LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1912
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After two or' three seasons of ex
tremely successful experiences In fruit
marketing for fruit growers or tne
Pacific northwest the Northwestern
Fruit Exchange is to be taken over by
several other local concerns banded
as one. This scheme lias been under
consideration since early this month
but Is definitely closed according to H.
W. Otis of the Spokane country who
Is chairman of the committee of elev
en of the Central Fruit Marketing Ex
change. Mr. Otis conveys the infor
mation to C. S. Williams, a membei
of the committee of eleven, represent
leg Union county and Eastern Oregon.
"The proposition Is tentative and de
pendent upon investigation by com
petent committees from each of the
districts," writes Mr. Otis. Th'j
Rogue River, Hood River, Yakima and
Wenatcheo' districts are the principal
ii stigators of the new scheme, but
other fruit districts Including the Un
ion county growers, will benefit from
the transfer as quickly as the others
for much of the marketing for Union
county is done through the North
western Fruit Exchange. "I deem the
negotiations so nearly certain of suc
cess that I have turned the matter
over to the Clarkston, Wn., convention
of fruit growers for their endorse
ment," concludes the writer. ,
Hegarding the movements of tho
convention and what transpired there,
a Clarkston paper remarks:
The report on the co-operative mar
keting movement is considered by
many to be the most Important an
nouncement of the convention. The
marketing subject has been discusser!
by northwest growors ns a whole for
two or three years and the subject has
been argued at three distinct conven
tions. All growers In the northwest
are waiting to hear whether nnythlim
detinilb and what has been accomplish
ed. Until this announcement was made
at the close of today's session there
was no actual information available
the proposition having only been final
ly framed up by long distance tele
phone today. It Is now ready for lo
cal consideration of growers every
where. This was January 5.
By the terms of the provision the
N thwest Fruit Exchange of Port
land retires from business, and all of
lis facilities and sales machinery are
to be taken over by the growers. This
and ether minor details will be work
ed out by representatives from the
various districts as a practical busi
ness proposition. This will recom
mend itself to every Interest fruit
grower in the northwest.
To H. V. Otis of Wenatchee the
greatest credit should be given for
untiring persistency the past two
years in the face of many discourage
ments. The associations of Rogue
River, Yakima, Hood River and- Wen
atchee are to send committees to audit
the accounts of the exchange and con
fer together as to management. Other
associations at all points In the north
west are provided a representation'
under the management.
Dealing with some of the questions
involved in such a venture Chairman
Otis has this to say:
The co-operative spirit . that shall
result in local and district organiza
tions, with an elected house of repre
sentatives of fruit growers, will mark
an era in the history of fruit growing
in the northwest. Then by concerted
action through our chosen represen
tatives we can command the attention
of state and national legislators. Ad
verse apple-box legislation will be
Impossible. Transportation eompan-
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MAXWELL SPECIAL THEY HAVE NEVER BE FORE HEARD OF SUCH A CAR AT SUCH A
PRICE. ,
A BIG, FIVE-PASSENGER TOURING CAR OF ARISTOCRATIC STYLE EMBODYING THE
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R. W. LEIGHTON GARAGE
les will give us a respectful hearing
and grant ell reasonable requests. We
can i'ctate the distribution of season
able apples In their proper order of
consumption and can readily drop
from our lints, all useless varieties.
The criticism has been made that
the Wei la Walla recommendations
proposed a gigantic machine, to be
built from the circumference toward
the center. The committee wishes it
to be clearly noted, however, that the
central exchange, as proposed In this
report, must be constructed from the
center outward, the local unit being
the all-Important feature. : Rightly
organized la conformity '. with , the
principles set forth, the locals will so
control the situation that the district
organization, and the "central", to
gether with the "central's" distribut
ing machine will be relatively easy to
build. ' . :
In saying this, too. I nm not mini
mizing the big Job ahead. : The big
Job, however, cannot be done until
several thousand little jobs have been
finished and the several thousand lit
tle jobs are of a very personal nature,
involving the acceptance by several
thousand Individual fruit growers of
a single specific line of procedure.
