The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-12-28
100 GROWERS TO
STUDY PLAN OF
EARLY MARKET
Sixty Men at RichIand, 40 Here
Hear Outline of New Selling
Project; Men to Study Cues
tion before Deciding

At two meetings held simultaneous
ly Wednesday evening, one at the
Valley Clubhouse, Kennewick, and the
other at the Vale Grange Hall, Rich
land, an organization committee was
selected for the Richland to Hover
area. Those elected at Richland were
John Erickson, Geo. A. Tuttle. Those
elected at Kennewick were L. A.
Tweedt, Clay Puderbaugh, and for
the Finley-Hover area, H. S. Hughes.
The meeting at Richland was in
charge of John Dam and A. Hackney,
who have been working with the
committee on the general marketing
program. The meeting at .Kennewick
was in charge of the county agent
and M. M. Moulton. Between SO and
go growers attended the meeting at
Richland with about 40 attending the
meeting at Kennewick. A Hackney
and Simon Carlson Were selected in
the Richland community to assist the
other members in the work of organ
ization of the Richland community. Sc
lection of assistance for the commit
tee in the Kennewick community was
not made.
This organization committee is to
meet Saturday afternoon and go over
articles Of association, bylaws and
contract. Following this contracts
will be prepared so that a sign up
program may be carried out. In this
way it is expected that growers and
committee will be able to have more
definite information as to just the
interest shown in the development Of
more united marketing effort.
Growers will then be in position TO
know more definitely just what po-
sition they will wish to take. It is
planned that the first contracts TO
be prepared will carry rider provid-
ing for invalidity Of the contract, un-
less either a certain percentage Of
the tonnage signed up under the new
arrangement or may become invalid
at final meeting of the growers up
on statement of grower that he does
not wish to continue with the con-
tract when the sign-up has been COM
pleted.
There has been some expression Of
the idea that this was an attempt TO
disrupt the present organizations.
The committee has had definitely in
mind from the start and many farm
ers have expressed the sameopinion
that there was a real need for CEN
tralization of marketing efforts for
the early crops in this area. While
it is true that the bringing together
Of large percentage of the tonnage
of the early crops into one organi-
cation would possibly draw away
from the present organization some
members who might not withdraw
otherwise, yet with the present out
spoken dissatisfaction of many it
would seem that the attempt that IS
being made at Capitalization would
not actually upset any of the pres
ent marketing set-ups any more than
they are apparently due to be upset
anyway. What the future will bring
in the way of organization will de-
pend upon what the growers wish in
regard to this. Unless future COM
mittees upset plans of the original
committee no organization will De
perfected If it is to be merely another
organization in the field.
We trust that growers will become
as thoroughly familiar as possible
with the general plan, discuss it
among themselves and take whatever
steps their best Judgment dictates.