The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1917-01-18

York state farmers trick. Only q few
still practice il. but enough to bring
discredit on the New York state farm
produce.
"A law now forbids the practice.
We can follow up this case and punish
the offender. Reforms are coming
slowly. wish they could be forced
and that honest packing could become
the invariable rule in New York
state"
There you have the aspiration of q
public official who above everything
else is the farmers friend, represent
ing primarily the farm viewpoint.
Andsin the facts presented above you
have, primarily, a picture of the rea.
son Oregon apples crowd New York
state apples out of the New York city
market.
A peddler brought to my home In
this town two fine apples. offering TO
sell box "of the same quality"
happened to be present. / thought
would catch him cold in the usual New
York state trick. | said | would buy
provided ''the apple in the middle was
as good as the apple on top" He
gladly accepted the challenge and
poured out whole boxful of the apples
down to the last apple in it. Sure
enough every apple was as good as
every other apple. These were graded,
standardized goods.
Needless to say they were not from
farm around this part of the country.
They were Hood River apples, sold
under brand that has been standard
lied that has been put on the market
to win the consumers confidence.
Honest goods honestly marked were
here, and there seemed real fight to
make them so.
'How can the farmers out in the
northwestern states do II when New
York state farmers can'tf" asked
Charles Mccarthy, who 10 associated
with the National Conference. Of Mar
keting and Farm Credits.
''lt's the expert" was. his answer.
Down in Maryland, for instance, the
farmers are all organized. Tney plant
potatoes from seed their expert recon-
mends. They harvest potatoes when
they are told that. scientifically, the
time is ripe. They grade their product
and their expert passes on every box
before 1t can 60 out under the cooper
alive brand. No farmer can crook the
whole farmers alliance. They will not
let any individual farmer hurt the good
name of all Of them. The cooperative
organizations Of farmers to sell their
product have all failed, save where
they have employed an expert manager
to keep every one Of them straight in
the interests of all of them."
That view Of 1t was substantially the
vie@ Of the management of the North.
west Fruit Exchange. The Northwest
Exchange puts its apples on the New
York city market under certain stand
ardized brands. BY these brands the
consumer can tell precisely whether he
is getting first grade goods or second
grade goods. He cannot get mixture
of both out of the same box.
EYES," said Wallace Rule, at the
Northwestern Office, 80 West street,
it is no accident that you found our
goods packed right, and packed honest
ly with no deception. II any goods of
ours were packed that way we would
redeem them in a minute to keep up
our good name. We back up every line
of our advertising by delivering the
goods to the last apple called for"
And there you have live New York
marketing problem, as vital as any
having to do with the high cost of liv-
ing everything to eat in this town.
How can your retailer. deceived by the
apple packer and the farmer up state,
sell low when he pays high for eulls
and rubbish?