The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-08-07
GILBERT Says
He IS A GROWER
And That Every Interest He Has,
Direct and Indirect, Is for
the Pysaucers
HAS MORE FAITH IN
YAKIMA THAN EVER
Believes, Also, That He Has q
Right to Seek Out New Terri
tory in Which to Market the
Products of Local Orchards

Every stakeholder in Richey & Gil
bert Co. is a fruit grower. Combined
they own AIS acres of orchards in tn.
Yakima valley. ABOUT 100 acres in
bearing. Mr.. Gilbert. the manage,
says he has mace over one hundred
dollar growing orchards and fruit to
every dollar he has accumulated buy
ing and selling fruit
Mr.. Gilbert continued: EVERY In
terest have. direct and indirect Is
for the growers To me, owing to
our great success In developing new
markets the last two months and to
the certain benefits to accrue from
freight rates being cut in two by the
Panama canal and the worlds mar
kets placed at our door I have more
faith In good Yakima Valley orchards
and orchard lands than ever had. /
What They Are Against lilis
we confess we are sqharely
against Mr.. Perry's proposition pf
leaving the peaches on the trees
That is commercial suicide. although
we confess the proposition OF certain
velvet-handed hot air merchants now
amongst us from big cities. without
dollar OF responsibility behind
them, may be worse tHt seas.
I'VE are also against the "buyers'
proposition" "25c box to the grow
ers," and sell to the Dakota Com
mission Trust" at soc. Bankers. mer-
chants. every public spirited citizen
should stand against such a PROPOSE
ton. for 1t means nothing to the
growers and every Yakima Valley
business man will suffer
Placed In False Light
Mr. Perry has unintentionally put
us In false light before the public.
With the exception of a few letters
sent to the territory Of the Com
mission Trust of North Dakota, the
letters to retailers were used entirely
In territory where Yakima Elbertas
In carlots have not been used before.
There was absolutely no breach II
business ethics. A leading commits
sion firm of Dakota sends men here
every year buying or soliciting con-
signments, usually bearing the mar
ket and l know bought lot Of
peaches at soc to the dealer one year.
The commission men from big cities.
quite often irresponsible ones, send
men here at big expense, peddling. hot
air to new suckers every year. and
collect 10 per cent on the freight
any way. We know of unpaid checks
aggregating thousands of dollars from
such solicitors. We do not object 70
houses with responsibility coming,
but by what business ethics have we
not the same right to sell in their
territory?
About Canadian Complain
Mr. Perry's wall from Calgary de-
serves repeating. we understand
| there were II cars of Washington
| fruit on this market last Friday.
| There has not been a ear from Wash
| ington In this market bought on T. o.
| b. basis. If conditions con-
| tinue as they are we do not figure on
having to buy but very little f. o. b.
shipping point Now that wasn't be-
cause of our letters for none got with
In a thousand miles of Calgary ex-
cept what Mr.. Perry and 1.-The Trust
or their friends may have sent
| "Quite the opposite is our mes
sage from Calgary. $500 to $500 of
| good Canadian bank money per car
for cars. few peach plums. mostly
only fair sitter apples and we are
getting orders right along to ship
more at prices named, which make
bankers and growers smile. We ar
| ranged with the right houses there
months ago
About business Ethics
"Richey & Gilbert Co. are follow
ing the same plan opening up new
| markets that they have worked for
| years. Our business ethics are voiced
in the big Blue Book" which is
xxx. OF the several hundred BUSH
ness houses and shippers rated in the
state of Washington only three get
more than xxx, and two of these
are Richey & Gilber Co. of Toppenish
| and II. NJ Gilbert of North Yakima.
| Now we feel immodest almost to make
this statement, but as our business
| ethics are questioned and as we are
| following the same methods of getting
new markets we have for years We
| desire to be set right by the highest
| commercial authority in the fruit and
! produce business.
For those who don't know what
'XXXX' means. the following def
| milton Is quoted from the Blue Book
! MINK applies to houses with long
| and nnblemlshed business record. sub
stantial and undoubted financial
| strength. sound Judgment aud with a
widespread reputation for adherence
to high business principles and lib
| eral policy
About T.. O. b. Sales
Now we prefer {. o. b. sales wheI
| possible. just as Mr.. Perry does. but
| everyone knew two months ago that
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