The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-05
.op1DA oGANGEs.
,.v Association Duly Organized
The -" in New York.

,-,,,,v;,o from the New York Tunes
Ire i0. s,,1,sr account of the association
give IN New York on Monday to BUY
tlr'l.-'' ranges than was contained IN the
tl'l. -,,e NEWS dispatch OF yesterday;
Nue. -,.or,ent 70 get up an ASSOCIATION
The III +bs range crop of Florida ana
70 c H.. 49,, ale; made by auction lnsVeau vi
have lu ut on commission TO consignees,
rs al - Kind of definite shape yeSte'uay
tooA A1 s,', 0'rcanizatiOn Of an aSsoclat.Ol, ~
bt -, called an effort TO form d Ii ueS ~
has - and commission mercnants u -se"
- have kept out OF IL V Ieii w ~ ~
y orr -- ~. Two. The ASSOCIATION, III the
Of 4 mn mn IF a constitution and bylaws, has
al p..u ...a;1 extent deviated frum the puc-
70 a c5l 49, ,,'- was originally proclaimed, and
pose 1n1.;otion seemed to be in the dlrectlon
tlAV " or monopoly to concentrate the
l d the hands of few ana crowd out
trace III -, - bers of commission merchants,
large ,'d small. who make living by their
trade ;.,+ior was formed yester-
Ine tbe office Of e. L. Goodsell, lO5 fark
uay There were present q. A; snow Oh
Wv & Co. of Boston, w; "A, MlchagiS a
Michaeis & Co. OF Fhl!aqslpnIa' o. "a
S Of the Cincinnati Fruit Auction
BalIu gir Evans of J. H. Seward q Co.,
Ho i Tb,o una Kepner of Kepner & Co. of
anu npi.; irlor,. W II. Williams of Summer
Ia1- & O. of Pittsburg, Pa. Senator A:
d %Gobon auctioneer of the Florida Fruit
= I to,,,-a of Jacksonville, George Willis of
G go IA. and B. Pfifer Of Oveido, Fla.
OCai"' Coodsell acted as chairman and read
ul Of a constitution which he then
; .,9 hefore the meeting for discussion. The
,,aroa selected for the new association was uhe
II
World Orange,Growers and Dealer Frotect
20 Association, and the administration was
made 10 consist of president, treasurer,
NO and board of directors, the secre-
Sec, alone 70 be paid officer The consti-
mon nroyided that an office is to be opened
~ Jacksonville to receive information and
- Il 10 the members of the association.
7,ho deviation from the original purpose of
81 movement was shown in article Ill.
~ the constitut on. According to the
y. riding the members of the organization
dot 0biect to sale on commission SO long
os the oranges are Consigned to them, but
thew will boycott any grower woo shall
dare TO sell to any one outside or the fold.
This article reads as follows:
THE object Of the association shall be to
prevent consignment OF Florida oranges
by concentration of the same at some CEN
trail noint or points, viz: Jacksonville or
most practicable to do so, and we hereby
nledge ourselves to establish a buyer in
Florida at such point, and buy all the
oranges our section may demand in honest
rivalry with other sections of the United
States, thus fixing uniform price for all
grass throughout the trade. While we
9jeige ourselves to buy in Florida along
with others that portion of the crop
which will supply our section, we expect
the Florida grower to cease consignment of
his fruit unless the same is co signed to O
member of this organization, as it is ep-
parent to any fair-minded man that we
could not safely purchase and sell against
commission fruit. We therefore pledge
ourselves not to buy fruit of any man or set
of men engaged in consigning any portion
of his OF their fruit. This association will
establish a uniform grade, and at all times
get the best information for the use of the
growers in picking, carrying and packings
and improve the transportation in every
possible way"
Besides continuing to do business On COM
mission, the members also reserved to
themselves the liberty Of going to Florida
TO buy up the products of orange groves
while the fruit was still there. The debate
brought out the suggestion that those
oranges that could not otherwise be well
Jacksonville. Mr. Williams thought that
none of the members of his firm would GO
to Jacksonville to buy at auction for them
nor could they very we'll hire a special
buyer. be was told that he could employ
the buyer of some of his fellow members,
and then he remarked that perhaps some of
the large dealers there would try TO crowd
out his firm. "Oh, no" replied the gentle
me9 they would never think of such a
thing
ticklish question arose over an article
that only reputable and respectable mer-
chants be admitted to the association One
gentleman thought that with such restric-
tons 1t might be libalouS to refuse an appli-
cant for membership.
1t was decided to fix the initiation fee at
500, and that money was to cover the ex-
PenSes OF advertising, printing, postage,
hlrlng an office at Jacksonville, paving q
secretary, etc. There were Just fifteen men
IN the room, and one ridiculed the figure of
s5l' That would not begin to cover ex-
peLSes. Another suggested that room for
Fl9 per month be taken, and MIR. Mahon
one. gu room In the Office where he did
business free Of rent. The majority, how
ever, thought it would be beneath the
olgnI'y OF such association, that sought
NJ u, control the entire orange output of
rpH 10 start III such an humble manner.
SAairtnan GoodSell felt sure that they
would nave over 100 mont ers within two
months 81 1t was decided that special asses
I h us o9 levied from time to time as may
be found necessary.
a Tue 10 lowing officers were elected: Presi-
SSg na- l.. Goadsell, treasurer-E. A.
TWn0W' hoard OF directors-Senator Mahon
T.. II. Mlcnaels, d. A. Snow, J. H. Seward,
e. AaVerone, and w. H. Williams.