Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1913-12-25
Committee Holds
First Meeting

The Committee on By-products ap-
pointed at the Sixth National Apple
Show held at Spokane, Washington,
held its first meeting in the Com
mercial Club Rooms at Walla Waua,
Washington, December 18th-19th, with
the following seven members pres
tnt. II. c. Sampson, w. Fl. Wicks, p.
Fl. Weysauch, ]. H. Chapman. c. j.
Devise. NJ. j. Higley, ]. F. Batchel-
der.
Absent. r. E. Strahcrn. Portland,
Ore; d. Il. Olds. Wenatchee. Wash;
II NJ Sloan. Florence, Mont; w.
S. Brown. Corvallis, Oregon.
Every member of the committee,
present or absent, submitted a writ
ten report on the by-product plants
for his district, and a discussion of
many hours followed these reports.
Tie Committee finally and unanimous
~ agreed, that since only 10 per
cent of all the by product plants at
present in the four northwestern
states have been successful, and
since already the growers of these
states have lost probably more than
a quarter million of dollars in unwise
investment in such plants; therefore
growers should be warned against
too hasty action in accepting the
plausible tales of by-product plant
promoters and should use much care,
Judgment and investigate before lend
ing their support to promote by1pro-
duct plants.
The Committee also agreed that as
the present investment of more than
5000, 900 900 in the fruit industry of
these four states was probably a
waste of % per cent: therefore re
quest prompt and definite action In
the solution of the by-product prob
lem. In line with the two above con-
illusions the Committee then agreed
on the following scope of work to
be done by the Committee and d.
vided itsesk into three sub-central
committees to carry on its investiga-
ton and to report progress on or
about March LIST in meeting to be
held at North Yakima
Scope Of Work.
1st A preliminary survey includ-
ing an investigation covering the
entire Northwest as to the following
points:
Number of cooperative by-product
plants.
Number Of privately owned by-pro- I
duct plants. ID
By whom owned.
Capital Invested. II
Stock or mutual association. Ii
Nature of plants. dryers, canneries, q
vinegar factories, etc {
Output of finished produt.
Results OF operation, success or e
failure. Ii
Varieties and quantities OF pro a
ducts that can reasonably be expect
ed to be available If proper by-pro- v
duct plants are established IL
Class OF by-product plants adapted a
to the different localities OF the s
Northwest.-Messrs. Brown, Higley, 4
Sampson. G
Amount Of Raw Material Taken Care b
OF. II
To investigate in Connection with I
the proper authorities Of the Agri- v
cultural Colleges and the authorities G
of the four Northwestern states. all Il
70 in connection with the proper au- t,
-horities of the Federal Government, g
he quantity exported and the guam a
.ity imported, and also the quantity
imported into the four Northwestern G
Wicks, Chapman II
To investigate the various meth oil
'ds and machinery available in the fe
OF the different by-pro- q
|ucts at the present time.-Messrs.
)avise, Weyrauch, Strahorn. al
Commercial Clubs and Fruit Organ in
cations OF the Northwest will be tn
sked to cooperate IN securing $1,000 hi
owards defraying preliminary ex-
enses and Investigations necessary "
4 making the above surveys. &c
l.