The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1910-09-29
APPLES GOING
TO MANY STATES
l2O CARS OUTSIDE OF NEW YORK
Hood River Union Practically the Only
Apple Sellers Getting F. 0.R.
Prices.

by the Apple Growers Union are being
scattered all over the United States
and some of them are being sent to
England direct, 30 that the fruit of
this section should advertise itself this
season more than ever before.
In years past nearly all the fruit has
gone to New York, but this year only
about one half the crop was sold to
Steinhardt x Kelly in the eastern me-
tropols Up to this week l20 cars
had been sold outside of New York.
An idea of the extent to which Hood
River apples will be scattered may be
gained by this partial list of the cities
which will get one or more carloads:
Boston, Providence, Philadelphia, Gin
cinati, Chicago, Minneapolis, Fargo,
Mitchell, $. D., Greeley, Col, st.
Louis, Los Angeles, San Francisco,
and numerous points in Texas and
says that practically every sale made
so far has included some Sptzcnburga
and that all the fancy apples Of that
variety are now sSid. Certain apples
will be shipped direct to London and
Liverpool, by the Union, while Stein
hardt 4 Kelly will send some of their
purchase to the English markets. The
Union fixed the price and all the apples
to the different buyers We're sold ON
the t. o. b. basis at the established
price.
Manager Sproat says that not a sin
gle +. o. b. sale had been made in the
country until after the New York sale
of the Hood River apples. A week
ago no sale on that basis had been
clsocd in southern Oregon and no f. o.
b. deals have been nude at Yakima or
Wcnatchee according to the papers of
those places. Manager Sproat stated
that no outright sales had been made
of Hood River apples except by the
Union Some buyers, he said have
Promised Union prices, which have
not yet been made public, and have
made advances with the assurance that
they will meet the Union figure. How
ever, if it were not for the Union Hood
River would hc in the, same boat with
the other districts, which are wonder
ing where their fruit is going, and our
whole proposition would be on a con
slgnmcut basis.
Many interesting things are coming
to light with The marketing of this
1tu0Nh q it'hlt hppif NtRp llNIl tll'
Northwest. A Northwestern Fruit
Exchange has been established in Port
land to handle the fruit of many dis
tricta. The growers Themselves do
not seem to be back Of the movement
and it is not known just who is rcspon-
sible. The Exchange is shipping most
Iy from small districts.
Wenatchee has an abundance of
good fruit, but it seems to be in a bad
way to get it on the market IN good
shape and at good prices. The papers
there tell of the troubles. apple
Packing School Is Badly Needed is
one Wcnatchec headline. They have
no packers to put the crop in market
able form.
Wenatchee, without "A good selling
organization. seems to be at the mercy
Of the buyers. "ls Valley In Grasp of
Apple Buying Monopoly is double
column headline over an open letter by
Ira Edwards discussing the situation.
He says that there has been no bidding
and that but two buyers are in the
Wcnatchee territory. He says that II
strong association is needed and that
the growers must give the association
help if they want good prices. Conrad
Rose, produce merchant there, re-
spends with an interview to the effect
that the buyers will come when the
apples are packed and ready to ship
and explains low opening prices with
the statement that they do not wish to
kill the demand.
K. f. Loomis, dealer Of New York,
who was recently here in Hood River
looking after his ranch in the upper
valley, visited in Wenatchce and in an
interview advised them as to the cause
of their troubles. Loomis told Wenat-
chez to send man east to study the
markets and not to dump all their
fruit into New York and Chicago,
where it might rot before the gIuttcd
market could be cleared, but to send to
the various sections of the country
where the demand was good. He told
of the saving in sending the carIot
shipments direct to the smaller cities
instead Of having them sent via New
York and Chicago He told them bet
ter prices would follow the correction
Of this faulty distribution.
Another Wenatchco fruit man, j. W.
Mcdonald, says that the answer to the
problem is to substitute +. 0. b. selling
for the haphazard consignment. lie
also put capital letter emphasis on the
necessity Of an effective selling organ
iZatiOn. He explained the failure Of
Wenatchce growers to realize on their
ucachcs this year by the fact that they
had consigned in a hetcr sketer fash
ion and no man knew what the condl-
tions were on the various markets.