The Detroit times., 1911-08-08
APPLE DEALERS
TO MEET HERE
Members Of international Associa-
ton viii Discuss Cold Storage and
Other Methods in Convention.

Members of the international Apple
Shippers association, from various
parts Of the United States and Can
ada. began to arrive in the city, Tues.
day morning, for their seventeenth
annual convention. which will be
held In the Hotel Cadillac, Wednes-
day, Thursday and Friday.
Tho organization Is composed OF
apple shippers from New York to
California In the United States, from
Canada, England and Germany. Or
Its $50 members. II Is expected that
go will attend the convention.
The three days OF the meeting Will
be devoted almost entirely TO bust
ness. Reports Of the officers and
chairmen OF committees Will be heard
and several lectures on subjects vi
interest TO the shippers will be de-
II, red by specialists IN their lines.
Cold storage. from the standpoint
OF the apple dealer. Standardization,
apple auctions ana apple grading viii
be considered. A big exhibit OF ap.
pies Of this years crop viii be made
by the association In the hotel during
the three daye OF the convention, TO
which the public will be admitted.
Judging from the reservations
made here so far" said r. @. Phil
lips, OF Rochester, N. Y, secretary
of the association. "the attendance
this year will be the greatest of any
|of the sixteen years that We have
met.
1.-TWO subjects OF Importance which
|x.gfh l.n anl- "a he
are the regulation OF cold storage
land the Standardization OF apples.
People In general are much misin-
formed In regard TO cold storage as
far as fruit Is concerned They think
that il causes high prices and enables
dealers TO obtain corners on their
goods.
such is not the case, as anyone.
upon thinking the matter out, will
|see. Fruit is perishable within few
months, even II put In cold storage,
Jas II cannot be frozen. as can meat
and 60 forth.
Besides, the object OF the apple
growers Is never TO hold their pro-
ducts up, but on the contrary, II is
to get rid of them as soon as posi-
bile. Only IL or Is per cent OF the
crop ever gets into cold storage. The
proposed Hepburn bill. which, II
adopted. will mean radical cold stor
'hge regulation, first included fruits
but when our committee presented
the matter OF apples to Senator Hey
burn, he assured them that apples
would not be included In the new
Regulations. .
Besides cold storage, the matter
BIZ Standardization will come up. We
want to have each box and barrel
labeled In some authoritative way,
showing Just what kind Of apples 1t
contains. This will protect every
body who buys fruit from fraud.
-ouis A. Fischer, Of the United States
Bureau OF Standards, Washington,
will deliver an address on this sub
Iect.r
The Detroit entertainment commit
lee. with B. L. Howes, OF the Spen-
Ter q Howes Co., as chairman, has
provided an automobile ride about
HE city for the members, Thursday
afternoon, and In the evening there
will be a banquet ID. o. Wiley, OF
b. o. Wiley & Co., Detroit, will be
|oastmaster, and James Schermer-
born will be one OF the speakers.
The officers Of the association are:
President, w. L. Wagner, Chicago:
kice,president, e. N Loomis, New
York: treasurer, w. NJ. French, New
York, and secretary, r. G. Phillips,
Rochester, N. Y. They will probably
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