The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-08-24
commission men are entrusted wit

no further interest than to sell the
output at the earliest possible mo-
ment and draw down their percent
age, the tendency is to forget the
rights of the remote shipper to whom
glowing promises were given. Doubt
less the good men whose names ap-
pear as among the directors of the
Fruit Exchange were sincere in what
they considered a movement in this
direction. Possibly the plan may
work out all right in the end, but
the Daily World has quietly made
some inquiries. The results are re-
vealed for the benefit of the fruit
! growers interested.
Statement of Mike Koran.
Several days after the meeting in
Seattle, a reporter of the Daily
World requested from Mike Koran
some information about the Fruit
Exchange. He said that he did not
know anything about it; that he had
/ been invited to attend the Seattle
meeting, which he did; that it has
| been the only meeting of the organ
ization which he has attended; that
he was elected member of the
board of directors and vice presi-
dent of the exchange; but that he
knows scarcely anything about the
organization. He advised the World
reporter to call on w. R. Johnston
| for further information
! who is w. R. Johnston?" Mr.. HO-
ran was asked. rs he the man who
last year represented Crutchfield &
Voolfolk, Pittsburg commission
house, and made his headquarters
in Wenatchee?"
Yes, that's the man. replied Mr.,
Koran. He will handle all the af-
fairs of the Exchange in this valley
But how does it come that john
ston is connected with this Exchange
when its announced purpose is to
dispense with any further connection
with commission firms?"
well, | have no time to give to
it," was the apple kings reply, land
somebody has to do the work, so
! Johnston was appointed"
w. r.. Johnston Talks.
1t was unnecessary to see Johns
| ton for the reason that the World
received on Aug. 18th dispatch
from Spokane which this paper did
not publish but which did appear in
the Spokesman-Review. This dis
patch was as follows:
Spokane, Wash, Aug. 16.-"W.
R. Johnston, representing the North
western Fruit Exchange, was in
Spokane yesterday on the way to
| Wenatchee, where he will make his
headquarters, as for several seasons,
superintending the handling of fruit
of Wenatchee and Cashmere. At the
local headquarters of the Dry Farm
ing Congress Mr.. Johnston said
among other things:
We have been arousing the fruit
growers to the absolute necessity of
district organization, and we have
succeeded in getting started in many
sections where there has been no or
ganization of the growers a move
ment toward effecting one at once.
In nearly all such places, whether
valleys or districts, the need of pack
ers will be evident as the fruit is
ripening for the marketing season,
and the growers are beginning to see
the necessity of organizing and hav-
ing central packing houses where the
fruit can be handled skillfully and
rapidly by experienced sorters and
packers. This Capitalization of
work also permits of the conducting
of schools for teaching packing, and
| there will be work this fall for ev-
erybody who learns how to pack ap-
Piles.
Our new association, the North
western Fruit Exchange, is fruit
despatching company, which, like
the Fruit Despatch company, that
handles and markets nearly all the
bananas used in the United States,
diverts the carload shipments to the
best market open, and thus avoids
the Cutting of markets and keeps
the prices firm. We have offices in
the new Spalding building in Port
land, and the work is we'll in hand
Numerous agents have been sent out
to arrange for the shipments, and the
company will handle the bulk of the
apple crop of the Northwest this sea-
son. It has made arrangements for
ample cars and the railroads are CO.
operating so that the crop can be
successfully handled"
Thus heralded, Johnston appeared
in Wenatchee. The reception given
him was not such as might be ex-
pected fror the representative OF
company which will handle the
bulk of the apple crop of the North
west this season" Among the first
to greet him was J. r. Taylor who
has an orchard on North Wenatchee
avenue. Mr.. Taylor at once began