The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-04-22

half of the season, growers who are in
little danger from that source will best
subserve their own and the common in
terest, by reserving the bulk of their
fruit for later shipment. Besides avoid
ing competition with those who are hur-
rying their fruit to market through fear
of cold waves, the proprietors of groves
more favOrably located can avail them
selves of an increase, to the extent of %
per cent. or more, in the size of their or
anges, and, consequently, in the number
of boxes to be placed in market.
6. In cOnsigning oranges, the utmost
care should be exercised to make sure of
their going into the hands of trustworthy
men who have an orange trade; who con-
troll ample and well ventilated space for
storage; who understand the art of re-
packing, and who will not permit them
selves to be over-stocked. 1t is easy to
see that the consignment of large quanti-
ties Of oranges to parties lacking any one
Of these requisites, must tend powerfully
to the decentralization of the market.
7. There is a promise of benefit to
growers in the establishment of packing
houses at points of final shipment in
Florida; and the expediency Of cOnsign-
ing fruit to the proprietors of such houses
is worthy Of consideration. Only the
shortest time possible should intervene
/ between the final packing and the final
shipment of oranges. In some localities,
the skilled labor requisite to the proper
preparation Of oranges for market, is not
available. While the production of a
grove is small, the considerable outlay
involved in providing facilities for the
final handling of oranges, may not be ad-
/ visable. The proprietOrs of packing
houses are able to inform themselves
| thoroughly as to the lines of transporta-
ton, the characters of consignees, and
! their facilities for storing, re-packing and
/ selling oranges, and as to the demand in
/ the several cities of the country. They
are in position, also, to secure the low
est rates by making up carload lots.
s. 1t is the duty of every shipper Of
/ Florida oranges, to furnish public infOr-
nation of every instance of extortionata
charges, or careless handling on trans
portation lines, and to expose every case
of dishonesty or ineficiency on the part
! of cOnsignees. The fruit-growsrs of
| Florida should constitute a brotherhood
so compactly united, and so loyal, as to
insure the immunity of all from the eff
fects of rapacity and shiftlessness.
The Scotchman in the United States
Senate.
Cleveland Leader Washington Letter
There are several Scotchmen in the
House, such as Hardy, of New York
city; David B. Henderson, of Iowa, and
Hugh Buchanan, of Georgia; but there
is only one in the Senate, and he is a
host in himself. Senator James B. Beck,
of Lexington, KY, comes from the
shire in Scotland where the poet Burns
wrote his sweetest songs. He came to
Kentucky as boy, and was educated in
a little college in Lexington. Here he
also studied law, and here he afterwards
became the partner of John c.. Breckin-
ridge, 0x-Vice President of the United
States. He has since served four terms
in Congress from the Lexington district,
and is now in his second term in the
Senate. Senator Beck is no orator. and
it is remarkable fact that, not being
such, he could be elecved from district
which produced Clay and Breckenridge.
He is the only man who has made
name in Kentucky as a statesman who is
not gifted speaker, and he owes his
success to a well-balanced brain, a pleas
ant manner, and excellent horse sense. [
am told by KentucBians that he is the
most popular man in Kentucky, and that
he and Carlisle divide the honors of ad-
miration between themselves. He is a
curious speaker, this Senator Beck. Let
me tell you how he looks on the floor. A
giant of man-tall, broad-shouldered
and big headed, his very weight COM
mands attention. He has a broad, full
face, covered with a grisly beard of iron
gray, bright black eyes, full of earnest
ness, and pleasant mouth. When he
speaks he grows much excited, and the
words flow out in torrent. He talks
faster than any man in the Senate. and
he always willis his shirt collar during
| speech. In a Kentucky campaign Sena-
tor Sherman is reported as saying:
''Beck rests while he IS speaking" If
this is so, it is curious kind of resting,
and one which will take the place of
sleeping. Though, by the way, a para
graph has been lately published quoting
this Kentucky senator as saying that his
mental work is done during his dreams;
at any rate he is hard worker, and he
makes his work tell on the Senate. He
is now sixty-two years cd. He is mar
ried and has some grown up children.
His only son. George, is farming in Wy
oming territory, where he has a rancho