The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-01-28
BIG AGENCIES
GET TOGETHER
Fruit Dealers of Four Northwest
States Agree to Stand by
Each Other
ONE BOARD TO DIRECT
OPERATIONS OF ALL
Meeting of All Yakima Valley Fruit
Growers Has Been Called For
Next Saturday

A great forward step in working
out successful marketing plan for
the fruit products of the Northwest
was taken at meetings in Seattle last
Friday and Saturday, when all of the
large selling agencies operating in the
Northwest signed an agreement to
place themselves under the direction
and control of central governing
board.
For the purpose of selecting IS men
to represent the fruitgrowers Of the
Yakima valley at final organization
meeting in Tacoma February is, a
call has been issued for a meeting of
all fruitgrowers in North Yakima
Saturday afternoon of this week.
The call in part says:
"At each and every meeting is was
recognized that the remedy lies in the
hands Of the producer and that to OBJ
tain the maximum results the selling
agents must rely absolutely on the
growers cooperating with them.
Every Grower Is Invited
1--WE, your delegates and representa-
tives, have promised our by-products
committee and the representatives. of
all the other fruit districts to explain
in detail the proceedings Of the meet
ings held at Eeattlea sFOf this pur-
posss and for, the purpose hof selecting
delegates to the meeting at Tacoma,
we would request that every grower
in the entire Yakima valley make an
earnest effort to be present at the
meeting Of growers called for Satur-
day, January 80, at 1880 p. m. at the
Yakima Commercial club"
Council of 81 Members
The form Of organization determin-
ed upon was q growers council to be
composed Of three members at large
and one additional member for each
ESQ carloads shipped from each Of
eight districts in the four Northwest
ern states. On the basis Of 1900
carloads in the four states this would
provide for 90 members, who will
name three men to act as a governing
board to conduct the affairs.
The eight districts designated were:
Hood River and adjacent points;
Western Oregon; Yakima valley, in
cluding Kennewick and up-river Co.
lumbia points; Spokane, Moscow, Gar
field and adjacent points; Southern
Idaho; Wenatchee, Cashmere and all
up-river points; Walla Walla, Milton,
Dayton and adjacent points; state of
Montana.
Selections by Convention
The members from each. Of these
eight districts are TO be selected at a
convention held in each district which
is to be called as early as practicable.
In the naming Of members Of this
growers council it is recommended
that as nearly as practicable each
section Of the district be equitably
in accordance to its tom
mage.
The byproducts committee of 10 was
continued for the present under the
name Of the Northwest Horticultural
committee, but is expected to go out
of existence when the growers coun-
Gil, in accordance with the plan, shall
have been organized. To meet the ex-
penses of the committee up to this
time, and until it goes out Of exist
ence, a levy Of 10 cents per carload
was made on each Of the districts.
A resolution was adopted request
ing the selling agents to Immediately
their affairs so that they will
be able to give the governing board,
when it is formed, information regard
ing transactions from this time.