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Show i' r Jk I' j KEEP YOUR PEACH' J ir & TREES! J , I! '.'Tell the peach growers of Utah to ! j I hold on to their trees; tell them not to cut downtffeir fruit trees.'' That was the injunction conveyed by a Ij prominent fruit grower yesterday, i li who explained that the outlook for I the fruit industry in Utah was never Ij brighter, and who said: Ij "We have gone through several I years of discouragement and in 1912, A p the peach growers of Utah not only jWf did not receive anything for their ! crop, but were $80,000 In debt to the f railroads on transportation, the shlp-ments shlp-ments falling, by that amount, to cov- Wa, er the cost of marketing. Last year j, there was an improvement. ThlB ; I season we are looking forward to a fffj system of marketing which promises j to" yield a profit and place the indus- H try on a solid foundation." -The re-established confidence In the fruit industry is the outgrowth oi a campaign of organization which haB ji( brought 60 per cent of the orchard- il; ists within the influence of the Utzfh , 'jji Fsruit Growers' association, with the 1 I ijij association affiliated with the Cali- h : fornia Fruit Growers' exchange, a I i marketing medium which has J brought wonderful results to the j H fruit growers -of California. jr j;. The Tribune of Salt Lake, referring I; j to these new conditions in the fruit i t ' industry of the state, says: j f "Unquestionably the most signiti- V cant event in the agricultural devel- !. opment of this state during the past , decade was the organization last year of the Utah Fruit Growers' assocla- ! j tion. The purpose of the organlza- Wtti tion was to prevent, or at least cur- wff , tail, Indiscrlmrnate shipping, provide iff i proper distribution, and to establish L better prices for Utah's fruit crops, lip j T-h-e f,rst anmmt report, just Issued . l bj" General Manager Garvin, makes j-! y clear the "Tact-, that their purposes In i have all been accomplished to a de- J 1 gree beyond expectations. ft ,! The co-operative plan of handling I .' and marketing fruit and farm prod- ,, ucts is gradually growing in favor, ' ij, 'and interest in this plan will will be j ; accentuated by the establishment by j i; the National government during tho t Si year of a bureau of markets, whose ' duty it is to study methods of mar- S1 ketlng farm produce in our own ana j j ! foreign countries. Jr- i I "The Utah Fruit Growers' assocla- j ; j tion is a strictly co-operative organ- ' I ' ization, the actual expenses incurred j , in carrying on the business belpg pro- i a j ) rated in such a manner that each ft i i member pays his share In proportion ! j i to the amount of fruit marketed by :i him. The results of last year's busl- r j ness now made public enable any ., I S member to check his returns' and know whether the prices claimed are I aocurate or not. IJ "It wsb hoped that the association I would be able to secure at least 60 ! per cent of the Utah fruit, but in thiB matter they wore somewhat disappointed. disap-pointed. With this amount of fruit under ono control, together with the marketing arrangements maoe through tho California Fruit Growers exchange they wpuld have been able to make a better market, not onl for their members, but also make conditions more favorable for any individuals in-dividuals or shippers not working with the association. For next year, we are informed, more than 60 per cent of all tho fruit of the state will be handled through this association. "Utah's fruit for a long time did not have an enviable reputation in tho marketing centers, but owing to the Improved conditions in marketing last year it Is reported that all of tho dealers in the large centers now speak favorably of tho quality and sizo of Utah fruit. "Experience of the year shows that when markets arc depressed and the supply exceeds the demand, fruit that has the quality, flavor, size and color of tho Utah fruit will, if well graded and packed, have the preference with dealers, but that no matter how excellent excel-lent the quality the indifferently packed fruit is invariably rejected. "During the coming year it Is pro-posed pro-posed that whenever a member's fruit contributed to a loading station aggregates fifty carloads or more thai a ocal association be organized and a competent man engaged as manager. man-ager. The prospects for the association associa-tion during the coming year are exceedingly ex-ceedingly bright, and we believe that the example of the Fruit Growers' association as-sociation in this matter could be followed fol-lowed with -profit by producers of other farm commodities." Our Ogden Informant says credit for the new arrangements, whereby Utah fruit is being handled to better advantage, Is due President WIdtsoc of the Agricultural college who had a careful Investigation made as to why Utah peaches were not yielding returns commensurate with -the investment. in-vestment. A careful study of the subject resulted in the forming of the Utah Fruit Growers' association and the making of arrangements with the California Fruit Growers' Exchange, which has 200 salaried agencies in the United States ever alert to take advantage of market conditions. The machinery for marketing, which has been so highly successful in the handling han-dling of California oranges and lemons, lem-ons, will be free to do as much for the Utah peach, as the peach crop coming after the orange and lemon shipments are out of the way each season, leaves tho great organization of the California Fruit Growers' Exchange Ex-change free to care for the Utah orchard or-chard product. The cost of marketing in this manner man-ner Is $20 a car, wbch is considered reasonable. No fruit is to be sold until prices are quoted and the sale authorized by telegraph, thus eliminating elim-inating the uncertainties which have attended the fruit sales In the past. Another change to be made In the method of marketing Is the packing of large quantities of the fruit In bushel boxes arid baskets to meet the demand of the Chicago and other eastern markets. Much of the peach crop In and around Ogden will go out in these large packages this season. sea-son. With improved marketing and reports re-ports thus early from Texas and Arkansas Ark-ansas indicating 'severe damage to the peach crops of those states, which are strong competitors of Utah, local peach growers have cause to be encouraged. |
