Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1915-07-29

was thought that the connection be-
tween the various SubCentrals and
the Central office at Spokane was
not close as it ought to be and
new Bylaws were adopted making
each Sub-Central an integral part Of
the Distributors represented by two
Trustees each for 500 cars and
one additional trustee for each adj
dltional 500 cars Of tonnage.
The Board of Trustees elects an
Executive Committee of three which
Committee meets twice a month
and to whom the actual running of
the business is delegated.
Personnel OF THE
ORGANIZATION.
The Idaho-Oregon Trustees are
D. L. Ingard of Fruitland and j. n.
Lowell of Parma. The Executive
Committee of the Distributors is
composed of Frank Reeves Of Wenat-
chez, President, ]. H. Lowell Of
Parma, Vice-Pres., and C. H. Human
of North Yakima The General Mana
gers of the various Sub-Centrals
meet at least once a month with
the Executive Committee, thus max
ing tho closest possible connection
between all sections and putting the
men actively engaged, in close touch
with the Central office and with
one another The plan is producing
a closer knit, more aggressive and
efficient organization than ever be-
fore. Every expenditure is being
closely scrutinized, concerted ef-
fort is being made to do away with
all unnecessary duplication of work,
to cut down expense and at the
same time add to the efficiency OF
the selling organization.
SPECIAL PRIVILEGES DENIED.
Hood River has seen fit to with
draw from the Distributors and as
their utilization in the first place
seems to have depended upon some
special concessions that the other
Sub-Centrals did not receive, and
as such concessions are absolutely
impossible under the present organi-
zation, it seems best for all con-
cerned that the Hood River people
go it alone. They market varieties OF
fruit that do not in any large way
conflict with that from the other
districts and at any rate their con-
tinuance with the Distributors would
depend absolutely on their coming
in on the same basis as other Dis
tricts without concessions or reaer-
walton of any kind.
A similar condition developed
with the Spokane Local Fruit Grow
ers Company which desired to at
filiate with the Distributors under
certain specified privileges which
they named This was denied.
AN EFFICIENT SELLING MACHINE
The net result of the two years
work on the part of the Distributors
has been to build up a closely or
gapized selling machine with expert
euced and earnest men in charge
who are in close touch with the
trade as wei as responsive to the
growers. It is by all odds the great
est factor in the sale OF Northwest
Fruit and it is strong because it is
built on the principle OF cooperation.
1t is the fruit growers of the North
west collectively administering Their
business.
FINANCES ARE SOUND.
Financially the past year has
been a grilling test of the organiza-
ton but throughout it all it has
tanned its credit, has closed the
season without owing dollar and
has handled the business of its
economically and efficient
".
A prominent banker, at bankers
stated recently that the
account was the most
of any that he had, tina;
heir statements could be implicitly
'elied upon, that they paid their OBJ
igations promptly and cleaned up en-
irely at the close of the year and
hat the bankers were glad to take