The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1913-10-16
APPLE PRICES
GOOD FOR ALL
CONSUMERS PLEASED, SAYS SIEG
Labor Troubles are Slight and Harvest
Goes on Unabated, Except for Wealth
er, Which Causes Slight Damage

tageous to US in an advertising way,
says H. F. Davidson, ''for it will b
seat to middle western and easter
cities by the transcontinental railways
I'VE have received definite informa
ton as to the different exhibits, an,
find we will Sse entitled here at Hoo
River to exhibit as follows:
'Two exhibits, % boxes Spitzen
burgs, and two exhibits, Is boxes
Newtowns three exhibits, 10 each, O
Spitzenburgs, NewtcsJns and 0rtleys
five exhibits, five boxes each, of Spitz
enburgs and Newtowns ;.three exhibits
five boxes each of Ortleys and Ar
kansas Blacks: two exhibits, five boxei
each, of Winter Bananas, Red Cheel
Pippins and tRydes KSSe; ten exhibits
one box each of Spitzenburgs anC
Newtowns; five exhibitsFone box eacl
of Ortleys. Arkansas Backs, Winter
Bananas. Red Cheek Pippins, Hyde,
King and other snowy variety.
"lnSurnishing fruit for any of thes,
exhibits twill be necessary for tn,
grower to select the fruit and bring il
to the warehouse unpacked, the boxes
filled tight enough so that the apple.
will not rattle around and bruise Will,
being hauled in, and yet lose enough 81
that the fruit will not show bo,
bruises, as bruised fruit will not go.
These apples. after being eShibitek
in Spokane. will probably be Rot intt
single layer boxes for exhibition pur
poses throughout the east, and for this
reason the fruit must be handled very
carefAlly. Therefore, we will insist
upon packing this fruit at the ware.
house and padding the boxes so that
the fruit will not be damaged blythe
covers. This cannot be done where
tGs frait is packed in the country, be.
sides il the fruit is packed by SO many
different growers it will not bsIpni
form.
'lf you are interested in the 25 boz
exhibit, for instance, send in at leasl
40 boxes of loose apples, 30 will be
better. we will grade out the 25 boxes
suitable for exhibition and pssk the
balance which will go irfto the pool, fol
which you will get full eattiement anC
you Hill at the extra I'D cents per boz
for the fruit actually tasen for exhib.
ition purposes. For the other you will
receive full value. all pas&irp Esae
gpsyisfHw will q ds1 kesa e;.ttiS
addiddfal com % yea on 6fe ftphts
sent in by you for this purpose, pro
vided we will not accept to exceed
double the humber of loose boxes that
are packed out tor exhibition.
''Inasmuch as the rtrmbos of a0hib.
its We are at liberty to accaIh fttsa veys
limited, we will enter these in the or
der in which they are telephoned 10 US,
or reported by other meGuis. so if you
are interested please take up this mat
ter at once. Please phofse our general
office with reference to this, at Main
1881, and Mr.. Huxley will make list
of your offerings"
"The apple marketing situation of
the northwest is being handled Eith
the Gtsatest of judgment" stFs vii
mer Slea "Ehile npplas are a&thEs
time bri1ang good prices, they atae d.
the same time possible prices. d khis
| mean, that they are erod f5p the
growsr, good for the dealer, and faip
to the consumer.
"The maintenance of thesaprices Is
all that could be asked for toe NORTH
western interests. Ii is estimated that
between 80 and 60 per cent of the
northwest crop has been Sod. and the
first attention of Faarket men now is
devoted to filling their orders. This
means thR there will be no consign-
ments to anybody, and the fruit is 60
ing into the hands of men who have
their money invested in it. This will
insure 3 Stability oDmarket conditions.
This stability has been brought
about by the thorough cooperation of
all northwestern interests.
MIR. Sieg says that the rumors of
troubles with packers by the local as
sociation have been of small c1SSe-
quence. Local growers pay their pack
ers more money than 6a any other
southwestern fruit district. However,
few disgruntled men have made de-
mands for higher wages. In such cases
their packers stamp and credentials
have been taken ggay from them, and
thfharyest goes on Atabated.
WhiEs recent announcements state
that the United States government has
officially criticised the alleged misnam.
ing of brands of fruit by northwestern
agencies, the local officials say that they
have not allowed the announcement to
give them any worry. Indeed, says
Mr.. Sieg, 1--WE have not taken much
stock in stories to the effect that the
Spitzenburg must be call the Esopus. I"
Local horticulturists have got down
their bookS by high authorities and
have fouk3I that the name Snitzenburg
is synonymous with Esopus. a4ccording
to Beachs' work on New Yorkaapples,
the first official recognition tie far
famed apple had was in 1877 at Esopus,
Ulster county, New York. The horti-
cultural work says that the Esopus
Spitzenburg, comomnly known as the
Spitzenburg, is first mentioned on that
date, although trees of it had been
found scattered in all parts of the New
York apple district.
''The name Spitzenburg and Esopus
are synonymous says E. l.. Smith,
who has been called the father of the
Hood River orchard interests and who
was for many years closely identified
with the Oregon horticultural Society,
of which he was president.
The estimates on the crop for the
year is going to be materially increased
because of the excellent growing
weather that the local orchardists have
enjoyed this fall and6because of the
good size the fruit has attained. In
round numbers the apple crop will
probably reach 1900 carloads this year.
"All talk about our trouble with
packers ought to be at once decried, y
said MIR. Sieg again the first of the
week. 1T is true that out of the sew.
eral hundred packers in the valley we
have about score of disgruntled men.
But these are causing no worry. We
are receiving letters from other fruit
districts, where thesfmen are getting
less money than here and we could gel
hundred packers on short notice. il