Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1914-12-10
NORTHWEST BY-PR0.
DUCTS ADVISORY
BOARD MEETING

M. J.. Higley,. General Manager o
the Idaho-Oregon Fruit Growers AS
sociatfok, returned last evening froT
the meeting at North Yakima CT tn
Advisory Board Of the By-Produci
of which he is a member. The NEE
ing was a g.eat success and accom-
plished much more than was a-tsci
pated.
After the Board organized tn,
heads of the four local Il nrketing or
ganizations were called into the
Board meeting and after thorough
discussion of the aims cf lhe EoA4
these gentlemen were urged to gel
together and finance a by-productf
plant in Yakima to cost $4,000 TO
be made the basis of a start and t
which additions and e-I4r- e-4ien s
might be made as the conditions wa.
ranted These gentlemen retired and
later brought in a favorable report
assuring the Advisory Board that
the finances would be provided and
requesting the assistance Of dhe
Board in advisory oapacity.
This successful issue CT their first
efforts has encouraged the memte
of the Board to hope that other all
tricts in need of by-product plants
may seek their assistance.
Below we give memorandum Il
the progress of the Northwest By
Product Board.
Members of the Advisory Board
of By-Products.
H. NJ. Sloan, Florence, Mont.
North Pacific Fruit Distributors.
P. A. Weyrauch, Walla Wal:a. WD
By-Products Manufacturer.
G. c. C0baley, Spokane, Wash.
Secy. Spokane Chamber Of Com
merce.
Conrad Rose, Wenatchee, Wash.
Independent Shipper & Commits
sion.
Alexander Miller, No. Yakima, w.
Banker. =.
W. H. Paulhamus, Puyallup, VIM
By-Products Manufacturer
Trueman Butler, Hood River, Ore
Banker.
D. A. Snyder, Dayton, Oregon.
Banker and By-Products Manf&ctur
err
j. H. Holt, Eugene, Oregon.
By-Products Manufacturer.
M. j. .Higley, Payette, Idaho
Gen. Manager Idaho Oregon Fruit
Growers Association.
1t is the Judgment of this commit
ee that the first and most important
task delegated to it by the SRi1aue
Congress is the bringing about Of a
closer cooperation between the dif-
ferent organizations engaged in mar
keting the fresh fruits For the pur-
pose Of discussing the situation, we
wish to ask the following gentlemen
to meet with us in conference at
the New Washington Hotel, Seattle,
at 10 A. M. Saturday, January 23rd
President H. L. Davidson and Cen
eral Manager ]. H. Robbins OF the
North Pacific Fruit Distributors.
President R. H. Parsons and General
Manager w. F. Gwin of the North
western Fruit Exchange, President
w. M. Nelson and General Manager
E. E. Samson of the Horticultural
Union, II. NJ. Gilbert cf the Richey
& Gilbert Company, Conrad Rose of
the Wenatchee Produce Company, w
T. Clark of the Wenatchee Fruit
Growers Association.
For the protection Of the existing
plants and as foundation fcs
logical expansion of the busiress, we
wish to go on reorcd In favor OF a
central selling agency to be oryaniz-
ed for the purpose of marketing the
output of all Of the existing by-pro-
duct plants now in operation In the
North Pacific States and of all
plants that may hereafter be formed;
this organization to have central
board of control composed OF one,
representative from each plant and
especially to endeavor to bring abort
Standardization Of pack and q hfkh
standard Of product by means of
general superintendent Of the out
put Of all plants. The organizations
willing to consider the desirability
of such movement are asked to
meet in conference with this COM
mittee in Portland, Oregon, at 10 A.
M, Monday January 25.
This committee is willing to under
take the responsibility Of assisting in
bringing about the organization lof
plants that wsll utilize such frtitA