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Published by the International

R. G. PHILLIPS, Sec'y,

SHIPPERS

Apple Shippers' Association

Rochester, N. Y.

Vol. 3

Rochester, N. Y., July, 1913

Address all communications to the Secretary as designated above

No. 6

He Will Meet You At Cleveland Aug. 6 to 8

The Official Call

By Edward N. Loomis, President

STOP! LOOK! LISTEN! Have you ever seen that sign before? Have you ever obeyed it? Really stopped, looked and listened before you dared to pass those four innocent-looking lines of steel that crossed your path, and along which only too often, Death comes driving at sixty miles an hour? No, that is not the American way. Hurry, hurry, I am behind time; I should have reached such a point an hour ago or a year ago. My plans are too big; my work too complicated. Everything will go wrong if I am not there to take care of my work. Work, work, until the body is worn out, the brain fagged, the sight dimmed, and the mind. dulled. Dimmed to see the dangers; dulled to understand the purpose of his enterprise. And then when least expected, when nothing seemed to stay his purpose and his enterprise came the CRASH! How sad and how foolish! Had he only gone slowly how easily would he have reached his goal and accomplished his purpose.

In the olden days, it used to be a custom among the Jews to go up once a year to Jerusalem to attend the feast of the Passover, and at that feast they gave thanks that the Death Angel had passed them by. They renewed the ties of loyalty and affection to one another, and they went home with a clear vision of the meaning of life, and of what was necessary to fulfill its purpose.

Our convention is a similar feast to the apple merchant. It is the one place where the members can stop, look and listen. I, therefore, call upon all the members of our Association, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and even as far away as England and Germany, to assemble at Cleveland on August 6th, 7th and 8th, to confer together, and to obtain the benefits and the information that will await us there.

There will be a few surprises awaiting you, too; surprises that will entertain, and surprises that will instruct. You cannot afford to miss this convention. It is, in my opinion, the most important one we have ever held. I have the tentative programme before me, and there will be

something doing and something new every session during those three days. When the sessions are over, our officers and our Cleveland brethren will do very well if they can pull off all the scheduled events before the time of another business session. There will be very little need of sergeants-at-arms to compel attendance; the program will be sufficient to bring us all together at each session. So let all lay aside their business for that week, and come to Cleveland, and bring their wives and children.

I would like to tell you of the entertainment and the program that has been provided, but you will learn that in due time. You cannot afford to stay away. One of the surprises, however, I will just hint at. It is centered around the Apple Exhibit, and I hint at it for this reason that I want each of the members to induce as many growers as they know, to make an exhibit, both of the last season's crop, as well as the coming crop. The prizes will be worth while, and the show will be one to be remembered.

The Statler Hotel, where the convention will be held, is possibly the best meeting place we have ever had; our entire convention will be housed in that one delightful hotel. The entire second floor will be set apart for our general meeting together, in fun and in work.

Mr. Wagner and Mr. Pennington are getting their cars out of hock and providing oil and gasoline necessary to bring them there. Some of you can still afford to buy railroad tickets and come in that more fashionable way, and the rest of us can either walk, or borrow a horse, or join the suffragettes in their parades; but one way or another, let us get there. In fact, if you do not get there, I predict in the coming year you will not get there in the apple business.

The Association has been hard at work, through its officers and its committees, and a good deal has been accomplished. There is only one way to keep up with a band-wagon, and that is to get on it. Bring some new members with you; or at least bring their applications for membership with you. Remember the man who went and buried his talent in a napkin, and when the day of Reckoning came around, he had nothing to show for it. Let every member bring at least one new member as evidence of his interest and loyalty. So put it down in your engagement book, that August 6th, 7th and 8th are red-letter days, to be spent in Cleveland, at the International Apple Shippers' Convention,

A Big Time Promised

Don't Miss the Convention

On Wednesday, August 6th, at 10 A. M., at the Hotel Statler, Cleveland, Ohio, President Loomis will call to order the best, biggest and most interesting Convention this organization has ever held. Representatives from England, Germany, Canada and the United States will be present. Men from Oregon to London and from New Orleans to Canada have advised us that they will be there. The whole industry, in all its phases, will be gathered in this one city from August sixth to eighth,—the grower, the dealer, transportation officials, advertising men, supply houses and

the consumer. A rare opportunity will be afforded to meet the people. You cannot afford to miss the chance. It is a business proposition.

HOTEL RATES

The rates for ONE person in a room are $2.00; $2.50; $3.00 and $3.50 per day. The rates for double rooms or where TWO persons occupy a room are $3.50; $4.00; $4.50 and $5.00 per day. These rates are for the entire room, and each person is not charged for the total cost.

RESERVATIONS

To insure proper accommodations, reservations should be made early. More than FIVE HUNDRED people will attend. At Detroit we had 502 and at Chicago 560. It will, therefore, be wise not to wait until the last minute and run the risk of finding accommodations at the Headquarters Hotel. Write the Hotel Statler direct at Cleveland, Ohio, and specify what you want, for how many people and when you expect to arrive. DO IT NOW. Everyone will be taken care of. A cordial welcome awaits you and the hospitality which makes all Statler Hotels famous will be extended to every guest and member.

THE LADIES

At a pageant given in an English town commemorating the Roman occupation of Britain, a young lady spoke to a tall, burly and shivering man whose Roman toga failed to protect him from a raw east wind: "Are you Appius Claudius?" she asked, eagerly.

