MEDFOKD MAIL TRTBUMS, rEDFORDLORE(H')N'. SUNDAY. JANUARY 11,
P3CGE THREB
BARTLETTS.
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DEPRESSION
HURT TRADE
Prof. Hartman in Prelimi
nary Report Outlines Sev
' eral Causes Effecting
' Eastern . Fruit Markets!
Past Season.
. The following 1b a copy of n
letter received by Mr. D. It. Wood,
chairman of the Medford winter
Jiear committee, from Professor
Henry ilartmnn of New York
Uity:
Dear Mr. Wood:
"In compliance with your re
quest I will endeavor to cive you
a brief reHUine of the observations
1 have made thus far this season.
Of. course, most of the work for
the year is still In progress and
only a preliminary report can be
given nt this time.
. Needless to sny, this Is a try
ing season for those enRnscd in
the fruit industry. Kven tho cit
rus fruits, which held their own
well during the early part of the
Reason, are now soiling at prices
below handling and transportation
costs. Apples have held their
ground fairly well but pears, tang
erines, oranges and grape fruit
have faced declining markets from
the beginning and no one is op
timistic to the extent of saying
that the bottom has been reached.
tlrowers, shippers and other
agencies generally attribute the
present low prices to the economic
depression which began a little
more than a year ago. Undoubt
edly, much of the difficulty can
legitimately bo laid to this cause
but the fruit Industry must not
lose sight of tho fact that there
are other factors involved and
that these will have to be given
serious consideration in the fut
ure. - -
Taking pears as an example, the
figures of the Bureau of Econom
ics of the United States depart
ment of agriculture show that pear
holdings on December 1st of this
year were approximately Blxty-one
per cent greater than they were
on the corresponding date last
year. Shipments of Bartlett pears
from the Pacific coast were ap
proximately twice as great In 1930
as they were in 1929. One who
studies these figures cannot es
cape the conclusion that a ser
ious situation, was at hand even
had normal economic conditions
prevailed. It Is hardly conceiv
able that the present demand for
pears, even backed by good buy
ing power, could have taken care
of so large an increase in tonnage
from one year to another.
. The late varieties of pears had
no . chance to succeed this year.
The Barlett variety dominated the
picture long nfter Us normal seas-j
on was over and other sorts could
not get started. Krult stores ev
erywhere offered Bartletts for sale
during nil of October and even
late Into November. Cars of
Northwest Hartletts were sold at
auction In New York City ns late
as the middle of November and
one car was sold in Chicago on
December nth! While this fruit
still appeared to he In fairly good
condition at the time of sale, it
was unfit for consumption when
It reached the consumer and,
doubtless, turned many people
uway from pears altogether.
With the Increase in tonnage
It becomes apparent that grade
and quality will havo to receive
added consideration. In the days
when pears were comparatively
rare, grade and pack could be
overlooked without disastrous re
sults. This year, however, It is
clear that only the attractive, well
gruded stock has a chance of sell
ing above cost of production.
The markets of tho country
cannot absorb so high a percent
age of Inferior pears as were pre
pared for shipment this year.
There la but little doubt that
many cars now selling "in the
red' are doing so because of the
large number of off-grade speci
mens that have found their way
into the fancy and extra fancy
grades and because of the high
percentage of fruit that is too
small to retail by the piece.
While some of the Medford
brands are fully up to the stand
ard of lust year, many of them
are considerably below par. Upon
relnspectlon here somo cars have
shown from eight to thirty-five
per cent off-grade fruit in tho
efctro. fancies. Apparently some
of the shippers tried to maintain
the usual relative proportion of
fancy and extra fancy In spite
of the fact that the crop this
year was not up to the average
standard. This has created a ser
ious situation in that some of the
other districts produced on un
usually fine crop of pears this
year and took particular pains to
put up a good pack.
The pear Industry at the pres
ent time has practically no by
products and, hence, has no chan
nels for the utilization of low
Krade fruit. Most of the fruit
which sticks to the trees In.sprlng
ultimately finds its way into the
fancy and extra fancy grades, it
Is true that some of the otr-groae
fruit Is packed under special
brands but the percentage so
tiur.Vd Is low compared to the
amount produced and special
brands nsy usually unprofitable.
With the increased competition
that penrs must face in the fut
ure, (y. appears certain that pear
growers will be forced to adopt
a, system of thinning that will In
sure not only a more f"lrable
distribution of sizes, but mat win
eliminate, to a largo extent, the
&
misshapen, frost-marked, limb
marked, and otherwise Imperfect
specimens. The npple growers of 1
the state of Washington came to ;
this conclusion severul years ni?o ,
and the results, ns applied to the
apple Industry, sppok for them
selves. Thinning, when properly
done, results in practically no de
crease in final tonnage and adds
nothing to the cost of production.
