The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-03-14
Railroad Rates
On Fruit High
Shippers VIII Ask For Reduction In
Order to Compete With
Other Points

| Salt Lake, March O.~Snlppers Oh
fruit, who met with several railroad
officials in the Office of J. Edward
Taylor, state horticultural commits.
sion yesterday made a plea for a rc
duction Of rates on deciduous fruits
from Utah points east. P. NJ. Mac.
Gregor, traffic manager of the Utah
Fruit Growers Association, declared
that the rates on deciduous fruits
from Colorado points are the same
as from Utah.
There can be no doubt that unless
the railroads are willing to reduce
their rates to meet existing condi-
tions the fruit raising industry in
Utah will be thing of the past and
the railroads in consequence will lose
large and profitable tonnage he
asserted.
The general feeling among the fruit
shippers is that the rates need ad'
justment. A committee was appoint
ed to go still further into the matter
with the railroad officials. 1t con.
sists Of w. M. Roylance, Provo; P.
NJ. MacGregor, Salt Lake; ]. c.
Knudsen, Brigham City; E. F. Smith,
Salt Lake; Ras Rasmussen. Cache
Valley. and ]. NJ. White, Willard.
At the morning session of the fruit
growers convention in the state cap
itol, Frank Cutler, a practical vege-
table grower of Salt Lake, declared
there are thousands Of acres of land
in Utah eminently adapted to the
growing Of celery. He said that land
which is not well suited for most ag'
ricultural purposes-some Of the low.
er land containing a large percentage
Of alkali-can be utilized In the
growing OF celery.
Plant More Grapes
DR.. Sumner Gleason of Kaysville
said there should be at least 1000
acres of land in Utah devoted to the
raising Of Concord grapes for the
manufacture Of grape Juice. He as
serted this should be profitable in.
dustry for any one going into 1t.
A comprehensive description Of the
canning Of fruits was given by Jo-
seph Wright, one of the big canning
industry men of Ogden.
The report of the miscellaneous by
products committee, prepared by c.
C. Kitchener, Of the Everfresh COM
pany, Ogden, was read to the con.
vention. This report says that the
varieties Of fruit need to be grown
in the state OF Utah. 1t suggests
considerable increase should be
made in the acreage devoted to
strawberries, red rasperries and
blackberries. At present most of the
canned products come from Ore
gon.
Mr.. Kitchener asserts that the or.
chard business must be gotten away
from its speculative basis and put
down to a business basis. Utah can
be in the worlds market. II It can
put out the right kind of manufac-
tured PREDICTS which means an
increased acreage and increase in the
income for the fruit growers.
Report on Rates
Reports from the shippers, and
growers committees were considered
at Wednesday afternoons session Of
the state horticultural commission.
The shippers report declared that
the railroads are discriminating
against Utah fruit. Comparison Of
! rates from Utah and Colorado points
to the east were made as follows.
To Missouri river points, Utah 70
cents, Colorado 60 cents; to Mississ.
ippi 20 cents; to Chicago, Utah So
cents, Colorado rs cents. While such
differentiation is made for Colora.
do points It was shown that Idaho
further westward gets the same rates
as that given to Utah.
The growers committee report de-
/ clared that the net to them In fruit
shipments was less than 80 cents and
in the case of liberia peaches 1t was
frequently nothing. The shippers
committee put 16 cents as the grow.
ers return on a box Of peaches and
20 cents for freight and refrigeration
to Chicago.