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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER -
TUESDAY, MARCM 16, 1915
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Better Hurry If You Want To Secure Some Of The Wonder
ful Bargains-They Are Going Fast. The Cost Is Forgotten
In The Prices WeVe Made-Every thing Must Go.
j THE PEOPLE'S STORE
THE WORKINGS OF IDE H ,
FRUIT GROWERS MSI
Plan of Organization as adopted at ington. Chairman.
Tacoma meeting of the Fruit Grow- Truman Butler, Hood River, Ore
ers Council. gon.
' W. H. Paulhamus, Pu yallup, Wash- C. T. Haskell, Weimtchee, Wash-
lie. J. BLACK
! GROCERY
Have you ever stopped to consider that
the Tea line offers splendid opportunity
to nn unscrupulous packer to unload a
cheap grade of tea on the market at
fancy prices? Something that does not
give satisfaction 'and something that
they will not guarantee? We know this
to be a fact and for that reason we carry
only the very best in the Tea line:
Among which are, Schilling's Best, M. J.
B. Tree Tea. Royal Club, Prefered
Stock, Upton's and Spider Leg and Gun
Powder in bulk. Your money cheerfully
refunded if you are not fully satisfied.
ington Efcel-utive Committee.
: Clifford E. Chase of . Brewster,
Wash,, for the Wenatchee district;
Harry Jones of Wapato, Wash., for
the Yakima district; A. D. Moe of
Hood River, Ore., for the Hood Riv
er district; W. M. Sackett, of Cor
vallis, Mont., for the Montana dis
trict; A. W. Simmons of Freewater,
Ore., for the Walla Walla district;
John F. Davis of Opportunity, Wash.,
for the Spokane district and J. A.
Westerlund, of Medford Ore., for the
Rogue River district. Board of Control-
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The planf " " : -For
the purpose of securing, so far
as possible, proper and legitimate co
operation which will lead to the ob
taining for the benefit of the fruit
growers of the Pacific Northwest the
full amount to which they are en
titled for their fruits in the markets
of the,.world; and for the purpose of
preventing unfair business methods
by the various shippers and hand
lers of fruits, which will adversely
affect the interests of the growers
of such fruit, and for the purpose
of further advancing the welfare of
the fruit growers of the Northwest;
Be it hereby.
RESOLVED:
1. That the Growers Council, now
in session, be made a permanent
organization; that the members
elected thereto serve for the ensuing
year and until their successors are
elected. Subsequent representation
in said Council to be determined at
each annual meeting of the Council
upon the tonnage of each district for
the prccedinE' vear. DrovideH. that
representation in the Growers Coun
cil to be held in January, 1916, shall
be on the same, basis as the repres
entation in the Council now in ses
sion. The annual meetig of the
Growers Council shall be held on the
third Monday in January of each
year, and the members thereof shall
be elected by the fru't growers of
their respective districts on the - first
Saturday after January 1st of each
year. Special meetings of the Grow
ers Council shall be called by the
President and Secretary thereof on
the written demand of the members
of the growers Council of any one or
more districts and as otherwise pro
vided herein.
2. That a Board of Control shall
be formed consisting of one member
from each of the fruit growing dis
trict sdesignated and described below
and for any additional district that
may hereafter be formed. Members
of this Board shall be elected at the
annual meeting of the Growers
Council upon the nomination and
recommendation of their respective
districts. Members of the .Board of
Control shall serve for one year or
until their successors are"? elected.
Vacancies in the membetflrip of the
Moara or Control shnl'. KA filled byi
the Board of Control upon- nomina-j
tion by a majority of the members
of the Growers Council from 'the
district unrepresented by reason of
such vacancy.
3. The qualifications for member
ship in the Growers Council ' or tMe
Board of Control shall be as follows:
Such member shall be a dona fide
fruit grower in and from the district !
that he represents, and no member of i
tne uoard or Control shall be a sal
aried official of any fruit sales
agency or ohe whose principal busi
ness consists in buying, assembling,
or selling for his own profit, fruit
that is not grown by himself.. Mem
bers of the Board of Control shall re
ceive $5 per day, and shall be paid
their necessary traveling expenses
while attending to duties of their
office , . , - , . ,
4. . The Board of Control shall be
authorized and empowered to - elect
an Executive Committea of three,
provided, that the. Board of Control
is hereby instructed to elect as such
Executive Committee the three men
nominated by the Growers Council
who shall each be acceptable to the
delegation of the respective districts.
Each member of said Executive Com
mittee shall receive such compensa
tion for his services as shall be fix
ed by the Growers Council.
The powers conferred ' by' the
Growers Council upon the Executive
Committee are hereby declared and
defined as follows:
It shall be the duty of the Exe
cutive Committee to enter into negot
iations with the Shippers of North
western fruits, or any considerable
numbers of them, fo the following
purposes:
(a) . To obtain for fruit growers
the maximum amount of service in
return for the compensation paid the
shipper by the grower.
(b) To secure the adoption of such
uniform methods for the transaction '
ot business between shipper and
grower as will furnish a fair, basis of .
comparison.
(c) To establish such practices
with regard to the selling and market-1
ing fruit as will tend to eliminate '
consignment and auction sales, pre-,
cent unwise and unfair competition, j
mm in every posstuie manner siao
ilze the market and secure for the
grower the greatest possible net re
turn for his product
(d) In conjunction and cooperation
with the shippers, to proceed, as oc
casion offers, by conservative "and
well-considered measures to improve
the conditions affecting the production
and marketing of fruit, and especially
tj promote the interests of the boxed
apple industry of the Northwest
(e) To arrange for the collection
through the shippers of a tax, to be
paid by the grower, not to exceed 1-4
cent per box on apples and pears 1-4
cent per box on strawberries and 1-6
cent per package njjon other smafi
fruit shipped, to provide for the cost
and expense of this organization, all
si:ch funds to be subject to disburse
ment by the Executive Committee, who
shall make periodic reports to the
Board of Control.
J (f) To make agreements with the
shippers for the carrying out oT tne
purposes herein outlined, "'. and ' for
ether purposes as the same may ap
pear to be mutually , advantageous,
and to enforce the same; and to that
end they are authorized to establish
headquarters and engage such em
ployes . and assistance as may be
necessary.
5. The Executive Committee shall
have charge of all the details of carry
ing into execution the purposes of
! this organization; but; its acts shall
jhave charge of ail. the details of car
frying inter, execution the purposes of
this organization; "but its acts shall
be under the general supervision and
direction of the Board of Control,
j Any member of the Executive Com
mittee may be removed on a three
fourths vote of the membership of the
Board of Control, but such member
of the Executive Committee may ap-
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