It costs no more to clip off the
imperfect specimens in spring than
It does to pick them by hand In
the fall nnd to put them over
washing machines and grading
and packing equipment.
It Is eneouraning to note that
M ford pears this year are hold
ing up much inciter In storage
than they did lust year. Appar
ently the general speeding up of
harvesting operation, with tho re
duction of the period between the
time of picking and the timo when
ihe fruit went under refrigeration,
Is having a decided beneficial ef
fect on tho keeping quality. This
is especially slcniiicant since the
season of all varieties has to bo
extended to its utmost limits this
year.
Tho eating quality of Medford
Bosc pears as they are being of
fered to consumers in New York
City is considerably better than it
was last year. While It is true
that some Hose are being retail
ed in a green, inedible condition,
the percentage of such fruit has
been materially reduced. About
100 cars were conditioned hero
and the weather has been much
more favorable for ripening than
it was last season. While there
is stilt -considerable opposition to
conditioning, there Is no doubt
but that jobbers here are more
willing to accept partially ripened
Hose than they were last year.
Failure of Hose pears to de
velop the gold color characteris
tic of the variety has caused more
or less difficulty this season.
While poor color. In some cases,
was undoubtedly due to the fact
that the fruit was too green at
the time of sale, a considerable
amount failed to take on color
even when In prime condition for
eating. As you know, a number
of experiments to determine the
cause of this trouble are now in
progress. It Is too early at this
time, however, to give a report of
the results obtained.
At a later date I hope to be
able to give you some concrete
results from my handling and
storage experiments. These, I be
lieve, will prove of interest to the
growers and shippers of the Rogue
River valley."
Walter Antle
Woos the Muse
In addition to tho many prom
inent and attractive features of
the Rogue River valley, and par
ticularly of the city of Medford,
It has now developed that this
modest community has a citizen
who is a genius.
To the people who are acquaint
ed with and meet Walter Antlo
on the street each day and are
impressed with his modest and re
tiring disposition, It would never
occur to them that behind that
retiring countenance and quiet
manner there was existing a gen
ius that would eventually mani
fest Itself; and It now appears
that Mr. Antle is the Kdgnr Allen
Poe of southern Oregon, and to
prove this fact we submit for the
consideration of the readers of the
Medford Mail Tribune the follow
ing poetry which is the product of
the pen of said Walter Antle.
Of course, it is known by all of
tho readers of tho Tribune that
Kdgar Allen Poe was somewhat of
a dreamer, and there is such sim
ilarity between the product of
Poe's pen and the following piece
of poetry written by Mr. Alntle
that we dub him the Edgar Allen
Poe of southern Oregon. Read
what he says:
I've heard of lots of funny dreams.
And many dreams quite sad.
Hut here's the very oddest dream,
That I have ever had.
It seemed that in this town of ours.
A storm eame up one night,
And when tho morning ennio again.
1 saw this awful sight. ,
It seemed that every Jmslncss man,
Had been blow from his place,
And someone else was there In
stead, In every single c:uo.
As I went into Young's garage.
In coveralls quite greasy.
Was J. C. Mann repairing cars,
And doing it quite easy.
At Will II. Wilson's bargain store,
A smilo upon his face.
Gun Newhury dealt out sox and
shirts,
With all his natural grace.
Kads' Second Handed Store. It
seemed,
Was run by Charley Strang,
And he was very busy there,
At a table playing Pang.
At Plden's Shoe Shop sat Port
Neff.
Kneo deep in boots and hoes,
Pegging on a pair of soles
As he sang the Memphis Rlues!
And at the Jackson County Itnnk,
Tom Waterman now presided.
And evry day from ten to three,
Financial knots decided.
A drngg t-t now Tom Merrlman.
Sold plasters, naive nnd pllb.
And people came from mile
around,
To have him cure their 111.
Doctor liammett now he was,
Antant he had seWn,
Hut nothing much for them to do.
Hi? practice was In Heaven.
At Alenderfer'a studio,
Lviree elates every day,
Tauftht by Professor Ole.
How to sing and dance and play.
While In the Center building.
On the twenty-second floor.
Pop Gates, the dentist, cures your
teeth.
So they would ache no more.
In Trown's sto. hack behind the
bar O
A milk fhnke In h!u hand.
