Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1922-03-17
kIIGE UPHEAvAL
OF FRUIT FIRMS
Mating of skookum Packers at
wenatchee Momentou' for
Fruit Industry.
form TWO NEW FIRMS
s..rn" Officers Are Retained
u,r+h American Fruit Ex-
change Corporation.

One of the most dramatic events IN
N fruit history Of north ceh'ra'
,,,o,on is said to have been en-
- during the closing sessions OF
e,ookum Packers association, at
~ .ohoe on February 23d, when
smbers passed a resolution giving
,ocals the right to contract fruit
o,bar selling agencies, reservlng
Rl,n one car for shipment through the
onn I'm association. The effect OF
."s resolution was to scuttle the oid
EXAMINATION e if necessary TO release
membership from its marketing
inc .not with the Northwestern Fruit
:. was dramatic moment for the
.hors allied for cooperative effort,
Tho work of years in building
banning for a grower-owned and
An S.,o,,ed organization was endan-
Sared because of the necessity to Tree
themselves from a marketing contract
Omit Skookum Packers.
uvorv INIT in the organization had
.,o,csed its legal right in giving full
~..;oo If It's intention to terminate its
.o,ot,onship with the Skookum pack
-. The situation was conclusive
NO, u the units contracted no fruit
- the skookum packers that Skookum
s.obers would have none to deliver to
Tho Northwestern Fruit exchange next
tall To preserve the structure OF the
orvanization the resolution was passed
allowing the units to market where
thew uleased, provided only that one
car be contracted to Skookum packers,
and this the Northwestern Fruit ex-
change could have If it desired. The
resolutions was passed by an unani-
nous vote.
Two new organizations have now
been launched, one is the United APP.
bic Growers, the incorporators being
+. C. Paine, Omak; Harry ]. Kerr
Okanogan; F. H. Moses, Cashmere;
!. A. Wilson. Pehastin, and w. s.
rrimble, Entiat The incorporators or
anized by the election of Mr. Trim
Die, president; Mr.. Moses. vice presi
lent; Mr. Paine, secretary, and Mr.
Kerr, treasurer. Contracts and by
avs are now being prepared and will
be forwarded at once to the units fol
ratification.
Articles of Incorporation are being
hled with the secretary of state al
Olympia for the North American Fruit
Exchange of the Pacific Coast. 6
Washington corporation, capitalized al
100000. This company has beer
formed specifically for the benefit oil
the cooperative fruit growers associ
alton Of the Wenatchee- Okanogan dis
trict
Name Northwestern" OFFICERS.
Officers are Reginald H. Parsons
chairman of the board; w. F. Gwin
president; A. r. Rule, vice president;
D. H. White, secretary-treasurer; A
A. Prince, sales manager; J. Curtis
Robinson, traffic manager. The Off
GERS with Worrall Wilson compose the
directorate. All, with the exception Of
MT. Rule, until recently held similar
position with the Northwestern Fruit
exchange, with which they severed
'aelr connections February 1.
This move is the first gun in thu
hsnt between J. II. Crutchfield, heat
VI the American Fruit Growers, Inc.
ana A. E. Rule, president OF the Nortf
american Fruit exchange, associated
s "nh w. +. Gwin, who recently re
M s,sneu the vice presidency Of tht
W., 'n~estern Fruit exchange to con
Ill ~, ''e marketing of the apples of tn,
nv The North American Fruit
.Aohahge of the Pacific Coast will
:. a,e us main Office in Wenatchee, bu
na - understood that it's operations will
trict. ''o 'e''"'o"ee u'''