The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-02-21
PRODUCING FRUIT
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By-PrOductS.

What can we do with this over
production? You gentlemen know
what extent it reached this year
you know from some of the return!
on your shipments to eastern mar
kets, returns in freight charge col
lectiOns" on fruit that didn't bring
the freight? Why can't we can these
goods, why can't we evaporate them
dry them. make ,jellies, jams, buffers
and get the profits-Work our indus,
try up to the standards it has reached
in our neighbcring states. They make
money, their industry is permanent
They market fresh what they can
and while it is fresh, they pick il
fresh, market it as such and what
they can't dispose of in this manner
they dispose of by the means | have
just mentioned.
Did you ever stop to think of the
possibilities of handling your goods
| by future orders. One of the great
| troubles this year, as many of you
know, was that our goods would get
onto the eastern markets and would
be refused. Why? In many cases be-
oanee the large commission houses
of the east had placed their orders
with other large growers and fruit
exchanges and brokers, in advance
Of the market, had placed orders for
future which they could depend up
on receiving, and naturally it was to
their benefit to handle that part of
their trade first, before consideration
might be given to our goods. The
Utah retail merchants buy great
quantities of their canned goods and
of her food products in advance
through agents of the large houses
One on the Gamers.
The Utah Gamers don't solicit this
future business from the local deal
ers, and the local dealers were not
aware until recently that as good
canned goods might be secured right
here at home as in the eastern mar
kets, and they don't know today that
they can depend upon their orders,
their absolute needs in these lines
being filled in these markets, be-
cause no orders are solicited in adj
vance by those who could guarantee
furnishing a canned fruit that will
compare favorably with the canned
fruits of other localities.
Our orders are solicited by these
large e stern houses or jobbers, who
guarantee to supply our needs with
the best grade goods. We can't get
this here, and there seems to be some
thing wrong with the canned product
that was tried out here. Our peaches
are the best that are grown, why cant
we have the best canned peaches, and
why can't we solicit future orders
that we know can fill satisfactorily,
both as to canned fruits and dried
fruits? Likewise, why can't we sol
icit future orders for our fresh fruits.
If we get bonafide legitimate orders
for our goods in advance of the mar
ket, if we can get in with the other
fellow and get this class of trade, it's
a long step toward finding a protita-
BILE outlet for the Utah fruits. We
don't want to be fooled with brick
bats, pitch forks, live dogs, skunk
hides, limburger cheese, and other
absurd items, such as Uncle Sam con-
tended with in the recently Inaugur-
ated Parcel Post system. What we
want is canned fruits, eVapOrated
fruits, dried fruits, and fresh fruits
that we know we can depend upon,
that we know will meet with the re-
quirements of our custom, that will
stand up with the goods of other
states, and then we will order them,
we will sell them, you will get your
orders in advance. Your markets
will be staple and substantial Why
can't you do this? Why can't you
can, evaporaate, dry, jam, and jelly.
these fruits, give smile to the farm
er and to yourself; market them in
advance, get your agents out like the
other people, do, and get busy?
Using Our Own Profits.
There are something like 100000
600 people in the United States, and
they cons me a mighty large guam
tity of food products, much of which,
sorry to say, however. is secured
abroad, because Of lack of energy
in some Americans who haven't awak-
ened to the great possibilities of sup
plying our own people. The average
consumes eightytwo pound
of sugar each year, and only ten
pounds of that ration of food product
arn nou nrOdunnd in thiS country