Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-05-06

got among the manufacturers, but when
got through with them they had
formed an entirely different view of
the future possibilities of this variety
of fruit, and my dealings with them
were eminently satisfactory to them
and to myself. | was completely up
in the air, yol might say, regarding
the situation, and made this trip espe.
cially to study conditions and to solve
the problem if possible to my own sat.
isfaction.
"One thing found to be a certainty,
Carton Packing Means Success.
and that is that the marketing of the
evaporated fruit upon the old bulk
basis; that is the packing of the dried
fruit in the larger.sized boxes is dead.
The retail dealers could not sell them,
and | found that they had become a
drug on tine market and dealers trying
to dispose of them at any price in or.
der to get out from under and wipe To-.
ganberrics of the list entirely. The
only satisfactory method Of marketing
the fruit in its evaporated state to the
retail trade is in the carton state, and
with our newly discovered process of
extracting and separating the 'chaff'--
the outer covering or shell Of the fruit
corpuscles, which contains the bitter
and repugnant taste-frOm the fruit,
and leaving it pure and sweet without
deteriorating its flavoring qualities or
strength, / am satisfied that we have
taken long step toward the solution
of the problem and that the loganberry
industry is on the high road to success
and permanent establishment.
"My advice to the farmer who has
loganberry acreage is to sit tight and
refuse to be discouraged by the Gamers
who are trying to discourage them and
secure the fruit on the A,cent basis.
/ would also advise them to evaporate
all Of the fruit they cannot dispose of
to good profit in the fresh state, and
this product they shoudn I sell under
the 2O'cent basis. My advice to the
Gamers is that instead Of beating down
the market they should pay a decent
price to the grower so that he can af.
ford 20 raise the fruit. The farmer
should not neglect the drying of MS
fruit, which is very important, and,
by all means, the farmer who has logan.
berries should take care Of them. The
loganberry is just coming into its
own.
On his way east, Mr. Gic stopped off
in Seattle, Spokane, the Twin cities,
upon n more solid and lasting founda.
From Sioux City he dropped down to
Chicago and worked eastward to Bos.
ton and New York. Returning, he stop.
ped off at Philadelphia, Pittsburg,
Cleveland, Toledo, Detroit and back to
Chicago.
Preached Superiority of the logan. "
He worked principally with the man.
ufacturers of pies, jams, iellies, etc,
and succeeded in convincing them, al.
though they had become discouraged
and were gradually growing preiudiced
against the loganberry, that at % cents
per pound the loganberry was far su.
perior for its tlavOring, coloring and
strengthening powers TO any other va.
riety Of berry at 2j TO 30 cents per
pound, and that its juice, when added
to that Of the red raspberry and the
blackberry, for picmal,iug and for iel.
lies and Jams gave tone to the product
and increased its value. He states
that he succeeded in disposing of n
great amount Of the prune association 4
stock and had established the trade
upon a mroe solid and lasting founda.
ton aud his hopes for the future de.
velopment Of the industry are Of the
most fattering.