The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-01-30
Larger Kennewick Warehouse is
Included in 1919 Plans for
Yakima Association
ANNUAL MEETING IS HELD
General Manager Says 1918 was One
of Best Years Association
Has Had Yet

Inc enlargement Ol IuSiI wal CAoN0O
and packing plant in Kennewick, is
included in the plans of the Yakima.
Valley Fruitgrowers' association as
outlined at the annual meeting in
Yakima Tuesday. The Kennewi.E
District association was represented
lby j. j. Rudkin, C. Simonson, H. w.
Desgranges, ]. F. Perry and F. H.
Krug. Mr.. Rudkin and Mr.. Simonson
were elected to the board of trustees.
j In reporting the meeting the Yaki-
ma Daily Republic says
Generally favorable prices" said
General Manager c. H. Hinman,
sleave us as a whole in much better
heart for beginning the new season.
They have enabled us to wipe out all
deficits which have been accruing for
several years, to charge off substantial
sums for depreciation, which has new
er been done before, and to start off
with clean sheet after showing sub
stantial net profit from the operation
of each Of the various departments"
These include cold storage plants at
Yakima and Zillah and warehouses at
Richland, Kennewick, Granger, Lower
Naches, Wapato, Sunnyside, Donald,
South Mob Hill and Grandview.
This is the first year that the asso-
station has operated as stock corpor-
alton, and also the first year Of opera
tion under the central" plan. During
it there has been a 20 per cent reduc-
tion in handling and selling charges.
Mortgage payments of $13,1O0, divided
$4,000 on the Zillah plant, $35OO on
the Sunnyside, $500 on the Granger.
$500 on the South Mob Hill and $1,000
on the Kennewicl, have been made.
leaving the Sunnyside, Wapato, Don
aid, South Mob Hill and. Granger
plants free from indebtedness.
This is also the first season that all
association apples have been packed
in two grades, the extra fancy label
ed blue Y, the fancy and C grades
labeled red Y, and s'the results are ex-
tremely favorable to this method"
the report says. ~Comparison of
prices will show that we received as
much for the second as others received
for fancy.
81 believe that if the growers win
stand together and insist on two
grades we will have no difficulty with
the trade and not only will there be
q considerable saving in marketing
costs, but growers viii receive humid
reds of thousands of dollars for an
pies which properly belong in the Sc
,ond grade, but which were formerlv
n the G grade"
The manager says he is well pleased
With the results of national advertis-
ng, and thoroly believes in it as
means of creating demand for tha
associations product. He asks for
IN increase in the appropriation for.
hat purpose this season.
The two cold storage plants at Yak
ma and Zillah will need extensive i'm
rovcments and repairs this season
nd 1t may become necessary to build
ne or two warehouses and make ad-
itions to two or three, notably Naches
lennewick and Sunnyside. A second
tory will probably be added to the
'akima plant, thereby providing room
Or the association offices. No estimate
given of the cost of desired inn
rovcmcnts.
Average prices of soft fruits re-
eived by the association were as fol-
'ws: cherries, S1.69; peaches, 7sc:
runcs, SSc; apricOts, 9Oc; crabapples,
LIS; pears, SLAP; grapes, $1.97.
ummer apple prices were as follows:
Stra fancy, $1.65; fancy, $1.S6; C
rade, $1.02; standard, $1.27; o. R.,
Lis; tumble, 69c; P-B, "a; an aver
ge of $1.22.