I i raises ouuuicni wrcguii muuinain iiigiivvay 4 DfiMLiO I flLL ! OHIO
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I HiiStT FOR LUMBER GOODj
In the opinion of Uovd Gedamke, I
Northwest sales director for the
Gllmore Oil Company, who was a ;
visitor here last week, when im-'
Stood Toggery Hill, a soda squirt,
The best one in the land.
And as I passed the blacksmith
shot,
A broncho wild was wailing.
While Uelroy ietchell. on his hoof.
A horseshoe hot was nailing.
While over at the hot dog stand.
In apron white and cap.
Doc Knimens served them off the
grid.
And mailt the fl:ipja:ks flap.
And th M
rk Where h:t tn mt-i s
fl.-.v.
There- rose a structure high.
Carl Tengwald. carpenter tic Luxe
Looked on with watchful eye.
J list then there passed the city
lirus-h.
'Twas cleaning up the street.
Efficiency was evident.
With Bill Gates in the seat.
And In the Holland dining room,
With napkin on his arm,
Tom Swem served hash three!
times each day, '
And kept the coffee warm.
A case was called in federal court.
Where justice they dispense.
Art Hurgess tor tho plaintiff,
Tom Fnson for defense.
If this was not a hay-wire dream,
I'll pass the buck tj you.
From now on I'll stick to water
pure,
And no more Mountain Dew!
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By Iliclmnl Massock Riverside on Friday, Dec. 19. Tho
NEW iORK-A strong lunch- j Mlhject for discussion wns "Five
coil was given In New York a UutpH for Hnppv Parenthood."
couple of weeks ago. based on the article in the De-
It was given in an exclusive ho- ; coml)OP issue o ..Tho Barent s
tel by an imperial Romanov for Magazine."
her boss, a Fifth avenue merchant, 'Alt('M. an interesting discussion
who employs her as n designer. on UjH HuhJoct i)Vt n. c. Wilson
A few days later New York's , nrrfVed and gave a very helpful
lileraly set was invited formally lalk on ,np importance of early
to meet H. I. H., the Grand , lr.,ining of children in good habits.
Duchess Marie of Russia. Among tho Items stressed was a
The luncheon was in celebra- I ,,,,1.,,. time schedule for tho feed
tlon of the grand duchess" flrst'jK of habies. regular periods for
anniversary as un American husi- J Hioortt IimI training them to enter
ness woman. The tea was given
to present her ns nn nuthor of
a court memoir, ironically entitled
"Education of a Princess."
Aloof, Lonely Life
It is a proud and tragic book
the Grand Duchess Marie has writ
ten of her life up to her escape
from the bolsheviks, after the fam
ily fortunes had hopelessly top
pled. It is proud in Its family
hiHtory, tragic in revealing how
little prepared a princess may be
for contact with a hostile world.
Marie's life was so circum
scribed that she had little knowl
edge of her own country. Under 1
an autocracy, n prince is scarcely J
a free man. His destiny is ruled !
by his monarch. j
Marie's destiny was even worse,
for she was a sort of stepchild,
figuratively and literally. Horn In ;
1X00, to the Grand Duke Paul and
Princess Alexandra of Greece, she
was never to know a mother's
love, for her mother died In the
birth of Marie's brother. Dmitri,
Most cars today
give you good per
formance and good
looks. But what a
difference there is
in riding ease!
Hudson-Essex
gives you Rare
Ridint Comfort.
Ask your dealer
to demonstrate.
Oibe Sod, modla ttrirtt.rl, wi.td.
Special tquipmtnf cttri.
AU pricrl P. U. B. Detroit.
nrovem ents on I ho Green Springs
! Mountain Road hot ween Medioru
land Klamath Kails are completed
next spring, it will make available
one of the most beautiful drives
when Mario was a year and a
half old.
Tho children, cousin of Czar
Nicholas II, spent most of their
childhood at the summer palace
of their Uncle Sere and Aunt
Klla. Their lather was banished
by his brother, tho czar, for a
morganatic marriage.
.... . ,
. I II lit '1 1 1. J-.S.1KTICHIXJ
I Uncle Serge was assassinated in
' the revolution of liluii. Aunt Klla i
j became a nun.
n in:ir-
riod. with all l lie tin happiness of
- 1 1
I tain of Sweden. This marriage
! was annulled and -she was a Red
j Cross nurse at the front when her j
brother, Dmitri, and Prince Felix I
I , usuiiuv cons, ne. u, i.sHur,iuuu3
I Rasputin.
