The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-05-11

Kennswicf Washington under the
WILL THEY STICK?
WILL THEY stick? strawberry growers of the Ken
w district going to stand by the
lin which they enrolled members? The manner In which
this question by the most
marketing this years It is true the market VIII
supply demand the power OF the
Public conditions which always encountered the
of commodity would be to argue that the
strawberry crop could marketed without regard these
standards but conditions under which this
marketed make these factors OF only secondary
importance.
The experience years that there always
Kennew Rchand Strawberries, demand which
exceeded by the supply demand that has always
satisfactory demand that has
been broken by competing district The experience of years
has also buying public will desert California
$OO crate for
at $500 crate that will not $500 for Kennewck
Rchand strawberries if it buy them for $1O In other
words disastrous in former years can be
traced prcecutng at this end of the line There isn't
among all those who have handled local but
could have turned thousands dollars into the
pockets had he been given the marketing
thousands of dollars which lost to the not in
fighting California in fighting Hood River not in fighting
Freewaer not in fighting the broker commission
not fighting the consumer but in fighting 'the
the street. Consignment bug soaled feeance
year the first time the have united for
the purpose much wthstanng outside competition
eliminating competition The board of directors of the
managers laid their plans for successfully
marketing the crop Whether not they make good will depend
this support the unions plans and to restore
chaotic conditions where every played
other and all preed by market
manipulators.
The who goes the union member and says, "The
agreement you have signed binding Nobody compel
deliver berries to them Take part of berries
but let have few crates today few tomorrow
few the and thru the For these
will pay little bonus and the Union bunch
will be the wiser"-this say nsidious
the wee The bug bores under the ground and
the vitality the plant the bores the heart of
the marketing situation and its life allowed to flourish
either will absolutely kill the industry
ANY dealer who shooting the and has the wei
grower the future of the industry at heart will
like and buy his berries from the Kennewk
Rchland Marketing Union the growers own selling agency
soaed cash buyer refuses to play the with
Mr. Grower thru hired down in the red
the railroad track how the devil do figure that he
will square with out patch You have put
self expense the convenience of this cash
buyer You maintaining warehouse where he may CALL
inspect berries exactly equal terms with every
buyer Now he really wants berries and has the
Them why don't he down to the Union head
quarters Them instead of paying personal call
ranch he is really itching with desire to 10
above the market price, the down at the
take his and at the same time save him some
thing on his gasoline The safest with such
callers them and about business
Of picking packing delivering berries to the place
designated marketing where there
II are whom paying to talk to such fellows
n
Ill aREFERENDUM ACTS"
are being planned secure the
people this fall of the laws of the
legislature held for referendum vote The
of these laws chiefly the labor unions and of active
politicians already begun campaign for their defeat Bust
thoughtful citizens who that the legislature
wisely adopting the organizing to campaign
by the people Among the most important
that known Referendum
which designed fraud signing recall
and do with the excessive checking