White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-12-10

from Wenatchee, where they atten
ded the twenty-second annual Wash
ington State Horticultural Associa
ton meeting. They report vel
attended meeting, at which the var
ious problems confronting the fruit
industry were discussed by experts
in the different lines. There was
general agreement that the wipine
nj. chimes installed for the first time
this year, while greatly improving
the appearance of the apples, hac
/ faild more or less in accomplishing
the pu: pose for whicn they were in
unded-that of removing the spray
lesldue entirely frcc, tie fruit. Nc
substitute fer arse.late of lead spray
Tor the control of the codling uotl
has yet been discovered and in the
| absence of such substitute some
method other than wiping machines
used this year will have to be used
to remove the spray residue from
the apples. Some believe that this
tin be done by dipping the apples
in a chemical solution. Some inter
esting experiments have been made
along this line this summer, that
promise to give the desired results
One bf the most interesting talks
made at the meeting, Mr.. Hawley
said, was one made by Coulter Nc
Keever, Seattle advertising man, who
told the convention t.:at clEnges in
the consuming habits of the Ameri-
can people are the ultimate salvation
of the apple industry of the
Paci ific northwest.
Mr.. McKeever said that consum.
ing changes can be brought about
through a national advertising cam
paign. He declared that from 1890
to 1899, apple consumption involved
so per cent of the total fruit produc-
ton of the country. During the
next ten years, in spite of an increase
in population, this decreased to 43
per cent and in the last ten years
to SO FER cent.
people now are eating more fruit
per capita than they have been in the
habit of doing but they are not eating
~ many apples" he said. "The
trent has been toward citrus fruits
such as oranges and grapefruit. What
has done it? Advertising"
The following are the resolutions
presented to the convention by the
resolution committed3
RESOLUTION
No.
WHEREAS, The State Commits
s s'oner of Ag iculture and his District
horticultural Inspectors have not
had the cooperation of all County
Prosecuting Attorneys in the prose-
cuticn Of cases against violators OF
the hort cultural laws, and,
WHEREAS. It is necessary that
the violatccs Of the Horticultural laws
be prosecuted for the benefit of the
horticultural industry,
THEREFORE,, BE 1T RESOLV-
ED, Tf,rt this Association go on rec
cord as favoring that the horticultural
law be amended authorizing the Di-
rector Of Agriculture tp employ an
attorney fos the prosecution Of vio-
latcrs Of the agricu tural laws, where,
in his Judgment, he is not getting
the satisfactory cooperation Of the
Pros .cut'ng Attorney in the County
where the case might arise.
RESOLUTION
No. 2
WHEREAS, In view Of the fact
that neglected and abandoned or
chaods are a serious menace to the
sruit industry cf this STATE.
THEREFORE, BE If RESOLV-
ED: That the ,Hor icultural Code Of
this State be amended 50 as to pro-
vide for the destruction Of such in
ttsted orchards as have not been
pi' perry SPRAYED for .wt. years, OF
lave been sprayed h. tn. County for
two years, the cost the eef not hav-
ing been paid by the owner.
RESOLUTION
No. 8
WHEREAS, 1t has also been
brought to the attention of
the Executive Committee of the
Washington State horticultural as
soc;ation, that little, if anything, is
being done toward developing our
apple {. ade with the. Orient The
Federal Government is doing !. splen-
did work in Europe that is yielding
results beyond our expectations. The
same thing o'ght to be undertaken
with the Orient.
BE 1T RESOLVED, That we
believe a great opportunity awaits
the apple industry in the Orient
a field, as yet practically untouched.
BE TT FURTHER RESOLVED,
That we respectfully petition our
Federal Cove .nment to duplicate. in
the Orient, the work now being done
in Europe. under tie supervision of
Edwin A. Smith, cf the state OF Wash
inRton, and
BE 1T FURTHER RESOLVED:
That copies of this resolution be
mailed to the Sec'y of the U. S. De-
partment of Agriculture and to our
rr1cr1,i:cfs 81 Congress-
RESOLUTION
NO. 4.
WHEREAS: The orderly mar
keting of agricultural pftducts re :
uuires the holding of material por-
tons of these products beyond the
date set for the assessment Of per-
sonaI property: and
WHEREAS, The assessment OF
such products in process of mark
citing entails an unfair burden upon
these pjoducts and works against
the orderly marketing tor same,
therefore. be it
RESOLVED: BY the Washington
S ate Horticultural Association that
the Washington State Legislature
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