The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-08-07

PledSe answer this letter at once, as
If you are interested we have a num-
Der of selling suggestions to offer.
Thanking you in advance for an
early and favorable reply, we are.
Yours very truly.
RICHEY & GILBERT COMPANY.
List OF the Queries
/. Have you handled peaches or
other fruit in CARROTS?
2. Have you handled. CARROTS of
peaches from Texas, Georgia or other
peach districts this season?
8. How many cars of peaches have
you handled in any one season in
former years?
4. At what price are you now SELL
ing Texas or other Elberta peaches ::
S. If prices and terms are satisfa:-
tory, how many cars of Yakima Valley
Elbertas can You handle during the
shipping season?
s. Can you join with other dealers
in your town in selling carloads?
Z. Would you want pears and
prunes shipped with you peaches?
8. On what railroads do you prefer
delivery?
8. Would you advertise our fruit
literally along the lines of the en-
closed copy?
10. Peach cars contain 1894 and
1860 boxes. Which number would
you prefer?
II. Usual commission is 10 per
cent Of the gross sales, Is this salts
factory?
~. Would you prefer consignmsu ts
or an (. o. b. delivery price?
d Remarks.
Says Deals Are Off
I'm the face of that Offer" said
f. H. Gilbert, q local dealer, 'it ID
useless to expect any business at all
from the buyers" Careful reading OF
that letter will indicate that Messrs.
Richey & Gilbert are announcing ian
excessively large crop" are offering it
on consignment to the small dealers
who ordinarily buy from the man who
buys here and are offering it to them
ON their own terms. If the ordinary
commission is not enough they are
asked to say what will be satisfactory.
The letter appears to be all right for
the grower. but it is very careful of
the interests of the dealer and his
customers, who are to be taken care
of by the producer here. We have
already heard from that letter by
kilograms, which announce a chaotic
market and no chance for business
here at this time.
40 What Canadians Say
J.. M. Perry, In saying that such a
letter is, in his opinion, demoralizing,
indicated his point by quoting a
couple of kilograms he had received
from Canada cancelling orders and
letters from Canadian firms, one in
Edmonton and the other In Calgary.
The Edmonton dealer wrote as fol-
lows:
I'VE might say that we have not
been advised by anybody officially
that 1t will be necessary to buy any
fruit in the Yakima valley this sea-
son, as will be able to get all we can
handle on consignment. We. how
ever, have heard rumors to that effect
up here but probably through other
dealers. AS we think we told your
Mr. Perry when he was here, we do
not care for handling stuff on COM
mission If it can be avoided, but we
prefer to buy the stuff outright and in
that way we can keep the market in
better condition.
Must Meet Competition
"If ALI onr eop,r, al IA o,-c hnc> or-
handling consignment stuff, we in a
way have 20 do 1t also, as that would
be the only way we could compete
with them. Right along it has
looked as if there would be an ex-
ceptionally heavy crop and that a
good many lines would be too plenti-
full and that we therefore would be
| bothered with a lot Of consignm en-,
goods. We trust, however. that things
WIN turn out better than we antici-
/ pated."
Views of Calgary Man
The dealer at Calgary was equally
explicit His statement was:
we are in receipt of yours of tbs
23rd regarding conditions existing
here. We might say that they could
not be much worse than they are al
the present time. We understand
there were IL cars of Washington fruit
come on this market last Friday, and
for the early variety of fruit such as
they were then shipping, has certainly
put this market in very bad shape
There has not been a car from Wash
ington in this market which has beer
bought on f. o. b. basis, and these cars
have been shipped in here and handled
Tor account of shippers. To say the
least conditions existing shere at ths
present time could not be more unsat-
lsfactory and will be until such time
as the growers get their returns fol
their stuff, and find that it is a los
ing proposition to ship on eonsign.
| ment.
Must Get i'm the Swim
| IF conditions continue as they are
at the present time, we do not figure
ON having to buy but very little (. O.
b. shipping point Apparently the as
soeiations in your state are to blame In
flooding this market. and no doubt
the other markets are nearly as bad
We think II you want TO get any bust
ness this year YOU will have to get