The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-03-09

These institutions viii be effective
remedies against poor grading, and in
addition will bring in considerable in
come from apples which otherwise
! would go to waste. The value of saw
ing is not always appreciated. The
Importance of saving the waste is
probably shown more effectively in the
butchering business than any other.
The large meat companies state that
little or no profit is made on their
meat, but he entire profit of the BUSH
ness, which is q big one, comes from
utilizing the horns for glue, the hides
for leather, and the entrails for fer
%tilizer; in fact, meat companies have
SO perfected the business of saving
that not u single ounce of the carcass
of an animal goes to waste.
Once more l want to refer to adver-
Using, and suggest another valuable
channel that Is open to us. The par
eel post went into effect on January I.
and on that day Santa Clara valley
sent out in small packages two ar
loads of prunes, going everywhere
throughout the United States. Mr.. APP
pie Grower, Uncle Sam has given you
a great opportunity to mail small
packages of apples at a nominal
charge to every p~ostoffice in the
United States. Why not take advan-
iage of it? 1t is the greatest %inexpen-
sive opportunity for advertising your
! apples that | know of.
A. c. Rulofson. whom you all know,
is agent for Pearson's cement coated
nails. which we use in mailing our
boxes, was the originator in advertis-
ing Il apples by making a small
pastehoard box to contain one, half a
dozen or a dozen apples. The idea is
excellent. Let's use it.
There are two kinds of consumer
that we must cater to in selling our
apples. One is the family which buys
by the box and the other is the indi-
vidual living in apartments. boarding
houses hotels, who buy by the
dozen. TO reach the second we must
put up our apples in small quantities,
in attractive pasteboard boxes, q half
dozen or a dozen to the box, with a
neat little handle, so that the pur-
chaser can conveniently carry the
package, The average individual will
not buy q dozen apples put III in a
paper sack when he has to hang on to
a strap going home in a street car.
The Panama cana Is another bright
star in the future of the apple bust
ness for the northwest grower. We
O pay ) 0ccnts freight to New York,
but when the Panama canal is COM
pleted our rate will probably not ex-
cced 20 cents or Is cents per box. Our
freight to European points at present,
including transferring in New York
city, is about 70 cents per box Freight
per box through the Panama canal
viii probably not exceed 35 cents per
box. In other words we will lay u
apples down at the Atlantic coast at
% cents or 80 cents per box less, or
abroad for 50 cents to 40 cents less per
box. If onc~haif of the difference is
taken off the selling price at the other
end, h reduction in price will be a
ton of northwest apples. We should
receive the other half, which would be
II nice little additional sum per box.
Another existing evil lis the immense
number of varieties we are growing.
The remedy for ordinary varieties
which viii not justify the freight rate
to consuming points, is the AK or
grating knife. Gentlemen, | want to