Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-03-20
Want Some Say In Making the
Laws Governing Themselves.
WOULD CONFER WITH
DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE
Favor Inspection At Shipping
Point-Anxious For Legisla-
ton That Will Safeguard the
Producer and Consumer.

IIorticuItnrists OF the Eastern
Fruit Growers Association and the
berkeley County horticultural Soei,
ETY., whose conference at the circuit
court room will conclude this after
noon, are today deeply concerned
over the manifestations of the Nation
al and State packing laws. mors
particularly the inspection program
The prevailing idea IS that any In
spection should be made al the point
OF origin and not at the destination,
otherwise It Is farewell 10 T. o. b..
sales and the fruit growers and con
sumner will be at the mercy OF the
buyer or commission man. II Is moi
unlikely that the conferences will
adopt strong resolutions, in which i
National packing law will be favored
susceptible To notifications that viii
adapt the law to each State and not
impose hardships on one and afflu-
ence on another group OF grower8a.
insure the ultimate consumer FAIR
ness, honest methods governmental
Inspection at the point OF origin, ms
we'll as at the destination If thought
best In fact asking a square deal
for the grower.
Vt came out at the meeting thet
the fruit growers have not been con
suited in the framing OF numero,tlfs
fruit laws and unless they get busy
and see that such enactments ai@
made agreeable to producers, deal
or and consumer, they stand a.
chance Of being throttled BY law
that will work them irreparable
damage Prominent members thought
il best 10 appoint committee which
will confer with similar committees
from the Northern and Western
fruit growing States to confer with
the Secretary OF Agriculture and 9TH
ei's in authority and devise some gen
eral law that will meet all require
ments. Eventually more complete
Legislative scheme could be worked
out. which would be OF lasting hene
fit to producer and consumer,
The mornings session was taken
up with two very able talks. One by
Mr. H. G. Hetzel. the specialist from
the Bureau Of Markets. Washington.
in which that able speaker expotrd
ed Market Grades and Standard Ap-
pie Grading Laws" IL was a clean
cut arg. Hent and the hortieultnrists
gave Mr. Hetzel close attention and
piled him with interrogations, all Of
which he endeayored to answer in an
Understandable manner He was fol-
lowed BY Senator II. NJ. Dunlap, Of
Savoy, H., one OF the biggest individ-
ual fruit growers OF the country and
president Of the National Apple
Growers Association Senator Dun
Laps views on "A National Packing
and Grading the yagueness OF pres
ent National and State Legislation in
this respect. and the claim that i
was human impossibility 70 DO
+ what some wanted the apple growers
to accomplish, met with the approx
lal OF many present He was in favor
of the honest pack uniform grading,
but SHE'D at compulsory mandates
believing that the larger growers
Tuesday Afternoon
Considerable interest was mani
tested in the able talk on "Arplsi
Z Packing" by Prof w. H. Aldermen
HorticuIturist of the West Virginia
University. Professor Alderman is =
horticulturist not only by theory and
study, but by practice, He was rais
ed IN am orchard. his father havinp
been New York fruit grower AND
the son did his Bit in his father
orchard Consequently. ne knosF.
whereof he speaks Professor Alder
man used several barrels OF applel
and the conventional grading .abl'
u demonstrating his Lecture HI
aally explained the various pr.