Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-07-09
GROWERS
OF APPLE
ORGANIZE
WILL WAGE ORGANIZED AND RE-
LENTLESS WAR UPON ALL
PESTS WHICH INVADE THEIR
REALM OF PRoFIT-WILL SEEK
LEGISLATIVE AID IN COMBAT
TING BLIGHTS.


TING BLIGHTS.
Besides listening to addresses from
men experienced in the culture of
apples the Willamette Apple Grow
ers' association yesterday afternoon
adopted articles of incorporation,
elected board Of directors, and also
appointed committee to draft a
bill which will have for its object
the appropriation of $500 by the
legislature to be used by the expert
ment station of the Oregon Agricul-
tural College in combating pests.
Better Apples Slogan.
The slogan of all the addresses de-
livereG was better apples and better
system of packing, and in the promo
tion of both, the necessity of organ
ization upon the part of the fruit
growers Of the valley was empha-
sized. 1t was pointed out that the
state is too far from the market to
ship any inferior apples, and that to
build the industry up, and get the
apples before the buyers it is neces-
sary to send to the markets only the
best of apples, and looking to this
end the association will probably
send this fall two cars of selected
apples to the east, the one to Chi
cago and the other to New York.
Organization is Necessary.
The meeting was presided over by
M. o. Lownsdale, and Congressman
Hawley was the first speaker. Mr..
Hawley compliments the associa-
tion upon the fine apples sent to the
committee on agriculture at Wash
ington when it was considering legis-
lation on the apple industry, and
stated that Chairman Scott of the
committee pronounced them the fin
est he had ever seen.
Then turning his attention to ap-
pie culture he stated that Oregon
lead in the production of fine apples,
and that there was no reason why
without proper organization it should
not stand foremost in the worlds
markets. The state eventually, he
said, would have but two competitors,
Colorado and Utah, and the packing
of Oregon apples, he stated, was
superior to that of both of these
states. He showed how other states
had, won prominent places in the
markets through association organ
ization, and predicted that the time
would not be far distant when this
state would lead all others in the
apple industry.
To Send Two Sample Cars.
H. G. Atwell, president of the
State Board of Horticulture, was
the next speaker, and his talk was
also on the benefits to be derived
from organization, and the necessity
of concerted action to bring the ap-
pies of the valley to the leading
markets of the world.
He was followed by Mr.. Lownsdale,
who stated that the association had
under consideration an exploitation
scheme-that of sending two cars of
selected apples to the eastern mark
ets-the one to Chicago, and the
other to New York. These apples, he
said. should be Of the valleys best,
should be packed in a superior man
ner, and he expressed the opinion
that 1t would be the best advertis-
ing scheme that the industry could
secure.
He also took occasion to lay stress
upon the necessity of proper packing
of giving to the buyer what was
represented to him at the time of
the sale-giving him the best in the
and nothing else and under
such a system It would not be long,
he predicted, until Oregon would
an enyiable place In the
worlds markets.
To Right Pests.
A committee consisting of c. A.
Park, l.. T. Reynolds and G. L. Dick
was appointed TO draft a bill TO be
presented to the legislature and
which will have for its object the
appropriation OF $4,000 to be useI
by the experiment station for the
Oregon Agriculture College in com
batting apple pests After the bill Is
drafted It win be placed IN the hands
OF the Salem Board OF Trade, which
viii IN turn take the matter up with
other boards cf trades in the state
with the view Of arousing interest
with relation To II.