"Oh, no, Miss," he replied dismally, "I'm un'appy as 'ell."

That is the way you'll feel if you leave your wife at home. You ought to feel that way, too. If you didn't, it would indicate a conscience seared beyond redemption. BRING THE LADIES.

HOW TO GET THERE

Get the auto out of hock by pawning something else, and hit the trail. All roads lead to Cleveland. If gasoline and oil seem pretty high, take the train, and if this is out of the question, the walking is fine along the shores of Lake Erie.

Western and Middle Western members should remember that a fine boat trip may be had either from Detroit, Toledo or Buffalo to Cleveland; low rates and fine boats. The new boat on the C. & B. Line, leaving Buffalo at 9:30 P. M., is the largest on the Great Lakes.

CLEVELAND COMMITTEES

The following special Committees have been appointed from the Cleveland membership:

GENERAL ARRANGEMENTS-A. C. Blair, Chairman, J. B. Gifford, W. E. Bigalow, William Hopfman, Homer McDaniel, George W. Myers, H. C. Gawne, W. J. Benton.

APPLE EXHIBIT-W. J. Benton, Chairman, George W. Myers, H. C. Gawne, Horace Zartman, C. W. Hayes.

BANQUET-C. C. Wise, Chairman, F. C. Egert, A. J. Steffens.

New Members Received

Can You Pick the Winner?

Since the publication of the June Spy the following new members have been received by the Executive Committee: Fidelity Trust Company, New York; First National Bank, Wenatchee, Washington; Ambrose Kyte & Co., 119 E. Front St., Cincinnati, Ohio; The F. H. Simpson Fruit Co., Flora, Illinois; Kansas Ice & Storage Co., Salina, Kansas; R. Mangan & Co., 817 W. Randolph St., Chicago, Illinois.

The following members receive the credit for these applications: W. M. French, (1); Wenatchee Produce Co., (1); W. H. Underwood, (1); A. G. Zulfer & Co., (1); Henry M. Weil, (1); Neitert Produce Co., (1). Since May 1st the high scores are, E. N. Loomis, (2); John Hile, (2); W. L. Wagner, (2); W. M. French, (2). Mr. French tied the score with the other leaders during June.

Starting with last August, and for the entire year, the six members following have the highest mark for new members obtained: W. L. Wagner, (5); Henry M. Weil, (3); N. G. Gibson, personally and through W. T. Seibels, (3); John Hile, (3); Simons, Shuttleworth & Co., personally and through W. M. French, (3); E. N. Loomis, (2).

We now have a membership of 520. Make it 550 by August 1st. The race is close and a dark horse may win yet. There are quite a number of members with one each to their credit, such as Wayne & Low, E. L. Stratton, John Frey, C. W. Wilmeroth, R. H. Jones, W. H. Blodget, Jac. Stich, Charles Dickinson, Thompson Fruit Co., Loma Fruit Co., James Sheehy, C. L. Randall, A. C. Blair, E. W. J. Hearty, E. H. Shepard, Wenatchee Produce Co., Neitert Produce Co., W. H. Underwood and A. G. Zulfer & Co.

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The Apple Exhibit

It is Time to Awaken to its Importance
Write for the Governing Rules

That the coming show will rank ahead of any we have yet had admits of no doubt. We have received definite assurance from practically every locality promising an exhibit. One man wrote us from the Northwest: "I had no idea this exhibit was so important until I saw the Chicago display, and I then made up my mind to be represented at the next one. I will be there this year with an exhibit." And so it has gone. Many of the growers from Virginia, as well as from the Middle West and Northwest, will be there in person with their exhibits.

Four years ago this exhibit started in a little room at Niagara Falls, with about thirty plates of fruit and a few branches. To-day it taxes the capacity of the largest available rooms in the big hotels of the country. If we are not badly mistaken, the Cleveland show will have at least One Thousand Plates.

GET IN THE GAME

Don't hang back. Don't hesitate. Don't debate the question. It pays to advertise. If you don't let people know you are on the map, no one else will do it for you. So much for your side. As for us, give us your co-operation. It is twice blessed. It blesseth him who gives

and him who takes.

GOVERNING RULES AND PRIZES

They were published in full in the June Spy and in addition have been sent in pamphlet form to all members, former exhibitors and persons likely to be interested. If you can use further copies, write the Secretary, 612 Mercantile Building, Rochester, N. Y., and they will be sent at once. We have an ample supply. Send us the names of possible exhibitors and we will mail them direct from this office.

The Post Cards
Cards Have Been Sent

Have You Replied?-Badges and Banquet--Get Busy

The slot bar badges will be used. To save your time and our time, BE SURE TO FILL OUT THE POST CARDS WHICH HAVE BEEN SENT YOU AND RETURN TO THE SECRETARY AT ONCE. We want the initials and surnames of your representatives and guests. If you will follow these directions, your badge will be ready for you upon arrival.

As soon as you are assigned rooms by the Hotel, be sure to Register at the Secretary's Office on the Second Floor.

BANQUET

This will be held in the ball-room of the Hotel Statler Thursday evening, the 7th, at 7:15 sharp: tickets $3.00. The Cleveland Special Committee having this in charge:-C. C. Wise, of the Bigalow Fruit Co.,

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