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Show Railroad Rates On Fruit ffcli Shippers Will Atk For Reduction In Order to Compete With Other Points Salt Lake, March 10. Shippers of fruit, who met with several railroad omclals In tho office of J. Edward Taylor, stnto horticultural commission commis-sion yesterday mado a plea-for a io-ductlon io-ductlon of rates on deciduous fruits from Utah points east. P. M. Mac-Gregor, Mac-Gregor, traffic mannger of tho Utah Fruit Growers Association, declnrr'd that the rates on deciduous fruits from Colorado points nro tho samo as from Utah. "There can be no doubt that unless tho railroads aro willing to reduce their rates to meet existing conditions condi-tions the fruit raising Industry In Utah will bo a thing of the past and! tho railroads in consequence will losoj a large and, profitable tonnage," ho asserted. The general feeling nmong tho fruit shippers Is that the rates need ad. Justment. A committee was appoint ed to go still further into the mntter with the railroad officials. It con-slsts con-slsts of W. M. Roylance, Provo; P. M. MncGregor, Salt Lake; J. C. Knudsen, Brigham City; E. F. Smith, Salt Lake; Ras Rasmussen, Cacho Valley, and J. M. White, Willard. At tho morning session of Mie fruit growers convention In the stuto cap-itol, cap-itol, Frank Cutler, a practical vege-tnblo vege-tnblo grower of Salt Lako, declared thero arc thousands of acres of land In Utah eminently adapted to the growing of celery. Ho said that land which Is not well suited for most ttg- j rlcultural purposes some of tho low- or land containing n large percentage , I of alkali can be utilized In tho I growing ot celery. Plant More Grapes Dr. Sumner Glenson of Knysvlllo said there should bo at least 1000 acres of land In Utah devoted to tho raising of Concord grapes for tho manufacture of grapo Juice. Ho asserted as-serted this should bo a protttablo Industry In-dustry for nny ono going Into It. A comprehensive description of tho canning of fruits wns slven by Joseph Jo-seph Wright, one of tho big canning industry men of Ogden. Tho report of tho miscellaneous byproducts by-products committee, prepared by C. C. Mltchener, of tho Evcrfrcsh com-pnny, com-pnny, Ogden, was read to tho convention. con-vention. This report says that tho varieties of fruit need to be grown in the state of Utah. It suggests a considerable increase should bo mado In tho acreage devoted to utrawberties, ted rasperrlcs and blackberries. At present most of tho canned products como from Oregon. Ore-gon. Mr. Mltchener asserts that tho orchard or-chard business must bo gotten away from Ub speculative basis, and put down to a business basis. Utah can bo In tho world's market. If It can put out tho right kind of manufactured manufac-tured prodcts which means an Increased acreago and Increaso In tho Income for tho fruit growers. Report on Rates Hoports from tho shippers, nnd growers committees were considered nt Wednesday afternoon's session of tho stnto horticultural commission. Tho shippers roport declared that thn railroads aro discriminating against Utah fruit. Comparison of rates from Utah and Colorado points to tho enst were mado an follows. To Missouri river points, Utah 75 cents, Colorado CO cents; to Mlsslss-Ippl Mlsslss-Ippl 70 cents; to Chicago, Utah 85 cents, Colorado 75 cents. Whilo such n differentiation is mado for Colorado Colora-do points It was shown that Idaho further westward gets tho same rates as that given to Utah. Tho growers comtnlttco report declared de-clared that tho net to them In fruit shipments was' loss than 50 cents nud In tho enso of Elbortn peaches it was frequently nothing. The nhtppers committee put 1C cents as tho growers grow-ers return on a box of peaches and 'Si cents for freight and refrigeration to Chicago. |