The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-08-19
lPP[E TALK FOR THE
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FASTENER
.ovANE MAN TELLS CHICAGO
,,o,cATIoN ASSOCIATION
ABOUT KING OF FRUITS.
:. Weld of Washington, Oregon,
Apple H'e'o
,,.,na and Idaho Estimated Worth
One Hundred Millions = immense
80, Of Good Lands Yet undevel.
..d-Demand Rapidly Growing.

chicago. ILL.,, Aug. 13.-"While apples
,ot vet the principal products of
a. Oregon, Idaho and Mon
"s those who are familiar with the
'an -;rolod climate, soil and other con-
u a.l:arc believe the time is near when
u" annie Yields of the four states will
=, nv worth 500, 100000 and the culture
W the king of fruits will be the chief
u | Moody of Spokane, where he
. member of the chamber of COM
orca and other organizations, said
.sis in an address on apple Culture
,n .5 IRRIGATION in the Northwest" at the
s-st meeting of the Chicago Irrigation
association in the La Sale hotel here
,bo evening of July %. Judge Charles
Fisbback was postmaster. Mr..
Moody added among other things:
undeveIoped Agricultural Land.
aFederal and state engineers say in
ranorts to their respective departments
tbarp are approximately 2O0,OOO,0O0
scrps of undeveloped arabic lands in
tbs United States west of the 98th
meridian, and men versed in agricul-
turp assert that under proper cult
cation this area could be made to
nroduce between 4,O00,O00,000 and
l5OO 10000 bushels of wheat yearly,
or other crops in proportion. The set
t1pment of these lands would mean
homes for not less than 20,000,0O0 pop
Nation and a source of added food sup
NV and, as a consequence, permanent
prosperity.
The four northwestern states con-
tain 253,S94,760 acres, as follows:
Montana, 80, SOC, $50; Oregon, $751;.
$50; Idaho, 53,96O,32O; Washington,
A241 900. Less than per cent OF
this land is occupied by farms and the
total population is not more than g.
100000 in an area of 397,700 square
miles More than 100000 acres OF
this land is adapted to irrigation.
Planted to apples and properly water
ed the minimum crop at maturity
would be a matter of 100000 bush
els, or about 40 per cent of the total
crop of the United States in 1909,
when less than 100000 barrels OF
apples were harvested.
4 mention these facts merely to
show the possibilities of the country
as proof that as gold was the strong
magnet which sent the first American
across the continent to the California
coast in 1S49, so today the apple is at
uacting thousands upon thousands
more people from eastern, middle
western and southern states to the
great orchard belts of the Northwest.
Apple Is King.
The apple is king throughout the
vast northwestern domain, and it is
conceded by genealogical experts that
no district in America stands higher
IN fruit production. Washington has
now more than 100000 acres in or
chards, and the value of a full fruit
crop would undoubtedly equal 800,
100000.
With increased transportation ia
ellties and the steady influx of set
TIERS, the early attempts in the val
eys and uplands have become more
Netentious and systematic. Irrigation
pants have been established by pri
vate individuals and corporations, ant
The United States government is ex
pending enormous sums in reclaimins
Tue volcanic wastes which are so won
uerlully rich and fertile and so pecul
iaFly adapted to raising fruits, unblem
Sned and perfect in size and color.
In Demand in the East.
Apples grown in Washington, Ore
son, Idaho and Montana are in de
land in the eastern and middlewest
era states and in Europe and Australis
aud the. markets are being extended
year by year. Experts in the east whs
ua'e studied conditions in the North
west frequently refer to these states
- the worlds fruit basket, adding
'uere has been established in a com
pafauvely short time domain where
oe hrst foot of soil, properly cultivat
W and irrigated, is worth more thai
VI 'he mines from Alaska to Mexics
S 4a all the forests from the Unitet
aseS boundary to the Arctic sea.
!, regarding possible over-productiol
=. the Northwest, I may say that thu
r seuiahd is growing greater every day
~ r.. only throughout America, but u
~ Hope, Australia and the Orient. Al
saOugh population and the domestic
.na iand for these fruits has increase'
~. NJ exports continually augmented
az ansely enough, the production OF tn
W. rpp'e has steadily decreased. The 81
n. crop for 1909, reported to be les
S nan 100000 barrels, for example
,bi - only slightly in excess of one
laoo u OF that for the years 1896 an
lsoV en- and much less than the crop 20
NO. S', when the production reached
fl, ngure. The fact that the produ<
ha,l III the United States has average
l,ss w oo,0OO.O00 barrels in four OF th
tbo i've years alone should dispel an
usnt OF over-production.
e, Warned by Eeonomists.
n,o economists have warned the pee