Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-05-01
COL0MA FRUIT.
ITS GROWERS AND THE COMING
MARKET.
A Further Rejoinder Concerning the
Position of the Members of the
California Fruit Union.

sue of the REcoRD-UNIoN dated April 9th
a card emblazoned with the heading False
Bolstering of the Fruit Union" and signed
"E. H, which contains some very severe
and dishonest structures, and an unoual-
flied declaration that the telegram sent to
your office, and published on the 23d inst,
contains ''falsehoods and misstatements
that are intended to mislead," etc., COM
pels me, as the author, to refute the same
under my own signature and | do further
state, for the benefit of the author of the
card signed "E. H." that, as a practical
fruit-grower, l claim, after residence of
nearly 81 years in this locality, to be some
what familiar with "the temper and disposi-
ton of the fruit-growers of Coloma, and do
hereby openly declare that the card pub
lished on the 2ith inst, with the before
mentioned heading, to contain scarcely
anything but falsehoods, save in the single
paragraph where the author states " No
vote was taken iDdorsing the so-calIed
Fruit Union" for the simple and indis
putable fact that at the fruit growers meet
ing held on the Dist inst. four-fifths of the
growers present were members of the local
fruit "Union," which organization al its
last regular meeting passed resolutions
unanimously indorsing the action of the
Trustees of the California Fruit Union in
appointing Porter Bros. their Eastern
agent, and commencing said Trustees as
gentlemen of honesty, ability and integ-
rity. Also, that it was the sense of our To-
cal Union that it would be unwise and in
judicious 10 sell to any shipper fruit des-
tined for Eastern shipment that was not
consigned through the Fruit Union.
At the meeting of April 2lst, during all
the discussion that ensued, only one single
grower in our whole section came to the
rescue OF the shippers side of the question
and have yet to meet stakeholder in the
Fruit Union in this community who will
not give it his full support. | herewith
append card signed by holders of POS out
of the 213 shares held in the township, as
evidence of the feeling manifest among the
growers here who are shareholders in the
Fruit Union, and as testimony of the truth
OF my telegram. County Assessor Morten-
sen, the holder of the only remaining five
shares, was absent from home on official
business, but am assured, had been able
to see him that he would also have signed
the card, making ii unanimous"
To e. H." who states that "no good
can come through misleading reports, and
that cause weak enough to require such
attempted help ought to go TO the wall, )" /
will say heartily indorse his opinion, and
will go step further by adding, it ought
to be doubly damned, and its friends who
would resort to such dishonorable means
wrung by the neck.
l have no defense to make for the q Fruit
Union" as it requires none at my hands
after the despicable means reSorted to by
some men to undermine and destroy the
confidence it is gaining amongst
the fruit producers, as such assertions as
those published by " L. H. in the RECORD
UNION of the oath instant are only calcu-
lated to convince growers here to what
desperation some shippers are driven in
order to again secure them under their con-
troll. Fair play and truth is all the Fruit
Union" desire in this controversy. but no
bluff and falsehood; and l feel convinced
that the promoters of the rival association
including such gentlemen as Hon. X. ID.
Stephens Senator Reuter- and C. W. Reed
men of State reputation-will not for an
instant countenance such abortive efforts as
those of e. H
Even were / competent, have no desire
to parade myself as a vindicator of the
" Fruit Union" nor will | enter into any
continued or longwinded" newspaper
nevertheless the aspersions in
the before mentioned communication have
been so gross and willfully false that |
shall brand them as such, with the addi-
tional verifcation from the stockholders in
the Union" whose names are attached
to the inclosed testimonial. Truly, yours,
HENRY MAILER.
EDS. REcoRD-UNIoN We, the under
signed, stockholders in the California
Fruit Union" representing 208 shares out
of the 213 subscribed for in this township,
do hereby testify $50 many of US as were
present. that the Geographic statement
published in the RECORD Z MON of April
23d, concerning a fruit-growers' meeting
held here on the Dist instant is literally
true in every particular. And while it
may be deemed advisable by few of our
growers lowing to our very short crop to
dispose of the same to shippers, neverthe-
less we consider it unwise and detrimental
for any grower having an average crop to
place the same upon the market through
any agency but that of the California
Fruit Union" and we declare, and reit-
crate in the words of the telegram, that
it is the unanimous opinion of the stock
holders in the Fruit Union TO allow that
organization to have absolute control of
their fruit destined for Eastern shipment
and to stand by it in its entirety"
VIM. Stearns, A. S. Mosely, A. Ruk, Z.
f. DeSory. Mailer Bros, Charles johnson,
Joseph Scolari, VIM. H. Hooper, P. Hen
messy, j. S. Norris, L. A. Rasmussen, ].
w. Killough, o. w. Osborn, Robert Nc
Kay, Francis Veerkamp, VIM Veerkamp.
John NJ. Day, VIM. Nichols, w. II. Val
entine, James Croker, A j. Peterson,
Frank Amstalden, Anton Peterson, J. II.
Thomas, A, Monroe, G, W. Ramsey.
Coloma, April %, 1886.