| Show horticulture secretary secretary jl 1 ednanl taylor of the lie state board ot of horticulture re pao gane out last evening the ilia fol following lowin statement giving the lie railroads raili oads ds credit for fer aiding in it the de of the I 1 ruil fruit industry it would floell the appearing daily in ili olle of 0 our local newspapers thal dial the hie railroads rail rouls in utah are doing c everything in their power to io binaei hinr tei it il not destroy tho the development of utah and bioni a statement in tor lays issue it would heem that mis was also dire directed ctol against tile billit industry in justice to fo tha 1113 railroad companies it is fair to allow this his statement to go unchallenged I 1 have had the pleasure ot of being connected with tile ho state board ot of horticulture V during the last three years and this board has been working to develops deve lopo fruit industry during this entire time we have found the railroad companies willing to lo do 10 all in ili their power to foster and promote thi this s industry and their services have been very valuable abl out our board has made exhibits exhibits in in boise idalio idaho sacramento california albuquerque N M and council bluffs iowa exhibits have had bad for their nall object the he advertising of 0 the fruit industry in fact the exhibit at council bluffs iowa which created such favorable ejon eion for or utah was made possible by the earnest and substantial support given by tile lie rai railroad raili llotd oad companies in furni furnishing saing the car and can ing this exhibit to and front from council bluffs without cli charge arge during the past suni summer niter I 1 was one of the committee which worked for the adjustment of eastern seaboard freight rates on green fruit and d again we found the railto railroad ad companies willing to mako such rates as would allow utah to compete on equal crual heinis with out our mends in ili colorado one of the lio important features ol 01 0 tin the or of our blaid is the holding ot 01 ince meetings tings among the fruit grow eis of 01 the state and in this work through the concessions extended by lie ho railroads we have been able to hold ten tell such meetings where it 11 mould bould have been impossible to hold only one had it not been for the assistance asi 15 stance istance ghen by these coni As the fisit industry glows licie will no doubt be some noine necessity for an adjustment of freight rates and lid I 1 lent the least doubt but thit these adjustments will be m ando 30 promptly and willingly when the time comes anil and when they are arc properly to the railroad company it is a common experience throughout the sime that tho the rall railroad road companies ale aio acry cry active in developing the agricultural in Ite interests rests at least take rot foi instance the of 0 harold powell of the united states department of lg tuie ginlio vho lid did such valuable mental along the lines of fruit refrigeration wo we find the raili r railroad oad col lipai lies ii pending upwards of a 1 million dollars to perfect thin thi i system of refrigeration which promises to tile the shipping of fruit and bring thousands of dollars to the pockets of the fruit growers A here ever the system is adopted had it not been fol foi the of the railroads it 11 would have been impossible foi 01 the fruit growers to derive tile the benefit of this work in ili so short a I 1 especially it if they had depended entirely upon tho the public for the capital to develop and perfect I 1 the ho system this statement is made in all fairness and without prejudice J T EDWARD TAYLOR news dee dec 29 21 |
