White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1928-08-03
MEETING MONDAY NIGHT
TO ORGANIZE GROWERS

some plan of organization, for near
| ly all of them realize that an organ
ization is imperative if they are tc
stay in the game.
That such an organization is a.
bout to become reality is indicated
by the enthusiastic report brought
back by Edmund Anderson, local
committeeman, from a meeting, at
tended by several hundred growers,
| which was held in the Chamber OF
Commerce rooms in Yakima couple
Of weeks ago at which bylaws were
adoItsd and other irnports'nt matters
governing the organization were at
tended to.
At this meeting an Executive Com
m.ittee of nine members was elect
ed. This committee is composed of
the following prominent fruit growers
in the Yakima valley: Roy Matson,
chairman, Selah; DIR. H. P. James,
Chester Miller, Charles Heath, and
C.. e. Udell, Yakima; E. H. Powell,
Se1ah; H. c. Bolhke, Grandview; w.
w. Drake, Yakima and c. G. Nc
Donald Prosser.
Mr.. Anderson was appointed temp
orary organization committeeman for
White Bluffs with the privilege Of
appointing two other local growers
to serve with him during the prelim-
mary stages of the organization. He
has appointed Ira c. Hawley and ].
E. Baker.
This local committee has called a
meeting to be held at Liberty hall in
White Bluffs at 8 p. m. next Mon
day evening, August 6, and they ex-
tend an invitation to all fruit growers
in this district to attend the meeting.
Some of the members of the Ex-
ecutive Committee will be present to
outline and explain the aims of the
organization, which is called "The
Central Washington Growers associa-
ton" and which will be affiliated with
similar organizations at Wenatchee,
Hood River, WaIla Walla, Spokane
and other fruit districts of the North
west
In signed article published in
last weeks Prosser Record Bulletin,
C. G. Mcdonald, the Pfosser member
of the Executive Committee, said in
part:
For over two years groups of grow
ers have been working on some form
of organization for the fruit industry
of the northwest. The, results of all
this thot, planning and study is the
formation of the Central Washington
Growers Association wich has been
formed in the Yakima Valley during
the past month.
IL izof ic he
welding into one solid unit all the
fru.ts growers of the Valley and this
Organization to.ebe ssassociated with a
similar one which is almost complet-
ed in the Wenatchee district.
The plan of organization is that each
locality of the Yakima Valley will
form themselves into a unit with their
own officers and this unit in turn will
becomes a unit of the general valley
organization. The Yakima Valley or
ganization, which will be known as
the Central Washington Growers As
sociation, will in turn work in con-
junction with similar one in Wena-
tchee, Hood River, Waala Walla and
Spokane. Thus we have a solid unit
of all the fruit growers cf the north
various problems which are confront
ing the industry today and the lack
of such unified front of the north
west growers is allowing the other
competing lines Of fruits to take our
markets away from us to their bene-
fit and our loss.
Proof of this we need only to cite
the tremendous increase in consutnp
ton Of bananas and citrus fruits in
the last few years and the great de-
crease in the consumption of our ap-
PIES and other fruits. For example the
Department of Agriculture shows that
for the past five years average the
banana carload shipments into the
United States have been 100 per cent
Of the carload apple shipments and
that there is very definite increase
with range Of "a per cent in 1923 to
131 per cent in 1926.
The aims of such growers or
carnations are three fold:
First-to formulate definite adver-
tising program.
Second definite and we'll organ
lied growers association to meet rep
resentatives from other lines of bust
ness to study and solve industry prob
lens such as spray residue, freight
rates, transportation problems and
legislation.
Tlird-a growers forum in which
they can meet, discuss and solve pro-
drct;on problems and exchange ideas.
1t is not the intention of any one
that this organization shall form any
kind or type of selling agency. There
are enough of these now in opera
ton. Those which are efficient and de-
livering the goods have nothing to
fear in fact they will be strength
cred. Those that are not will automat-
ica'ly be eliminated.
We in the northwest are the last
to form such an organization. The
citrus men have one, the banana men
have one and all lines of manufactur-
ing and merchandising have had such
associations fer years. If we are going
to live and make success of our