PXflE TWO
MEDFOItD MAIL TRIBUXE, MEDFQRD, OREGOX, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1933
TEST SHIPMENT
OF PEARS By SEA
TOLD BY NORMS
Costs and Better Condi
tion of Fruit Major Objec
tives in Experiment.
Med ford Also appreciated the co-operation
of Rood River In helping
make tih ahlpment of peara by boat
possible.
Mr. Henry Hartman observed the
loading and unloading of thla ahlp
ment of peara and a, complete re
port will be made later. This report
will help Iron out some of the diffi
culties experienced this season. These
difficulties are all minor snd can
easily be corrected another year. The
cold storage plants, steamship lines
and railroads can ceartalnly all be
Reduction in Transportation tton to bring this cargo through
I in such gooa conaiuon.
Handled Caefully
It takes about two and a half days
to load the boat at Portland. The
fruit was handled very "carefully and
well stowed. More air space was al
lowed this year between the top boxes
and the celling. The B. S. Atenas
was a sister ship of the one used
by Hood River last year, but the ar
rangement for air delivery to the
holds was greatly Improved
It takes approximately three weeks
to make the trip from Portland to
New York. Two weeks of this time
Is consumed between Portland and
the Pacific entrance to the Panama
canal. Sea and air temperatures rise
very rapidly soon after leaving Port
land and for a period of two weeks
are quite high. Cold storage falclll
ties on the boat were ample to hold
the fruit at the required temperature.
The S. 8. Atenas, carrying a per
Uthable cargo, was allowed to pass
through the canal at night. The or
dinary passenger and freight ships
are not allowed to do this. The
ship arrived at New York November
13 and waa unloaded Immediately.
No Change Been
The fruit showed no noticeable
change In condition between Port
land and New York, and, aside from
the portion directly next to the cold
air inlets which was frosted, arrived
In excellent condition. The stevedor
ing at New York was not all that
could be desired, but thla possibly
can be remedied to some extent In
the future. The pears were taken out
of the hold in slings and placed on
electric trucks which hauled them a
very short distance to P. P. B. cars.
These cars were switched to the cold
storage plant. The fruit was placed
In cold storage and .held there until
wanted for the conditioning room.
The cold storage plant operated a
conditioning room wrehe the tem
perature was held at 63 degrees with
high humidity. As soon as the pears
had the proper color and ripeness:
they were loaded In freight cars for
transportation across the river to
New York for auction.
We are certainly all well aware that
the Bosc market has been poor this
year but It has been a lot better
than last year. The NRA has ap
patently improved the buying power
very little as yet.
More Activity Now
However, there seems to be more
buyers and more activity on the auc
tion now than at this time last year.
It is necessary only to look at the
prices which other fruits such as
orsnges, grspes, grapefruit, etc., are
being sold for to appreciate that
Boao are not doing so badly and are
more than holding their own. Bosc
have consistently been outselling the
northwest Anjous this year In the
months of November and December.
This Is certainly not a Christmas
present to the fruit growers of Med
ford, for the buyers of our pears are
not built that way. It is apparent
that someone wants these pears and
they must be making a profit on
them ore they would not be wilting
to pay a premium for Medford Bosc
over northwest Bosc or Anjous,
Good Market Looms
The future should hold a good
market for good Bosc. The fault Is
our own If we do not have the Inter
est and Intelligence to take advan
tage of It. The conscientious work
of Henry Hartman and the Bosc pear
committee Is bringing results. The
future, in spite ot the present mar
ket level, does not look black for
Bosc. Well ripened Bosc move freely
in the fruit stands and people like
them. I wish that all shippers and
growers could have an opportunity
to talk with some of the retailers
and consumers of Boso In New York.
Lnte HurveM. Ilelpi
Harvesting the crop somewhat later
than usual to allow mora color, and
stiu not late enough to bring on
core rot, has made a lot of friends
for the Boao. Most of the distribu
tors .have co-operated In an effort
to place the fruit on the market In
the right condition. The co-operation
hsa not been 100 per cent and
there Is some room for Improvement.
There Is, naturally, a limited market
for some green Bosc, as a few of the
retnllers sre equipped to ripen their
own fruit. Warmer temperutures In
lat September and October will take
care of the rest of the reullers up
to the cooler weather. During the
cooler weather, it Is of vitsl Impor
tance that the pears reach the con
sumer In such a condition that he
rsn est and enjoy them.
