Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-04-04
WANT CENTRAL AGENCY
FRUIT GROWERS IN FAVOR OF
AFFTLIATING LOCAL UNIONS.
Meeting at Albany of Delegates From
Leading Associations of VILLAIN
ette Valley.

ALBANY, March 31.-Fruit growers
Of Western Oregon are in favor oi
Joining with all other local fruit.
growers associations of the Northwest
in a central selling agency for all fruit
produced in the Pacific Northwest
and If enough associations will not en-
ter such central selling agency to
make it success, they favor forming
a central selling agency for Western
Oregon associations.
This was decided upon at meeting
held in Albany today, attended by rep
resentatives of almost all the leading
fruitgrowers associations of Western
Oregon.
This plan of action was proposed in
a resolution introduced by H. c. At
well, president of the Oregon State
Horticultural Society, which was ad-
opted unanimously. To carry out this
object the meeting named a commit
tee, consisting of Fl. c. AtwelI,, of For
est Grove, J. o. Holt of Eugene, and
III. c. Rumbaugh of Albany, to pre-
pare constitution and bylaws for
Western Oregon growers district asso-
citation of the central selling agency of
the Northwest and if such a selling
agency is found to be impracticable, |
to prepare a constitution for West
ern oregon central selling agency
Report to Be Made Later.
This committee will report at later
meeting of Western Oregon growers,
to be called by the committee.
To cooperate in forming a North
west central selling agency, If posi-
BILE, five delegates to represent West
ern Oregon at any subsequent meet
ing called to form such selling
agency were named These delegates
are: w. X. Newell of CASTOR; ]. o.
Holt of Eugene; f. w. Wallace of
McMinnville; II. c. Atwell of Forest
Grove, and Frank Groves of Corvallis.
The associations represented at to-
days meeting and the delegates from
each were as follows: Eugene Fruit
growers Association, DIR. Fl. F. McCor-
mack and j. o. Holt; Umpqua Valley
FruitgroWers' Union, A. L. Kitchen :
and L. b. Skinner, of Roseburg; For I
est Grove Fruitgrowers' Association,
Fruit Union, J. r. Forbis, of Diley,
and w. K. Newell, of CASTOR; McMnn-
vile Fruitgrowers Association, NJ f. >
Kenyon and J. G. Eckman; Benton
County Fruitgrowers' Union, J. d. :,
Howell of Corvallis; Albany Apple y
growers Association, III, G. Rumbaugh X
and j. G. Holbrook; Creswell Fruit and "
Vegetable Association, DR.. L. d. Scar W
brough. II
Many Fruit Men Present. h
Besides these chosen delegates there oi
was large number of prominent fruit o.
men present from various parts of the In
Valley. J. +. Forbis, of tt
Dilley, was chairman of the meeting I'll
md L. b. Skinner, of Roseburg, secre- sc
AIRY. Sc
1t is the purpose of the Western Or tr
.gon growers, as outlined in the dis m
'ussions at the meeting, to use all pos th
ible efforts to form a general selling Is
gency for the entire Northwest, and te
'nly when that plan fails will West
rn Oregon selling agency be formed.
The plan indorsed at this meeting -,
or the Northwest central selling
gency is practically the same as that "
# the California Fruitgrowers' Ex- ag
hange, which has proved such sue ro
ess In that state. We