The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-02-11
COMMERCIAL
CLUB MEETING
BASKET FACTORY PROPOSITION
TAKEN UP-COMMlTTEE AP-
POINTED.

Last night was the regular meet
ing night of the membership OF the
Ardmore and Carter county CONNER
cial club. The attendance was light,
ard outside of the president and the
vice president, the secretary ana
few of the board members, but few
of the officers of the club were pres
ent.
After the reading and approval OF
the minutes of the last regular meet
ing. the president, Mr.. Ringer, stated
that one Of the matters which was
to be considered at the meeting was
the matter of the club lending its en-
couragement to the proposed factory
in which the Fruit Growers assocla-
ton of this county are Interested
II. T. Hunt, of the Hunt Planlng
Mill company, who is actively inter-
ested in the proposed enterprise
stated to those present that ne hau
visited. within the past few weeks
two of the largest basket factories
in the state of Texas and maze
careful inspection of them and OF tie
required amount of machinery ana
the cost of installing the same. lie
seid that it would be proposed to IN
corporate and sell stock at once SO
az TO get the necessary machinery
oo hand and begin operations wlthih
the next ensuing sixty days. MT.
Hunt urged that the Commercial ciup
heoome interested in the matter ana
that the mayor and board of commis-
s;orers of Ardmore be solicited 10
eliminate all the holdings of the pro
posed factory from taxation ch"rses
for a period of five years.
DIR J. F.. Son, president of the Fruit
Crowers' association of Carter coun-
~ NEXT addressed the meeting and
stated that the association OF whlch
10 is the head did all that was done
IN save about half Of the peach crop
Of this section last season. lie sta-
ted that there was not basket 1ac'
tory in the state of Oklahoma-that
conservative estimate placed the pos
sible fruit shipment from this state
thc coming season at one thousand
oars He stated further that last
wear what baskets were secured
through the efforts of the association
were shipped from Brooklyn, n. y
and that the freight on the empty bas-
Vets averaged one hundred and nine
ty-nine dollars per car. Carter coun-
tv shipped fifty-five cars of peaches
end fully that number rotted on the
trees and on the ground because OF
the impossibility of getting basketS'
IKE doctor urged upon the CONNER
cial club that it get busy and heip
.,rt tho matter of the organization CT
the factory company. lie also urseu
that a committee be appointed 10
teke the matter up with tie citizen
chin Of the city and that the city
commissioners be urged to remit all
taxes on what property the factory
oomnanv might own for the next five
years.
7 w. Arnold, leading cotton Dro-
ker who has recently moved 10 tniS
citv from Athens, Ga, in addressing
tho club urged upon the necessity Oh
securing consideration at the hands OF
the railroads. He stated that the
ccrporation commission could not be
advised of all the local conditions
os ttev existed in different sections
oe tho country and that It would De
,,n 70 the people of this city to take
charge of that end Of the matter.
The gentleman stated that without
apparent reason, so far as he had
been able to learn, all roads operating
in this state had advanced their
freight charges the present season,
on handling cotton, fifteen cents pc!
hale over and above the charges OF
last season.
Major Rumph addressed the club
and commended its action in taking