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Talks
TO
Fruit Growers
BY
Northwestern Fruit Exchange
No. S
Officers and Directors
Northwestern Fruit Exchange
TO FRUIT GROWERS:

~ rhUll OhOWEhc:
In my last talk told you something
OF the character and sntecedents Of the
Exchanges president. Mr.. Parsons. !
want to tell you who the other officers
and directors are.
VICE PRESIDENT w. N. Irish,
North Yakima. Wash. Mr.. Irish 10 O
very prominent fruit grower of the
Yakima Valley. where be was for a
number Of years president of PROM
inent cooperative association of grow.
ere.
His interests are almost entirely in
fruit growing. and he owns number
Of orchards In different parts Of the
valley. Naturally. be is vitally inter-
ested in seeing the business of fruit
GROWING a success. and his interests
as stockholder in the Exchange are
vastly inferior to his interests in fruit
growing.
VICE PRESIDENT-W. P. Gwin.
! think ! Lave talked too much already
about him.
TREASURER-D. H.White, Seattle.
Mr.. White. being an operating official
in charge Of the important financial de.
partments of the EXCHANGE, 10 nat.
urally technical man. He has been
with the EXCHANGE ever since 1t
started. and selected especially for bis
training and fitness. He has had years
of experience in banking and public
service corporation work.
SECRETARY-A. A. Prince, Seat.
tie. Mr.. Prince is also an operating
official. who has been with the Ex.
change from the first season on. He,
too, had bank training and as Office
manager of the EXCHANGE has IA.
miliarized himself with every depart.
ment OF its activities, understudied
each of its heads, specialized in foreign
markets and is equipped to take the
place of any officer who may be dis.
abled or otherwise disqualified for duty.
1t is worth mentioning in this connec.
tion that the EXCHANGE, like other
weIl.ordered institutions, has been built
so as not to be dependent on ANY
ONE MAN. So that, whatever mas
happen to any individual in the ser
vice, there is another trained and ready
TO take his place.
ASSISTANT TREASURER AND
ASSISTANT SECRETARY = II. H.
King, Seattle. Mr.. King is bank
trained. but has been with the Ex-
change since the first year Of ito be.
ginning. He. has charge Of the &C.
counting and bookkeeping departments.
very important departments of bust.
ness like ours. in which we are handling
hundreds of thousands of dollars OF
other peoples money. requiring scrup.
ulous accuracy and absolute fidelity,
DlRECTORS-There are eight di.
rectors: r. h. Parsons. W. N. Irish.
]. F. Sugrue. Jno. W. Langdon. George
W. Lee, D. H.White, A. r. Rule and
W. F. Gwin. ] have sketched the con
nections of four Of these: there re-
main:
JOHN F. SUGRUE, Of Cashmere.
Wash. Mr.. Sugrue is very widely
known through the Wenatchee. North
Central territory as president and man.
ager of the WENATCHEE ORCHARD
BONDS COMPANY, which, as most
people know. is 400-acre orchard
property located near Cashmere. II
will be remembered that six years ago,
when the EXCHANGE started busi.
ness. the CASHMERE UNION had
been in business for several years. but
was in very bad shape. 1t had an old
tumble.down warehouse. was in bad
financial condition. and had no crop
contracts with its members, who
brought their fruit to them il they felt
like it, or else delivered II to some one
else: had no inspection, in fact was
everything that an association ought
not to be. MIR. Sugrue was elected Its
president and manager and things be.
gan to happen. His energy. enthusi.
asm, persistency and sheer ability we're
applied to the business of reorganizing
the Union and everybody knows the re-
suit. Recently the Union has com
pleted new warehouse costing nearly
$25, 10000, which it had no difficulty In
financing: its credit Is on thoroughly
sound and established basis and 1t Is
recognized universally within and with
out the industry as an unqualified sue
cess. As the Union has been shipping
with the Exchange ever since the be.
ginning. and originates the largest ton.
mage of any of tie Exchanges affilia.
tions, 1t was natural and proper that
by mutual agreement MIR. Sugrue
shoud take place on the ECHANGE
board to represent his constituency.
JOHN W. LANGDON. of Walla
Walla. Mr.. Langdon is manager and
one of the joint partners In the BAK.
ER.LANGDON ORCHARDS, compris.
ing 600 acres in one solid block, re.
garded by competent experts as one OF
the finest commercial orchards in the
world. Mr.. Langdon studied the whole
marketing question for two years be.
fore allying himself with any one Of
them. He is keen, successful bust.
ness man, a directory of the Baker.
Boyer National Bank Of Walla Walla,
and one of the most prominent citizens
of his community.
GEORGE W. LEE, of Omak, Wash.
Mr.. Lee is secretary and treasurer of
the Omak Fruit Growers, Inc., and was
CtoCtSu utl ZIG pOdLO Vi tU6 EOkl a N0ES
last fall as representative Of the
growers In the Okanogan valley. He
owns and operates large
orchards at Omak. and is keen, suc-
cessful man Of excellent antecedents
and wide business and financial expert
ence. He is partner in the mercan.
tile firm of C. e. Blackwell & Co.,
which operates large general stores at
0mak, Riverside and Tonasket. Mr..
Lee enjoys the confidence of his com.
munity to marked degree. and brings
TO the EXCHANGE a combination Of
business talent and rare judgment
which adds q distinct element of
strength to the EXCHANGES govern
ing body.
A. R. RULE, Of New York. Mr.
Rule is vice president and general man.
ager Of the NORTH AMERICAN
FRUIT EXCHANGE. about which |
shall tell you something In later talk.
This completes the board. Il will be
noted that five out of the eight, OF a
are men whose first and ma.
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