The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-02-15
LIKES VALLEY; TELLS WHY.
J. M Perry Comes Back Here En-
Unused Over Home Country
After Long Trip

II think just 100 per cent more OF
the Yakima valley today that | did
six weeks ago"
That is the statement of J. NJ.
Perry. who returned Wednesday from
a five week business tour during
which he visited all the important
markets west of the Mississippi river
and as far south as Dallas and FIT.
Worth Texas. Mr.. Perry Is a sound
business man, a good observer in no
way inclined to be over enthusiastic.
He makes his statement regarding
Yakima after visiting various states,
talking to their merchants and farm
ers and bankers and after seeing what
there was to be seen.
Yakima Fruit Everywhere
II was an the jump all the time
and naturally was in many markets.
Right here l want to say that | saw
Yakima fruit in every one of them and
the apples we sent from here were
the best that l saw while 1 was
away. And in the few instances where
the best apples were not from the
Yakima valley they were from Hood
River, or Idaho or some other north
west point In Chicago 1 saw 10
boxes of northwest fruit to one bar
rel of eastern apples. Whenever I
saw a nice box of apples and couldn't
see the label at the first glance |
invariably found, on turning the box,
that it was northwest fruit, usually
Yakima.
Nation Wants Quality
From what | saw and was told by
the merchants l am convinced that
the more the eastern fruit is pushed
the better for the Yakima and north
west apples. The nation is learning
that we are producing the quality and
it is characteristic of Americans to
want the best. There has been con-
sale of eastern barrel stuff
but that is because our apples are
expensive when they get to the east
The very best thing that can happen
to us is to be able to put our apples
on the eastern markets at a cheaper
price.
Il don't know of an acre Of land in
the Yakima valley, sold within my
knowledge. which does not better JUS
tify the price paid for it than any
of the eastern land justfies the price
paid for it. In production there Is
no comparison. We have demon
strated what we can do and we know
tn we do not have one failure to
five they have back there. They can
Justify their prices on a four per cent
basis but it is work at that. Our
land prices have frightened the east
e ners who do not know the condi-
nd rothar think that
their bankers help to discourage
this way.
Didn't Want to Fuss
At Bellevue, Kan, 1 talked with q
woman farmer who cultivates 100
acres. ~ can't go to your northwest
she said because l could buy only
about 10 acres there and | couldn't
afford to fuss with 10 acres 1 am
a 100 acre farmer" l told her she
would be able to get all the fussing
she wanted with 10 acres out here
but of course they don't know that"
The Mississippi river, Mr. Perry
said he was told, is the lowest 1t has
been in SO years. Kansas and Okla
homa he found to be as dry as bones
At Dallas, Texas, the hotels would
allow scarcely water enough for one
to wash his face and hands and no
one is permitted to draw as much
water as he wants. The company
doles 1t out. One branch of the Red
River of Texas, the river bed being
half a mile wide, was as
dry as soda cracker. In view of
all these things Mr.. Perry likes the
Yakima valley and the irrigation ca
nails.
No Financial UneasineSs
Nowhere did the financial uneasi-
ness which appears to prevade the
people Of the northwest. The
rest of the country is going along
smoothly and nicely and while many
people are spending carefully all are
hopeful and expect an excellent year
Honest packing of the Yakima fruit
is one Of the things which Mr.. Perry
is more impressed with the need OF
than ever before He found people
who complained Of Misrepresentation,
boxes marked four tier fruit contain
Ing five tier stuff and such discrep-
ancies, This. he says, will need to
be looked after.
A scald. burn. or severe cut heals