The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-09-23
EARLY SHIPPING Is VERY IMPERATIVE
Agent Piper Urges Neces-
sity of Moving Crop Soon
and Loading Heavy.

sounded to the growers from the
fruit buyers that disastrous con-
gestion of shipping is threatened.
1t has been pointed out repeatedly
that delay in picking, the dearth of
competent packers in the valley and
the rapid approach of November,
when frosts put an embargo upon
the railroads receiving fruit except
at the owners risk-all these things
behoove the grower to get move
on
Now comes the same warning in
even louder tones from the Great
Northern Railway company. A. A.
Piper. agent at Wenatchee, address
es the following open letter through
the Daily World TO the apple ship
perS of the valley:
Why Don't You Ship Your Apples?
Have you figured out how many
days of good weather you have left
this year? 1t is only 40 days until
November 1st Bad weather may
set in before that time. If we have
1000 cars OF apples-I believe We
have just about that many-some
figure more. We must ship on an av-
eraee of 50 cars per day, including
Sundays. TO get the apples out of
the valley by November list There
is not enough apple packers in the
valley to pack 80 cars per day, an !
you know it, 1t is certainly up to
you TO do something out of the or
binary to get packers. Your great
crops of apples will not do you any
good unless you start them to mar
ket. We will land them for you in
good shape if you give us chance
know that if you all wait until about
October 18th, then all try TO load
at the same time that you will be
disappointed. There is not enough
teams, wagons or men in the valley
TO haul and load 100 cars of apples
per day.
Another thing just as important
is light loading. AS you no doubt
know. a box of apples weighs so
pounds. The minimum weight of a
car of apples is 10000 pounds Or
coo boxes. There is no maximum.
We have several hundred large cars
now capable OF holding from 500 to
1000 boxes of apples. We have
talked to some of our heavy ship
pers for years, trying to get them
to meet us half way and load at
least 700 boxes. Some of them are
doing this and even better, but some
are not The general tendency is
to load the minimum of 600 boxes.
Now, I know you will agree with
me that it is just as fair to require
| the railroad company TO haul a nice
/ large, clean fruit car from Chicago
| to Wenatchee empty and then haul
! il back with half a toad in it as it
would be to require one of uor trans
| fer companies 10 haul merchandise
up town half a load at time.
Another thing. if there is a
shortage of cars, would these same
! light leaders not be responsible on
account of their not taking advan.
tage of their opportunity to LOAD
more fruit in less cars. What would
you do with a customer who per
sisted in doing things that were g
detriment to your business and your
customers. To use common term
you would ''cut him out wouldn'1
you? You might suggest that the
railroad furnish this kind of load
er small cars or none at all. Now
this would be all right for a private
individual but not for the railroad
company The first thing heard
would be discrimination, but af
ter all, is the transportation com
pany that is doing its best to serve
you and serve you well not entitled
to the same consideration as an.
other person or corporation. Gu
interests are mutual. You help u
and we will help you. Please ge
busy-pack, ship and load apples
Load heavy and do it now"