Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1915-01-12

year setting forth standard grades ioi II
apples to be packed in, establishing /
standard packages and requires all pack
ages to be standardly marked as to Just
what they contain. We hear the cry n
from those people that that law has
worked a hardship upon the fruit grow II
ers, and wlyy Those of us that know
New York apples and New Norl's way |
of packing, the answer is very easy. |
New York has not known what it was
to grade apples. and being compelled by !
law to change her ways an in one year
has necessarily worked a very deserving
hardship upon the growers.
'"1hc legislature is now in session IN
this State. and We fruit growers should
get together and formulate a strict
grading and standard package bill and
exert all our efforts 10 get 1t passed by
our Legislature II will, believe, be
the next greatest boos TO the apple
growers of the State and we would
ask onr sister states belonging TO the So
coty TO exert themselves in the same di
rcc.ion.
owe growers in the east should or
game. should form AN association eimi-
lar TO those in existence in the west.
The time is coming when we must or
ganizc ID We wish TO stay Ia business. B.
The Panama Canal is going to decrease
freight rates from the west to our east
crn markets thus making competition /
with western apples keener than ever
before
81 realize that the organization OF
/ fruit associations is problem the solu- I
/ ton of which requires more than for /
NAL resolution appreciate the fact that /
combination of several hundred growers
I in several states is not task To be
! approached with light heart. The
man or committee of men who accept the
commission will well earn the salary Of
thanks thai may be accorded to sue
ccssful attempt. But gentlemen. the
task can be accomplished. il has been
/. accomplished elsewhere. ami it must be
5 accomplished in the east in the near flu
,. turc
eve have sufficient examples in
4 the trusts who control 20 a large ex-
tent the marketing part of the pro-
ducts of the farm. The beef trust is
5 fair example Of what results from
{ the farmers neglect of their own
J duty.
"A good many years ago a young
r man was in Chicago on his way West
3 and there he met a delegation partly
4 as a visitor. and they asked him what
he was going West for and he said:
t I am going out to Wyoming to en-
t gage in herding cattle They sneer-
ed at him and said You better join
@ with us; we are going to make an
e. organization to herd the herders.' and
i If we don't look out we will find our
4 selves in the same position. While
D.. we are picking apples the trust will
z be picking US
I Growers of large orchards may
think they would get the worst of it
d by cooperating with the growers of
smaller crops or inferior fruit or dis
{ honest packing. But there would be
q no grounds for such opinions An
s association is the one thing that
e irings the varieties. grades, and pack
to their proper level. The dishonest
K pack does not go.
{ a fruit growers association should
s be regarded strictly as a business
j. institution, cooperative concern
C For the successful operation OF an as.
n ISOLATION sufficient capital is neces.
j. sary TO give il a creditable standing
as a business institution. The very
4 fact that growers have advanced a
-pRA WI hiAH idllldl lbI the pro
iect is in itself an indication of a
united effort and a union of strength
II inspires confidence in everybody
and the lack of capital denotes
doubts and fears. and a feeling that
the matter is an experiment. There
is no occasion for anyone to doubt
the benefits of an association You
may very properly doubt whether
c1rf1fttI1rr H..
you should not take your mistakei
too seriously. If all the farmers VIII,
make mistakes were to quit farmin,
the world would soon go hungry.
CAS- to the best method to accrue
the capital and operate the bushes
the stock corporation is usually Il
be preferred. A stock corporation
is created under the laws of the Stat
in which il exists and affords the I'm
vestors the best possible protection
that law can give. II is also a sci
perpetuating body, which is a grea
advantage over the usual membershi
organization whose life may be s.
easily and suddenly terminated.
"A stock company. with shares a
$40 each. and which requires eacl
grower to purchase one share for eacl
acre he has in fruit at bearing az,
and give his note with interest afte
maturity. for the unbearing portion
: and due when trees come in bearing
This plan, believe, would furnish a
Il nearly an equitable basis for startin
as can be found. The remaining de
tails could be worked along the sam
line, which | will not undertake Il
X enumerate here.
IS While this society of fruit grow
ers consists of comparatively small
Il portion Of those actually engaged Il
the business on this Peninsula. vet
Ip Dehooves us to work just as diligent
~ Tor the industry as though ever
Isl grower was member of the society
instead of a membership of severa
hundred we ought to have a member
snip of several thousand
IA The work of this society should M
q most important. Problems pertain
K ing TO the growing of fruits. keepin,
Is the country free from pests. neede,
81 legislation, and marketing. all mail,
{ It important that an organization an,
a system be properly worked ont /,
Il me interests of the fruit growers q
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