Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-09-07
Conserving Waste
Of Farm Products

serving the great amount of our fresh
fruits and vegetables now going ia
waste in the northwest, and feeling
the need of changing perishable prod
ucts into manufactured goods which
can be marketed to advantage over a
longer period of time, a committee
with its membership from the four
states of Oregon, Washington, Idaho
and Montana was appointed by the
president of the National Apple Show
at Spokane last November to devise
ways and means of promoting the
fruit and vegetable by-products in
dustries of the northwest.
This committee has held several
meetings and collected valuable data.
From this data it is seen that the
by-products industry of the northwest
is facing problems which, as the vol
ume of our fruits and vegetables in
crease, will become more serious; one
of the most important of these prob
lens being the marketing of the fin
ished products. For this reason the
committee favors central selling or
ganization for the expert supervision.
selling and distribution of the fruit
and vegetable by-products grown and
packed in the states of Oregon, Wash
ington, Idaho and Montana.
The object of such an organization
would be, primarily, to, in as far as
possible, establish and maintain a uni
form system of grading and packing,
and to obtain for the manufactured
products which it handles the cost of
the product plus reasonable amount
of profit.
To bring about this condition ii
would be necessary to:
1. Affiliate as many of the by
product plants as possible in this
movement in order to avoid ruinous
competition, and, by handling a large
tonnage, to be able to reduce cost of
2. Buy supplies, such as cans,
boxes, spray material, oil, sugar, etc.,
in large quantities and effect saving
thereby.
3. In so far as possible, establish
a uniform system of grading and
packing the fruit, vegetables and 9TH
er by-products through this organiza-
tion, and to exercise such supervision
thereof as shall insure to the pur-
chaser that all by-products sold
through this organization shall be of
the class and quality represented and
marked on the packages.
4. Advertise northwest by-prod-
ucts more widely and efficiently.
8. Distribute more widely the
manufactured products. The Panama
canal will be of as much assistance
to the by-products trade as to the
fresh fruit.
8. Marketing direct through paid
representatives as much as possible.
and cut out as many of the middle
men as possible. To further this end
aid in every legitimate way towards
the formation of consumers clubs
and associations should be given.
l. Have an agent to settle claims
for losses incurred in transit.
s. Have a committee of experts
that may be called upon to give ad-
vice to communities contemplating
starting by-products plants regarding
organization, amount of produce
needed, type of building, kind of ma
chinery needed, management, saving
Of waste, water supply, etc. The ex-
pense of this committee to be borne
by community employing it.
9. Have an employment agency to
look up records of professors, man
ayers and bookkeepers and for rec
ommending same to communities
needing their services.
10. Urge our technical colleges to
establish courses of instruction with
the object of fitting students to be-
come professors, managers and book
keepers of by-products plants, grow
ers, associations, etc.
II. Advance money as fast as the
business may warrant to enable grow
ers to handle their crops before re-
turns are received from the manu-
featured products.
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