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Report on Eastern trip and box legislation by M O Tibbits
After returning east, M. O. Tibbits prepared an open letter to Wenatchee Valley Fruit Growers’ Association stockholders detailing his attendance at the Minneapolis convention with about 200 fruit and produce jobbers. The discussion centered on freight rates, handling, and the Porter bill, with a push to set a standard apple box size. The group debated box volume, supporting a bushel-sized standard, and agreed to a 2342 cubic inch box with a staged 1910 effective date.
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M. O. Tibbits
Daily World
Tibbts
Wenatchee Valley Fruit Growers’ Association
Western Fruit Jobbers’ Association
Minneapolis
Geo. R. Fisher
Wenatchee Commercial Club
Central
Wenatchee Valley
Washington, D.C
N. G. Gibson
Chicago
Monroe
Washington State Horticultural Association
Walden
Anch
Northwest
Washington
Porter
State Horticultural Society
Spokane
Congress
East
International Shippers Association
New York State Horticultural Society
National League of Commission Merchants
Western Fruit Robbers Association
Pennsylvania ‘State Horticultural Society
Adams County
Pennsylvania
Fruit Growers Association
Fruit Growers Congress
United States Horticultural Association
Oregon State Horticultural Association
United States Department of Agriculture
Dumas
Oregon State Horticultural Society