White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1925-08-07

Some unusually interesting stats.
tics regarding the apple industry ir
/ the United States and particularly the
Northwest and the State of Washing
ton were published in the Seattle
Times one day last week. The article
was prepared by w. w. Jermane,
special Washington correspondent oi
the Times. The article says
So important has the apple crop
become to the country, and so won.
derful has bee, .s development in the
Pacific Northwest, that the current
issue of Commerce Reports, the
weekly publicati IN Of the Department:
of Commerce, cut today, has an arti-
Gle of three pages and half, writ
ten by D. ]. Moriarty of the food
lstuffs division of the department, in
which the facts and figures respect
ing it are set foath somewhat in
detail.
On the basis of production for 1922
3, 4, as The Times readers probably
know Washington State leads the
country in the production of apples
used commercially. New York is
second, Virginia third, Michigan fourth
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Idaho eighth. The Times readers
may not know, however, that, in the
language cf Mr.. Moriarity, ''practi-
cally one out of three apples grown
in 1924 came from the Northwestern
states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho
and Montana"
Washington's Big Production.
And then he makes the interesting
statement that the states just named
produced, in that year, 27,552,000
boxes Cor 30 per cent? of the coun-
try S total crop Of s6,103,o0o boxes.
Washington State alone producing
approximately 19,950,oOo boxes, or 23
per cent of it.
Apple growers of the West pack
the fruit in boxes; those in the East
pack it in barrels. Mr.. Moriarity re-
duces the output of each state to the
box basis. A large part of the Amer
lean apple crop is exported, and our
chief customers are the United King
dom, Germany, Canada and the Scan
dinavian countries. This is true de-
spite the fact that Canada is our
leading competitor. In 1924 more
tkan 80 per cent of our boxed apples
and more than go per cent of those
in barrels went to these countries in
the order named. The United King
dom took 4,l67,o41 boxes and 1884,
432 ba rels of the total apple exports
for that year.
During the World War, German
purchases declined, but in 1924 they
were next to those of the United
Kingdom, with 9 per cent of our box
and per cent of on, barrel exports.
Canada Notwithstanding her large
apple crop, bought from us last year
9 per- cent of cur total box and 2per
cent Of our total barrel exports.
Europe Chief Purchaser.
Speaking further, Mr.. Moriarty
says:
segregation of the above figures
Chose showing apple exports for 1924
by counties) discloses that approxi-
matoly four out of five boxes of APP
pies and approximately nine out of
ten barrels of apples exported from
the United States went TO Europe.
In all, 5,387,6o4 boxes of apples (8l
nes- cent of the totally reached the
European group, England, S. otland
Ireland, Sweden. Norway, Denmark
Germany and The Netherlands.
every one of our principal mark
cts, with the exception of Norway
has increased it's yearly purchases o.
boxed apples. Of the European group
Sweden, Denmark and Ireland have
more than tripled their purchases
from the United States; while Eng.
land, Germany and the Netherlands
1ave. bought large quantities than
previously.
England has increased it's imports
in three years by over 100000 box.
IS; Ge-tmany took $4,000 boxes in
1924, as against 1884 in 1922, and
The Netherlands bought 2e4, $50 boxes
n 1914, as against 4858 boxesin 1922
Norway imported 100000 boxes: more
United States apples ill 1875 thin ir
1922, but lessened shipments in 1924
Latin America Also Buying.
every country Of the Latin Ameri.
can group is buying more of oul
boxed apples. Argentina and Brazil
have more than doubled their pur-
chases in three years, while Mexico
and Cuba have considerably increased
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