Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-08-15
A VOICE FROM PLACER.

about the price that would be paid
and received in reply the following short
answer When we want your grapes we
will let you know the price" 1t was q
short epistle and to the point. The propri-
etors of the other winery we're equally ret
icent about what they proposed to give for
this seasons crop, and were very particu-
lar to impress upon the mind of the pro-
Queer the fact that the price of wine was
very low-so low. indeed, that there was
little or no profit in its manufacture
| When the producer informed them that the
prices quoted were good and firm, say 80
cents per gallon, the reply was: Oh, well
you can't tell anything about newspaper
reports; we will sell you all you want for
II cents per gallon" So he might, replied
Mr.. Hawk, for small barrel would be the
extent OF my purchase, and he would lose
nothing even at that price, considering the
price he paid for the grapes. These wine
makers, also, in order to intimidate the
grower, have careless way of saying :
There will be more grapes this year than
we can handle. There viii be large
shipments made from Fresno, ETC."
4 None of these wine-makers will
name price before the LIST of September
and then they expect TO get them at
their own figures, as the fruit must be picked
and handled in few days, or be a loss to
the grower. He said his neighbors had
consulted over this matter and they are
willing to agree to anything Sacramento
agrees to.
FAYoRs A COOPERATIVE WINERY.
j. i. Welty, an owner of one of the old
! est vineyards in the county, and q gentle
| man thoroughly posted on the wine in
dustry, read an article which appeared in
| the RECORD UNION some weeks since, de-
seriptive of the Eagle Winery in this city.
| He showed from the reading of that report
that large wine industry had been built
up, that the manufacturer had glown
wealthy, while the growers who fur
/ nlshed him the grapes, in many instances,
| had either gone out of the business, pulled
up their vines or found another market for
their grapes. In Sacramento county the
most profitable crop on the upland, where
| there IS no irrigation, is the wine grape
! Compel US to raise grapes below profit
and those in the business must 20 out.
! With fair treatment We can make every acre
OF upland in this county pay handsome
proht Instead OF the general squallor and
/ poverty OF the masses now engaged in
grain raising, vineyards would dot our
| plains, elegant residences and fine barns
would take the place of the rickety shanty
and the tumble down barn, and our county
would be one OF unparalleled prosperity.
]
/ producer has not been able to gel fair re-
Enumeration for his labor, ali the profits
being taken by the wealthy corporations
who manufacture the wine. The uplands
| OF Sacramento cannot raise table or raisin
/ grapes, but are well adapted to wine grapes
and for some varieties cannot be surpassed.
! Let's have co operative winery in Sacra-
mento City, and interest the Sacramento
business men with US. The grape growers
have not capital sufficient, but we can
| grow the grapes and they can furnish the
| capital. The business men, when the i'm
/ mense profits to be made are shown them,
will not hesitate to take stock in 5000,
| $4,000, $40 900 or $4,000 lots. The mer-
/ chants, hardware dealers, especially dealers
in wagons and farm implements can, afford
/ TO go into this largely for it will, besides
! being paying investment from the start,
| largely increase their business. The bust
ness men OF this city should take hold of
this matter, for it would insure the pros
/ perlty of the entire county, which means
! large and profitable business to the city
| We want not less than $500 600, said the
| speaker, and snch firms as Baker & Ham
ilton should take $4,000 worth of the
! stock each. The lumber men can afford to
take stock also, for it means a doubling up
| in their business. The Eagle Winery
and the one at Guthries Station have
no riparian rights we are bound
| to respect and we can tap the
stream above them. They seemed to be
! willing to kill the goose that laid the
golden egg. They buy the grapes at a price
murderous to the vineyardist and which is
fast resulting in running him utterly.
PLAN OF ORGANIZATION.
George c. McMullen said all those who
had spoken seemed to favor some plan of
organization. whereby the growers could
present solid front and be in a position to
make terms with the manufacturers who
acted together. He was in favor of any
proposition that would give the producer a
fair share of the profits to be derived from
his crop. He move that a committee of
| five be appointed by the Chair to formulate
plan of organization.
]. B. Welty seconded the motion and it
was carried unanimously.
| The Chair appointed as such committee
| George G. McMullen, Joseph Reuter-, t. H.
| Fassett, Erskine Greer and NJ Bradford
Afterwards DR.. w. s. Manlove and L. l..
| Hawk were added to that committee.
A short recess was taken in order to allow
the committee time to perform the duty
assigned it.
On returning, the committee, through its
Secretary, f. Greer, made the following
| report:
| JnluMuhs 1Our appointed 10
| formulate some plan of organization, beg leave
| to submit the following The remarks of the
several speakers received due consideration and
| each member freely expressed his opinion. The
| following resolution, offered by DR.. Manove
was unanimously ADOPTED and recommended:
Resolved, That a committee, consisting of three,
| be appointed by the grape growers of this asso-
citation, who shall have power and are author
lied TO sell or dispose to the wineries, at price
! suitable TO them, all wine grapes belonging to
| the members of this association but all mem
-zff t,n1l
sell to individuals for home consumption such
quantities of grapes as he or she may desire !:
but in no event shall any member of this asso-
citation sell to any winery any of his wine grapes
| without the consent of said committee.
| G. C. McMullen. Chairman; E. Greer, Secre-
tary; VIM. S. Manloye, L. II. Fassett, J. Reuter-,
| L. L. Hawks.
The report of the committee was unani-
| mously adopted.
| f. Greer moved that the Chair appoint
the committee named in the resolution.
| The Chair said he thought it would give
better satisfaction if the committee was Sc
lected by the Convention.
| Mr.. Greer withdrew his motion, and
Joseph Reuter-, w. S. Manlove and l.. H.
Fassett were nominated and elected by &C.
clamation,
The name unanimously agreed upon for
| the organization is THE Sacramento
| Wine Grape Growers Association"
The Secretary drew up an agreement for
| signers. II first gives the resolution above,
| with the following added: We, the under
signed wine-grape growers, hereby bind
ourselves to be governed by the above res
| olutiou, as adopted by the wine-grape
growers at a meeting held the 14th day of
| August, 1883 at the city of Sacramento"
The following signatures were appended:
| L. II. Fssseit. w. S. Manlove, E. Greer, J.
Reuter-, J. G. Patterson, G. c. McMullen,
d. Reese, N. L. Drew, L. G. Rodman, Hugo
Balthazer, Claus NJ. Boge. P. B. Bradford,
NJ. G. Pike.
The Secretary was ordered to have 100
copies of this agreement printed They
| will be circulated throughout the county
and every wine grape grower will be So
licited to sign it.
| On motion of N. L. Drew the meeting
adjourned to Saturday, August 18th, at
1:30 P. NJ, when every grower in the county
interested in the movement is expected to
be present.
Drunk or Crazy.
About 1 o'clock yesterday morning the
people residing in the neighborhood of