eastern dealers
proposed box that contained abou
400 cubic inches more than the stand
ard box. This was highly objection
able to the growers because it virtu
ally destroyed our system of packing
that had taken years to acquire.
Through the influence of our west
ern congressman Mr.. Porter did mo-
call up his bill for the consideration
of that body and the interests behind
this movement have induced Congress
man Lafean of Pennsylvania to intro
duce another bill of similar import.
Bill is Bittery Opposed.
"It is not so Objectionable as the
Porter bill, but is not satisfactory tt
growers east or west and has small
chance of passage, as it is bitterly
opposed by unions of growers and hor
ticultural societies over all the west.
After Mr.. Dumas had concluded his
remarks the trustees adopted the fol
lowing resolution for the coming apple
show:
Resolved, That the National Apple
show recognize the standard apple box
10Bx11ax18 inches, containing 21.73!
cubic inches, and requires that all boz
exhibits at the National Apple show
shall conform thereto, or to one spe
cial size hnY which shall contain 220l