The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1913-09-12
COMMENT ON TIMELY TOPICS


l suggested
district that should undertake investigation the
dtons which governed the marketing this years. peach Not
whstanding opened the
short this and good prices would be realized in the
upper valley have Jared this than they did in
1872 the unprecedented yield all peach growing states of
the union.
Expecting bulk their CROP the Yak
ina offered from Most of them have
refused haul their fruit this figure and thousands of boxes have
roted the orchards And they know where the blame
lies The shippers whether they be associations firms individuals
all pointing their yelling He they
broke the market
while independent
making charges against each other Of dishonesty manipulation and
competency the must pocket of at least $4,000 below
what experts all agree crop should Melted them would
that the thorough investigation of this years marketing
methods order and in this matter only the
Happily for the Kennewck valley growers they had marketed al
most all of their before the price broke and will realize above 40
Granting that this what should have been
several degrees fortunate than those in the Yakima
district who getting market days later than the Kennew
found the broken and their years profit because of
pcecung somebody's part Commenting the situation the
Yakima Republic says:
the statements freely made for months past that crop conditions
this warranted the expectation and there
actually supply of peaches the growers should know it.
there supply and under favorable conditions in the
and Coast markets. from Is to 80 all the Yakima valley
peach expect for his fruit time that the orchard
owners business and prospective investors should know it,
prices occsoned by jealousy,
down. rule all concerned entitled have this
mistakaby pointed out.
depression Of 10 cents per box in the price Of commodity
gregating OO boxes and possibly aggregate
which the community afford ose and this differ
many only disappointment but absolute failure
MUST LOOK TO PACIFIC NORTHWEST FOR APPLES
partial failure crop
WE'LL comes
with almost regularity Iu the Pacific Coast where
conditions for apple growing peculiarly favorable adverse
for years has been the exception, not the rule
For twenty the apple of the United States has
diminishing rather than increasing There time when the
could harvest Of 900 barrels of the fruit This
believed that the will from 16 900 900
barrels and considerable portion of this will unquesonaby
be unmaketabe The falling off in the output the
growing production the Pacific Coast states explained the grad
elimination of orchards in the and middle
the world in the will very
look the Pacific Coast and particularly the Northwest
apples the conviction that steadily gaining ground
nFFICAL from the effect that with
opening the canal close settlers wcome
of the Pacific is stated that to date
purchased Berlin alone for Pacific Coast
settlers the best of the Europeans Many
who coming to the coast for the of tax
ng agricultural lands Most of settlers will come from Germany
and they will prepared buy land and establish
It themselves in the farming business.
OyERNOR LISTER gave important of political
during past when he announced that he will not be
ddae States senaorshp succeed L. Jones' The
says elected by the people them Gov
during office he has intention OF
When candidate three from this
fall for would consider that question later
He did not pungng himself fight of kind until
knew just what conditions would be-
THE Cox Commone published somewhat lengthy
ment against the prevailing the churches in all
tiles giving days when event brings crowd to town
rpng the question of the keeper and from
the nont of profit organization The ladies' whose 10
II fails these occasions, fall back tn
the only available raise the
roundabout instead putting their hand
their rockets and putting up for all church
of accomplished nothing else,
of Club
presenae shape Perhaps we'll have that gid lettering the
II dows nv the time again.