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Show FRUIT QUARANTINE ACTS AS BOOMERANG Action of Montana Officials Having Reactionary Effect on That State Salt Lake City, Aug. 7. Butto and other Montana cities will suffer more from the effects of tho quarantine placed on Utah fruit and vegetables thttn will Utah, according to an opinion opin-ion expressed by George I. Reeves, assistant of tho United States entomological entom-ological department. As government representative Mr. IteeveB made a careful Investigation of tho alfalfa weevil situation in Utah before tho quarantine was placed on Utah products. pro-ducts. He says that on recount of the lateness of tbe acton competition competi-tion .will bo Bhut out in Montana and the people of Butte and other cities will bo forced to pay exorbitant prices for Inferior fruit. "Tho situation in Butte will bo about tho same under tho quarantine ms It was in Salt Lako regarding tho berry business during this season," said Mr. Ileeves. "At the eleventh hour the city sealer ot weights and measures decided that only n certa n kind of cup should bo used for berries. ber-ries. Tho growers, especially thoso of tho Hood nivcr, Or.-, country, had already secured their supply ot boxes, box-es, and ns a result tho UtaJi growers shoved up their prices and we have been forced to pay a high prlco whllo tho quality of tho fruit was not improved." im-proved." Mr. Reeves says that had tho warning of n Montanrj quarantine on Utah fruit and vegetables been given sooner, both Utah growers and Montana Mon-tana consumers might havo profited. Although W. II. Garvin, manago-of manago-of tho Utah Fruit growers apsoclatlon says that tho association members will not suffer because of the quarantine quar-antine he snys thero Is no doubt but that tho small growers In tho northern north-ern counties, who ship fruit in less than carload lots, will loso monoy. J. Edward Tnlor, stato horticultural horticul-tural commissioner, agrees with Mr. Gaivln. Although na definite word has been received from Montana It now appears doubtful whether tho efforts to ralso' tho quarantine on fruit will bo successful. In speaking speak-ing of tho matter yesterday, Mr. Taylor said: "Weber and Box Elder county shipments ship-ments will be tho heaviest losers on account of tho shutout. These people peo-ple have been planning to ship a large amount ot fruit by express Into Montana and they will be forced to seok other markets. As far as potatoes po-tatoes and other vegetables are concerned con-cerned there will bo no need to worry, wor-ry, as thoy can be marketed moro easily than the fruit." |