The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-07-27
SPOKANE NEEDS WENAT-
CHEZ At APPLE SHOW ?
Gordon c. Corbaley, Member of Board of Trustees of
National Apple Show in City Today and Tells of
Troubles of Board - Says Spokane Has Always
Fought Battles of Wenatchee.

. THE Spokane Apple Show needs
Wenatchee and Wenatchee needs the
Show" was the sentiment expressed
this afternoon to a World reporter
by G. C. Corbaley, a real estate deal
er of Spokane, who is an active men,
Der of the board of trustees of the
Spokane Apple Show. Mr.. Corbaley
is in the city on private business and
having disposed of it, intended to
take a spin around the valley to be-
come better acquainted with condi-
tions here.
In all my experience with public
enterprises" continued the Spo-
kane man, II never mixed up with
anything in which there is more
grief than in this apple show bust
ness. 1t is nothing but trouble from
start to finish. Just now we are per-
picked to the point of desperation
over the problem of housing the ex-
hibits for which space has been en-
|
need to be rejected simply for lack
of space
Then you will be able to get
along very nicely this year without
the Wenatchee exhibit" he was ask
ed
"No, we need Wenatchee and We
natchee needs the Show. Wenatchee
cannot afford to miss this great ex-
hibition. We have always been
friendly to Wenatchee because she
has always been friendly to the show
in the past. You would appreciate
this fact if you knew the threats
made to us by other districts regard
ing the award of the prize in 1905"
LAS trustees who know nothing
about apples but are interested sole
ly in pulling off successful show,
giving publicity to the apple and the
| Northwest, we favored the conten-
ton of the Wenatchee delegation
who sought to raise the Winesap
grading to $40. But to arbitrarily
grant the request would disrupt the
entire organization.
THE first year of the show we
placed all apples on the same basis.
Spitzenberg, Winesap, Jonathan and
Delicious were all judged on the
same rating as, the Baldwin, Ben Da-
Wis and every other variety. This
was found to be- entirely unjust. 1t
is unfair to place the Ben Davis on
the same footing as the Winesap
So we adopted the only rules of any
authority then in existence for the
coming season, those of the American
| Pathological Society. No sooner had
| this step been taken than many I'M
just ratings were discovered in these
| rules also. But the trustees were
powerless to make any change them
selves 1t was then decided to make
no further changes except by vote of
| the growers themselves.
"a meeting of growers for the
purpose of amending the rules was
| called to take place during the 1909
show. This meeting was widely adj
vertised in bulletins and in city and
country papers At this meeting
the whole question of Winesap grad
ing was thoroughly thrashed out. l
was present myself and listened TO
the discussion with much interest.
Wenatchee was ably represented by
at least five growers who presented
the demands of the Winesap with
great force and clearness. The first
vote to raise the grading of the
Winesap from rs to gle was re-
jected almost unanimously. The mo-
ton to raise it only one point was
adopted with almost as evident
Lunanimity.
Now the unit of voting power in
this meeting is the grower-not the
district. Therefore, If Wenatchee
had been represented by sufficient
number of growers, she might have
won the day and made the grading
rules to suit herself. And l may add.
this may be tip for her to profit by
| for the following year."