We have made many friends this
year and undoubtedly improved our
position over the past season. The
way Bosc were placed on the market
In New York In 1033. both In regard
to quantity and condition, waa de
plorable. It was noticeable as the
cold season came on In New York
that chain store buyers, for example.
wno are large purchasers of Bosc
pears, were beginning to pass them
up and buy Anjous. Tie renton was
larpely because most of the Boc sold
last year during thla cold period
were green.
Poor Fruit lliinrtlrap
Kach sale of these poorly condi
tioned Boso not only throttled any
possible future sales for last year
out naa Deen reacting against us
this year. We are merely paying this
year for some of the sins of last
(By n.rtit. K. Norrls)
The 8. S. Atenas salted down the
Columbia river the evening of Octo
ber 34, from Portland, Ore., with t
ahlpload of pears. She carried nearly
Bt.000 boxes ior tne new xora mar
ket. Approximately two-thirds of
these pears were grown at Medford
and the balance came from Hood
River.
This was Med lord's first experience
In shipping pears lnterooastal, al
though Hood River shipped one full
boatload In 1033. The results of
the Hood River shipment last year
were fairly satisfactory and encour
aged Medford to attempt the same
thing this season.
General Interest
There are several reasons for our
interest in water transportation of
pears as against rati shipment. Two
of the principal reasons are (1) re
duction in transportation costs and.
(3) the possibility of placing our
pears on the market In better con
dition. It Is difficult to arrive at the exact
saving In cost of transportation by
boat. There Is a material saving If
. water shipped fruit Is competing with
fruit shipped by rail under full re
fregeratlon. There Is proportionately
less saving If the fruit travels by
rail under Initial ice with one re
lclng. Some of our peara traveled ;
to New York by rail thia year with-j
out any Ice at all. Under this last
method of handling, the saving In
cost of movement by ship over rait
transportation amounted to very
little.
Storage An Item
Length of storage affects cost of
handling to New York. The flat rate
per box charged by the ship Included
the three weeks storage en route,
On the whole, actual saving In water
shipment this season amounted to
possibly but a few cents. However,
Viere seems to be no question but
that ocean rates can be materially
reduced when the shipping compa
nies can be assured of a steady flow
tf fruit tntercoastal.
Possibly the more Important of the
two main factors stated above Is the
matter of condition. This la especially
true of Bosc. It is very well estab
lished that Bosc must be condi
tioned before placing them on the
market during the colder weather of
November and December, The pres
ent market polnta Vila out very clear
ly. Temperatures vary considerably
between different cars In rail trans
portation and, more particularly be
tween the top and , bottom of the
same car.
Uniformity Difficult
Very often a car of Boso shipped j
overland will show enough difference
between top and bottom to make It
extremely difficult to condition with
any kind of uniformity. The weather
between Medford and New York can
change rapidly during the several
days It takes a car to travel thla
distance.
Unless the shipper has the powers
of a crystal gazer he must depend
largely upon luck to get these cars
through to New York In the proper
condition. Under certain weather
conditions It may be advisable to
ship the fruit by the northern route
without any Ice at all. It Is pos
sible for cars to go the southern
route at times. By this method,
however, Initial ice Is more often
necessary, or even relclng. A car
may arrive In excellent condition
w.hen shipped by one of these meth
ods, and another car shipped a day
or two later in the same way might
arrive too ripe or too green.
Weather Features
When the weather Is reasonably
warm at New York, cars will ripen
to aome extent on the track. Dtirlng
the cooler weather It Is next to Im
possible to ripen the fruit In the
csr on track. Demurrage costs
money and expense attached to un
loading, ripening and reloading In
dividual cars not connected with
storage la often prohibitive. It is
essential, therefore, that we develop
a more dependable method of plac
ing our Boso on the market.
This season It wss thought that
Bosc could be parked and shipped
wlthoxit toe by the new overnight
service to Portland, for Immediate
storage. When the proper quantity
was accumulated, a ship could be
loaded for New York. Ships should ,
maintain in their .holds a more unl- j
form temperature than In a car. The
fruit was to b placed In storage at j
New York and brought out into the
room for conditioning as the market
demanded. It was felt that by so
handling the fruit would be quite
uniform.
Idea Proves Out
That this line of thought was qu'.t
correct has been well demonstrated
tbla year. The fruit was -handled
as outlined and has gone over the
autclon In a very pleasing may. It
is unfortunate that a smsil per cent
of the fruit was frosted on the boat,
but this percentage Is far less than ;
Is normally experienced In shipping I
fruit overland by rail during the
months of November and December.
