The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1922-05-19
SHEARER SPEAKS.
TO GROWERS; 70.
ACRES WITHDRAW
Riverside Lettuce Pro-
ducers Seek New Mark
citing agency; Jap Ques-
ton Comes Up.

| Riverside community producers of
head lettuce Wednesday withdrew
from the Cheerylanes Head Lettuce
league of which w. S. Shearer of
Lewiston is hte head and promptly
requested to affiliate with the Idaho
Producers Union of which the Cali
fornia Vegetable Union is the market
ing agency for this season. This &C
ton came as climax of meeting of
| Cheerylanes producers which Mr..
L!Shearer addressed here Wednesday
afternoon at the city hall. These pro-
ducers have about 20 acres for head
lettuce production. They will not be
permitted to sign Idaho Producers
| Union contract, until such time as
every producer in that district is thor
oughly familiar with the head lettuce
marketing contract of the Idaho Pro-
ducer's Union.
| Sensational charges that the Cali
fornia Vegetable Growers associa-
ton was sponsored by the Japanese
government to put Japanese grown
head lettuce from California on Am
erican markets was made by Mr.
Shearer. Mr.. Shearer asserted that
this lettuce was deliberately produced
through the use of Chemical fer
tilizers and that prominent medical
men of the United States held the
opinion that this head lettuce was the
cause of much ulcer of the stomach
among people who consumed it. In
vestigation Thursday disclosed the
fact that no such organization as the
California Vegetable Growers asso-
citation is in existence so far as is
known. In farm bureau circles the be-
lief prevails that Mr.. Shearer was
adroitly directing an attack against
the California Vegetable Union.
Ten cents crate from every CHEEKY
lanes head lettuce contract will this
year be devoted to advertising the
fact that Cheerylanes head lettuce is
not produced by the use of Chemical
fertilizers, according to Mr.. Shearer
who expects to spend about 100000
for this purpose. On this basis the
Cheeryianes' concern expects to mark
ct about 100000 crates of head lettuce
this season. Mr.. Shearer also assert
ed that he had already ordered 1900
small tags to thus mark every head
of lettuce thus marketed through the
Cheerylanes company. This number
of tags is said to be sufficient for
about half the heads of lettuce pro-
duced on one acre.
Attack upon the validity of expend-
itures made by H. G. Peckham, presi-
dent, and c. B. Ross, secretary of the
state farm bureau, also featured Mr..
Shearer's address. He proposes, he
asserted, to enjoin these Idaho farm
bureau officials from making further
expenditures of state farm bureau
funds and further proposes to bring
civil action in his own name against
them in an effort to compel them to
return to the treasury such sums as
they have recently expended.
Mr.. Shearer bases his authority for
these legal actions on entanglements
resulting, he claims, from his resigna-
ton as president of the state farm
bureau. Mr.. Peckham has not been
legally elected since no quorum was
present at a recent meeting of the
board of directors of the state farm
bureau when his resignation was
formally accepted. Mr.. Shearer de-
scribed the incidents which led up to
this meeting, explained how, despite
the fact that he was not formally no.
tilted of the meeting, he presided and
then, after complying with the regu-
lations covering opening meeting
he stepped down as he dramatically
stated, forever" But it seems that
Mr.. Shearer believes the acceptance
of his resignation was not legal and
that, nominally, he is still head of the
Idaho farm bureau.
The Cheerylanes company has $25,-
900 in cash assets TO finance this falls
head lettuce crop movement for its
producers, Mr.. Shearer told his hear
ers. Icing has been assured through
, cooperation with Joel Priest and the
Oregon Short Line, he said.
The Union Pacific system offered to
advance $4,000 for packing plants
t for Cheerylanes lettuce, Mr.. Shearer
: said. This offer was refused, accord
J. ing to his statement. A New York