Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-02-29
.FRUITMEN URGED TO
CHARTER STEAMER
Proposal Made for CO-Opera.
ton Of FruitgrOWers Of
Four States by E. |.
GOOdSelL, New York


the chartering of steamer to market
the fruit of the Pacific coast abroad,
just as an object lesson to the grow
ers of the west of what can be ae-
complished by cooperation, E. L, Good
sell, of New York, arrived in Port
land yesterday and viii 20 to Salem
today to lay his plan before Governor
Withycombe.
Governor Alexander. of idaho, ana
Governor Lister, of Washington, have
bth declared themselves in sympathy
with the plan, and indications are that
the governors of all the western states
will concur
Mr. Goodsell will speak in Corvallis
tomorrow and viii return to Portland
and deliver an address at the Y. NJ
G, A. Wednesday night, at 8 o'clock.
Mr. Goodsell yesterday outlined the
plan as follows:
"In view of the present shortage in
shipping facilities by both land and
water, with the prospective greater
shortage in the northwestern apple
crop period of 1916, action should be
taken now to meet this serious situa
ton.
Wenatchee Estimate 5000 Cars.
.,Tole Iyenotcbee for exomnle. tbc
nrodrc+;or of onrlos oromises N oc
gregate 5000 carloads in that district
The Great Northern Railway is able
to haul to the east only about 20C
,carloads weekly. Thus in five months
the maximum of expectations from thi,
particular district could only be 1900
carloads.
UWith the object OF demonstrating
what unit co.operative organization.
among the apple growers could do moi
only in nartly solving the transporta
ton problems. but as well economically
I have nut before Governor Alexander
of Idaho. and Governor Lister, o.
Washington. and propose to place be
fore Governor Withvcomhe. of Oregon
and Governor Johnson. of California
this suggestions:
''The states named shall cause To !
guaranteed the charter of refripc
ated eouinned steamer. now enpau
in fruit TRANSFORMATION. of 5000 oros
tonnage with carving capacity O,
100000 cubic foot 10 take cargo a
thc crecn and dried fruit nrodncts Of
all these states named. ia Tivernool O,
London about November / 1916
Cost N Oregon of $40 nm
t,O. ~ ',s,,..,t - ~ al,o..,.,
tno P.u'ua, I'LL iii''- a4 at' r., io Syn on'
foe @ " 49, % 'v."n1, ,o,a,, " ''iN N0'' ''"' F'''''
~ t,f1ot r1o ~ %[5Srn'.l,;,o.., u o,5 O.,oo,
o,,i5 "~, "ol'ins apo 'F S;f.l aoab 80 7I,
aost ot'o of 3Lo ohorto af si0 oo0 on,
Cni;fornin oI - "' trof;ftbs ,t oy - 900 Goo '"
rfTho f;rst tbree ,stotes would tbo,
each have tbe RIGHT TO one.fiftb Of III,
space or $4,000 cubic feet into whicl
about 10000 boxes of apples could b,
slowed The total cargo would amour
to 100000 boxes Of apples, # Cafforni,
used her allotment Of space for tina
kind of fruit | expect, however, out
side of some Watsonville Ncwtown
and navel oranges, dried fruit will gen
orally be shipped from that state
GAS it is proposed that no one shal
profit by this charter except the own
ers of the steamer, the charge to tn
fruitgrowers win be based upon tn
actual cost of the charter party in pro
portion to the number Of package
shipped.
"Thus a full cargo of apples woul
cost the growers from seaboard TO des
tination, on the basis stated above
about 80 l2 cents a box In 1915 tn
overland freight rates from northwest
ern ehinpinp noints throuph "a Eno