The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1874-11-28
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OfImns, and Ncw Ofieans alnle. D 4
. % on depefdcd ap0n at o. m1rkm. VI
the rr1dacor. for aIl tic orig.
grown ip tbe State. The tuyce com
bine, anI hx ihs losal price 'or TIE
orange, and The proluccr fasi y'old
10 ", o. be- has no arrangements wish
any other maskcts ttnth,'e Of New
Orleans or lis iuity II the buy
crs Of New q rleans @y they will only
give four dolara ~ barrel Tor orong
e., tie produccr( must take 1t or lot
his fruit perish for he his forre ed no
business rebtioas in the fruit line,
with Louiydlle, st. Louis, Cincinna-
ii. Chicago eic.,--le knows nothing
Of thoD wants, nor they Of bis, IN the
line III oranges, and therefore ho can.
moi pass the local market and
nike advantage OF other markets,
when it would be his interest to do
so. 1t is time that this state of
things be remedied. It can easily be
done. You ask how? Let there be
formed an Orange Grow ers' Associa-
ton, and let this association appoint
intelligent committees TO report on
the best method Of gathering, pack.
ing and shipping The ofan1e, and on
the best markets for Che orange, and
the cheapest methods Of reaching
these markets. Let the orange grow.
ing belt be divided into district, and let
Intelligent aud practical orange men
be appointed to make a careful sur
Vey Of each district, say in the months
of June and July. and report to the
association the probable amount
IF fruit or nnmber of blrrels
IF oranges that will riEen and |
De for market in each district. Then
et the association send to st. Louis.
Chicago, aud other cities
n tho North and West, trusty agents
iuty it shall be TO form good and
business relations with
ruit houses there, so that when the
line oil gathering fruit comes, the
,range growers will know where their
ruit is wanted and can be sold, and
will be able, therefore, to Gil orders
hrongh the association and its agents
md in that way to reap the benefits
If their own la5or 10 securing the
highest possible prices for their
By knowing before the
ranges begin to be gathered about
he number of barrels that vii l,be rails
d, it will be easy to fix upon fair
rice for the fruit at the opening of
he market. based upon the prioc-
IL of supply and demand. As it is
ow, the only principle that governs
he price of the fruit is the amount
n hand in New Orle ans at any one
ime. II few hundred barrels hap
en- to come in at time. the market
Ills because the local market is said
0 be glutted. If arrangements we're
lade with the Northern and West
IN markets, as above suggested,
here would be no such thing as glut-
ng the market with the compara-
vely few thousand barrels of oranges
ow grown in Louisiana. Ten times the
umber conld be thrown upon the mar
ct and yet it be poorly supplied, i: the
'uit growers would see to it that
leir oranges got to the markets
here they are wanted, when they
re wanted, and in the condition they
re wanted"
These suggestions are equally aD-
licable to the growers of the Coast.
Though the production Of the
range pays well now, with an associ
ton Of the kind, it would pay still
etter. Let our people reflect over
his matter and inaugurate a system
this kind. at once, this season.
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