The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1922-02-03
ORGANIZE TO
DEVELOP LOCAL
BOX INDUSTRY
PINE BOX MANUFACTURERS o.
DISTRICT FORM ASSOCIATION
o. F. GARDNER OF G. n. LUM.
BER CO., PRESIDENT.

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sociation was organized at a meetiLe
eld in Wenatchee on Saturday. all
the firms making fruit boxes in the
district being representer or in sym
pathy with the movement.
A preamble was adopted sett.ne
forth the principal objects of the AZ
sociation as follows:
Realizing that by cooperation cee-
tain unsatisfactory conditions, exis :
ing in the box industry in this ter,
tory may be eliminated, the box mar
ufacturers of the Wenatchee, Colum-
bia and Okanogan Valleys do hereby
form the Pine Box Manufacturers as
sociation
The purpose of this associatcl
shall be to elect officers. employ =
manager, disburse funds, and gener.
tlly to transact such business as shall
be to the best interests of its me Il
hers and the pine box industry. Its
further purposes shall be to: First =
Foster good will among its members:
Second-Advertise and otherwisa
place the pine box before the buying
public so as to increase its sales Il
stimulate the patronage of local t.
dustry; Third-Standard specifcl-
tions of all shocks manufactured;
Fourth-Disseminate information an
other data to all members: Fifth
Standardize sales agreements ID
contracts especially as to terms of"
payment and delivery; Sixth-To as.
sist members in the purchase of su y
plies
The following officers were electe !.
O. F. Gardner of the Great Northe n
Lumber Co., president; E. L. Sawyer
Of the Peshastin Lumber and Box c..
vice president; P F. Scheble, of the P
F. Scheble Lumber Co.. secretary AMI
treasurer, and an executive committee
including the above three officers be
sides Fl. L. Bennett of the H. L. Ben
nett Box & Lumber Co. of Disaut u:
George Pennell of the Chelan Box CO,
j. c. Biles of the Biles-Coleman Lun-
ber Company of Omak and E. W.
Schmitten of the E. w Schmitten
Lumber Co. of Cashmere.
The following program for the new
association was set forth by J. c.
Biles, member of the executive COM
mittee:
"There are about 100000 apple
boxes and 100000 other fruit
boxes used in this district annually
At last years prices the growers paif
out S2,000,000 for these boxes. Of
this amount at least 40 per cent ar
SS00000 was paid to outside manufac-
turers and was never seen again b,
the people of North Central Washing
ton.
1--WE hope to make and sell all the
boxes used in the fruit industry righ'
fere in this territory Nature has
provided the best fruit box materi'.l
in the world right next door to the
orchards. BY improving the meth
ods, standardizing the output and in
creasing the efficiency of the mills.
we hope to be able to reduce the price
ct which pine boxes may be sold. and
vet make fair profit for the makers
by increasing our output, we can
keep our plants going practically a.
the year round, thus giving employ
ment to more men for longer per
iod of time All this will mean larger
pay rolls, more money expended n
the community, and what is more im-
portant, better fruit container tha /
is now being used here. We raise the
finest apples in the world and we have
The finest box shook material in the
world near at hand, why should nor
the best apples be packed in the best
boxes?
"As more apples are shipped by
steamer, stronger boxes will be a.
solutely demanded. as the steamsh %
companies require all goods to be Sc
curely packed. and this will result ii
the use of better shocks. which W
ere prepared to produce.
"The shippers and the organizations
all recognize the need for better co.,
tainers for apples, and the growers
Individually also realize that inferior
boxes which break down in trans +,
will not prove satisfactory in the Ion
run.
While we cannot hope to compete
with the hemlock boxes and other in
ferior containers manufactured OF
the Coast, we do believe we can re-
auee our selling price to within a yer,
smal margin above that demande
Tor the cheap product of the Souna
mills. so that the difference will =
30 slight that there will be no object
for the grower 10 endanger his fru t