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BETTER FRUIT 



May 



AMERICAN APPLE CONGRESS — AIMS AND OBJECTS 



BY CLINTON L. OLIVER, SECRETARY, DENVER, COLORADO 



ON the 15th of December, 1910, there 

 assembled in Denver, Colorado, at 

 the call of Governor Shafroth of Colo- 

 rado, a body of delegates representing 

 the apple industry of eight apple produc- 

 ing states. The object of this convention 

 was to form an organization to be known 

 as the American Apple Congress; this 

 congress to have the following objects: 

 First, to promote and diffuse knowledge 

 concerning the apple industry on the 

 American continent; second, to facilitate 

 conference and deliberation among the 

 people of the country coilcerning the 

 growing and marketing of the apple crop 

 and related interests; third, to provide 

 means for bringing the needs of the 

 people interested in the apple industry 

 of the country before national and state 

 governments; fourth, to provide ways 

 and means for securing profitable legis- 

 lation for the industry; fifth, to organize 

 and maintain a "Transportation and Rail- 

 road Rates Bureau;" sixth, to maintain a 

 "Continental Information Bureau on 

 Crops, Markets and Fruit Movements," 

 and, seventh, to promote and conduct 

 apple expositions in connection with the 

 congress. The most important work of 

 the congress is that stated in objects 

 fourth, fifth and sixth. 



The legislative committee of the con- 

 gress is composed of two people in each 

 state, who have been elected by dele- 

 gates from that state or appointed by the 

 governor. It is the intention to make 



this legislative bureau strong enough 

 that should any occasion arise in which 

 it would be necessary to send a commit- 

 tee to Washington to assist in passing 

 or defeating beneficial or detrimental 

 legislation the committee and the con- 

 gress will be so supported financially 

 and morally that this committee can be 

 sent with all of its expenses paid. 



It is intended to make the Trans- 

 portation and Railroad Rates Bureau 

 sufficiently strong so that it can success- 

 fully undertake to appear before the 

 Interstate Commerce Commission or the 

 traffic departments of the railroads and 

 cope with any problem in over-charge, in 

 weight, or rate, or neglect, or service. 



The Information Bureau is to collect 

 and distribute accurate information on 

 crops, markets and fruit movements. 

 The infonnation this bureau will handle 

 will be secured at first hand from the 

 members of the organization in the vari- 

 ous sections of the country, and will be 

 distributed in confidential bulletins to 



the members of the congress. There is 

 nothing that will make the industry bet- 

 ter than for each person interested to be 

 accurately informed on the status of the 

 industry in every section of the country. 



The annual conventions or conferences 

 are for the purpose of discussing the 

 problems of the industry and outlining 

 further work for the congress to per- 

 form. While the convention itself will 

 be of great importance it will not com- 

 pare for actual results with permanent 

 work that will be done through the vari- 

 ous departments and bureaus during the 

 time between conventions. 



Permanent headquarters for the con- 

 gress have been opened in Denver, Colo- 

 rado, and the work of organizing the 

 various bureaus is well under way. 

 Apple men from all over the country are 

 becoming members, and assure the offi- 

 cers that they are willing to join hands 

 in doing everything necessary to promote 

 the interests of the industry. 



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Editor Better Fruit: 



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 hardly keep house without "Better Fruit." Yours 

 truly, E. E. Heston, Kimberly, Idaho. 



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