Page Eighteen 



BETTER FRUIT 



April, 1922 



Shipping- Point In- 

 spection of Potatoes 



(Continued from page 9) 



tion was available by authorized inspectors 

 at 128 shipping points. Thirty-four in- 

 spectors were employed. Practically all 

 demands for shipping point inspection on 

 the part of growers or shippers were met 

 with the exception of an occasional dis- 

 tant point where either the movement was 

 too light or a satisfactory inspector could 

 not be secured. 



Uniformity of conducting the inspection 

 service is maintained by the use of a book 

 of regulations and instructions to inspectors. 

 A chief potato inspector is employed, who 

 spends practically his entire time giving 

 personal aid to each inspector in the en- 

 forcement of these regulations and instruc- 

 tions. A supervising inspector of the U. 

 S. Bureau of Markets and Crop Estim.ates 

 works in conjunction with the Boise office 

 and the chief inspector. 



The fee for potato inspection per car 

 in Idaho is $2.50 and 1 cent per sack for 

 less than one-half car lots. In Colorado 

 it is $2.50 per car; California charges $5.00 

 per car and $2.50 for half car lots or 

 less. The rate is the same in the state of 

 Washington. 



At $2.50 per car, 16,733 cars having 

 been inspected from .April 1, 1919, to De- 

 cember 1, 1921, the potato industry of the 

 state h.ts paid into the State Department of 

 Agriculture in inspection fees a total of 

 $41,832.50. The fee is not sufficient to 

 maintain inspection service most satisfac- 

 torily and should be increased to at least 

 $4.00 per car and preferably $5.00. 



/-^PTIONAL OR Compulsory Inspec- 

 ^-^ TioN — This is a decidedly debatable 

 question. In order to secure the experience 

 of the states operating under compulsory 

 and optional inspection laws this question 

 was asked of California, Colorado, Wash- 

 ington and Wisconsin authorities, with the 

 following results: 



California — F. W. Read, in charge of 

 standardization service, reports: 



"In my opinion, based on the experi- 

 ence we have had in this work, I would say 

 that optional inspection is generally to be 

 preferred." 



Colorado — ^Wm. F. Allewelt, director 

 Division of Marketing, believes in compul- 

 sory inspection, s.iying: "In my opinion, 

 compulsory inspection is very much prefer- 

 able to optional inspection, particularly 

 when inaugurating the work in a new dis- 

 trict. Honest, responsible, reliable grow- 

 ers and shippers, who take some pride in 

 the product they put out and wish to main- 

 tain reputations for handling standard 

 goods, are all strongly in favor of stan- 

 dardization and inspection." 



Washington — Chas. L. Robinson, super- 

 visor of horticulture, in reporting, states; 



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"In my opinion optional inspection is most 

 desirable under present conditions." 



Wisconsin — The experience of compul- 

 sory inspection in Wisconsin, as reported 

 by B. B. Jones, in charge inspection ser- 

 vice. State Department of Markets, is not 

 only of value in this connection but also 

 shows some financial benefits of Idaho 

 standardization and reputation of the Idaho 

 potato as compared with the Wisconsin po- 

 tato. He says: "In the case of potatoes 

 the inspection is compulsory and every car- 

 load of potatoes shipped from the state 

 must be inspected by an official licensed 

 state inspector. This is the first year such 

 a service has been in operation. 



"There was considerable opposition to 

 the work to begin with, but as the service 

 improve;: this opposition wanes and we hope 

 to make it a permanent feature in this 

 state. Our investigations have shown that 

 shipping point inspection has been of con- 

 siderable benefit to the potato shippers of 

 the state. It has done much to improve the 

 jrade of potatoes being shipped out. 



"In past years Idaho potatoes have been 

 the standard in this section. We always 

 have looked to Idaho for high grade stock 

 and the dealers have alw.ivs paid for it. 

 We have always respected the good grade 

 of potatoes that you have put on the mar- 

 ket and to our minds it has been attributed 

 to the careful way in which potatoes have 

 been handled and graded." 



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In the opinion of the writer, shipping 

 point inspection and standardization is yet 

 too new to come to a definite conclusion as 

 to the merits of optional or compulsory 

 inspection, but as experience is gained in 

 this State it appears that the weight of the 

 evidence is drifting in favor of compul- 

 sory inspection. 



