Salt Lake Tribune | 1910-02-11 | Page 4 | Special Meeting Of Fruit Growers

II it Is Galled to Decide on Plan I for Marketing Next I Year's Crop. I CONTRACT WITH COAST I COMPANY IS FAVORED I View oi' the Situation as Taken j by the San Francisco I Chronicle. I Representatives of the olevon or more I fruit growers' associations of Utah will I hold a special mooting during tlio state I horticultural couvention, 'to decide on a I plan for marketing tho Utah crop : through ono of tho California compa- i nios. C. A. Hiclcenloopcr, president of ; the Ogden Fruitgrowers' association, is l advocating the plan and presenting i business nrgumonts'in favor of its ndop- H Mr, Hickonloopor, who was in Salt I) Lake vesterday on business connected I with the convention, believes that in It ease tho contract with tho Pioneer I Fruit company of California is renewed for this year, tho result will bo meas-I meas-I urod in more dollars for the Utah grow- I crs. What Chroniclo Says. Regarding tho advantages of mar- holing fruit in this manner, tho San f; Francisco Chronicle has the following j to say: ; The disasters attending last season's 1 shipments of fresh fruit have resulted In i a stronger and more hopeful movement thnn has ever before developed In this Mate for the organization, and put an a end to conditions! under which one eastern l market may be glutted with twice what ( It can handle, while other markets are j left bare. That Is not the only reform which Is urged. Reduction of freight t rates is sought and better grading and ;1 packing Is urged, with effective lnspcc- j tlon to assure 1L But nothing will avail I If there Is not better regulation of dls- i trlbutlon. f The sole office of tho distributers Is to keep track of eastern markets "and route fruit For years this business was managed man-aged In California by Alden Anderson, to the great benefit of tho Industry. When lie resigned he was succeeded by F. 13. MclCcvItt. another well known and competent com-petent shipper. For the last year or two there has heen a disposition on the part of a few shipping firms to hreak away and ship Independently. Tho growers got tho result last season; It was written In red Ink. The present movement has 3 for Us most Important object the return ) to the conditions under which fresh fruit i shipping paid, tj Carried Out at Loss. ! AH of the Utah associations of fruit growers joined in a contract with the j California company for the distribution j of its fruit last year and the contract I was carried out at a loss to the Cali- j fornia men. It is probable, however, j that the contract will be renewed for ! this season. Those favoriuq tho plan J hay that inasmuch as the Utah peach 1 crop follows that of California, imme- j dialely, the California companj- can j continue tho shipment of Utah peaches 1 and take advantage of its markets al- j read' created in a manner that will be j advantageous to tho Utah growors.