Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1913-01-01

known as the North Pacific Fruit Dis
tributors," with headquarters at Spo-
kane. The committee during the next
four months will work out the details OF
tentative marketing organization, and
Will present the plan for approval to
the local fruit organizations, which
can then become members and compo-
nent parts Of the new association.
Yakima, having a tonnage output Of
more than all other districts combined
at first stood out for basing the vote
In the new association on tonnage, but
finally. In a spirit OF Cancellation to the
other districts. Yielded the point. and
the result is that each of the nine
trustees of the new association. each
representing one Of the big fruit dis
tricts. will have one vote, regardless of
the tonnage Of his district. This makes
each district as strong as any other.
The members of the committee, who.
1t Is expected, will be returned at the
annual election in May as the first
trustees Of the new association, are as
follows:
w. L. Clark. Wenatchee district.
j. II. Robbins. Yakima district
H. Davidson. Hood River district.
Henry Huber. Walla Walla district.
p ]. Neff. Rogue River district.
w. n. Yost Southern Idaho district.
Professor w. S. Thornber, northern
Idaho district.
ri. G. Sampson, Spokane district
w. Nj. Sackett. Bitter Root district.
The terms or office of one third Of
the board OF trustees Is to expire each
year, and the election OF the trustee
for each district Is to be entirely in
the hands Of the growers of the district
1t is planned. also, that the central
association, having laid down rules
governing the pack, will leave the SUI
pervision OF the pack to the local
members. depending upon the ruling to
expel any member who labels his fruit
what 1t is not. This method places all
the responsibility on the local growers
and permits them to control their To-
cal affairs.
While other fruits viii be given at
tention later on, the present work of
the new association is to multiply the
Of northwest apples.
There are many lines of endeavor that
II WILL tackle to accomplish this pur-
pose. Some growers. and some who
have had considerable experience in
believe that the 80 or 4ol
cents box which is now paid the
middle men, in commissions and losses, |
can be reduced by markc citing through
the association to 10 or 10 cents This !
reduction alone in the price to the
consumer would greatly Increase the
n fuy0 rtt &C.
charge now paid can be reduced BY |
owning storage plants The storage |
will also assist in getting a reduction
IN freight rates. because it will relieve
the railroads from the present neces- I
sity of rushing the refrigerator cars
back empty in profitless trainloads. I
provided, of course, that the increase
in production Is not faster than the I
increase in the supply of refrigerator
ears and not greater than tie gain I
arising from lengthening the shipping T
season by storage. The cost Of large T
cold storage plants runs somewhere T
from $50 to 5000 a full bearing acre T
and, while this is large first cost, the
sum paid out at twenty cents a box T
for storage amounts to about $50 per
acre year and would soon leave a I
profit on the owned plant Further
more, storage by the grower enables T
him to decide on his market any time
and he has the advantage of not hay
ing to decide this question at the time
IF packing and he does not have the /
expense of reshipping from the orig
nal destination. The traffic men state
that 1t Will be impossible for the rail-
.oads to furnish refrigerator cars to
move the increasing output in the two
months shipping season, and II may
pc absolutely necessary for the grow
ers to provide themselves with storage
ABILITIES in order to meet the shortage
# cars. At any rate the matter of
storage is an important factor In the
process of the reduction of the mar
Seting expense per box.
European, Asiatic and South Ameri-
an markets have shown a disposition
Q take our apples. but many individ-
ial growers fear to ship abroad be-
'ause Of the possible difficulty of
making collections and of settling dis
,utes. These foreign markets are, no
loubt capable of enormous expansion
~ central selling body having for
ign agents, This field when devel-
ped by the new association will doubt
ess surprise us In the amount of con-
Another advantage which the new
organization can bring is the assist
nee of bankers In financing the grow
r while the fruit is stored. Banks in
ertain fruit sections readily make
oans on apples In storage of from
hirty to fifty cents box where re-
liable association has packed and
tored the collateral. 1t is believed
hat the banks generally will be will
ng to do this in connection with the
ew association, but the banks natur-
lily want reasonable assurance that
he fruit has quality and is properly
acked and stored
Proper packing means not only the
aving of losses by decay, but estab-
shes confidence in the mind of the ,
OnSumer that will increaSe- tho cop- | .