The Florida agriculturist., 1889-05-15

ern points. But this will not 90 away
with all shipping troubles, nor will they
disannear until the fruit growers COM
hine and formulate plans beneficial 10
both themselves and the transportation
lines ard by their combined strength
force their adoption by said lines. Such
action we would ask this Society to un'
dertake, bearing In mind, however, thaI
the fault is not all upon one side, ana
that the transportation companies nave
rights that we are bound to resp CT ana
that it is our best interests to consider.
MARKETING.
This proposed combination Wnen
formed has another work OF most vital
Importance to the success OF our CHOSEN
industry and that is to agree upon some
systematic plan by which our fruit can
be distributed over this vast country
and also those of Europe, If found that
trans Atlantic markets can be supplied
from here with profit to the grower as
has been indicate by some of the ship
ments already made. Many are the
plans that have been proposed and sew
eral of them more or less successfully
carried into operation, but none of them
have received the general support that
is absolutely necessary to make them
thoroughly successful. There is an effort
now being made to accomplish a more
thorough combination and devise an en-
tirely new system Of marke ing through
d convention of orange growers held at
Leesburg Yesterday. [ think it would
be we'll for this Society to consider the
outcome of that meeting, but let us not
~ o1. ho an
ton for this same purpose with its ma
chinery all in working order and the ex-
perience of several years of practical
operation to- recommend it TO our notice.
speak of the Flori a Fruit Exchange,
not an individual enterprise, nor that of
company or syndicate, but the crea-
ture of the orange growers OF Florida, of
which every one of you are invited to
become a part. believe that the gen.
eral plan of this organization is the cor
rect one and that if it had the general
support and councils of the fruit growers
of the State, it would solve the market
ing problem, but We must take hold of
it with more vim and show more plainly
its claims to the support of all the orange
growers of the State. 1t is ours if we
will become a part of it, and we can re-
model it's details or change its officers
whenever the interests of the industry
require it, although | am assured that
the present officers are eminently fitted
for their positions and we'll calculated
to make it a success ii supported by q
large membership. If this is what We
want let us take hold of it with a will,
advertise it and place its advantages be-
fore every man in the State who has a
box of oranges to ship, in such shape
that he will not forget it when he makes
out his shipping receipt.
If it does not suit us let us change it
at once SO that it will, but if we can not
unite on this, let us drop it and take up
som" other plan that suits us better for
we must do something, and that soon or
millions Of dollars will be lost to the
State, that by rights and by her UNIQUE
position and products should flow into
her Golfers from every part of America
at least.
OVER PRODUCTION,
Ii all the orange groves in the State
were on cpngenial soil and were prop
erly fed and cared for, the orange cron
already large. would rapidly increase as
the young trees now pl nted come into
bearing, and those now bearing increase
their production; but we find that large
per cent. OF the groves planted were put
out by novlces at the business, whose
selection OF location was mistake that
insured failure from the beginning
Others on good lands have been mis-.
managed, until they have, or will shorty
become worthless. In fact large por-