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Organization of Central Selling Agency Is Made 



[From the North Yakima (Washington) Republic] 



LAST NIGHT W. M. Nelson, acting for 

 the Yakima County Horticultural 

 Union; H. M. Gilbert, for the Richey & 

 Gilbert Co., and C. E. Sanderson, for 

 the Yakima Fruit Growers' Exchange, 

 entered into articles of incorporation 

 of the "Yakima Fruit Sellers," which is 

 the name chosen for the central Yakima 

 selling agency, for the organization of 

 which a movement has been in progress 

 for several weeks. Articles of incorpo- 

 ration were drawn and signed at a 

 meeting of representatives of the three 

 organizations in the ofTice of Logan H. 

 Roberts, and a copy of the articles were 

 forwarded to the secretary at Olynipia. 

 This action was taken following in- 

 dorsement of the central selling agency 

 plan by a meeting of the Horticultural 

 Union in the afternoon in the Y. M. C. 

 A. Ruilding. The indorsement was 



given by a vote which was almost unan- 

 imous, and the trustees of the union 

 were authoi'ized to join with the Yaki- 

 ma Fruit Growers' Exchange and the 

 Richey & Gilbert Co. in incorporating 

 the proposed agency. 



The purpose of the Yakima Fruit 

 Sellers are stated in the articles as fol- 

 lows: "First. To provide a central 

 agency for the purpose of handling and 

 selling fruits, agricultural and horticul- 

 tural ijroducts for the persons, associa- 

 tions and corporations with whom it 

 may see fit to enter into contract for 

 this purpose, and to find a market for 

 and sell said products. To reduce the 

 cost of selling Yakima Valley products 

 and procure better distribution, jirevent 

 overloading markets and to better ad- 

 vertise Yakima Valley products. Sec- 

 ond. To provide a selling and handling 



association in which persons with 

 whom this agency may contract shall 

 have a voice in the methods used in the 

 sale of all products sold or handled by 

 litis corporation. Third. To do any 

 and all acts necessary to promote the 

 sale or distribution of Yakima Valley 

 fruits and produce for the benefit of 

 any and all persons, associations and 

 companies with whom this company 

 may contract." 



The corporation is of a non-proflt- 

 sharing character, and the capital stock 

 was fixed at the nominal sum of •'f3,000, 

 divided into thirty shares. Each of the 

 organizations, through its representa- 

 tive, fakes ten shares. The period of in- 

 corporation is fifty years, and the prin- 

 cipal oflice and ijlace of business are lo- 

 cated in North Yakima. 



The affairs of the corporation are to 

 be managed by a board of three trus- 

 tees, but at any annual meeting of the 

 stockholders, and at any special meet- 

 ing called for the purpose, the number 

 of trustees may be increased to a num- 

 ber not exceeding nine. W. M. Nelson, 

 H. M. Gilbert and C. E. Sanderson are 

 named as trustees until May 1, 1915. 



Although the final vote at the Horti- 

 cultural I'nion meeting on indorsement 

 of the central selling agency plan was 

 Iiractically unanimous, only a few votes 

 being cast against it, vigorous opposi- 

 tion to the move was offered in a lively 

 session of several hours attended by 

 sixty or more growers. The opposition 

 was led by Ed Remy and H. B. Scudder. 

 Before adjoiu-ning the meeting passed 

 a resolution urging the Yakima Valley 

 Fruit Growers' Association to market 

 all its soft fruits, and if possible all its 

 fruit, including apples, through the new 

 central agency. Although not included 

 in the resolution, its purpose, as stated 

 in discussion, was to urge making the 

 Yakima Valley as near a unit as pos- 

 sible in the marketing of its fruit. A 

 meeting of fruitgrowers of all affilia- 

 tions was held at Parker last night and 

 resolutions were passed indorsing the 

 new central agency. 



President Nelson, speaking for a ma- 

 jority of the directors of the union and 

 for himself personally, declared: "We 

 hope and firmly believe that the Yakima 

 Valley Fruit Growers' Association will 

 join this movement; if not immediately, 

 at least next season. We have the as- 

 surances of C. H. Swigart, the associa- 

 tion's representative on the committee, 

 that the association is willing to give 

 us its tonnage except winter apples. 

 Should the association join it would be 

 the purpose to give them just the same 

 representation on the selling board as 

 each of the others have. The union has 

 done well, but whether it can continue 

 to do so if the jjresent cutthroat policy 

 conlinues is a question. I honestly be- 

 lieve that if you fail to accept this you 

 are blocking the progress of something 

 that means a great deal for the Yakima 

 Valley." 



The agreement, laid before the meet- 

 ing of union members at the Y. M. C. .\., 

 was as follows: "We, the undersigned, 

 in organizing the cori)oration named, 

 the 'Yakima Fruit Sellers,' agree as fol- 



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