It Is estimated that the fruit frosted j The 'rult stands are always loaded
amounted to but 14 or a per cent I w"h many varieties of excellent
to us that It Is possible to handle
Boso In such a manner as to place
them on the market in the condi
tion which we want them. Shipping
overland by rail early in the sesson
la fairly satisfactory. The tempera
tures on arrival are high enough to
allow ripening by holding the cars
on track until satisfactory. This Is
especially true In October and even
early November, when a portion of
Vie fruit la shipped the southern
route where it partially ripens on the
wsy to market. After mid-season It
Is both economical and practical to
ship Boso by boat for atorage and
conditioning In New York.
Livestock
PORTLAND, Ore., Dee. ST. (API
CATTLE: 178; calvea 10; ateady, un
changed. HOOS: 100; iteady to atrong, un
changed. SHEEP: 10; ateady, unchanged.
Portland Produce
PORTLAND, Dec. 37. (Jp) BUT
TER Prints, extras, 31c; standards,
30o lb.
BUTTBRPAT Portland delivery: A
grade, 17-1 8c lb.; farmer's door de
livery, 14' 16c lb.; sweet cream, 5c
higher.
EGOS Pacific Poultry Producers'
selling price: Fresh extra specials,
34c; extras, 32c: standards, 30c; me
dium. 18c dozen. Buying price by
wholesalers: Fresh extras, 16c dor.;
firsts, 21c; mediums, lie don.; under
grade, 11c; pullets, 11c dozen.
Cheese, milk, country meats, mo- j
hair, cases ra bark, hops, live poultry,!
onions, potatoes, wool and hay, un-1
changed.
Portland Wheat
TO PROCURE TAGS
Sale of 1934 auto licenses continued
brisk today at the sheriff's office.
For the convenience of autolsta the
sheriff's office is being kept open
during the noon hour this week. All
are urged to get their new tags before
the end of the week, when a rush of
lute comers Is expected.
Autolste without new licenses after
January 1 are liable to arrest, and
it is said there will be no period of
grace. Residents of Oregon with new
California plates are also subject to
the same rules. The difference in
cost between the two fees Is 3.
Purchase of the auto In California Is
no grounds.
The state police announce a
round-up of citizens who annually
make a practice of buying Catlfornta
licenses, or none at all. There are
several of the latter class In the far
corners of the county, it Is alleged
who confine their driving to their own
territory snd do most of their motor
ing at night and on Sunday. Several
have been "spotted" the police ctalm.
PORTLAND, Dec. 37. pj-Wheat:
Open. High. Low. Close.
May 72 75 72 75
Dec. 60 78 69 78
Cash:
Big Bend bluestem
Dark hard winter, 13 pet
Soft white
Western white
Hard winter
Northern spring
Western red
Oats: No. 2 white i .. 22.S0
Corn: No. 3 E. yellow 3300
Mlllrun standsrd 14.00
Today's csr receipts: Wheat 106;
barley 1; flour 11; corn 6.
Chicago Wheat
CHICAGO, Dec. 27. Wheat:
Open. High. Low. Close,
Dec 81 83 81 Va
May .... 8374-84 88 83
July .... 83 85 82
83 H
M-!4
85 K
of the shipment.
Without a doubt this injury can
be completely eliminated another
season by having - more adequate
equipment to record temperatures
en rout-. The tempera t urea en route
were never rxtremely low snd showed
very little variation. Most of th
chilled fruit thawed out with no ap
parent injury.
shippers Co-operate
One very Important point whlrii
certainly should not be overlooked
Is the fsct that Medford shlpers
havw gotten togther for the first
time and co-operated In a movement
of this kind. Co-operation of thla
sort is essential to the welfare of
the Bosc Industry at Medford. The
give-and-take and get-together spirit
has been very fine 'this year. It Is
the one thing which can pull our
Bosc pears out of the red Into profit.
fruit. A pear customer lost to this
competition la difficult to win back
again.
Wall St. Report
John D. Buckley died at his home.
two miles south of Ruch Tuesday
evening after a brief Illness from
a heart attack. He was a native son
of Jackson county, born on the Buck
ley ranch August 28, 1873, where he
spent all of his life. He was the
oldest son of Mr. snd- Mrs. James
Buckley, now deceased, early pioneers
of this county.
