Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-07-16

that their own purchase would necessarily
interfere with ours, hence, according &c
the agreement, they were not permitted
to have any interest in anv fruit
whatever other than that shipped
by the Union and the only profit they
could make, if the business was conducted
honestly, was the commission on the sales
AS it is to-day they are al perfect liberty tc
buy all the fruit at this end they please
and to occupy the position of a Ceiifornia
shipper.
In the second place they occupy The
position of agents in Chicago, which snti
ties them to a commission or all good:
sold.
in the third place they occupy the nasi
ton OF Chicago jubbers. They buy in the
auction room as other jobbers do and sell
to the trade and make profit OH what
they buy. Their duty TO the Union be.
gins and ends with receiving the goods
from the railroad company, turnin. il
over TO the auctioneers (who Lave 20 in.
terest except in the auction commissit H.
aud who sell to the highest bidder, no mat.
ter who the individual is, so long as he
pays for the goods guaranteeing the ac-
counts and making immediate returns to
the owners"
WHO is BENEFITED
By this new method of selling the fruit and
who is ipju ed? ~ asked the reporter.
This is one of those peculiar instances
where all parties interested are benefited
and not single one is injured
That is pretty broad statement"
True, it is seldom that such a thing
occdrs, but | believe that this is one in.
stance-with possibly one exception. Per
haps there is one class of persons I'M
4 fa OIL =
tornia consumer OF fruit. This change has
created such an increase in the export that
our local markets are bare of good fruit
aud the local consumer has tc pay higher
price. But in compensation for this you
can see the influence this must have in
enhancing the value of your lands and
building up the country, which is benefit
to all.
" AS to listing those who are benefited
by this method OF disposing of the fruit. we
might begin with the Eastern consumer
He is benefited because now we are send
ing larger supplies of fruit, it is going into
large rnUmber of hands at retail and the
fancy retail profits of the past are being
largely cut down, while the Eastern con-
sumner finds himself surrounded with larger
supplies of California fruits at very mod.
crate prices.
ed is the Eastern fruit jobber. In
the past the California fruit trade was
confined TO, at the most. one or
two jobbers in city. The California
Fruit Union, for example, would appoint
one agent in Chicago. That agent would
appoint ubsgents in the larger interior
towns, and just as we would conhne our
supplies TO one agent he in turn would con.
tine his supplies 10 his sub-agente. As a
result, only very few of the vast number
of Eastern iobbeTs were in position t.
handle California fruits and get share of
the proutS to be made by handling them.
By the Introduction of the auction system.
the bars have been let down and every fruit
Iobber IN the East has virtually been in
vlted 10 handle California fruits on an even
footing with the most favored buyer. The
result is that many Eastern iohbers are
handling California fruits 20 DAY who never
thought OF doing So year ago. Within 4
parGhve'y short time there viii be
scarcely any jo5ber in the vast markets of
the East who can afford To ignore our fruits
Hence | say that the Eastern iobber is
likewise benefited by the change in our
method of selling.
As | explained before, the agents Of the
Fruit Union are decidedly benefited by the
change.
The California shipper is largely bene.
fitted because it opens up 10 him vast
market that hitherto hiss been sealed.
The California fruit-grower is the one
who is most bent fitted, since, in The first
place. II creates greatly increased demand
for his fruits and places him in a position
where he can either ship on his own ac-
count or sell to shipper, who by this
method has become an eager buyer, Ii he
decides to chip, he enjoys the advantage of
having his fruit brought 20 the notice of
all the buyers in the market who stand
bidding against each other for the privilege
of getting it. His fruit is sold within an
hour or SO after its arrival, when it is in
better condition than it can possibly be at
any later time. He's notified 5y telegraph
of what his products have realiz+ d, and by
the difference in time is enabled 10 know
the result before the sale actually takes
place. By the first mali he finds himself
in possession OF Z check for The net results.
Every man, woman and child in Cali
foTnia, or who's dependent upon the pros
perity of California, is benefited by this
change of methods, first, because i. en-
hances the value of every acre OF land in
our State; secondly, because 1t means. in the
near future. a dense and a highly thrifty
ard prosperous population.
There is a feeling among the trade gen
orally that the plan is success and they
are all glad it has been introduced.
WONDERFUL SUCCESS.
Concerning its success, would say this,
that was perhaps S sapguine as any Cns
"a, all identified with the movement, and
yet, if any one had asked me three weeks
ago whether | would advise having a sale
of nine carloacs on one morning
at that time / should most I'M
Goub;edlv have answered No, on The
ground that the movement was yet in g
infancy; that the buyers bad to be educated,
that we must feel our way, and that We
would be doing very well indeed, if within
a year from how we had DEVELOPED the
market to such degree as TO warrant
putting in nine carloads Oh any one morn
ing. and yet within three weeks from the
day the sale was starie we had sale one
morning OF nine carloads, FIVE by the Cali
foInia Fruit Union, and TOUR by other Cali
foruia shippers, and the prizes as a rule
were highly satisfactory. On the next day
there were four carloads sold, al still better
prices. and the following day there were
six carloads sold III still higher prices. one
OF the cars bringing The biehest price for
the season, realiz ng about 50 400
The only class of fruit upon which
prices have not been as high as the1
might have been, was pears, and
that wss owing to The fact that
within week there was from % TO so
carloads OF pears poured into Chicago
alone. aside from the great quantities Sent
to other cities, all If which had q tendency
to greatly depre>s prices, more especially
sine the pears were uot In condition t. be
en- en- for s or 10 days sfter arrival and buy
ers could do nothing more Iban store their
in the meantime being with
out iaik~tsb!c bears.
Here i the result of the observations
Of Other ageuis- Ar the last SALE at " hich
| wss pTesenl in Caigseo l met tue Mime
apoiis agent "s the Caiitainis Fruit Unicn
VINO $50 d ard ioaked on u amazement
aud SAID that The shcle hing was niarge