The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-09-21
RICHARD WINSOR THINKS
HOME VALLEYS THE BEST
More Advertising of Crops and
Less of Lands and Better Or
ganization of Fruit Interests,
the East Says Are Needed Here.

the East Says Are Needed Here.
"Outsidc of Michigan, where there
are old and well cultivated tracts we
saw no land to compare with that here
for fruit land, and among the smaller
cities there was none, except Lansing,
which can compare with this as a liv-
| ing community" So spoke r. Win
sor, Jr., who with Mrs. Winsor has
/ Just returned to his home here from
! i trip OF 7400 miles and covering two
months OF time. 1.-THE man." says
/ MIR. Wnsor, "who can cover that
much country in the sections in which
we visited and not return here con-
V.uccd that this part of the United
/ states is superior and ex-
tellent place, has made small use Of
his powers of observation here and
while travelling"
Visits Orchard Sections.
MIR Winsor, when he started on his
trip, July / ;, had himself routed from
seattle over as much fruit country as
the railroad agent could work in on
the ticket He and Mrs. Winsor
travelled by way of the Canadian Pa
,uc railroad to Port Arthur, thence
by way or Sarnia and the Canadian
steamers. stopping az Sault ste, Marie,
10 Port Huron, Port Austin and then
through Huron and Sanilac counties.
Thence they went to Detroit and Lam
sing. Grand Rapids, Charlevoix, Pc
toskey and the summer resort sec
tou. Afterwards they visited Chi
Cage, St Louis, Denver, Colorado
Springs, salt Lake City, ogden and by
way Of the oregon Short Line to The
palies; thence to Portland and Seat
lie and home.
Scores Grande Ronde.
In the famous Grande Ronde val
ley" said Mr.. Winsor, I'VE saw but
one orchard in that entire As miles
which looked good and we learned
that it is the property of a man who
formerly was an orchardist in this
state. In many Of the orchards the
weeds We're as high as the lowest
limbs and old dead wood could be
seen sticking out all over the trees.
| saw nothing to conn pare with Yak
ina and, as ! said, nothing outside
of old, well cultivated tracts in Michi-
gan which a Yakima man would
look at
Lack Organization Here.
people, | find, know about us, but
they cannot understand our pric IS
and will not believe what they are
told about the yieid Business men
with whom l talked, and this refe 3
TO fruit experts mostly, consider us
to be lacking in organization and not
making proper and intelligent efforts
to reach the consumers, or at least
! the buyers, with our fruit The
! Grande Ronde valley has a man each
season in Chicago, St. Louis and Gin
cinnau. Work is begun in April and
the east is posted as to the condi-
tons, orders are taken and business is
done in many of its details before the
half past eleventh hour. In addi-
ton the growers in various districts
have canning factories of their own
and under competent care. In one
place the growers pay their manager
$4,000 annually and they say, We
don't pay it. He makes it. They
don't lose anything.
MUS Advertise Crops
"Too much advertising OF our land
and not enough advertising of our
crops is another mistake we make.
Everybody know. about orr high
prices here but few have anv idea OF
the character and ,xtent Of our nro-
ducts Practically every farmer east
Who asks about this country wants
10 know ohout hay ana stock. vepet,-
bles ana Grains The fruit grower 10
tba rormo, who baa Iaarnad from oh
scrvatiou about tho orchard Yields
primariIv ne conas &c . formar and
a.. ara. mot odvertieine orvtbirc hut
orr lands We are well advertised
,,ovovo, ,,d tho,. an i-,,o,,. ,t,or. 80,
tn same c,t.nt"