Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-07-25
HELP FOR FRUIT.pICKISG.
An Important Proposition From tn
State Board of Trade and s. p. Co.

! An Important Proposition From the
| State Board of Trade and s. p. Co.
/ The following circular letter has Just
been addressed TO all the Boards of Trade
in the State, and is of much Importance to
fruit growers and the public:
CALFoENIA STATE BOARD OF TRADE,
SAs' FRANCISCO, July II, iSSS. I
GENTLEMEN: The grain harvests, the work Of
| picking and packing fruits now ripening in the
orchards, and The vintage of the vfney ards will
| give employment to a large number of laborers
in excess OF those now offering their services in
this work. At the same time large number
of boys from twelve to eighteen years of age
and girls of suitable age TO be of service in the
packing and drying establishments of the State
are idle in the larger cities and towns
These facts having come to the attention of
Mr. A. n Towne, General Manager of the South
ern Pacific Company. the very natural sugges-
ton has arisen i'll his mind as to whether the
labor of industrious boys and girls cannot be
utilized in the orchards and VINEYARDS of the
State. The very high advantages to all parties
concerned from this proceeding will be al once
OBVIOUS. The agriculturists and horticulturists
OF the State will be supplied with the labor
they so much need, while the boys and girls of
suitable age VIII have their idle time profitably
occupied, Will be adding to the general wealth
of the State by the product of their labor and
will be acquiring habits of industry and thrift
10 addition to this it is believed that the intro
ductlon of the growing boys of the State to a
knowledge of its horticultural industries will
inspire in their minds desire to become them.
selves horticulturists.
Believing that great good can be accom-
plished in these general directions the General
Manager of the southern Pacific COMPANY il
willing 10 facilitate the transportation of bows
and girls from the cities of San Francisco Sac
ramento, Stockton and Los Angeles to any part
OF the State where their services NAV be re-
quired at the very lowest possible rates of
transportation, and to the end that the exceed
ingly low rates which he proposes to offer shall
be availed of only by industrious boys and girls,
who in good faith intend to perform labor in the
country, and will be an aid and benefit to the
producers OF the state, he desires that the mat
ter shall be under the control of the California
State Board OF Trade and its subordinate
branches, and that acquisitions for help by
those desiring to employ labor shall be made
through the local Boards of Trade or Improve
ment Associations, and sent to the Executive
rooms OF the State Board OF Trade at San Fran
CISCO to the Improvement Association of Sacra-
mento, TO the Board of Trade at Stockton and
TO the Board of Trade of the city of Los Angeles
thus keeping under careful supervision of the
State Board and its local branches the supply
OF the class of labor above indicated,
In view of the foregoing you are respectfully
requested to bring the matter before regular
or called meeting of your Board, at an early
day, and having taken the matter under care.
ful Amusement you are requested to report at
once the practicability and desirableness of the
plan
The general outline OF the suggestion of Mr.
Towne is as follows
Requistlon to be made on the local Board of
Trade by any one desiring to employ theservices
of either boys or girls in either San Francisco
stockton, Sacramento or Los Angeles and such
requisition 10 be forwarded by the local board
to the California State Board of Trade or the
atiiiliating board in the county named, with the
assurance that the employment can be had,
giving the name of the employer who makes the
requisition. The boys or girls accepting such
employment to be forwarded for half the regu-
lar fare to the place of des inatio, aud to be
returned to their homes free of all charge upon
the certificate of the employer of the employ.
ment in which they have been engaged. Very
truly yours
JOHN @. BRowN, General Manager.