Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-01-09

Trump, county frult inspector has been
making canvass of Marion county and
one Of the surprises wss that in the
county there is 1000 acres of English
walnuts and many tracts that are show
ing wonderful profit. 1t was also a
surprise to many to know that in Mar.
ion county alone there is 1000 seres
planted to prunes and more than 1000
acres to loganberries.
At the state meeting Of the Horti-
cultural society of Oregon, held in Rose
burg early in last November, Robert
| G. Paulus, manager of the Salem Fruit
union, introduced resolutions calling on
the Legislature to remedy the above
conditions in the fruit and berry busi-
ness of the state.
The resolutions were unanimously
adopted by the horticultural society and
Mr.. Paulus and Senetor Louis Lach-
mund were delegated to draw up and
present a bill for passage Should the
Legislature feel disposed to follow the
suggestions of the hortieulturalists, it
is felt that the fruit and berry inter-
ests of the state will receive a won
derful impetus and that the state as
the finest fruit growing section in the
west will become better known in the
east.
The resolutions adopted at Roseburg
are as follows:
Whereas, the fruit and vegetable in
dustry of the state of Oregon, now en-
braces business amounting to $40,-
100000 Or $50,000,000 annually, and
Whereas, there are some $4,000 people
in the state of Oregon engaged in the
raising of fruit and it affords at vari-
GUS times during the year to 10000
persons, and
Whereas, the fruit industry is rapid
ly increasing and will become our ma
jor industry with the discontinusnce of
the hop industry, the cutting off of the
timber and the fast reduction of grain
growing in the western half of the state
and
| Whereas, over productions have come
upon the fruit business at various times
during the past, caused by lack of
knowledge of what was coming into
besring due 10 an absolute lack of sta
tist;cs, as to acreage in bearing and
coming into bearing and being planted
each year, and some branches Of this
industry, it is apparent now, will soon
be in the same position again, and
Whereas, the state of Oregon is be-
ling now grossly underestimated as a
fruit raising state on account OF grow
ers statistics, due to no fault but our
own, and
Whereas, the work of collecting the
acreage statistics can be done at prac
! ally no expense by the assessors dep
utics, and will never be collected ac
!, curately by any one else, and
+ Whereas, Foreign corporations oper
: ating in cur state pack enormous quan
titles of fruit, g. great part of whicl
(. in making UP the nations statistics
0 is credited tc the states in which til,
n head offices of these pants are locGt
ed.
Q Therefore, be it resolved that we tn
t members of the Oregon State Horticul
tural Society, in annual meeting Assem-
n bled, hereby request the members Q
a the Oregon legislature to pass a bil
which make it compulsory for assess
ors Of each county to list all Of tn
acreage Of fruits Of various kinds, list
d ing name of growers, acreage and pos'
L office address, and also listing the no
t bearing acreage, showing amount Of az
7, reage of non-bearing fruits in ext
= tence Of each vear's planting for fiv
;, years back, and also list the amount
u fruit planted each year, these stati
: ties to be listed on form to be fu
nished by the secretary of state mad
- , up by him in cooperation with the stat
: board Of horticulture.
- We also request that this law or al
:, other incorporate in it a clause maxim
- it compulsory for every Gamer, fru
packing house or fruit shipper han,
v ling one or more cars of fruit, eith'
u fresh, canned or evaporated, to repo
y the quantity of his pack of each vari
d. ty of fruit in terms of standard box
= or crates with the manner handled,
= y form for this information to be mac
n ~ up by the secretary of state in coo
GRAFTON with the state board Of hort
N culture and mailed to every known fir
operating in these lines in Oregon, b.
not relieving any one Of the responf
10 bility for furnishing this informatit
Ii on account Of not having received tn
IN information within the time necessa'
te TO file the information for publicati'
IN in the Oregon Blue Book, such data
r. be incorporated in and made part
the land.