Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-03-24
FRUIT GROWERS
ASKED TOATTEND
THE CONFERENCES
Appeal in Behalf of Meet
ings to Be Held Next
Week Made by Markets
Director.

w G. scholtz. state director of
farm markets, has issued the following
appeal to Idaho fruitgrewers to attend,
so far as possible the fruit marketing
conferences to be held in southern Ida
no next week:
Appeal is hereby made to the fruit
growers Of western and southern Ida
no to take an interest in, and attend
SO far as possible, the fruit marketing
conferences to be held in the principal
fruit districts this coming week.
Il had expected and planned to ar
range a meeting in every local COM
munity in each fruit district, but the
party OF officials from the federal Of
fee Of markets conducting these meet
ings have informed me that they can
give southern Idaho only three days
right at this time. This necessitates
q encouragement of plans. and while
many communities will have TO be
passed up for the present I trust all
growers will feel satisfied that this de-
partment has made q sincere effort
to select as meeting places those points
where the fruit tonnage and local con
lditions most urgently indicate the need.
Places Of Meeting.
The Monday meetings will be held
at Emmett, 4Sew Plymouth and
tampa; the Tuesday meetings at
Weiser, Payette and Fruitland; and
the Wednesday meetings. at Buhl, kim
| berly and Twin Falls. The Monday
and Tuesday meetings will be held in
1.-The evening, while those of Wednes-
day will be afternoon meetings in
| order to enable the speakers to get
| back to their main line connections
| Wednesday night Fruitgrowers in the
towns adjacent to those in which the
meetings will be held are urged to
make special efforts to attend, and of
course 1t is expected that no growers
in the territory surrounding those
towns in which the meetings convene
will miss the opportunity Of hearing
the government fruit marketing plan
presented by its sponsors.
This government fruit marketing
plan is assured Of success, but the
measure Of It's success depends upon
how completely 1t is supported by the
4 individual growers; in any event, how
| ever, it Is already assured Of success
as the fruit districts all over Washing
ton and Oregon are enthusiastically
supporting it, as are also the reliable
and substantial shipping interests, the
handlers of so per cent Of the tonnage
of the northwest being pledged to the
plan.
Speculative Buyers Oppose Plan.
AS would be expected, certain spec
ulative buyers are opposing the move
ment, and will decline to operate IN.
uer the uniform contract on which The
government marketing plan is based
II remains to be seen how many grow
ers Will be tricked into turning orei
their fruit to these speculative buy
ers this coming senson-how many vii
lend their assistance in destroying
Their own future welfare In the fruit
industry for a possible momentary ad.
Vantage that these speculative buyers
may hold out TO them.
Possibly the fruitgrowers of Idaho
haven't been bumped hard enough Sc
to have learned their lesson, but, 10
1.-THE sake Of yourselfsand your family
for the future of our fruit industry, 70
the welfare of our state, and in tn,
name of common sense. appeal t,
the growers. individually. to bury thei
petty prejudices Of tho past, and ac
cept this opportunity for government
Z; IA.
Come to the meetings urge you
neighbor to come affiliate