Mr. Buckley leaves a host of friends
besides his brothers and sisters,
James Buckley, David Buckley and
George Buckley, Miss Rose and Kate
Buckley, all of Ruch, Oregon.
Funeral services will be held at
the Sscred Heart Catholic church,
Medford, Friday at 9:30 a. m.. Rev.
Father Wm. J. Meagher officiating.
Interment in Jacksonville cemetery.
Perl Funeral Home In charge of the
arrangement.
UNCHANGED FOR DAY
WASHINGTON. Dec. 37 (AP) The
government gold price waa unchang
ed today at 434.08 an ounce.
It waa the seventh repetition of
thla quotation for newly-mined do-
mcatlc metal.
Bar sold In London waa worth
33.52 on the baala of aterllns onen- f
lng at as.H',4 to the pound.
Stork Sale Averagea.
(Copyright, 1833, Standard Statistics
Co.)
December 27
80 30 30 0
India. BR'a Ufa Total
Today 89.1 41.1 3.3 71.1
Prer. day 88.1 41.0 . OKI 78.0
Week ago. 87.4 41.1 83.3 78.0
Year ago 49.7 34.8 87.7 83 5
3 Yra. ago....ll5.0 89.7 150 3 1113
Bond Sale Areragea.
(Copyright, 1933, Standard Statatlca
Co.)
December 37:
30
IM'la
Today . 71.1
Prev. day - 71.4
Week ago.. 71.3
Year ago 81,8
3 Yra. ago... 89.9
30 30 80
BR'a Uta Total
733 78.0 73.4
73 8 78.0 73 3
73.1 78.7 73.3
87.0 81.0 888
100.8 97.3 94 8
NEW YORK, Dec. 37. (AP) The
general run of atocka, led by the utllt
tlea, puahed upward today despite a
large volume of year-end tax selling.
Although gains were moderate In
most Instances, and a few soft spots
were evident, expanded offerlnge
usually were absorbed without much
difficulty. The close waa ateady to
firm. Tranafera approximated 3,100.
000 eharea. '
Todaya closing prices for 33 se
lected atocka follow:
Al. Chem. As Dye ... 143i
Am. Can ........ 97'i
Am & rn. Pow. 7i
A. T. T 107
Anaconda
P.
Atch. T. ft 8.
Bendlx Avla.
Beth. Steel
California Pack'g.
Caterpillar Tract. .
Chryaler
Coml, Solv. ...
Curtlss-Wrlght
DuPont
Gen. Foods ...
Int. Harvest w
Oen. Mot.
I. T. T
Johns-Man. ....
Monty .Ward
North Amer
Penn.y (J. C.)
Phillip ret .
Rsdlo
Sou. Pac.
8td. Brands
I3S
84 ,
IS.
, 801,
18',
34
, 83,
. ae ;
- 3'i
93
3',
BIRTHS
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Oerald Lane U
of this city, daughter weighing five j g.
fvui.ua. iu uuucta, a tne vommunuy
hospital, Tuesday. December 36.
Snn Francisco Fruit
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 37. (AP)
State market newa service:
APPLES: Loose Sebastopol. Wegen
er, 85-90. Rome BO-1.00. Greenings
85-90: packed boxes Washington Ore
gon epltzenburg 1.90-3.15, fancy 1.65- foi
1.75. Delicious xt 3.00-2.15. some b
utpgqn newioT.'ne XI 3.00-
3.10, few 335. fancy 1.85-1.75.
PEARS: Oregon D'AnJoua 3.15-3 35
per box extra fancy, fancy mostlv
3.00, choice 1.83-1.75. Watsonvlllo
Winter Nella 1.65-1.76. Placer county
Bosc 1.40-1.50 per lug. j
Export Wheat.
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 27. (P) I
The Emergency Export corporation to
day offered 78 cents a bushel for soft !
white wheat for foreign shipment, j
silver.
NEW YORK, Dec. 37. () Bur
sliver !4 higher at 43;.
.. P. S. Train lilts Slide.
THE DALLES, Ore., Dec. 37. ( AP)
The engine and one car of Spo
kane. Portland and Seattle mixed
train were derailed by a landslide one
mile south of Maupln before dawn
today. No one was Injured. The
engine waa reported badly damaged:
The track will be blocked until tomorrow.
St. oil Cal .
St. oil N. J. ...
Trana. Amer.
Union Carb. .....
Unit. Aircraft
13,
14!
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38
48 '
30'.
This year's experience has proved U. 8. Steel 48i
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