The daily gazette., 1882-07-07
GROWERS IN COUNCIL.
THE MEETING OF THE PEACH
MEN AT DOVER.
DEMANDING LOWER FREIeHTs
Quicker Transportation to Boston and
the New England States Requested-The
Shore Line Recommended.


The meeting of the peach growers in Dover
yesterday, the proceedings of which were
fully covered in the GAzETTE's late edition
by telegraph up to late hour, was a very
interesting one and although so slimly at
tended as to make the move for lower
freights, which was inaugurated, seem
almost like farce, the line of policy was
the proper one. 1t is deeply regretted that
the attendance was not larger.
The full text of the resolutions which r.
ii. Cummins offered, and which were
adopted is as follows
Resolped, That committee of FIVE be ap-
pointed whose duty 1t shall be to confer with
the proper railroad officials without delay for
the purpose OF making suitable arrangements
for running the trains for the transportation of
fruit at such hours as will give to peach grow
ers ample time to pick and deliver their fruits
in the cars. Also to impress them with the
necessity of using the Shore railroad from
Jersey City to Boston in order that we may
have better facilities shorter time and more
prompt delivery of the fruit for sale at the
earliest market.
Resolved That fruit destined for Boston and
other markets East should be delivered in
Boston early in the morning of the day after
shipment so that it may be sold In time to be
sent by the purchasers or dealers to all the
markets accessible by rail in Maine, New
Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island, Massaehu-
sets, where it should arrive in the morning Of
the third day after delivery in the cars of the
growers.
RESOLVED That the transportation charge on
fruit hitherto has been so high that in many
cases the growers have absolutely not received
any money for their fruit after deducting freight
carriage and commission, and that after many
years experience very many growers have been
obliged to abandon peach culture, pull up their
trees and go back to the cultivation of the usual
farm crops. That in the county of New Castle
alone, from the most reliable sources Of in
fs patf cd n m
trees have been pulled out during the past five
years.
Resolued, That the peach growers should re-
ceive at least one-half of the price the fruit
sells for In market as their Just proportion, the
other half being taken to pay freight and other
| expenses, and therefore 1t is the Judgment Of
| the most experienced growers that the freight
1 on a ear load of fruit to New York should not
/ exceed $75 from Dover station, and 10 Boston
| not over $l75 and u pro rate from all other
| stations along the Delaware railroad.
ResOlrcd That the committee be and are
hereby instructed to present these resolutions
| to the proper railroad officials and urge upon
them the Importance of making all necessary
arrangements for transporting the prospective
1 large peach crop as may be for the mutual in
| terest of the growers and transportation com
| panies but more especially the importance o
| making connection with the Shore railroad
| shorter time, more prompt delivery of the fruit
and u reduction of transportation charges.
The discussion took wide range and one
of the chief features was the caustic manner
| in which Mr.. Cummins in advocating his
resolutions pitched into the New York and
Boston commission men. He said they
| wanted the peach growers to give them thu
4 peaches for nothing, pay the freight cut o
their own pockets and let them have TIN
baskets. New York commission men woult
like to have all the peaches right in tina
city. New York city would like to handle
the Atlantic Ocean if she could.
| Il s. Ehambarlinp A commission mpr
chant of Boston, who was present, wa'
called upon for his views. He doubted tho
feasibility of reaching more eastern markets
by the purposed early delivery in Boston
and thought that the railroad companies
would not further the object. In answer IL
question he said that the fruit business o
Boston was not sufficiently large to make
the corporations solicitous to obtain it and
he did not think they would incommode
themselves to get it.
Mr.. Cummins replied that the question
was not what was done in the past, but whaf
could be done in the future, The New York
Commission dealers did not want the grow
ers to send any fruit to Boston, and by thu
present arrangement they could take and
| reship the fruit from New York to BostoI
| cheaper than the growers could ship 1t tC
the same city. 1t would DC to the growers
interest to ship by the proposed new route
| to Boston, and the railroad companies NJ
doubted not would take to business i
they were paid for it.
Tho members of the association closely
questioned Mr. Chamberline TO see when thu
early trains which would carry fruit ief
Boston in the morning to distribute it in
extreme New England. He said that they
all left along about O'Clock and ht
doubted If the fruit could reach Boston ST
as to be reshipped by that time on the morn
ing of the day after shipment. His expe
rienee with the shore line to Boston was thai
it was the best route from New Haven.
Mr.. Cummins said that he thought gair
in time could be made in the Boston ship
ments by having the cars for that point tc
60 ahead of the cars for New York. New
York has always had the preference, ant
Mr. Mills, of the Delaware railroad, wht
desired the shippers to get the best market
possible, said that this could easily be done
Were this done New York spectators coulC
not buy up the peaches there and reshil
them to Boston ahead OF the direct Peninsuli
shipments for Boston.
After the adoption of the resolutions TIL
following committee was appointed to con
fer with the railroad companies X. Ii
Cummins, Edwin X. Cochran, j. AleXande
Fulton, Robert S. Griffith, Jacob &. Brow
and j. j. Ross.
The meeting then adjourned.