The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-04

barrels and grades for apples--legisla-
ton for which they have been fighting
for years. and which they believe Will
do much to advance the interests OF
every body engaged in the culture ana
handling OF apples.
The bill needs now only the sigma
ture Of the president to become law
tand this, 1t Is understood. IL assured)
and it Will become effective July l.
1919, giving growers and shippers an
opportunity ~ discard irregular pack
ages and conform to the provisions Of
the new statute requiring standard
barrels.
\ Nirgintan reporter interviewed =
E. Sydnor. OF the firm of &. T.. Syd-
nor Il Co, yesterday regarding the
enactment Of the Suizer legislation and
It's proba bic effect, Mr., Sydnor is the
only exporter OF apples in Richmond.
has represented some os tho largest
commercial orchards In the country for
the past fifteen years; is himself part
owner IN one OF the states largest
orchards and we'll knows what Viz
ginIa has had to contend with III the
matter OF short measure. He IS an
thusiastic over the new law. Mr.. sgd
nor said yesterday
This bill has been before congress
several years. and has been agitated
for and against. II Is one that IN
terests every fruit grower In thu
United States. True, It win not take
effect until July /, 1913. but this will
give all the growers that may have
barrels on nand and NIL manufacturers
il chance to unload their short meas
ure stuff. Commission men through
out this country, have had much
trouble for years. owing to different
size barrels. until buyers frequently
write and ask the dealers what size
barrels his apples are packed in. aud
when the president signs this bill that
puts an end to short measure. and puts
growers on the same footing, so far
as the size of packages are concerned
We have been handling in The last
ten years barrels that contain as short
measure as eight pecks from that To
twelve peeks, now IL Will be one ana
| the same siZe package. The passage
( OF this bin is certainly welcomed by
every commission man and CONNER
ciai orchard In this country In this
bill the size Of apples is to be desig-
mated. what size apple constitutes the
diameter OF ones gwo's and fancy.
There will be no more grading by the
growers, and by the different packers.
European markets have complained
very much in the last few years about
the different sizs barrels used ia Viz
einta. and these different sizes have
made endless amount ~ trou bic Tor
operators
The National League OF Commits
sion Merchants. deserves great cred
II. Ia say nothing of the amount OF
money they have spent in getting
this bill through. We have severa!
| letter from abroad on our desk, say
ing. when you price US apples, please
# j. .a1s
| have heard several commission
men ON the block express them
selves in the last few days. and all
VI them. with on accord Say il is the
hest Ira In :
from Washington Interesting their
business. and they hope 10 see the day
when all potatoes will be packed in
the same size bprrels, which il not
the case nj present,
The crop Of apples this season
over the United States is unusually
large. Virginia has big crop, and
growers who have not bought their
barrels would do well 20 use stand
/ ard size barrels this year, and next
season they will have that much lead
ON the short measure man
The following article from The Pro
duce News. published In New York,
hearing on tbs Sntzer I'LL. was hina
" furnished The Nirginian by Mr..
Sydnor and ts reproduced in fun here
because Of us interest ITO the apple
growers and shippers throughout
Virginia The article follows:
THE good news was received
/ Thursday morning from Secretary r..
q. Phillips of the international APP
pic Shippers association, that the
Sulzer bill. fixing standard barrels
and gardes tor apples mad passed the
senate and now only waited the sig
nature OF President Taft TO become
law The SulZer bill, the main
features Of which have often been
given in these columns, provides for
standard barrel for the shipment Of
apples. as well as q standard Of
grading The bill passed the house
some time ago and was referred TO
the committee on standards. weights
and measures and later to the COM
mittee on Interstate commerce of the
senate. Considerable pressure was
brought to bear urging the passage
OF this bill and the matter was
brought up In the senate Wednesday
and the bill passed III signed by the
president it goes into effect in July,
1918.
When informed of the passage OF
the Sulxer bill. President Carl Kim
bail. of the National league. which
orga nization, together with the In
ternational Apple shippers associa-
ton and the Western Fruit Jobbers
has worked hard for the bill, ex-
pressed himself as highly gratifled.
He had hoped that the bill would
be passed. as ne realized IL was n
measure OF great Importance to the
trade all over the country. Business
Manager French, of the league. was
also pleased to hear of the passage
OF the bill. and expressed hin self as
satisfied with the results He felt that
II was an entering wedge for ma
tional standard OF weights and meas
ures and that II was the biggest thing
that had been accomplished for the
fruit and produce trade In a decade
He hoped that President Taft would
sign the bill at an early date. The
Bill viii not be effective for a year,
which will give growers as we'll as
manufacturers plenty of time 10 get
rid of their old barrels and manu-
facture and use nothing but the
standard size,
M French left r hHFs6ay night
for Washington to do some missionary
work on two bills In which the league