The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1910-04-15


ern man to fully understand western
affairs. Senator Jones is not only a
western man but has lived for many
years in North Yakima which is the
midst of one of the important apple
growing sections of the State of Wash
ington and is we'll acquainted with the
| fruit men of that part of the state. No
other member in the upper house can
as completely represent the apple
growers of the Pacific coast. Mr.. h.
M. Gilbert writes from Toppenish,
March IS, as follows: 81 had let
| ter from Senator Jones noting that he
had received letter from you and
| thanking US for our statements con-
cening the Lafean bill.' Whatever
may be the outcome Of this matter
the people who are SO vitality interest
ed in this matter may rest assured
| that the grower of the Northwest have
not been idle and Senator Jones is
not neglectful.
| note IN our eastern exchanges
that at the conference in Washington
| d. e., March ~, the opposition to the
present apple box was almost wholly
from men in the sections where the
box is not used. Why not let the
men who use the box settle the ques
ton and settle the size Of the box?
1t looks very much as if some one
ought to have said to those men,
"You attend to your own business and
we will attend to OurS.'' Another
| feature of this conference is the not
able fact that very few apple growers
were IN attendance. 1t is the class
who handle apples that are urging the
passage Of this bill. Why are they
SO active in this movement? If they
do not like the way we put up our
apples they can let them alone. But
the fact is they cannot get along with
out our high grade western fruit
there is demand for it. Who built up
this demand? We did it with this
very box that these men object to.
We can send our fruit east by the
trainload and can send men along to
sell it and leave these men out who
are trying to ruin us and we will do
| it if they do not let up IN some of
this foolishness. | note that L. G.
Monroe, the secretary of the Wash
ington State Horticultural Association
did good service before this commit
| tee on behalf of our box. Good for
Monroe.
| am in receipt of letter from
Prof. N. o. Booth, formerly professor
of horticulture in the Washington
State College at Pullman. He is an
applicant for the position of Horticul-
tul ist in the State College at Logan,
Utah. 1t will be pleasure to many of
Prof. Booths old friends in the
Northwest to hear that he wins this
position. 1t was my good fortune to
know Prof Booth intimately. We
| travelled together at one time while
holding farmers Institutes. Then l
lectured on horticulture at Pullman
while Booth held his position there.
From my certain knowledge can say
that Prof. Booth is very competent
horticulturist. If there we're no other
proof of his competency, it would be
sufficient to point to the fact he is
one of the authors of that magnificent
work, "Apples of New York" The
additional fact that Prof. Booth was
associated with such man as Prof.
s. A. Beach, so long the leading
horticulturist of the New York Elk
pertinent Station at Geneva. Booth
will make good wherever he goes.
l have received a copy of "The
Fruit Magazine" published at Van
couver, b. q. Maxwell Smith is the
editor. What pleasant memories we
who have attended the NEE ting of the
Northwest Fruit Growers Association,
have of Maxwell Smith. If any man
can use the flowers of rhetoric that
man is Maxwell Smith. Maxwell
knows fruit and especially the fruit of
British Columbia, Many people were
surprised to see the magnificent dis
play of fruit, apples especially. at