Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1913-10-02

One thousand cars OF apples for
future dvery were sold through
the sort Pacific Fruit Distributors
In the last week for a total price OF
approximately 81 ,OO0, 900, the cars av-
eraging about $1,000 each, according
to official information from Spokane.
One car of Wenatchee apples in New
York brought $4,000. 1t consisted of
Winter Bananas, Jonathans, King
Davids and Grimes Goldens. All the
$1,000 cars averaged from S1.35 to
81 box, f. o. b. shipping point. TIL S
averages about 25 cents a box high
er than apples shipped by independ-
ent dealers.
''The presence of the North Paci-
fic Fruit Distributors in the north
west box apple industry this season
will mean just about 81, ,225 900 extra
to the growers" said H. F. Davidson
of Hood River, president of the or
ganization, Wednesday night about
August the very best price we hop
ed for was 81 to s1.25 a box, and to-
day the price is at least 50 cents
box higher. The northwest apple
osrop for 1913 is estimated at $500
lars, or about $500 900 boxes.
shrlnks 10 Per Cent in 80 Days.
"The apple crop is shrinking in a
manner that is almost startling. 1t
has been very greatly over estimated.
There has been shrinkage in the last
80 days of 10 per cent on previous
conservative estimates. 1t has been
our districts give an estimate at
each monthly meeting of the probable !
tonnage, and at each morthly meeting
the reports have shown a decrease
in the total northwest tonnage. Still
the reports show an increased men,
bership in the distributors, and with |
in the last month 25 new locals have
joined.
''The organization has been able
to maintain the regular prices, but
last week quotations were withdrawn
on account of the heavy bookings.
The crop shrinkage made this neces-
sary, and for several days we refus-
ed to accept orders. However, pric-
es will be quoted again Immediately
in harmony with the rapidly improv-
ing conditions.
Potato Sales Good.
'At today's meeting the trustees
were so well pleased with the admin
istration of the head office that the
board decided to leave entirely with
j. H. Robbins, the general manager,
the matter of prices and the distribu
tion of orders to the subcentrals, and
these assignments will be made by
Mr.. Robbins and the prices will be
distributed on a pro rata basis"
w. N. Yost, of Meridian, southern
Idaho trustee, brought encouraging
reports on the work of signing up
potatoes in the potato subcentrals.
There are now 15 potato district as {
sociations affiliated with the subcen-
trails. He reproted that the potato
organization had obtained a fire new
building, with eight rooms on the {
gropsssS5c floor, for its office quarters l
at Pocatelio. Fifteen hundred cars
are actually signed up and 300 are
in prospect. A recent telegram from
]. U. Mcpherson, potato superintend-
ent, is to the effect that 130 cars
y7re signed up at one meeting and
5vtat another.
"The organization already has had s
a marked effect on the price of pota- G
toes" said Mr.. Yost, last night. "Be- '
fore we got under way local buyers +
were paying 65 and rs cents hund {
red pounds. Now they are paying i
80 and IS cents. Two car loads sold @
by our organization brought s1.0O q
and s1.10." I