The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1916-02-03

methods of the disposition of the Gull
fruit from our orchards. The 1914
committee, of which had the honor of
being a member. was given a greater
scope, that of conducting investiga-
tioDs that might possibly lead to saw
ings on fresh fruit. You will recall
that the market of 1914 we're chaotic
and at our suggestion that a mass
meeting be called at Seattle, growers
came from all points, eagerly grasping
at any straws of relief. Out of this
mass meeting grew the Tacoma organ
izstion meeting.
Zone hundred and seven delegates
attended that meeting, elected on a
tonnage basis. A board Of control of
10 members and the Executive commit
tee was elected. 1t was proposed that
our committee hold conferences with d
like committee of the Shippers League
We had planned. in order to conduct
effective Investigations to open cen
tral Office, and the members OF the
Shippers League we're asked to advise
this office daily of fruit shipped, depti-
nation and price received. We in turn
offered to inform them of the highest,
lowest and average prices received for
different varieties and grades OF fruit.
However, suspicious began to prevail.
Some of the shipping agencies alleged
that Mr.. Paulhamus. who is well
known throughout the country as a
leader in his line of cooperative mar.
keting, wanted to be the king-bee of
apple marketing. They said that Mr..
Corbaley and | were engaged with Mr..
Paulhamus in working up a huge sell
ling machine, that our demands would
concentrate too much power in our
hands. AS result we began making
concessions. Finally we had gone SO
far that there was nothing else for US
to concede.
This suspicion of the larger shippers,
coupled with the hostility of smaller
shippers, who thrive on unorganlzed
conditions, &C ording to Mr.. Butler,
are the predominant reasons for the
failure of the Growers Council. One
of the primary objects of the Council
was to eliminate consignnents OF
apples. The general movement. there
fore was given no stimulus when Z. /.
Haskell one of the original members
of the Executive committee, later re-
placed by MIR. Corbaley, resigned and
began to consign his own fruit.
Mr.. Butler declared that all three OF
the members of the Executive commit
tee ale unfavorable to continuance of
the Council and its executive commit
tee under the present form, which
gives them no authority to proceed
With anv nlans "HOWeyer he de-
clared, at is a good thing to keep in
mind, and If we ever begin the agita-
tion of any similar movement. we
should at least begin where our activi-
ties have left off and not have to solve
ever again the problems we have
bumped up against.
In the course of his talk Mr.. Butler
said: "The question of overproduction
should never be of any worry to US.
The work of MIR. Corbaley in distribut.
ing proftably scores of carloads OF
apples in the Oklahoma country the
past season after he had been told it
would be impossible. demonstrates that
our consumption has merely been be-
gun. We might take lesson from the
Hawaiian pine apple growers, who
several years ago almost went bank
rupt because they we're unable to sell
100000 crates of their fruit. Last
year they sold at a profit $500. 600
crates.
Mr. Butler says that the apple crop
for the Northwest will reach 1900
carloads rext year, and that but ], zoo
will be produced in Hood River.