Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-03-30

| the business to the present time, with fa-
vorable prophecy respecting its future. As
| the President of the Fruit Union and as
one of the heaviest shippers to Eastern
| markets. the speaker had had ample op-
portunity to become thoroughly familiar
with the questions of fruit-growing and
shipping he had during the past fifteen
| years made the business in all its branches
a constant study, and both by observation
and experiment had learned many things
necessary to know in order to successfully
| handle so perishable and uncertain q pro-
| duct.
| The speaker dwelt at some length on the
necessity of thoroughness on the part of
| the fruit-grower. Fruit growing and ship
| ping are but two branches of the same
great industry-though separate and dis.
tinct, they are inseparably connected and
| the one is dependent upon and necessary
to the other. The horticulturist must be
| thorough in all the varied departments of
| his profession. He must select the proper
| ground must properly prepare it;
| select the varieties of fruit best adapted
| and most profitable then when his orchard
is finally in full bearing and he begins to
reap the benefits of bis labor and care, he
must by his constant vigilance and care
| protect his trees from the MANY pests
which will prey upon them. After he has
quality of fruit such as Californians are
proud to show to our Eastern friends, then
the shipper must by intelligent methods so
| place the fruit IN the East as TO obtain best
results. A few practical hints were given
touching the method of asserting packing
and shipping, and the varieties of fruits
most desirable.
Mr.. Platt then spoke of the Fruit Union,
| This institution is endeavoring, by intelli-
| gent efforts, to bring about various reforms
! that seem TO be necessary to the success of
the fruit interest of California; business
that bids fair soon to eclipse in magnitude
and Importance all others in the State.
First, by consolidation OF the shipping
interests, the Union hopes to bring to bear
q sufficient influence to induce the Trans
portation Companies throughout the
United States, to SO moderate freight
charges on fruit from California as
to make it possible to lay down
the product in all principal cities at
moderate cost, so that instead of being a
luxury obtainable only by the wealthy, it
may be an article of daily consumption by
the masses. Secondly, through like influ-
ence the Union hopes to secure for this
perishable class of production rapid transit
so that it may reach destination in good
ORDER which is now frequently impossible
Thirdly, by proper distribution the Union
hopes to do away, in a measure, with
ruinous competition. All these benefits
may not be had in single season, but the
speaker had faith to believe that in due
time this great industry, now in its infancy,
would grow to gigantic proportions, and
instead of, as last year, 1000 cars of fruit
| leaving Sacramento, the number might
| soon be swelled to 5000 that would start on
their Eastern journey from this great fruit
distributing center.
Referring particularly to FL Dorado
county, the speaker felt perfectly at home
in talking 10 an audience in Placeryille.
For ten years the house of which he was a
managing member had made speciality of
the work of finding market for the fruits
of Ell Dorado county, and every fruit
grower in the county knew him. There
can be no doubt as to the future of horti-
culture in Ell Dorado. No fiowery language
of flowing rhetoric is needed to extol the
beauty or the quality of her peach, her
Bartlett pears, her grapes and her plums.
All that was needed was to properly place
them before the consumers in the East
and they would be appreciated. Last year
some fifty carloads of fruit were sent in a
green state from Ell Dorado county. With
proper effort on the part of the growers
there is no reason why 200 cars may not be
sent three years later and 500 in six
years. There is practically no limit to
what FL Dorado can do in this line
Sacramento, the natural railroad center
of the fruit shipments of California, re-
joices to-day in the completion of another
link ir the great network of railroads that
surrounds her, and she heartily coneratu-
lates the fruit-growers of Ell Dorado on Sc
curing such greatly increased facilities for
the moving of their crops as is afforded by
the road to Piacerville. All the various
fru;t-producing districts can but have a
joint interest with each other, and Ei Do
rado can now say to Sacramento, San Jose,
Placer, Solano, Yuba. Yolo, and the other
great fruit-producing counties, we are now
on common level and we shall see who
will win the struggle for supremacy.
Lack of space forbids a more extended
report Of Mr.. Platt's remarks, which were
listened to with much interest.
The PlacervIlle Board of Trade" Re-
sponded to by Charles E. Swisler, Presi-
dent of the Board.
California Pioneers" Responded to by
p. S. Lawson, President of the Sacramento
organization.
District Attorney Elwood Bruner, of Sac
ramento, responded to the toast " The La
dies" Mr.. Bruner began by saying that
| Governor Waterman, who had referred in
complimentary terms to the ladies of Pla-
cerville, should not, by reason of his gray
hairs and great experience, be allowed to
say more on that subject than younger
man. The speaker said that he could prove
his good opinion of the ladies of Placer
vile from the fact that having visited Pla-
| cervllle on former occasion his remarks
to his wife ON the manner of his reception
had induced her to accompany him on
| this occasion, though no invitation had
been extended to her by him. Mr.. Bruner
| then referred to the trials undergone by
the pioneers in coming to California, and
their heroism in overcoming the various
| obstacles that obstructed their journey of
their hard-fought battles for gold and
honor and of the ultimate success that
crowned their efforts. But side by side
with the sturdy pioneers; sharing the trials
| and privations of their husbands sympa-
thizing with them in misfortune; rejoicing
in their triumphs; ever ready to soothe or
cheer, were the brave and patient women,
| who sacrificed all but love to come to Cali
fornias shores. Our purest thoughts and
brightest wishes should to-day be extended
to the pioneer women of California, many
of whom, with hearts full of gratitude, re-
joice with US to-day. The speaker then
continued: I'VE have come to you to-day
with hearts full of goodwill, we rejoice
with you in the fact that your long de-
ferred hopes are at last realized; the bands
of steel which now unite the valley with
the mountain will bring us together into
closer and kindlier relations. With no
county in the State has Sacramento been
more closely identified than with old Ell
Dorado. But we want to, and will become
| better acquainted with you. We want to
see your beautiful valleys teeming with the
products of orchard, vineyard and farm;
your hilltops crowned with beautiful resi-
dences, and yourselves happy and con-
tented in the full fruition of life's noblest
endeavors."
THE Press" Responded to by S. Il.
Darlington, of the RECORD UNION.
Ell Dorado County" Hon. G. J. Carpen-
ter.
"The Occasion Hon. W. c. Hendricks.
NOTES.
he Sacramento Pioneers, numbering
about forty. was one of the features of the
occasion.
The First Artillery Band covered them
selves all over with glory They PLAYED
concert music on the veranda of the Cary
House all afternoon.
Citizens with carriages took Sacrament
tans all over town, and in the afternoon
many climbed to the summit of Sacra-
mento hill, where they could obtain a good
view of the entire city and the surround