I Tho story of how Dmitri's impli
' cation in the murdei ,his exile and
'the revolution tore apart an al-
ready disunited family nnd how
she and her second husband,
prince Sergey Putiatin, the man
of her choice, escaped by their
wits and by good luck from the
soviet, Is the most dramatic nnr
rative of a book that is colored
by the scenes of aristocratic ex
perience. Marie's education was in what
Americans call the school of hard
knocks.
Child Study Club Is
New Name Berrydale
Health Organization
The Herrvdale Health club met
at the Community house on North
tain themselves. If mothers will
follow these suggestions they will
have a happy and contented baby.
Later, as they grow older, they
should be taught to dress and feed
themselves. This may take up
considerable time to start with, but
will lessen the mother's cares
when they accomplish It and also
teaches a child Independence.
Mother should plan to spend a
few hours each week away from
her children in order to keep up
her Interest In outside affairs nnd
.mil remnrkahle resources iilwnys at
your service . . . these things have helped this community at
tain its widespread reputation for progrcssiveness.
Kvcry hanking facHih known to modem advancement is nvail
ahle at this hank. Its resources are sufficient to care for your
o needs, no matter how iarge or how sudden!
o
MEDF&RD NATIONAL BANK
in the Northwest. The oil eee
utivo is pictured above with his
new Huick eight; he drives up-
j proximately -1'J.Ouil miles a year
over Northwestern roads,
also to accustom her children to
her absence so they will bo loss
dcpemlcnt upon her.
It was decided at this meeting
to change the name of the club to
"The t'hild Study club" as alt
. In(,mheis are more interested
In
subject.
j Tj1(, m.xt meeting will be held on
Friday
Jan. Hi at The siib-
I jcet for discussion will be "When
and How lo Teach Good Habits.'
Kveryone Is welcome.
l ' i ' K I N I N '. Jin
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(,V) A drug clerk made a big
clca n -up here when he tricked ex
perts into believing that he could
"brew" gasoline from sea water.
A company was formed whoso $ii
f Hh(( Jump(M t $U)(
Then the
clerk fled, but he was arrested
In Australia.
Itrhons Save On Lights
LO N I )OX, Jan. 1 0. (!) The
house of lords isn't burning uny
money in these hard times. A
proposal 10 better the lighting in
the gloomy corridors of tho house
was turned down because of the
"necessity of economy.
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Coiisffiiit growth . . . Rrcalcr im
lioi'iiinri! through achievement . . .
Hrad street today says; I n com-
j mou with the rest of t he World
tiregoti saw prices of Its products
of forest and field -hiink, and In-!
du.-ny ami general business suffer.
I It -i greatest industry, lumber man
ufacturing, early held close to last
year's production, but in the lat
ter part of tlu year curtailment
became well established and pro - J
ductiou showed a much greater tie- I
crease. Prices prevailing the en -'
tire year were so depressed that I
profit was Impossible. The Port -!
laud-Columbia river district show-,
ed a production of l.B.'i.ooii.ono
feet, as coin pa red with 1. KM. 000,
00a in lir.'n. according to the Tim
ber man. Mill prices. common
grades, were off $4.7 "i a thous
ami feet in December, luSO, with
upper grades off $." to $S. As
showing the saving to the con
sumer, the freight charge by wa
ter to Atlantic seaboard points
was off $3 and to the Orient $1.:0.
St ticks are low, both at Atlantic
seaboard points and in the inter
ior. Wheat showed no improvement
over lumber. Futures at Portland
December litf. 9'29, were $1.L'3 a
bushel, while the price late in De
cember, man, was tiy cents. Carry
over in territory was OS. ooo, 000
bushels, of which L'0. 000,000 bush
els is needed for seed, feed and
home consumption. Carryover in
lit 21) w;ts about tho same.
Wool prices wore about 1 2 per
cent off. as compared with De
cember. lilL'lt, and 20 percent more
wool is in growers ha nils than
the year before.
Wholesalers est hunt their bu
nest fell off 1 Ti to 30 per cent in
ll30, im compared with I !'-".. and
retail business showed an equal
shrinkage.
In l!Klo, an Intensive program
of public improvement was started
in Portland and the state. Stocks
of lumber never were so low, and
with tho opening up of spring,
necessity should compel placing of
o rtlers. S t o res of In m be r a ro so
low on eastern docks that oper
ators report having been disturbed
in unloading ships by trucks driv
ing alongside to secure lumber to
fill orders, even before vessels com
pleted discharging. A Portland
company reports having booked 80
per cent of their en pa city of spat
into March. W. T. F.
There's a Job in Hollywood
iwniting Ihe man who conceived
the latest "anti-Soviet plot." C'.n-
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Pec. 17, 1930.
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