Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1916-01-27

Pacific Fruit Distributors.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
GENERAL MANAGER
In accordance with the usual Gus.
tom / am herewith presenting my
annual report for the past season.
ELIMINATION.
During the past season there was
an elimination by consent OF three
District Associations. Twin Falls,
Kimberly and Bull Districts desiring
to form a Sub-Central of their own,
were granted the privilege of with
drawing for that purpose.
REPREsENTATlO
Change in the method of repre-
sentation and activity with our Sales
Office the North Pacific Fruit Dis
tributors was inaugurated by the
change in their Bylaws by which
the North Pacific Fruit Distributors
ceased to exist as separate and
distinct organization and each Sub
Central became interested directly
in their affairs in proportion to the
tonnage eminating from the Sub-Cen-
trail Representation was changed
whereby each of the large Sub-Cen-
trails has two Trustees who meet
quarterly in the office of the Distribu
tors. The affairs of the Distributors
are in the hands of three Trus-
tees who constitute the Executive
Committee, The Executive Commit
tee meet twice each month and pass
upon all matters pertaining to the
business policies and expenditures, a
budget being prepared and adopted
at the first meeting IN each month,
which Is held the second Monday OF
the month. The General Managers
of the Sub-Centrals are expected to
attend these meetings and are prfyf
legged to participate in the discuss
ions but are not accorded the priv
lege of voting. Your General Manag-
er has attended the first meeting OF
the month and has found his partici-
patton in these meetings has greatly
enhanced his grasp OF the situation
and given him a much broader view
and closer touch with the markets
and their condition and has also
made it possible for him to work
much more close to the Sales Office
with better results. fp
MATERIAL STATEMENT.
The supplies have been billed to
the growers this season at actual
cost, there being added to the mill
cost 1 per cent for the local freight
and per cent for this office and .
per cent for the District office to COW
er in each case the actual cost OF the
offices. A feature that has develop
ed a considerable. extra expense in
the matter of materials has been the
belated, hurry up orders for material
coming in at the eleventh hour, or
during the actual packing season, and
has been the means of adding materi-
ally to the costs OF this material and
although the fault has not in any
way been chargable to this office the
losses occasioned by those delays
fall upon us without any means to-
meet it. In this respect we wish to
suggest change in the method OF
handling these late orders viz: to al
low the excess cost In higher prices
paid, in some cases, as well as the
local freight to follow the orders thus
delayed; and so place the extra cost
on the District who receives the
benefit
GRADE AND PACK.
The matter of grade and pack Is
one that demands the most earnest
consideration Of the grower. We are
herewith presenting statement COW
ering our prune cars and apple cars
shipped and reported on to date OF
January 1, 1916, showing at a glance
the trouble of the different kinds
CudI SdDL6 70 Lu6 SfAlS lAOlA CoSh Viz
trict. To maintain an inspection that
would insure the correction of these
errors would be very expensive, and
should be entirely unnecessary for,
II our growers and managers Of our
District Associations would cooperate
as well as they can with our inspec-
tor, In real earnest endeavor to
put out a grade and pack in which
they would have pride, they would
avoid the numerous complaints and
losses that have resulted from our
failure In this particular Our Inspec-
tor was awarded the Gold Banner for
the best disqualification and Demon
stration Of the Standard Grade and
Pack rules at the Eighth National
Apple Show held in Spokane Novem-
Der last This prize was awarded us
over the exhibits of Wenatchee,
North Yakima and Spokane and Ger