The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1874-12-05
An 0range Gro3vers AssOcia-
tion.

MAWeAa
En- b ftr Wau 5aurnal
Permit me L, make 4 few suggestions
and Is olltr fea thoughts through
Cur Home journal and Rural South
land, q tliV orange growers " Loeis.
iana. with giuw ~ rendering Tie pro.
dmetion ~ lhc orange more profitable
to the pfodneer lt masb he admitted
That She present method among us of
handling and selling the orange is a
very clumsy ono, and results in less
profits IL tbe orange grower than he LEI
eitimutelY ought to expect aud who is
io hlne for this The producer. BE
Ilas done nothing IN improve the pres
pnt method Of handling the fruit, non
tuOpen upneW places for the sale Of it.
New Orleans, and New Orleans alone
has Been depended upon rs D market,
by the producer for an the oranges
prown ia the State. The buyers com.
hines and iix the local price for the
orange, and the producer must yield to
il. as he las made nc arrangement with
any other markets than those OF New
Orleans for bis friIits. 1.-THE buyers Of
New Orlfans say they win only give
four dUllars per barrel for oranges, the
pIpductr must take it OF let his fruit
perish, Tor he has formed no business
relations III the fr9it Line, with Louis
vile, ST Louis, Cincinnati. Chicago,
etc. be- knows nothing Of their wants,
nor they Of bis. IN the line Of oranges.
ard therefore De can not pass the local
market nl take advantage OF other
markets, whpn IL would be his interest
ii 10 s.. II ~ time that this state Of
things ne umelied. 1t can easiiy be
done. Yon ask, how Let there be
furfnedan Orange Growers Association,
nnd ict this association appoint intelli-
gent committees 70 report on the best
method Of lbering, packing and ahip-
ping tue orange, and IN the best mar
kcts for ihe Grunge, and the best and
cheapest methods 0f reaching these
markets. let tic orange growing belt
be divided into districts, and let intel
ligent and practical orange men be ap-
pointed 10 nuke careful survey of
,s,cli district. say ia The months Of
june mid Julv, and report 70 the ass0.
riutinn the probable amount 81 fruit or
number Of barrels 81 oranges that will
ripPn and be for market in each district.
Then let tho association send to SO.
Louis Cincinnati, Chicago. and other
cities IN the North and West, tfusty
agents, whose duty il shall lie 70 fern
good and substantial business relations
with fruit houses there, so THAT when
the time Of gathering frait comes, the
grunge growers VIII knew where their
fruit IL wanted and can be sold, and
will he nhles therefore, 10 fiji orders
through the asst ciasi0n and les agents,
and ia that way 10 reap the benefits OF
their own labor ia securing tho highest
lsissihle price for their oranges. By
knowing before Tie oranges begin to
&c gathered about tie number OK bar
rrls That Wlllhe raised. it win BE easv
t0 fix upon Il fair pFlee for the fruit nt
the opening O. thn market, based upon
the principle of supply and demand,
As itie now. tic only principle that
governs the price ef Che fruit Il the
amnnnt om hand IN New Orleans &c any
one time FL few hundred barrels
happen III come ia Sc time, the mare
ket fails. because the local market IL
said q be Quilted. II arrangements
were maids With the Northern and
Western marlleiss As above suggested /,
there would le he such thing - glut-
ting iAe market gith tic e0mparal igeiy
Sew Thousand barrels Of ofnuge now
grown % Louisiana Ten times the
nsanhef eolad b. thrown np0n che
maflwl ana Yel the market be poorly
sapplina, il lhe ifnit growers would
sec To hat tiaif oranges aot Is tho
mafksl shera tlay ase wanted. when
they ~ vantfa, and 81 kila coalition
thcy are wanted. 81 Fl Cam