The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1914-12-03
HOW TO MAKE USE OF
BY-PRODUCTS
Fruit Distributors Plan to Lo-
cate Factories in Fruit
Districts

4 The practicability of plants to
work up the by-products of the or
chards of the Northwest is one of the
leading topics of discussion among
fruit growers at this time and it will
be discussed at length at the National
Apple Show at Spokane this week,
which organization last year appoint
ed committee on by-products. The
committee has made a thorough in
vestigation of the business as to its
past history and future possibilities.
The committee has found that on
conservative estimate 200 million
dollars has been spent in building the
orchard industry in the four North
west states. Production is large and
increasing each year and cold storage
and by-products plants are two ways
of eliminating the over-supply.
The total orchard acreage is $685.
900 acres and if one-half of this
acreage should come into bearing age
the total yield would be 10 times the
present production, which this year
was estimated at $4,000 cars.
1t has been found that millions of
dollars have been sent out of the
Northwest each year for canned goods
and dried fruits manufactured in 9TH
er states, whereas if kept at home
would tend to use up much of the
fruit that is now practically total
loss.
The committee found at Wenatchee
that 10 pounds of dried peaches are
consumed annually by each family in
that town, yet there is not an evap-
Grating plant in the district, but train
loads of green fruit are shipped East
each season.
The committee finds that corn has
been canned at Eugene, Ore, shipped
to the East, labelled there as Eastern
pack and returned to the Northwest.
Lately the labels have been shipped
to Eugene and placed on the cans
in order to avoid the double freight
rate that was previously paid.
Washington vinegar, says the re-
port, has been bought at low price,
shipped East in barrels, put into cases
returned to the Northwest and sold
at 25 cents per quart.
Tons of Royal Ann cherries from
Washington, Oregon and Idaho are
annually shipped to California and
there processed into Maraschino
cherries and shipped back to the
Northwest.
Thousands of tons of Oregon pears
have been shipped to California and
returned in packed form to the Pa
cific Northwest.
Washington Concord grapes have
been shipped to California, processed
into grape juice and returned to the
Northwest.
The statement has been made by
local citizens conversant with the sit
uation that more canned goods are
sold by the storekeepers in Emmett
than is canned by the local cannery,
and the home product is far superior
to that which is imported.
Since only the very fancy green
fruit can be sold at profit it is up
to the Northwestern states to be-
come large manufacturers of by-pro-
ducts as California has done and
made a success of. Here in the En-
nett valley it is not question of
but distribution, and the
only solution is cold storage plants
and by-products factories.
The Pacific Fruit Distributors As
sociation has announced its intention
to locate by-products plants at points
to the fruit growing sec
tions with a view of meeting the
conditions outlined above. 1t is prob
able a plant will be located in the
Payette valley.
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