The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-12-18

staiIi the objects OF the t-ACutIEe. ttlh
if YOU viii look over your exchanges you
will ind many articles conveying the
idea that the Exchange j. simply stock
company doing business 10 maze money
for the managers. ron must remember
that thi~ Is a sub IsCt con which depends
very largely the future pry-I trIiE Of
every business man ami land oW Her nm
the STATE. Now, while we 1" not claim
that mistakes have not been made. We
10 claim 10 have done much good, and
only the smallest part ut the grand sue
cess u Ice realized has been accomplished.
and the orange growers themselves are
the only ones that are responsible for
this.
To secure the results wOrhed for, we
must have control oi the ruik OF thu
crop Ns soon a This Is secured, the .~''-
n. IS frrt.
There Is not a fair minded man who
has looked into the matter that VIII not
admit that at this time the price Of
oranges could ue raised in fuIty-eIght
hours at least 81 per box il they were
under control of one mauageme' Z. In
view of this ;pct, how utterly ns!-niii-
cant i the argument that ,re hare stain
HSFst fgy'ig fer oit. yJu.ft-"iHt- bf"Hf. or
that 1t can have any crop sold for few
cents less thar the amount charged Icy
the ExChan.r.
And now permit me TO give briefly
few of the benefits realized by the pat
rons OF the Exchange. The fIuit sent
20 ( is mot ~ the tiIst dIsbursIDg point
by one agent. who carefully examines IT,
snd il Il - not in good order. either at
once proceeds to put n in share ar ad-
yis,s the General Manager, hu orders
the disposition % IL. II l. then put in
fruit cars. The man who sends one box
having the same freight p-r box aS the
. one sending 900, # destined "a distant
/ points. refrigerator ears are used. the
only charge made Icing the aC;ua! cost
/ of the ice used. II box is lcst or dam
I aged in transportation the shipper - At
. once paid in full: all uvercharges are also
+ treated In this manner. Last sea son the
/ patrons OF the Exchange diu not lose
1 one box. or pay one cent ol uNt TCnaTEr.
! Then at pre- NJ all traits sent 10y
/ steamers are injured at the expense Of
the Exchange. After leaving for its des-
tinatiou II is constantly under the con
/ troll of our agents. who see that the
cars are not side-tracked. or delayed.
and if the weather Is 50 severe that
. there l. any danger the cars ale run into
the round houses and held until the
weather moderates Al! agents Of the
Exchange are under heavy bonds. ami
the Exchange guarantees the payment
Of every dollars worth of property ia
trust u 20 It's care. one az the greatest
benefits. w. have felt, IL the relief from
the cares of looking after our fruits when
II leaves our packing house. Ali anxiety
is brown Stf. wa Know that il Wi. be
7 disposed of 10 the very best advantage.
. and that in due time We are certain 10
receive the full amount it sold FOR
Th- only object Of the ~ chauEc is Ia
obtain the highest price for the fruit.
and the different market. are carefully
watched. kilograms are received from
all important points daily, giving prices
quantity Of fTuIt on hands. &C. We labor
To prevent too much fruit being sent 20
any one point. an how difficult that Is
. when thousands are sending their iIuit
forward without any intelligent opera
ton, You can imagine. There is scarcely
= dav that the manager = not compelled
t. divert cars from their intended des-
tinatjon. when reports reach him that
that market Is being crowded hv heavy
" shipments.
At the end If the season, IL there Is
any surplus i u te refunded. pro
rata to the shippers. If we could have
the bulk o. the crop We could do the
business for much less han ~ per cent.
commission.
Mr.. =. 2. Bishop hears this valued ;es-
timony to tire workings IF the Exchange:
FIRST. that the Exchange last year caused
a large increase IN the price of the fruit.
second. that the prices realized at auC-
tion We're greater than those received by
outside parties for the same quality OF
fruit and that holds good this wear by a
large percentage, as can he shown by our
printed catalogues Of auction sales and
market reports Of same date. Now. n
few words as TO auction sales. There l.
scarcely an orange raised in any part of
thu. world thSt is not sold in that man
uer. except those from Florida. The
dealers in New York who are lOuIcst IN
L.. - L. 81.
he sold in that manner. sell every box of
their own fruit at auction. We sell no
( mans fruit at auction who does not wish
. 1t disposed Of III that manner. There IL
, little doubt that in n few years the great
bulk OF Florida oranges will he disposed
Of at auction. Many growers, seeing
this. have ordered their entire crop sent
to the auction rooms, realizing that the
. sooner their brands are known then the
better 1t will i've for them. ireenIeaf *
Pomeroy are among this number. The
only argument used against the EN-
change. or that can he used. Is that the
growers will not support it. Every fruit
dealer. who has expressed an opinion on
the subject. says lit Is the only right
way" The California fruit growers in
. convention assem- bled, in their resolu-
tons agreed TO have their fruit sold at
. auction and it M 0ttgt' Ir0Q.'
Few think that the estimate of two
million boxes ia much out OF the way.
The crop of So and SO was estimated
at over one million boxes. over six
. hundred thousand boxes We're marketed
during the months of November ana
December. This season the trees have
had a comparative rest. In several
counties there is not more than one
third Of crop, and the output Will he
fully SIX hundred thousand boxes. and
with favorable conditions II Will he
strange if there Will not he three times
that amount.
/ am too deeply Interested in the
prosperity of the State 10 say one word
that would cause moments uneasi
ness, were il not that ! thought it alb
solutelv essential. and that ! am salts