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

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with $500 cars peaches, mostly Ell
bertas, in Utah, 1000 in Colorado and
5000 reported in Washington, besides
some Michigan peaches, all coming on
practically the same time, there would
be no f. o. b. sales of Elbertas unless
half the growers could be scared into
leaving them on the trees and the
other half scared into selling them at
25c a box.
"Richey & Gilbert Co. said both
schemes were wrong and went to
place the peaches in new territory. We
submit to the common sense of the
grower and business man. If it wasn't
good sense to continue enlarging our
markets rather than get the blues and
try to get the farmers to leave their
peaches on the trees. STA .
What Texas Knows
ITO illustrate, our peaches abso-
lutely won't stand shipment to Chi
cago or Memphis, exposure for three
days in switching, unloading, running
through the auction, changes upon
changes and reshipment to the people
who want them and their many COM
missions. That spells confiscation
and ruin to the growers.
Texas knows more than that. Near
ly all of their thousands of cars go
to the small cities and towns.
"Shall we hear the cherry cry after
the peach season Is over: go cents a
pound in Freeport, selling for freight
in Chicago, soc a pound in other
places, minus two cents in Yakima p
''Shall the Illinois girl paraphrase
Yakima peaches everywhere but not
peach for me?' o1t 1ses s3
Leave, them on the trees says
the Dakota trust except what you
sell me at 80 cents
sgtCf< Peaches Well Liked
For years our friends and your
friends in the East have been saying
as they see a box of our peaches,
oh, we never saw such peaches. We
never get them with u.s. or we have
to pay a dollar a dozen for such
peaches in our town.
II sold car of Jonathans once
at $135 a box to New York. A re-
taller who got one box shortly after
| sold the car, wrote to the grower,
him what he got for the box of APP
pies, also advising the grower that he
paid $3.50 for the box Of Jonathans
and that he was selling them at 10c
apiece.
Now, we appeal to every Yakima
business man and professional man
and fruit grower to cooperate Sue
cess is assured, but it will be greater
If you quit your Knocking"
Assistance Is Wanted
1--WE started out to place 200 cars
of Yakima Valley Elbertas in terri
tory where they have not had Yaki-
ma Elbertas before. We have sue
ceeded We now have an additional
100 cars to place. We want your as
sistance, and we don't want all the
glory of getting a half million dollars
into the valley for Yakima peaches,
so we will ask you to give the selling
agents of your choice the name Of
any responsible dealer in the old home
back east where they have not had
CARROTS of Yakima peaches before, and
you help him place car. We have
statesmen in a number of states. With
letter from you they can place a
number of cars possibly.
Another Request
1--WE ask the many friends of Mr..
Perry to take the names to him and
get his mind on selling peaches in
stead of knocking.
"Our watchword Is a dollar a box
to the consumer for the best peaches
that ever grew, fifty cents to the
grower and a half million dollars
peach money for the Yakima Valley
The measure of success will be In
proportion as we all boost and work
"RICHEY & GILBERT co.
III. NJ. Gilbert"
Views of Mr.. Eberle
"Mr Gilbert's letter and offer" said
! Fred Eberle, representative here Of
| stacy of Fargo and Minneapolis, "has
destroyed the very best f. o. b. cash
market we have had, namely Dakota
! Alberta, Calgary, etc. He is offerins
his fruit to the people whom th'
tobbers have supplied and the jobber'
| have bought from those who bough
| here. Naturally they cannot do bus
mess in this section this season anS
| instead the fruit is sent to the mar
| who says he wants it and he gets i
! on his own terms. 1t is consignment
or nothing and those who have beef
paying their money here don't wan
] consignments"
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