To the growers, then, as Individu
als, I bring two brief little messages
that were adopted by the committee
as embodying the whole of the pro
gram. One is aimed at your pocket
book, the other at your conscience.
To your pocketbook wo quote the
trust as old as commerce is, that
"Price il automatic if distribution Is
right," and to your conscience, we of
fer the disturbing suggestion that "A
co-operator is one who does some
thing for cooperation."
Action long deferred had brough.
us face to face with the Imperative
need of an organization large enough
to at once handle a volume of business
of sufllcient magnitude to command
the attention ana respect of the pres
ent middlemen, to reduce the cost of
marketing, and to rogulate prices, on a
reasonable profit basis to the end that
the stability of the fruit Industry and
of land values should be maintained.
The assembling of such a machine In
volving tho securing of trained men,
men who knew the game," to estab
lish a system of fruit distribution,
which In Its ramifications would com
prehend the markets of the world and
to gather croi) and market information
accurate and comprehensive, that
would enable the grower to secure
the correct value for his fruit, would
require in the aggregate the expendi
ture of a large Bum of money and
would also. require the simultaneous
signing of binding contracts on the
part of a sufllcient number of grow
ers, covering the marketing of their
fruit through such an organization for
a term of years, as to assure a volume
of business large enough to warrant
the building of such a system.
There are. however, usually two
ways of getting to pretty nearly anj
destination. One is sometimes the
conventional, orderly, programmed
way; the other, a short cut. I cannot
now say which of these routes we will
finally travel, but expediency has set
Into motion currents of Inquiry that
have culminated In what we bollevo
may prove the shorter cut..
For obvious reasons the details of
this shorter cut could not until now
be published, aiid It was only this
morning that permission was obtained
to take all of you Into our confidence.
For tho past month negotiations
have been under way looking to the
Immediate formation of a "central" nu
cleus, fathered by the Rogue River
Hood River, Yakima and Wenatchee
districts.
Let me say at the outset that this
proposal has my heartiest support,
not as a Wenatchee man, but as
chairman of tho committee of eleven,
and solely because In Us ultimate de
velopment It Is pledged that the pro
posed nucleus shall be exponded into
a comprehensive organization to take
in every district that shall apply, and
for the further reason that it in no
way violates the spirit of true co
operation as set forth in the commit
tee's plan.
This proposal contemplates the tak
ing over by the co-operative district
associations of the established machine
of the Northwest Fruit Exchange, rath
er than the building of a new machine.
Negotiations mutually entered upon
and now in progress involve the merg
ing of our co-opertaive strength and
tonnage with their unquestioned busi
ness ability, and, It Is fair, the say, the
initiative was taken by the Rogue
River association and Its manager, S.
S. Miller.
We recognize the fact that consider
abel complaint has been lodged
against tho exchange, and one of the
prerequisite conditions of our nego
tiations Is that a thorough' Investiga
tion of its nffalrs shall be made by a
competent committee from each of
tho soveral districts.
If this mutter Is consummated
along tho linos proposed, it will put
absolute control of tho exchange into
Wfinat
I Aiim
(With Apologlea to the Coah RegiiUr)
I am born of the earth
and the air.
My eyes are of glass and
my heart is of metal. It
glows with .light and
good cheer. ;
My mission is to serve
I work for all alike.
None are so rich that
they can buy better ser
vicenone so poor they
need take less.
I never tire; I never
complain; I am always
ready when you want
me.
I bring sunlight into
dark places.
I protect your health
and lengthen your days.
I save you from drudg
ery and danger.
I do so much for so little
cost.-:
I am the electric
si - un
the hands of the growers.
Pending developments, the details
of this matter are not properly open to
discussion here.
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