The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-07-15
WILL NOT EXHIBIT AT SPOKANE
Board OF Directors of Wenatchee Commercial Club Re-
taiates Against Board of Directors of the National
Apple Show for Refusal to Give Winesap Apple
Just Rating-Great Indignation Here.

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|, + RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY +
+ TRUSTEES. +
+ Resolved, That the trustees of =
+ the Wenatchee Commercial Club, +
+ realizing that the Winesap is the +
+ King of all apples, and that +
+ many inferior grades of apples +
+ have been given a higher rating +
+ at the Spokane National Apple +
+ Show and that under this I'M Z
+ fair, unjust and discriminating =
+ rating which places the Cox Or I.
+ ange Pippin, the Yellow Belle =
+ flower and TOmpkins' King and +
+ other inferior varieties above +
+ and equal to the Winesap, we +
+ recommend to the Exhibit Com +
+ mittee of this Club that they re- +
+ fuse and discourage any compe- +
+ titive exhibit from the Wenat- +
+ chez Valley. =
+ + + I. + + + + + + T+++ 80
The news of the decision of the
board of directors of the National
Apple Show not to raise the grading
of the Winesap apple as requested
by the Wenatchee Commercial Club
created great deal of indignation
in this valley. Promptly On receipt
of the news the board of directors
OF the Commercial Club went into
executive session and the above reso-
luton was adopted.
This means that Wenatchee viii
not exhibit at the National Apple
Show this year. Portland has made
arrangements for big show this
fall, as has also Vancouver, B. c.,
and it is safe to say that Wenatchee
will be represented at both places,
but Spokane is to be blacklistei;
this means not only the National APP
pie Show but the Interstate Fair as
well. Wenatchee went into the con-
test last fall handicapped with the
promise that the rating of the Vine
sap apple should be put on fair
basis this year. and with the promise
broken, Wenatchee has no disposition
to get into the contest again this
year, and is absolutely out of it as
far as exhibition purposes is concern
ed. without the embargo on the
Winesap is lifted.
In discussing the apple show mat
ter, Ira D. Edwards said:
The action taken by the board
of trustees of the National Apple
Show is just as l expected it would
be. The committee sent to Spokane
by the commercial club had been in
session with the trustees but few
minutes when it was fully realized
that our case had been decided
against US before we had been heard
The invitation to take lunch with
the trustees for the purpose of dis
GUESSING this matter was extended
with the idea of giving the hearing
an appearance of fairness.
The board freely admitted that
our claim was just and that it would
gladly grant the request if it could
do so without creating dissension
"a, hn Il ictr
THE vote taken among the dis
tricts resulted in practically a tie.
The board. believing that our claim
was right and fair, should have cast
the deciding vote in favor of raising
the grade. Further than this, the
Wenatchee Commercial club and the
valleys two carload exhibitors
should have been allowed to cast
their vote. The three favoring the
increase in rating would have given
us a clear majority. However, ! am
fully satisfied that this would have
The board had already made it's de-
cision. We asked that the names OF
the organizations and exhibitors vot-
ing for and against this change be
sent us and this request was refused.
1.-The refusal to change the quality
rating on Winesaps while very i'm
portant in itself is not the most i'm
portant development of this confer
ence with the officials of the Ma
tional Apple Show. 1t has been
shown that the success
of the show from a financial stand
point and as a Spokane advertising
feature is the first consideration of
the officers. Justice and fair treat
ment will not be granted the We
natchee valley exhibitor because
other sections must be permitted to
take their share of the prizes to Sc
cure the continued success of the
show.
1.-THE Wenatcbee valley does not
need the National Apple Show and
| am unalterably opposed to further
participation in their affairs unless
we are positively guaranteed inst