The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1915-11-11
DAVIDSON FIRES FINAL
AUCTION SHOT

H. r. Davidson last week fred, SIS hs
states, his final shot in the controversy
between himself and the suction sppls
market men. the episode having growf
out of a letter from Mr.. Davidson &
western apple growers, the letter ciiti.
cising the auction market as being de.
structive to real boxed apple values.
Extracts from Mr.. Dayidson's final let.
ter follow:
81 have been in the business of sell.
ing boxed apples in earlots for num-
Der of years and one of the werst infiu.
ences I have had TO contend against is
that of the printed suction cstalops,
which fail 10 show the condition of the
fruit. The buyer or shipper who takes
/ the auction reports as basis of value
can ouly read what the report shows
and, according to your statement, are
misled II your inferences ate correct
| that much trash has been sold at aue.
| ton. ! have ne yer seen this iufurma.
tion in your reports. draw my cor.
elusions from the same source of infor.
nation that the growers and shippers
do, which is the published reports Of
/ ductiuii sdies, uhu n'h shie III saying
that these reports are usually consider.
ably below T. o. b. prices obtained al
the time by the clsss of private sales.
men with whom am dealing.
81 am only considering the compare.
tive merits of the two methods in q
broad way, but to many people it is
necessary to state specific instances,
which was my reason for making the
comparison, aud | meant TO include all
of the auction sales covered by the
time and know covered an equal OF
larger quantity of apples sold at pri.
vate sale.
IL am certainly in full accord with
every dealer and every method of sell.
ing boxed apples that gets satisfactory
results to the shipper TIE man who
puts up his money against the fruit, by
agreement with the shipper, whether
cash before shipment or guarantee and
payment on arrival of The fruit, is Ger.
ta,nly entitled to the support Of the
growers and shippers. ! am in sympa.
Thy with the man who owns the fruit,
whether grown ar bought of the grover
1T an agreed price.
Ia this, my closing communicates,
| itt me tie recorded as rot having in
mird any controversy whatever with
your good selves Or anybody corrected
with any of your auctions, but | felt il
was high time TO make some sugges.
tions to my neighbors out west, so fur.
nlshed my story only TO papers printed
in the fruit growing sections. How.
ever, there seems to be something be
hind the scenes of which | was ignor.
ant, which brought out your volumin-
Gus article and correspondence. and
until the dust settles little so can
get clearer view of the situation,
will continue selling my apples and
those under my control in the United
states at private sale.
For your Information, there is nc
harm in adding that had a car Of
Hood River SpitzenburRs sold at pri.
vate sale this week. mostly at SO and q
small proportion at $2.75 as fine lot
as ever went over the dock. | am seri.
Gus in wanting you to buy the hundred
or two hundred cars of apples to test
your machine with and If you are in the
market will be glad to quote you
prices on fruit from all of the principal
apple districts of the northwest
81 hope this letter will convince you
that have not receded materially from
my first position. However, sincerely
believe that the suction can be made
useful We use the European auction
frequently with satisfaction and the
auctions in this country should also be
serviceable and when it is demonstrated
that shippers of boxed apples have an
opportunity to get fair prices at auc.
tion ! will be one of your organization s
most ardent supporters