The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1912-04-18
CENTRAL SELLING
AGENCY FORMED
From the Portland journal.


I organized as cooperative selling
agnecy. twill hereafter be represented
/ in the markets Of the world as a result
/ Of a consolidation Of the fruit growers
organization of Oregon, Washington
and Idaho at meeting in Portland
Saturday.
The act is the bringing to pass of
the year-old plan for a general organ
ization that should constitute a mu-
+ tualized central selling agency. Mil
! lions of dollars worth of producing
fruit lanes are represented in the union
/ thus formed. The $500 600, coo, worth
Of planted but not yet producing fruit
lands IN the three states that are eX-
pected to increase the annual pr0duc-
tiou from 20 GOO cars to Is, COCO cars
are included in the cooperative selling
agency.
/ The fact that increased production
has already changed the selling status
I so that where markets were repre-
sented in the growing districts, now
/ fruit growers must be represented in
the markets to prevent loss by waste.
| delay IN shipping or manipulation of
/ the markets is considered a chief cause
in the organization. The new cooper
ative selling agency takes over the
Northwestern Fruit exchange hereto
fore operated as private concern. Its
headquarters and chief selling Office
will be in Portland with a branch in
Spokane. Seattle is not recognized in
the organization because it is not re-
garded as fruit growing center. The
arrangement makes Portland the sell
ling center of all the apples grown in
the districts of Idaho, Wenatehee,
Washington; Rogue River, Oregon,
and nearly all the producers of Hood
River.
The plan of organization is not a lit |
tie like the logged-oif land association
of southwestern Washington, in that
it will be governed in policy and plan
by an advisory committee appointed |
from local fruit growers orgauiza- |
tions, but will operate under the usual
rules of Incorporation necessary to do |
ing regular business. The cooperative /
agency will be concerned with the |
packing of fruit its shipping and sale. /
1t will advocate the installation of cold |
storage houses at desirable points for |
the keeping of fruit intended for ulti- |
mate distribution through markets.
Fruit growing districts represented |
in Saturday s meeting are:
II. w. Otis, Peshastin, Wash, chair
man of the committee Of eleven. at |
the Walla Walla fruit growers conNen.
ton to devise a plan of organization. |
l.. +. Meacham, Walla Walla, seere-
tary of the committee. j f. Sugrue, /
Cashmere, Wash. president Cashmere .
Fruit Growers union, Wenatchee val /
ley. Fremont Wood, Boise, Idaho.
president Idaho horticultural society |
and director Northwestern Fruit eX- /
change. w. N. Irish. North Yakima.
Wash, president Yakima county horti, /
cultural union and vice president
Northwestern Fruit exchange. A. C.
Randall, Medford, vice president Rogue
River Fruit and Produce association.
X. 5. Miller, Medford, manager Rogue
River Fruit and Produce association.
A. p. Bateham, Mosier, Ore, president I
Oregon State Horticultural society and
vice president Mosier Fruit Growers
association.
BY agreement reached Saturday the
exchange becomes a practically mutu-
allied institution. Its dividends are
fixed at not to exceed 10 per cent and
all unsold capital stock is offered for
purchase by growers organizations.
This latter provision, in connection
with the fact that the Northwestern
Fruit exchange is already under the
absolute control of actual fruit grow
res precludes the possibility OF its ever
becoming an institution of private con-
troll for profit.
Provision was made also for direct
and vital contact between the exchange
and the growers, whose crops shall be
marketed through it, by the creation
of an auxiliary organization to be
known as The Growers Council of the
Northwestern Fruit Exchange, which
shall be composed of elected represent
atives of each association. This council
wi have control of all matters rer.
tanning to the standardization of meth
ods and contracts, and will have advis-
0ry powers.
II. McGowan, 1918 w. 2nd St., Little
Rock, Ark says, 81 suffered with severe
pains across my back and the kidney
action was irregular and very painful.
After taking Foley Kidney Pills for
few days the pain left my back and the