The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-11-19
PLAN TO UNITE THE APPLE
GROWERS Of NORTHWEST
Committee Appointed at Meeting Held at National Ap
pie Show Yesterday to Submit Plan to State Horti-
cultural Associaton-Every District in Pacific North
west to Be Brought Into Organization.

Spokane, Wash, Nov. ia CO.
operative plan for marketing the en-
tire output of all the great orchards
of the northwest, so as to give the
largest possible share of the profit
to the raisers, was outlined yester-
day at the enthusiastic conference
of growers held in connection with
the Third National Apple Show.
The appointment of committee
to devise the most feasible method
of carrying out this idea was author
lied by the conference. Every APP
pie growing district in Washington
and its neighbOring states is to be
represented on this, committee.
1t is to meet at the session of the
Washington State Horticultural So
ciety in December, at a specially
called meeting of the Northwestern
Fruit Growers Association, which
has not met since 1908; or at some
time and place to be decided by them
selves.
The appointment of the commit
tee was left in the hands of w. n.
Irish of North Yakima, who was
unanimously elected chairman of the
conference after E. H. Shepard of
Hood River had withdrawn his name
from nomination. w. w. Sawyer of
Sunnyside was named as secretary of
the meeting.
Growers Unanimous.
The motion for naming this COM
mittee was made by Senator W. H.
Paulhamus of Puyallup. president of
the Puyallup & Sumner Fruit Grow
ers' Association and of the North
western Fruit Growers Association.
The suggestion met with unanimous
approval.
The idea was first brought before
the conference by a Wenatchee man
who suggested that a body OF rep
resentative apple growers might
work in conjunction with the North
western association in the gigantic
task of marketing all tibet apples of
this region. 1t was taken up and
elaborated by Mr.. Sheperd. A dis
cussion of the matter, in which prac-
tically all the 100 apple growers
present engaged, developed the con-
clusion that the low price paid to
the producer of apples and the ex-
horbitant price asked of the retail
buyer are equally disastrous TO the
apple growing industry.
Necessity for Organization.
THE fact that the fruit raisers of
this section have no organization to
direct the marketing of their pro-
duct and the increased amount of
acreage devoted to apple growing
will soon result in the serious diff
Guilty Vi lluuln6 MAJ hCI a. al,
said Mr.. Irish in opening the con-
ference. 1T took California fruit
men ten years to realize the import
ance ON cooperation in disposing Of
their citrus fruits
"A high retail price is the worst
thing for the grower of apples. -"
stated Mr.. Shepherd. ct makes peo-
pie unable to buy the fruit. If We
can secure the reduction of the re-
tail price we can sell all our fruit
instead of only part of it, and give
us the same net profit. California
is now distributing far more fruit
and getting better prices for it than
before their organization was accom-
plished."
Prices Too High.
Succeeding speakers pointed out
the fact that city people are unable
to secure eatablc apples at reason
able prices because the crop is not
properly distributed, citing examples
from Spokane and other markets.