1917 



I have tried to state the possibilities 

 and to emphasize the Hmitations of the 

 evaporator as a means of handling 

 fruits for which there is no favorable 

 market in the fresh condition with 

 equal clearness, because it is fully as 

 important that the grower see the lim- 

 itations as that he realize the possi- 

 bilities of the method. In order to 

 make some definite statements as to 

 what the grower may expect to realize 

 from such fruit as can be disposed of 

 in this manner, I have attempted an 

 undertaking of the greatest difficulty, 

 namely, the statement of the manufac- 

 turing costs for the handling of the 

 various fruits discussed. Such state- 

 ments can be only approximations, 

 since every element of cost involved — 

 fuel, labor, overhead charges and de- 

 preciation — is subject to wide varia- 

 tions not only in the different portions 

 of the Northwestern territory but also 

 within relatively small areas. Never- 

 theless I believe that the figures given 

 fairly represent the present costs in 

 such plants as we already have in oper- 

 ation. In order to say what the grower 

 may expect to receive, it is also neces- 

 sary to fix definite prices which the 

 manufacturer may expect to receive for 

 his product for some considerable time 

 to come. Here one must venture upon 

 prophesy, but I have made my pro- 

 phetic prices conservative in that I have 

 not assumed that dried fruits will share 

 in the present general upward trend of 

 all foodstuffs, or that the present ab- 

 normal demand from the nations at 

 war will continue after the cessation 

 of hostilities. That I am well within 

 reasonable limits will, I think, be 

 shown by presentation of the data as to 

 exports and value of dried fruits for 

 the past four years, as shown by the 

 reports of the Bureau of Foreign and 

 Domestic Commerce of the United 

 States: 



EXPORTS. 



Value 

 Annie', Pounds per pound 



19lf 38,734, 4f)5 7.n2 cents 



1914 31,027,.')51 7.86 " 



1915 33,90.5,608 7.87 " 



1916 (to Sept. 1) 9,692,822 7.88 " 



Prunes 



1913 94,344,157 5.84 " 



1914 35,228,737 7.34 " 



1915 50,775,637 7.08 " 



1916 (to Sept. 1) 29,694,290 7..36 " 



Ap'rieols 



1913 21,325,528 10.82 " 



1914 16,541,222 9.66 " 



1915 25,747,600 9.02 " 



1916 (to Sept. 1) 29,694,290 7.36 " 



Peaches 



1913 5,152,147 6.62 " 



1914 7,387,161 6.21 " 



1915 18,720,272 5.98 " 



1916 (to Sept. 1) 6,264,870 6.46 " 



These official figures certainly indi- 

 cate clearly that despite the temporary 

 disorganization of the foreign market 

 occurring in 1914, the general level of 

 values of these products has been well 

 maintained, and there is every reason 

 for confidently expecting that such 

 maintenance will continue for a con- 

 siderable period yet to come. 



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