The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1911-06-02
NORTHWESTERN fruit EX-
Change MAKES REPORT
GOOD REPORT ON The FRUIT OUTLOOK FOR The COMING YEAR
--.SOME OF The ADVANTAGES OFFERED ITS MEMBERS.
SPRAYING equipment.

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Missouri: Reports from this
state are not complete; one from
st. Joseph states that Madison coun-
ty is facing the brightest fruit
prospects in its history with all
danger of LOSSES eliminated.
New York State: This is the most
important producer of apples in the
East. Follows a confidential report
from one of our correspondents:
"There has been no change here
in the East and the weather con-
tinues favorable and as the season
is backward, 1t would appear that
there is very little danger of frost
damage now. At this writing the
trees are in full bloom and the
writer just after returning from an
extensive auto trip through the
Hudson River section, can report
from personal observation that the
bloom is very, very profuse, and
this includes not only apples, but
pears, plums, cherries, peaches, and
in fact, all fruits"
We think that the following quo
tation from a letter received from a
fruit dealer in Chicago will give an
excellent idea of how the Eastern
conditions are affecting the senti-
ment of the fruit buyers:
1T appears that most of the
trade have received information.
The apple crop this season, all over
the United States, will be a bumper
one. Whatever the June drop may
result in will determine the whole
situation. OF course, the wise
ones are predicting that they will
be able to go to the Northwest this
coming season and buy apples at
their own prices"
We replied to our correspondent
that he could tell his overconfident
friends that so far as this Exchange
and it's members-are concerned,
the buyers would not make the
prices, which would be regulated,
scientifically, on the basis of the
law of general supply and general
demand, and not on the ideas of
the Chicago coterie. But neverthe-
less, the incident serves to show the
ever-increasing need of strong or
ganization by the growers-of fac
ilities which will make them inde-
pendent of any local market or any
single group of markets; facilities
such as this Exchange is affording to
its membership. 1t will be borne in
mind that this Exchange distributed
700 cars this past season to 125 diff
ferent markets-less than 10 cars
going to New York-a very signifi-
cant example of the broad distribu-
ton and extensive facilities of the
| Northwestern Fruit Exchange, which
makes its members independent fac
tors, presenting an organized front
to the whole market, and at the
mercy of no group, and subject only
to the limitations of the whole mar
! ket.
In our next bulletin we shall have
something to say of fruit crops in
! England.
Meanwhile the Exchange an
nounces that 20 fruit growers asso-
ciations-some of them the most
prominent in the Northwest have
allied themselves with the Exchange,
and takes this occasion to suggest
to those who have not determined
on their course to decide the matter
quickly, as the Exchange is plan
ming a very early canvass of the
buyers, booking orders ahead, and
will close its membership campaign
in the very near future so as to be
free to give its entire attention to
the marketing campaigns.-Nor
west Fruit Exchange.