Salt Lake Telegram | 1939-08-28 | Page 22 | Peach Shippers to Study Price

PEACH SHIPPERS t TO STUDY PRICE Efforts to hold the peach price structure at a high level by prohibiting prohibiting prohibiting pro pro- the shipment of low grade peaches out of Utah will be made at a meeting at the capitol Tuesday Tuesday Tuesday Tues Tues- day at 2 p. p mDavid m m. David Da f f Smith state stale commissioner commissioner commissioner commis commis- of agriculture called the meeting Monday and Invited all fruit shippers to attend Shipments of peaches to other states would be limited to U U. S. S No 1 grade Mr Smith said thus preventing the sale of culls and resultant low prices This is comparable comparable com come parable to n a plan being undertaken by Colorado peach growers who are operating under a stale state law known as the baby A A A. A Western Colorado peach growers for for several years have prohibited shipment of peaches less Jess than two inches inched in diameter and claim the practice has cJ enabled bled them JQ to hold prices at higher levels Commissioner Smith sent a letter letter let let- ter Saturday to officials of the federal surplus commodities corporation pr- pr cor corporation po ration asking that it buy a minimum minimum minimum mini mini- mum of 50 carloads of Utah peaches for for distribution to the needy The commissioner also asked that purchases be made beginning beginning beginning be be- ginning September 1 at the opening open ing of ot the harvest William Peterson director of ex u- extension tension service of the Utah State Agricultural c coli college o 11 e g e informed Commissioner Smith that he has also joined in the request that thal lo local local lo- lo cal peaches be purchased by the corporation