The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-09-05
APPLE SHOW DIRECTORS
GET LITTLE SATISFACTION
Meeting at Commercial Club Saturday Brings No Other
Results Than Harmonious Feeling and Promise of
Better Treatment Next Year = Suggestion Offered
May Cause New Grading Rules to Be Adopted.

The meeting with six directors of
the National Apple Show for three
hours Saturday afternoon, at the
Commercial Club rooms, resulted in
little more than to confirm both the
Spokane and the Wenatchee parties
to the controversy that each side is
in the right. The visitors acknowl-
edged that the grading rules are un-
just to the Winesap, but their only
suggestion TO Wenatchee was to
grin and bear it" this year with the
assurance that justice will be meted
out the following season. This did
not meet with any favor from the
local citizens.
Several important revelations were
made during the conference which
may have a decided influence on the
future plans and methods of the ap-
pie show. Secretary Rice acknowl-
edged that the only way. for Wenat-
chez to secure a just rating for it's
leading apple even though the direct
ors realize the present discrimina-
ton, is to adopt the political meth
cd of securing enough votes at the
next meeting during the apple show
to secure a majority. This was the
very thing which proved the most re-
pulsive to the representatives of the
Wenatchee Commercial club. The
directors were told that If they can
not decide upon some method of
rating which will give justice with
out resorting to political trickery and
methods there is NO hope for We
natchee, to secure just treatment at
their show.
The remedy offered by Wenatchee
which is deemed the only effective
ent impossible situation is return
to the original system of grading
used at the first show, which was to
place every variety upon basis of
10 and let the perfect apple win
no matter which variety it may be-.
At first this suggestion was not we'll
received by the visitors but when w.
T: Clark, Mayor Gellatly and others
of the Wenatchee contingent united
with instances that there is no other
way out of the difficulty, the direct
ors began to see great light. Sec
rotary Rem Rice jumped to his feet
an exclaimed:
will you men be satisfied if a
car of Ben Davis wins the sweep
stalker"
"Yesi" was shouted at him. "Be-
cause we know" added w. T. Clark,
that a Ben Davis apple cannot win
the prize in. competition with the
Wenatchee Winesap.'
The Spokane men then withdrew
in pairs for little conferences among
themselves and shortly thereafter
each one expressed himself as highly
pleased with the suggestion of plac-
ing all varieties hereafter upon the
same basis. They believed, SO they
said, that this is the only solution
which will relieve the management
of the show from the continuous
kicking to which they have been sub
jected for the past three years.
The Spokane men begged that We
natchee exhibit this year. and they
were met by expressions of willing
ness to do so if some plan could be
devised to eliminate the present dis
elimination.
No compromise was suggested
which will make it possible for
either party to the controversy to
give in one inch for this year. If the
conference brings any results what
ever it is probable that they will not
come before the grading rules are
made up for the year 1911.
1t has been stated by representa-
tives of the apple show who have
visited this city within the past
month or two that growers from the
Wenatchee valley have agreed to
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the position of the commercial club.
Some of them even went SO far as
to mention the name of Cy France.
One of the most gratifying features
of the meeting Saturday afternoon
was the speech of Mr.. France in
which he stated with great emphasis
that he might attend the show to en-
ter some plate exhibits but that un-
der no circumstances would he con-
tend. for the carload prize when his
leading apple, the Winesap. is
weighted with a handicap as it now
is. Mike Koran made a similar
statement and the visitors were as
sured that Wenatchee is united in
it's present attitude.
After being invited by DR.. King,
who presided at the conference, to
set forth their side of the contro-
versy regarding the rating Of the
Winesap, the first speaker from
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