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r;\spberrics, our loganberries, our 

 straw berries, our string beans, our 

 beets and other kinds of vegetables. 

 We must nialie a reputation for a fine 

 ([uality of dried fruits of all kinds 

 wliich we can produce to advantage, 

 :nid when we have done this, when we 

 have established canneries and dryers, 

 and factories for producing jams, 

 jellies and fruits in various forms, of 

 the finest quality, the by-product ques- 

 tion will take care of itself. These 

 plants will have no diniculty in han- 

 dling the by-products after they have 

 established a substantial reputation for 

 all these various iiualities of high-class 

 fruits, berries and vegetables. 



An investigation of the subject will 

 reveal. I think, beyond any question, 

 that the organizations which are suc- 

 ceeding in these lines arc those that are 

 producing a high (piality of goods. 

 There ought to be a hundred canneries 

 and drying plants in the Northwest 

 producing all kinds of canned, pre- 

 served and dried products, all associ- 

 ated into one selling organization. A 

 selling organization should supervise 

 the standard and quality of the things 

 produced and exert every possible en- 

 couragement by finding a market. I 

 think it is fundamental under condi- 

 tions existing here that the producers 

 and market agencies should have a 

 community of interest and operate in 

 complete harmony under some unit 

 system of organization. The important 

 thing in marketing canned goods is to 

 be able to provide the greatest diversity 

 of production. It is essential that they 

 should be able to handle large quan- 

 tities of peaches, apricots, cherries, 

 beans, berries of all kinds, and to do 

 this successfully these things will have 

 to be produced in this section of the 

 country according to the soil and 

 climatic conditions favorable, and 

 assemble under one selling organiza- 

 tion. That, I think, is quite necessary 

 to the successful establishment of the 

 industry in this country. 



It will be observed that our best mar- 

 ket for dried fruits is in Germany and 

 the Netherlands, and that our only 

 great market for canned fruits is in 

 Great Britain and North America. We 

 naturally wonder why Germany is not 

 also a great market for our canned and 

 preserved fruits. A careful examina- 

 tion of the foreign markets reveals the 

 fact that the greatest handicap to our 

 trade in these products is due to the 

 heavy duties chargeil in foreign coun- 

 tries, excepting in England. A serious 

 handicap to oui' South American trade 

 in both dried and canned fruits lies in 

 the heavy duties provided in those 

 countries. In Argentine the duty is 2V2 

 cents on dried fruits; in Brazil 7.fi cents 

 per ])ound; in (;hile 8H cents per 

 pound: in Uruguay 7 cents per ])ound. 

 In Germany the rate on jams, jellies, 

 etc., is CV2 cents per pound, and the 

 people have petitioned the imperial 

 ollice to have that rate doubled. They 

 have also petitioned the government to 

 have all of the steamship lines, subsi- 

 dized by the government, ])urchase 

 their canned goo<ls in their own 

 counlrv. In Argentine the rates of dut\ 



on canned goods range from 7 cents up; 

 the duty in Brazil on fruit jams and 

 jellies is 19 cents per pound: in Italy 

 the duty on canned goods is lO'i cents 

 l)er pound, on jams and jellies it is be- 

 tween 8 and !) cents per pound; in the 

 Netherlands the duty on canned goods 

 preserved with sugar is \AV> cents per 

 pound, (m jams and jellies .■?% cents 

 per pound; in Hussia it is 21 cents per 

 pound for fruit in tins. 



If it were not for these high duties 

 there is no doubt but that our exports 

 in canned and jireserved fruits could 

 easily be more than doubled. Our new 

 tariff law has no recii)rocal returns in 

 tarifl" rates with foreign countries. It 

 would seem that we have opened our 

 country to im])oits of nearly all things 

 from South America free, while we 

 have gained nothing in recii)rocal ar- 

 rangements with those counti-ies. The 

 entire Pacific Coast is deeply interested 

 in this problem of foreign duties on our 

 products and the fruitgrowers should 

 see to it that there is developed in this 

 country a well-defined puri)ose to have 

 the markets of other countries opened 

 free to our jiroducts where we open 

 our markets free to them. 1 call your 

 attention to this fact with no motive of 

 a political nature, but merely to point 

 out to you the absolute necessity of a 

 movement of this kind, in order that the 

 fruit interests of this section of the 

 world may be properly developed and 

 have a fair field. 



The primary necessity of the North- 

 west, from my point of view, lies in the 

 development of organizations for pre- 

 paring anfl marketing products along 

 all lines of fruits, vegetables and ber- 

 ries for which we have exceptional ad- 

 vantages of production. A well-defined 

 campaign for this purpose ought to be 

 organized and carried out by this or 

 some other association. The agricul- 

 tural colleges should be asked to divide 

 the various districts and their special 

 capacities for production of the ditTer- 

 ent classes of fruits, etc., and to desig- 

 nate the districts where certain things 

 can be produced to the best advantage. 

 They should be asked to work in har- 

 mony with the schools of commerce 

 and other organizations for the en- 

 couragement of the development of 

 association and organizations for han- 

 dling the products of the various dis- 

 tricts where conditions are favorable. 

 Through this organization the various 

 commercial organizations throughout 

 the Northwest should also be urged to 

 take up the ])lan and earnestly co- 

 oiierate for the establishment of associ- 

 ations that will prepare these iiroducts 

 in a high-class form for commercial 

 uses. Their influence should also be 

 requested in endeavoring to get these 

 organizations, when establisheil, to a 

 general selling agency that will handle 

 the products of all of these associatiims. 

 It is my firm conviction that the welfare 

 of the whole problem of fruit growing 

 is wrai)i)ed up intimateh- with this 

 (|uestion of the establishment of organi- 

 zations for the canning, drying, pre- 

 paring and marketing of these products. 

 Lane Gountx, in this state, has taken 

 a splendid lead in this direclion and 



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Horticulturist and 

 Farm Manager 



Orchard or general farm manager seeks 

 re-engagement this fall. Have had several 

 years of practical experience in the manage- 

 ment of a large commercial orchard. Am 

 also thoroughly familiar with grain and live- 

 stock growing. Gratuate of Western agricul- 

 tural college. Address "B," care Better Fruit. 



Wanted An Experienced 

 Horticulturist 



as orchard man on an apple and pear orchard 

 (20 acres In bearing). Must be thoroughly trained 

 in pruning, spraying. Irrigation and diseases of 

 apples and pears on irrigated land. Young, 

 unmarried man preferred. Write, giving refer- 

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ADDRESS "S" CARE ■BETTER FRUIT' 



has four organization.s of this charac- 

 ter putting all their fruit proiluct.s into 

 excellent marketable coiulitiou, estab- 

 lishing a (irst-class ciuality, and the by- 

 product ijrobleni is bein.g settled in this 

 way. At Hugene they are canning, dry- 

 ing, pickling, preserving and i)uttlng 

 into vinegar their fruits, berries and 

 vegetables, and if every other i)art of 

 the XorthwesI having etpial advantages 

 would simply do the same we would 

 soon have Ihe establishment of an in- 

 dustry that would make fruit growing, 

 in .general, one of our most substantial 

 and prolilable industries. 



