The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1919-09-25
IAN WUILLE
Is BANQUETED
NiNY OUT OF TOWN MEN PRESENT
Eqglisb BUYER Calls Attention to Need
For Better Export Package
Boxes to BE Wired

tLdt IfGdtu0u Illkul as IlAul anu iicl
civilians restricted as To ratlons. Eng
land sacrificed the appeals Of appetite
and the apples Of Oregon. the reputa-
ti0n Of which had been fixed abroad.
we're kept on this side Of the Atlantic.
But the war is over now. and al
though shipping conditions remain
; ,meWhat uncertain and the disorders
o war have not vet been lifted from
tie land. England is sending out again
for her favorite fruit To bring about
a resumItIun Of commercial relations
between man lketing concerns of this
lie and the importers. numerous rep
resentatves Of Northwestern boxed
apples have gone abroad and Wednes-
day of last week Dan Waffle, manag
ing direct-r of Dan Wuille 4 Co. piu-
neer shippers Of Hood River New
towns. arrived here on "a tour Of the
Northwestern boA Districts.
One Of the most interesting func-
tions Of Northwestern fruit history oc-
CURED here Thursday night. when MIR.
Nulle was a guest of honor at a ban
quet rendered at the Hute Oregon by
the Northwestern office Of his concern,
located here in charge Of A. t. Wool
pert. The banquet was attended by
ll5 fruit growers from Hood River and
other Oregon and Washington apple
districts. 1t was characterized 10y the
good natured rivalry between apple
| districts as displayed in responses TO
toasts. The willamette valley was
we'll represented at the banquet, indie
atve that this section of the state is
becoming no mean factor IN the pro-
duction Of apples Indeed, G. Ii.
Sproat stated that the first Red APP
plies of Oregon" were grown in the
Willamette valley, ard W. c. ReIth. of
Sheridan. challenged any section Of the
! Northwest to produce better quality
of fruit than his section
Mr.. WulIle, whose company has be.
come a permanent institution IN Hood
| River and the Northwestern districts,
| its Investments in storage plants and
warehouses already reaching into the
thousands Of dollars and who was here
to discuss further expansions. in his
response to a toast Thursday night
gave first intimation of a new export
policy Transatlantic shipping con
! ICIllS UdihililE dIIiCSs IlN NtlbV6i itA ' I
i issued instructions that no boxed APP
pies will be received for export unless
the boxes are wired or roped.
while it will cost few cents PEI
box, said MIR. Wuille, 1T will pay
well to follow these instructions anC
make the packages secure. The stand
ard Northwestern apple box, withon
wiring or roping. IS not suitable fol
export. We have had 10 per cen
damage from broken boxes and waste,
apples. This viii run $40 loss to th'
100 boxes. The transportation com
panes, while they do not always pay
wish to shut off the annoyance o
claims from such a source.
while in Portland Mr.. W0olpert, J
Oliver, our New York representative
and visited wire merchants and ar
ranged for a supply to secure all of th'
| shipments we send forth this year
| We Will wire every box of apples tina
! we buy, and we viii receive no con
| signments that have not been wired.
| MIR. WullIe praised iiood Rive
| growers for their high standard o
/ grade, and urged that the standard b
II Illdllli l ilt Lug iI0l consume
4 he declared. had come to think Hoo
Il River apples a bit better than those 0
Il any other place on the globe, Only tn
i grower, he said, by letting up on tn
nigh class gradinsg. can dissipate tina
reputation. MIR. Wuille expects
great expansion in overseas fruit sale
as the country energies from wartim
conditions
1--WE have adopted your adage, A
ample a day keeps the doctor away,
| he said, land when recall that W
| have 1000. 000 mouths to feed in Lon
| don alone, you will see that your entir
! crop here in Hood River would not E
| far toward filling our demand if all ,
| the people were made to take cogn
| zance of that advice. You couldn
/ supply London for a month.
| Mr. Wuille called attention to tt
/ branches of his concern in all larl
H Bitish Isle and other European cite
II and the facilities Of domestic come
H tions in America.
II The banquet revealed the intere
II that is so thriving and enthusiastic
III the orchard industry Of eastern Orego
H The average person would no doubt II
H expect to find any large orchard trac
H east Of Mosier But Dufur was repr
Il serted Thursday night by A. j. Churc
II ill., manager Of the Duiur Orcha
Il Owners Co., whose holdings, 40
HI acres just coming to bearing, we
H characterized by Toastmaster Spro
H as one of the largest single apple orc
II ards it the world M. NJ Burtner, a
Il other Dufur grower, responded to
Il toast. M. c. Baragar. Of Standej
III stated that the Apple Growers Assoc
II alton of that district had developed )
H acres Of orchards in the past nj
HI years.
III I'VE organized our cooperative as:
H citation at the time We began planting
H said Mr.. Baragar, "in order that
Il might standardize our varieties. '
II specialize in Rome Beautys. Jonatha
Il and Winesaps. Thus in no way do
II POnupte with NQu, buI We tIbJutG