Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-10-14

but in so heterogeneous a mass there is
every likelihood of discofd- One would be
because he was not elected to
some office; another would not receive
what he would deem to be just price;
still another would not consider himself
justly treated if the agent of the company
rated his fruit second quality. Thus, for
any of these and other reasons, the equi-
iibrium of harmony is likely to turn into
discord and result in dissolution. Besides,
there can be no business secrets in an or
ganization of this kind. The spectators
will, with little effort. know all the present
and intended
MOVEMENTS OF THE CORPORATION.
Now, if the spectators wish, can they not
possess themselves of shares in the cor
poration, for, according to the laws of this
State shares in a corporation can not be
made nontransferable hence, if they can
not obtain shares directly they can easily
obtain them indirectly. May not the
forming of a corporation be the very
thing desired by the spectators? One
thing is certain-if the corporation is
not "close corporation" there is every
likelihood of a speedy breaking up of what
looks now a harmonious body. But, on
the other hand, if it becomes I" close cor
poraton," then may we say to the small
grower, as the Judge says to the condemned
prisoner, " The Lord have mercy on your
SOUL" The large grower will triumph; he
will, in a short time, gobble up the small
fry )" the augmenting of population, and
commerce and labor will receive a blow
from which they may take many years 70
recover. Shall the commercial interests OF
this State be made a football, stud
horse poker game" for few spectators
and rich landowners? To your eternal
shame, oh you San Francisco merchants, can
you sit idly by and say, I" Because we don't
owna ranch, we will not trouble ourselves
about the country hoosier?" Can you
fold your hands now? Can you look with
idle Indifference on the struggle of the
poor rancher? You will find your reward
if you do. Remember the old poem:
Though the mills of God grind slowly yet they
grind exceeding SMALL
Though with patience He stands waiting, with
exactness grinds He all.
Stand aloof now and let the poor grower
fall into trap, and. mark me, your turn will
be next to become tramps and outcasts.
You smile, do you? Well, we will be Drawer
than / think we are if we smile when GUS
toners are driven away; for if they are,
where will our trade come from? Will
the mines revive again? Will we regain
our lost prestige and trade in the northern
and southern part of the Pacific coast? No
not alone have we lost those, but we may
if we sleep or are Indifferent, lose what little
there is left; for, once let US give the rich
Spectators and the rich landowners a hand
in close corporation game at $500 a car
load, and charge the poor grower 5000 6
carload, and we will find the poor farmer
will do as the Arab in the poem, Fold
up his tent and silently steal away" He
will not go far though, for he won't have
money enough. The stud-horse specu.
lators" will have it all. But, lookout, rich
landowners; remember that country o.
vast estates can only be made safe by armed
force. Patriots there are, who on election day
halloo themselves hoarse shouting out how
that they only want chance to show wha
glorious things they would do for this great
this Golden State Where are you now, oh
shouters? 1t may be not near enough t.
election time for you to shout, perhaps
Where are you now, oh journalists? Why
are you silent? Are you blind? Can you
not see the threatening evil? Or, are yor
like your brother, the shouter, good only
for election time" Where are you, OF
political economists? Where your reason
ing, your statistics, your ideas, your hypo
thesis. your sage sayings, your wist
saws? Has your thinking box pannet
out ?' Is there no one to aid? Nav it no
be said of them, " Eyes have they, but will
not see, ears have they, but they will not
hear" To council? Well indeed, may
California weep, for her children are t.
be driven away and sold into bondage
If | could speak directly to the men in
whose hands these things rest, capitalists
railroad transporters and others, / would
apostrophiZe them to save the small
growers, as they may, from the studhorse
poker speculator-the man who takes per
centages until the entire means of the play
ers are absorbed by him. l would say t.
them,
FOSTER THE SMALL GROWERS,
The men who make many homes, fol
thereby will your possessions increase il
value and your gains grow greater.
Croft appears to me that at the mex
session of the Fruit-growers Convention
you merchants should be represented YOU
Boards of Trade and Chambers of Com
merce in San Francisco, Sacramento, Stock
ton, San Jose and elsewhere. You are me-
who are open to conviction, and understand
the laws of trade and commerce.
Nerve have not been asked to senC
representatives.
Gro.-That is true. trust that the proper
authority will at once extend the invitation
We have agreed that merchant, grower anC
IL.
deed, their interests are almost in common
they should, therefore, consult together a
the meeting in the second week in NoVem
Der, to be held in San Francisco.
Mer.-To return to the subject. The
consideration is that of asking the railroad
company to
TAKE SMALL LOTS
OF small growers that there may be bull
up desirable element to whom the car.
shall return laden with supplies for an aug
mented, selfhelpful population, and thu.
contribute to the grandeur of the State anC
the vastness of its commerce. What or
earth do you want of cooperation or a cor
poration? Why do you not ask the rail
road company plainly land forti1y the ask
ing with facts and reasonsl to permit you
to ship your fruit in such quantities as you
are able to ship? say, for instance, at mos
quarter of carload at a time.
Gro.-Well, they would not permit us tc
do so.
Mer.-How do you know? Supposina
they did not permit you, is that any reason
why they lCiH not? 1t would only be a
privilege of common justice for them to
do SO.
Gro.-Would they not be justified in
charging me higher price for the priv.
lege?
Mer.-1 es, II they wanted to cut their
own Threats; for, as was shown before
whenever any one attempts to iniure OF
hamper the small fruit-grower he prevents
that which will tend to augment the per-
manent desirable population Thus you
will see that not alone will policy of mar
row avarice by the railroad company in
jure the small grower, but it will choke up
the channels of trade, and what is the re-
suit? The effect, like boomerang" re-
turns with the full force of an evil policy
on the back of the railroad company.
Gro.-Would it not be prudent to try the
corporation plan, say for year or two, and
If 1t was found impraeticable we could then
try the plan of the quarter carload lot?
Mer.-No, it would neither be prudent
nor wise; for once establish corporation
and it will in a short time become " close
concern and you will have created mon
ster that will defy and destroy you. If you
can carry the point of the quarter carload
plan, and if no advantages are offered in