The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1913-08-21
.SIEG RETURNS
VERY OPTIMISTIC
CROP STATISTICS ARE GATHERED
COnSignmentS TabOOed, He Says, and n
p. T. D. A. Meeting with Favor from
Trade Pears Start to Roll

The convention of the lnternationa
Apple Shippers Association JUS
clsoed at Cleveland was the largest il
the history of the apple industry, ac
cording to Wilmer Sieg, who has Just
returned from the West and Middle
West to this city. And Hood River
took her share of the honors," de.
clares MIR. Sieg, who is sales manager
of the North Pacific Fruit Distributors
with headquarters at this city. eve
took the first prize among the North.
western districts for our display of
green fruit, and had We'have had the
quantity that was displayed by some
of the Eastern sections we would have
taken the sweepstake honors.
The Eastern apple trade is welcom.
ing the North Pacific FIuit Distribu-
tors as moralizing influence toward
putting apple marketing on a strict
cash (. o. b. basis. We will absolutely
eliminate all consignments of fruit.
Our offices already established are
meeting with favor from the trade and
are well supported. Our Minneapolis
Office is in charge of Louis Blot, who
has many years experience in the dis
tribution of boxed apples. having for
merly been connected with the Yakima
Fruit Growers Union. II. j. Schif-
erie will take charge of the distribut.
ing center at Omaha. He has a full
knowledge of the Middle Western
trade and demands. II. +. Smith, for.
merly of the Payette. Idaho, Fruit
Growers Association. will be in
charge of the Chicago office.
MIR. Sieg states that he and Mr..
Davidson will have charge of the New
York offices and the export trade. Mr..
Davidson, who is president of the Dis
tributors. left the convention for New
York and will return here the latter
part of the week. Immediately after
his arrival, meetings will be held in
the different districts. The informa-
tion gathered by MIR. Davidson and
Mr.. Seig while on their eastern trips
will be given to the growers and an
opening price will be set on the apples.
Mr.. Davidson will return to New York
as soon as the local truit crop is
housed. MIR. Sieg will probably spend
the later winter and spring months in
the East.
I'VE are placing our own represen-
tatives in every apple market in the
United States, says Mr.. Sieg. "They
will handle our fruit absolutely. We
have established offices in Hamburg
and London.
There is an excellent atmosphere
about the apple market and the best
Of encouragement for a prosperous
year for Northwestern fruit growers
prevails. In the East and Middle
West, the crop is moderate and the
quality is rather poor in many places
The best course for the Northwestern
grower will be that of conserving his
product until the trash is off the mar
ket. To stimulate demand we must
open with price that will work to-
ward as large a consumption as possi-
BILE. With our divided interest here
last year we opened our prices at such
figure that we experienced steady
decline. We want to reverse that
state of affairs this year by making
the price on limited quantities moder-
ate enough to stimulate a demand.
And with demand created the crop
will move well.
"The apple crop of Europe is in
about the same state as that of the
East, and there will be a good demand
for export boxed goods. visited Col
orado. They have excellent quality
fruit there but the estimates have
been placed too high. The sale of Col
orado fruit and that from Utah will be
initiated against because of their
methods of packing. Colorado grow
ers box their fruit in layers and the
Utah growers what is known as the
jumble pack, neither of them wrap
ping the apples.
Sam G. Campbell, who has recently
visited all other Northwestern fruit
districts except Wenatchee and those
of Montana, says that the growers of
all districts must make a concerted
effort to get rid of tireblight. MIR.
Campbell, who is one of the chief in
spectors of the Distributors, will spend
the remainder of the season making
visits to the different districts super
vising the pack and grading of fruit.
The first carload of Hood River
pears was started rolling Tuesday.
The shipment consisted of Bartletts.
This fruit is expected to yield the
growers top prices this year. and all
orchardists with pears are urged to fol-
low the methods of bulletins issued by
4 ha ASsociat in their napkinu