The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1921-10-06
DAN WUILLE HERE
TALKS ON MARKET

auspiciously than that of last year,
Dan Wuille, head of the London apple
firm, Dan.Wuille & Co., whose head
quarters office of the Northwest is
located here and who is spending two
weeks with A. f. Woolpert, confident
ly expects that sales of apples this
year will net growers profitable re-
turns.
''The apple prospects were entirely
too rosy last year, says Mr.. Wuille. |
Apparently everybody thought that
England wanted apples. Indeed, the |
populace, fruit hungry, paid dear |
prices for the earlier shipments, and |
the shippers of producing countries |
fairly deluged the English markets. |
The resulting gluts proved disastrous. |
The English apple market was spoiled |
last season by shipments from the Ty- |
rolian districts and from Italy. We
English never knew before that apples
were produced in these districts, but |
shipments of thousands and thousands |
of cases began to roll in on us. The
trial shipments returned the shippers
good money, and they were spoiled,
and as result our markets were
spoiled. Apples were dumped into the
hands of all dealers, some of whom
had never before attempted the mar
keting of this class of fresh fruits.
''The Tyrolean apples were packed
in extremely heavy cases, the care
evidencing that the shippers considered
their product of extreme value. Each
case, | Judge. contained about four
times as much as the American apple
box. Last season England. too, re-
ceived importation of apples from
France and Spain, and most other Eu-
ropean countries. The big American
crop resulted in an oversupply from
this continent. The English market is
hard to break, but the glut ruined it
last season."
This year, Mr.. Wuille says, as a re-
suit of the severe losses sustained ulti-
mately last year, shippers from the I
continental parts of Europe will desist
from any exports to England this wear.
He cites, too, that the supplies that
England is accustomed to draw annu-
ally from the barrel sections of the
eastern United States are lacking this
| year because of the severe frosts of
last spring.
''There are no Virginia Albemarle
Pippins, closely related to your New !!
town Pippins, or Virginia Ben Davis l
or York lmperials this year." Mr.. I
Wuille says, land naturally we are
going to depend for a good share of q
the supply from the Northwest. | con- Z
fidently believe that the excellence of q
your fruit and its proven popularity
will result in growers receiving reason
able prices, despite the present de-
pressed outlook. The apples of our
own country were harvested this year q
full month ahead of the normal time. n
We have an unprecedented drOuth in
England. Even the grass dried up,
and the fruit matured early. The /
shriveled specimens were marketed at 7
ridiculous prices. I.
apple growers think they have t
been undergoing difficult times, but
they are far better off than farmers of
other parts of the world. The western pl
apple folk should not lose heart. This G.
year, | think, will show encouraging &
results" W
Mr.. Wuille points out that transpor ct
tation charges this year will be sub CO
less than last season. Last ju
year no direct water shipments from m
Pacific ports, via the Panama canal, hS
were available. This season large al tn
lotments of refrigerated space have
been made by boat lines. His concern on
IS already assembling shipments of ia
Newtowns for loading on the Cardigan WI
shire, scheduled to sail from Portland ho
October Is. Other shipments will fol- be
ow later in October and In November. a
"But," says Mr.. Wuile, IL think a an
lote of warning should be sounded to bl'
shipping men on their proposals to
larry, in view of past shipments, un-
United boxed apples from the North ,l5'
vest in their refrigerated space. One WI
hipping concern proposed to provide -
700. 900 cubic feet of refrigerated
pace, about 100, COO boxes of apples.
Dhe dumping of this amount of apples
rom Northwestern port, in conJunc- No
ion with the heavy shipments that No
nay be expected from trans Atlantic No
,orts. may create a glut, and it is very
ifficult for a market to rally from No
uch depression. Ma
''The parity of exchange rates, much
etter than last year, will stimulate
he market. Last season, the exchange
ate of the pound sterling ranged
round $40. This year it will be Nc
3.7O. Thus we can figure on about 80 No
ents per box additional, which will be No
great gain for the grower.
Mr.. Wuille, who was here two years
go, at a banquet rendered him, urged No
hat Northwestern growers might gain
saving by strapping their apple No
oxes with steel bands The sugges-
ion has resulted in the general prac- -
ice of banding, instead of wiring as
yas formerly practiced.
"As result of this REFORM" says
ir. Wuille, ''the percentage of loss
as decreased from 10 to less than y
er cent, but the northwestern grower
lust demand better box for his ex j
ort apples. 1t should be slightly
eavier and of better material. | was A
| our warehouses today, inspecting =.
rivals of apples. | counted 10 boxes -
T apples, the heads of which had been ~
roken on the short trip from orchard p'
acking plant to shipping point. Some v,
those heads are going to be broken
pen en- route abroad. and certain loss
ill results. Australia has absolutely
Eliminated this loss in transit through
roken packages, and do not see why
merican growers can not do likewise
nd thus effect a substantial saving for
lemselves." sr,
Dan Wuille & Co., who last year Il,
900 boxes Of northwestern sir
pples and who anticipate equal ship ~,
ents this year, have established
ranches at Medford, Parkdale and
dell in addition to the local central
lice. Branches are maintained at =
Underwood. Lyle and White Salmon.
r. Wuille says his concern is one Of
le few that handles apples direct
ON growers to the wholesale trade Of
ngland. The chief executive of the
npOrting concern was accompanied
ere by John Oliver, who heads the
'mpany's New York Office. Mr.. Oil