. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. ipiO BETTER FRUIT Page ig any grower can make intelligent and correct comparisons. An annual audit by a certified ac- countant of account sales will be required each year of every concern, one month in advance of the closing date for signing of contracts. Frequent meetings of the oHlcers of the various selling concerns, active and passive members, will enable the selling concerns to • acquire a better knowledge of values and serve to main- tain and stabilize prices. These con- ferences and exchanges of opinions will be forceful factors in preventing unnecessary p
. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. ipiO BETTER FRUIT Page ig any grower can make intelligent and correct comparisons. An annual audit by a certified ac- countant of account sales will be required each year of every concern, one month in advance of the closing date for signing of contracts. Frequent meetings of the oHlcers of the various selling concerns, active and passive members, will enable the selling concerns to • acquire a better knowledge of values and serve to main- tain and stabilize prices. These con- ferences and exchanges of opinions will be forceful factors in preventing unnecessary price cutting or selling at ridiculously low prices. Uniform Contract for the Growers and Selling Agents of Fruits and Prod- uce in the Pacific Northwest. Ill fonsideratinii of the mutual advantages to be derived herefrom, it is agreed between the parties to this contract as follows: I. The grower shall have the exclusive right and authority to fix the price at which his products or any part thereof may be sold by the selling agent, but in event the price so fixed shall be higher than the best market price obtainable after offering the same, the selling agent shall in no wise be held respon- sible for failure to negotiate sales at such prices. II. It shall be the duty of the agent to co- operate with all growers' resident selling agents who are members of the Fruit Growers' Agency, Incorporated, for the following pur- poses : ia) To secure information as to crop condi- tions in order to determine the economic values of varieties and grades. (b> To work in close harmony with grow- ers witti the aim of securing uniform methods in the harvesting, grading, packing and the physical handling of the fruit from tree to car; and to secure a standardization and enforce- ment of the grading and inspection rules of the States of Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana. (c) To agree upon a date after which no contracts for tonnage shall be entered into. (d^ To discuss in conference market
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