The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-08-24
Appearances Indicate That Recently Formed Organiza
ton is Subsidiary to Crutchfeld Voolfolk, the Lat
ter Company Not Bearing Very Savory Reputation
in the Wenatchee Valley

The Northwestern Fruit Exchange
has the appearance of being wolf
in sleeps clothing. Ostensibly 1t
was organized by bona fide fruit
growers of the Northwest. The
avowed purpose was to distribute a
large portion of the fruit crop of
Oregon, Washington and Idaho
through this organization AMI with
out the assistance of the middle man
who has so often proved greedy and
bunglesomc. AS a matter of fact, 1t
is now charged that the whole thing
is nothing more than the smooth
scheme of diecredited commission
house to secure enormous consign-
ments from the very territory in
which it has fallen into greatest dis
repute.
This commission firm last year de-
prived the Welatchee valley alone of
sum between SIS, 900 and $4,000,
according to complaints made to the
Daily World by nearly a score of
growers.
Organization of Exchange
In the issue of August LIST last, the
Daily World gave an account of the
birth of the organization, as follows:
AT a meeting of representatives
of the fruit Industry of the North
west last Friday in the offices of
Peters & Powell, Seattle, the North
western Fruit Exchange was organ
lied. Its purpose is the co-ordina-
ton of the fruit growing interests of
Washington, Oregon, Idaho and
Montana, and the centralizing of the
handling and marketing of fruit
grown in all the best districts in
these states through one channel.
Friday this meeting was attend
ed by a number of the most promi-
nent men connected with the fruit
growing industry, and the following
named were elected officers and ji-
rectors:
Officers and Directors.
President, R. H. Parsons, presi-
dent of the Hill Crest Orchards COM
pany, Medford, Ore.
Vice presidents, NJ. Koran, presi-
dent of the North Central Washing
ton Development League, Wenatchee;
w. N. Irish, president of the Yakima
County Horticultural Union.
Secretary, C. R. Dorland
Treasurer and general manager,
W. F. Gwin
Directors, R. H. Parsons, NJ. Ho-
ran, w. n. Irish; W. Nj. Richards,
vice president of the Yakima County
Horticultural Union; H. NJ Gilbert,
president of Richey & Gilbert COM
pany. Toppenish, Wash; Judge Ere
mont Wood, president Boise Valley
Fruit Growers Union, Boise, Idaho;
A. c. Randall, president of the Tai
ent Orchard company, Talent, Ore;
John S. Evans, formerly general
manager of the Fruit Dispatch COM
pany, New York; w. F. Gwin, Sec
retary-treasurer Kenmar Orchard
company, Eagle Point, Ore.
at was decided Immediately to To-
cate general offices, which will be
thoroughly equipped with sales, ac-
counting and traffic departments, in
charge of experienced men.
Will Market Fruit.
THE exchange will undertake the
marketing of the best known fruit
controlled by a number of the most
prominent cooperative growers as
sociations in the Northwest, thereby
eliminating to a considerable extent
what is stated to be costly and
wasteful competition" which has pre-
vailed heretofore between the prin-
cipal competing districts and avoid
ing the deplorable oversupply of the
larger markets, and effecting a
worldwide distribution of the fruit
handled.
THE exchange proposes to operate
through a system of branch sales Of
fees throughout the world. These
offices will he in charge of Salaried
managers, all of whom will be train
ed fruit statesmen Each branch Of
flee will have charge of certain
surrounding district, and the mana
gers will be required to work the
entire buying trade of their respect
i've districts every day. Orders will
be taken at prices established by the
exchange from time to time.
Market Centers Everywhere.
THE exchange proposes to estab-
lish an office in every market center
from the Atlantic to the Pacific and
to cover the south and southwest
and other districts heretofore neg
lected, and provide a safe, dependa-
BILE outlet for the production, which
is rapidly increasing in the North
west.
"The exchange has formulated
plans for the establishment of trade
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