Strawberry Growers Unite to Manage Crops
Richland and Kennewick farmers bridge district differences to create a unified marketing union for the coming harvest.
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By-laws for the Kennewick-Richland Marketing Union, adapted by the Kennewick growers, were ratified, with a few minor changes, by the Richland growers Monday afternoon. The changes give the Kennewick and Richland directors separate management of affairs of strictly a local nature in their respective districts, but all questions of a general nature are to be decided by the growers of the two districts acting as one organization. The Richland men objected to voting upon an acreage basis and the by-laws as they are now amended provide that the Kennewick growers shall vote by acreage and the Richland growers as individuals. Practically every strawberry grower in the Richland district attended Monday’s meeting, which was held in Amon hall.
“The changes give the Kennewick and Richland directors separate management of affairs of strictly a local nature in their respective districts.”
The struggle for fair pricing and collective bargaining among fruit growers remains a cornerstone of the regional economy. This 1916 compromise over governance and voting reflects the perennial challenge of unifying disparate local interests in the face of larger market forces.
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