The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-03
Systems for Selling oranges.

The Producers Price Current of New
York, in a lengthy article. compares the
auction system Of dispOsing Of Florida
oranges with that of private >ales, AID
reaches the conclusion that the best results
are u be obtained from the latter. The
reason given for pIbllshing the article Is
that the reports, wh!cl have been widsly
circulated, that the mseti g that was held
In New York a couple Of weeks ago for the
purpose Of arranging for selling oranges at
auction was to organize a trust, are
erroneous 1t says that no such thing as a
trust was thought Of, aud at those who
called the meelng sincerely believed that
the auction system would give more salts
faction to orange growers than any Other.
There is NJ doubt that there has been
great deal of dissatisfaction among orange
growers during the last few seasons with
the receipts from their shipments, and
doubtless they are inclined to think that
they have not been de lit with honestly by
the commission merchants Il is probable
that In many in 'tances they have been vic
tins Of dishonest mere lants, but IL is prob
ably safe to say that in most cases they
have been dealt with fairly and honestl-.
The Producers P.ics- Current gives
several reasons why the alc ioa system
would not be satisfactory, all of which ap-
pear to be quite strong ones. One Of them
Is that by the auction system the oranges
would be sold az fast as received without
any regard to whether or not the market
was overs5ocked. Another is that oranges
often arrive at their destination with signs
OF decay among them, or green. or badly
assorted, and if they were sold in that COZ
dition very low price would be received
from them.
The commission merchants are careful to
see ihlt the oradgei c)nsi ,nsd t. them are
put in a condition, if their con lition cal be
improved, thai viii attract buyers. They
not only do that, but when the sup ply is
greater than the demand they hold back
their consignmeats until the demand be-
comes more active.
OF course there is a great deal to be said
for and az inst both systems, and the grow
erS must decide for themselves whica Of tae
two promises the better results. 1t is doubt
full if any agreement between growers can
be reached. In that event it will
be impos ible to dispose of tle orange crop
by one method alone. The present orange
crop, which promises to be very large,
will doubtless be disposed OF by both sys-
TENS, and it might be we'll or growers to
observe both carefully with the view of
forming an opinio as TO which, is the etter
The growers themselves can DO great
deal toward getting better prc IS. They
can a'sort cir oranges mora carefully and
they can send them market in a condition
that viii meet the markets donna IDS. Good
oran res comm and cool prices always. 1t
is often very difficult to sell tae Inferior
grades at any price, particularly when
there is an abundance of otner kinds of
fruit
The assertion that is sometimes made
that the Florida orange product is now
greater than the de nand for it has no
foundation whatever. TIE increased trans
PROBATION facilities place it in all the cities
and towns Of the country, and the demand
IS certain to keep abreast of the supply.