The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-11-01
APPLE TRADE BREAKS RECORDS
Receipts at New York Average $4,000
Barrels a Day.

NEW OTh, OCl. % he lOCdl dp-
pie trade, according to the state
ments of some dealers, is breaking
all records. Receipts in this market
for the past month have surpassed
anything ever heretofore known. At
they are unloaded proved to be total
ly inadequate in space, and il has
been necessary to store" the fruit on
the streets until il could be distribu-
ted to buyers, Only once before in
the history of the trade has this been
necessary, and that was nearly 20
years ago, when dock and station
space was much more limited than
now, and when a much less quantity
would create such congestion as
has existed. Probably the quantity
unloaded in New York during Octo-
Der has Appropriated an average of
$4,000 barrels per day, including
Western box apples.
Shipments to this and other mark
cts would probably not have been so
heavy for the time If there has been
any safe plan under which the fruit
could have been held by growers.
The phenomenally favorable weather
has brought on an unusually full and
fine development, and this has neces-
STATED some disposition of the pro-
duct in order to prevent heavy losses.
Hundreds of thousands of barrels
would have been stored if there had
been any cold storage space any
where but this seems to have been
exhausted some time ago.
Leading apple dealers are aggres.
sively battling with the situation
Through their national and state or
CARNATIONS they are conducting a
campaign, the purpose of which is TO
inform the general public of the plen-
titude of apples their hygienic value,
md the fact that retail distributors
should supply them at such prices as
. practically put them within the
reach of everybody. A declaration Of
an official of the chief apple organi-
cation in the United States is this:
There is one thing that we are
especially anxious to do this year.
and that is to give the public notice
OF an abundant apple crop and that
IL will be reasonable in price; and
also to urge upon grocers and retail
fruit dealers throughout the country
the wisdom of making apples a lead
er. selling them at attractive prices
and pushing the consumption. Odd
as il may seem, there are many nun
dreds of people in every city of the
| United States and many thousands in
81 oil ush cat
/ pie from one years end to the next.
They entertain the notion that APP
! pies are prohibitive on account OF
the exacting demands of most retail
res who sell them at profit of from
500 to 1000 per cent in a small way.
and so pay no attention to them. Con.
SUMPTION can be more than doubled
! ii the retail trade can be made to ap.
I precate the advantage of distribut-
! ing the fruit at a reasonable profit.
I This phase of the situation has been
1 vigorously urged by our organization
as well as others, and the result has
been a very appreciable increase in
demand for this king of fruits all
| along the line
There is and will be a great deal
Z Nt NoNhAhN Anio NNai uitAtA Aut ltEui0
tions of the standard package law
passed by Congress this year which
was known. in progress OF its enact
ment. as the Sulzer bill This in.
sures to the retail purchaser OF fruit
so packed that he is getting a square
DEAL and he, in turn, can assure the
consumer that he is getting quality
and value in what be asks for. There
has been great requirement fol
copies of this law from the barre
apple districts of the country. and
have received assurances from many
growers that they are packing and
marketing their fruit under its provi
sions. We are doing everything We
can TO make this law and the value
OF the apple live issues with the peo
pie. Both are worth their best at
| tention.'