The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-04-17
Existing Cooperatives Con-
s;der Proposed North
west Apple Plan
PLAN IS ENDORSED
BY MOST OF THEM
Work Of Organizing indie
uendents into New Lo-
calls is to Continue

-. creat strides are being taken
'a-c.nizing the fruit industry OF
y NJ Merthwest was made manifest by
c..rrd.vs - meeting Of growers coop
% s;vs associations in Yakima. The
....hlisbment of central exchange
81 Northwest growers organizations
!. now assured and active steps are
s.;ro taken by a tentative board
= directors for the Incorporation OF
.h;s institution. Progress in this di-
,.ctiou will be rapid due to the ex-
hsustive work by the growers COM
mission appointed by N. B. Coffman,
president of the State Chamber OF
Commerce and supported by many
hanks of the Northwest interested in
the welfare of our great fruit indus
Try.
Saturdays meeting in Yakima was
called by the Northwest Fruit Grow
ers commission, and was presided
over BY f. NJ. Gillette of Malaga,
Washington. It was well attended by
about fifty delegates, made up of
representatives from the Wenatchee
District Cooperative Association, the
Wenatchee Okanogan Cooperative
Federation, the Skookum Packers as
sociation, the Yakima Horticultural
Union, the Yakima Fruit Growers
Association, the Selah Fruit Ex-
change, the Spokane Valley Growers
Union, the Inland Empire Coopera-
tive Federation, The. Apple Growers
Association Of Hood River and the
Mosier Growers Association.
Enthusiastic approval of the COM
Missions recommendations was of
fered from every organization pres
ent, and support to the commissions
proposals to organize central ex-
change this year was heard from all
organizations excepting the Wenat-
chez Okanogan Cooperative Fedora
ton, the Skookum Packers Associa-
ton ard the Horticultural Union.
representatives from these organi-
cations spoke in appreciation of the
but reserved action till some
future time. Mr.. C. C. Frost, repre-
sentative from the Selah Fruit Ex-
cnanse, now in process of formation,
struck a keynote when he said that
growers all over the Northwest, in
ciined toward the formation of more
associations, were watch
ing the action taken at this meeting
" tne older cooperative organiza-
s,ons with the keenest interest, and
shas future organization work de-
pended upon the earnestness with
~nlch these groups worked together.
during the afternoon session rapid
action took place. An organization
- u was appointed consisting
III u T. M. Gillette, representating the
Tenatchee District Cooperative AS
Z ,Sse,a.lon; Az DR.. H. P. James, president
= .ne Yakima Fruit Growers Asso-
rl,s'lon; G. King Benton, of the Apple
ywers wv Association of Hood River:
:; :. W. Langdon, of the Inland Empire
wuSvperatlve Federation of Walla
v.,,' NSna' EDWARD Pierce of the Spokane
ss1aSy sIsy Union; c. c. Frost, of the
faa sv.an fruit Exchange Tin process of
u;a, G;,iatlon), Lee Lampson, Kenne-
proa growers, and ]. R. Schwartz,
my: TSsanized growers at large.
inis committee immediately went
n executive session, electing DR..
Sm;.s James as chairman, Edwin
traa @ secretary, and ]. R. Schwartz
meas asurer. After coming to an agree
moss On the general form and pur-
- - u the Central Exchange to be
Uontinued on page four)