The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-16
APPLE BOX AGAIN
PERPLEXES GROWER
Views Of Producers Differ as to
AdyiSability of Government
Standard.
LEFEAN BILL ADVOCATED
FOR SAKE OF UNIFORMITY
Strong Opposition on Ground
That Eastern Growers Are
Behind Proposed Law.

The never~dying and apparently never
settled question OF the size of the apple
box was before the fruitgrowers' conven
tion Tuesday afternoon. William M
Roylance of Provo. whose company han
dies perhaps more fruit than any other
In the Rocky Mountain region, delivered
an address concerning the industry in
general and marketing In particular.
In the course OF his address Mr.. Roy
lance urged the convention TO take ac
ton in approval OF the Lefean bill. now
pending III the national congress. which
provides for the size OF a standard box
for packing apples. This box, under the
and Is In size 11X111x1S. II is slightly
Utah pack pacRers r' M Mr koSiancs @ deeiarea assH ea
that standard must be established
and that. with such a standard, fixed by
the government. the Utah apple grower
may go to the eastern market, assuring
his customers that they are getting full
bushel OF apples. one-third Of a barrel
Dishonest Grower Denounced.
Mr.. Roylance also bitterly denounced
Ing buyers. lie declared that growers
might palm off poor fruit on the dealers
once, but that tho dealer never, never
would buy from him again no matter
how strong his protestations or promises
might be, The grower had lost the con-
fldence of the buyer, and rightfully so,
SAID A1T, l-OSllnCer
You growers who are not honest.
quit it," commanded tho speaker. You
hurt the state and hurt your com
Mr. Roylance said that any quantity
OF apples is sent out OF Utah that should
never be shipped. He declared positive
ly that the way-the only way-to win
the market and get the price is TO put
forward the choicest fruit, perfectly
packed.
Mr. Roylance said that. undoubtedly,
there should be something done In the
matter Of getting more railroads and bet
ter service from the ones there are, The
speaker, however, said he had usually
found no difficulty in getting on with the
them open to business propositions. He
said the railroads could make or break
The fruit business In Utah, and the thing
10 do is to unite for action.
Utah Fruit Best.
"The best apples. peaches and pears
can be grown In Utah. said Mr.. Roy
Ing tree and waiting five or six years
TO pick off the fruit is not fruitgrowing.'
lie referred TO Colorado as a state that
western slope OF Colorado, he said. the
growers got So 900 last year for fruit.
more than a million and quarter of
which went to the growers ,5 IN the Grand
II the growers would only get together
and adopt up-to-d date methods, and eXer-
else care in the manner I'm which their
fruit Is put on the market,
Several OF the members took exception
TO the remarks Of Mr.. Roylance about the
apple box. Mr. Adams of Box Elder eX-
box usually used by Utah shippers. He
said the boxes contained just so many
apples and that If half an inch were add
ed here and an eighth there. 1t would
make no difference in the number of ap-
pies, but would result in loose packing.
npoofiopc T.afa,n piu
Dr. e. c. Ball Of the Agricultural col
lege said he was in favor OF establish
ing a standard fast enough, but he ques-
toned the motives behind the Lefean bin:
asked DR.. Ball. II am Of the firm belief
that 1t Is the eastern grower. who al
ways sells his apples in the barrel and
never In box-he probably never saw
Il box. Why should we make our stand
ard measure one-thrd of n barrel? Do
we have TO follow the suggestion OF the
eastern grower, who knows nothing about
the apple growing industry In the west?
1 think you viii find the eastern grower
behind this bill
Another thing, The bill provides for
Michigan, whose apple is not TO be com
pared with our Utah apple Will put his
product into a barrel marked u. S,
Standard and the consumer will-nine-
package has been inspected by the gov
ernment and passed. like inspected beef
But the fact is, the stamp on the box
or barrel has nothing Whatever 10 do
with the contents OF the package: but
the consumer doesn't know this, and will
buy eastern apples under the impression
that he is getting the equivalent Of
Utah's best"
Standard Undoubtedly Needed.
Alex Mcpherson OF Twin Falls said ii
must be admitted that standard meas
ure Is essential. and II the shape Of the
box IS not right. change the shape, make
1t long and narrow or short and wide, or
grow the apple so that II will tit the
box, he said, but get uniform standard
and let the consumer be certain that he