The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-02-02
NO SELLING PLAN
Apple Men viii Continue to Dis
cuss Matter al WaNa Wa|Ia
Grading Of Product Of Various Lo-
caiitles Presents ProbIem-stor-
age In Transit Discussed.

Portland. Jan. 26.--Unable to agree
upon an immediate plan for forming
a corpartion which would handle the
apple crop OF the Pacific Northwest.
the 100 apple orchard owners who
have been In session for two days
at the Y. NJ c. A. adjourned late
yesterday afternoon to meet In Walla
Walla February 28.
Inability to agree was due to the
large number OF fruitgrowers present
and their divergent views. There
also existed the fact that the growers
were present in their individual ca
pacities and not as authorized rep
resentatives OF their various associa-
TONS Hence they were not in a DO
sition to bind anybody but themselves
IL decisive action had been taken.
A resolution was adopted which
sets forth the substance of the ac-
ton taken by the convention. 1t
recognizes the fact that a central
selling agency is essential to the
welfare of the apple industry. To
secure one, 1t is suggested that all
districts not organized form an apple-
growers association; that district
associations select one delegate 20
the Walla Walla meeung and that
this delegate body, small In num-
bers, have the duty of organizing and
defining the duties OF the new organ
izations
The value of this crop last years
was 100000, but 1t will increase
rapidly In coming years.
n -
chairman OF the committee of six
teen which had for its purpose the
forming Of central selling agency,
reported at the morning session. He
said that the committee had worked
until midnight and had been unable
to come to any other conclusion than
that the Portland meeting did not
have the required authority, for there
were no official delegates from the
apple-growers' association. For this
reason, the committee had reached
the conclusion that it would be better
to have another meeting, at which the
official representatives could be pres
ent.
I'VE have made good progress"
said Mr.. OTIS I'VE are all agreed
that the central selling agency is the
one thing which will keep the in
dustry out of dire straits. | belive
that we are approaching a condi-
ton where it will require careful
nursing of our product to secure for
us q legitimate profit. Apple-grow-
ers have plenty OF ideas, and they
are no different from any other body
of men. But to get down to business
1t requires small and compact body
who represent something else besides
their own orchards. We must have
delegate body of men, That is
why we adjourned to Walla Walla."
The convention was divided in its
views, though there was no dispute
as to the value of a well-organIzed
selling agency. The difference came
about in the effort to establish a
standard of values of apples from diff
ferent district.
If all were members of the same
selling agency, the question naturally
would arise how this difference would
be adjusted. Then the grades OF ap-
pies, their nomenclature, their exact
determination and other minutiae
become involved in the arrangement
OF details. 1t was after the commit
tee had discussed these conditions
that 1t agreed upon calling another
meeting of delegates with power to
bind their associations.
Before the adoption of the report,
e. H. Shepard, of Hood River, editor
of Better Fruit, said that he was not
opposed to the organization of a sell
Ing agency, but he could not see a
way to perfect such an organization
n he
heard of no plan which would solve
the problem. He still held to these
views. but desired to have it un-
derstood that he favored unions and
association work, he said
Miles Cannon Of Weiser, Idaho,
said that in his opinion the problem
OF creating a selling agency would be
solved at Walla Walla and he was
decidedly in favor of the resolutions.