The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-16
MELON GROWERS MEET.
IMPORTANT ACTION AT ALBANY
YESTERDAY.

Committee Appointed to Meet the
Rate Committee of the Southern
Railway and Steamship Association.
New Members Added to the Rolls.
Action on Excess Weights.
ALBANY, GA, Jan. 15.-In pursuance of
published notice, the melon and fruit grow
ers of Southern and Southwest Georgia
met in convention in this city to-day. The
convention was called to order at ID o'clock
by President g. r. McIsae Of Quitman, aud
was the most representative meeting held
in years.
The grievances of the melon growers were
carefully formulated and lucidly stated aS,
follows: First, the necessity of having O
system adopted by the railroads that will !
guarantee to shippers the inviolability of
weights inserted in bills of lading by initial
roads; second, the duty of southern linest.
to cooperate with the melon growers asso-
Citations in seeking reasonable reduction
in rates north of the Ohio river and west''
of the Mississippi.
NEW MEMBERS.
Mr.. Turner was elected secretary, and the (
president asked all persons who wished Joti
become members of the association to give
their names to the secretary. The follow
ing gentlemen then handed In their names:
G. H. Sleigh, John A. Cobb, Americus;
Frank Holt. Montezuma; s. w. Coney,
Coney; w. s. King. Feagin; II. L. Long,
s. J. Hergrove, T.. b. Martin, j. w. For 1
rester, W. c. Gill, I. p. Cooke, Leesburg; J. !.
M. Frederick, Wilston; w. r. Pitman, :
Thomasville; G. Il. Watt, T. e. Spence M.
M. Amerson j. w. Butler. Camilla; w. w.
Thompson, Smithvile; G.. STRIPPING, G.. B.
Cochran, c. w. Collins, Flint.
The readinV Of the fnfnutaS of the last
meeting was dispensed with, and after somea'
discussion as TO reports of committees the
convention adjourned for dime.
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED.
On reconveinng at o'clock, J. L.
Hand offered the following resolutions,
which were adopted.
RESOLVED, That committee OF three, with
power TO select attendants, be appointed by the'
president TO represent this association at the
meeting of the rate committee of the Southern,
Railroad and Steamship Association, to be held
at st. Augustine, Fla. on Jan. 20.
Resolved further, That this committee be-
| directed TO demand from the Southern Railroad
| and Steamship Association that bill of adinpsf
be issued by the initial line, which shall give the
weight and rate through to destination, on each
car load shipment, and 10 say that nothing less
will be satisfactory to the fruit and melonk
| growers,
| j. r. Forester requested that the shippers%
| send the market committee list OF such
|
| complaint, and stated that every mans
name would be held that reports complaints
| against a commission merchant.
MARKETING OF MELONS. ,
L. Hand, In order to get the sense Of tho
meeting on marketing melons, offered the
following resolution.
Resolved That IL is the sense OF this associa-i
tion that one good, responsible and trustworthy
| house in each city should be selected, TO whom
| all cOnsi gnments should be made.
And be it resolved further, That the market.
committee be requested to select and furnish
list of such houses and report them to the next
| meeting OF this association.
After some discussion the resolution was.
adopted.
]. Il. Forester is one of the most ex-
tensive melon growers in the state, shipping
last season 175 car loads. He will plant 300
acres this year, He said: ''The railroads
have from 81, 500 to 50, 900 of my money, and
l am not going to submit to it, and will,
enter suit. This is the aggregate of over
charges in excess weights which the rail-
roads took wrongly from me last season."
CLAIMS FOR EXCESS WEIGHTS
The body thought that the inequalities Of
last season would surely stop tho railroads
from going into court TO resist the payment
of claims for excess weights Of last season.
However, each was willing to bear his pro-
| portion Of the expense in employing good
lawyer to recover all Of these claims.
W. w. Thompson of Smithville moved
that committee of three be appointed to
select an attorney to represent the melon
growers association in all suits which pre-
| vailed.
Mr.. J. L. Hand moved that committee
of three be appointed to take up the matter
of charging SEQ for sidings with the author
tiles of the Savannah, Florida and Western
railway. Carried. j. q. Mccall, j. j.
Twitty and Charles Remington were APP
| pointed the committee.
Committees were appointed as follows.
St Augustine Rate Committee-John G..
Mccall, J. r. Forester and Mitchell Jones.
Committee to Select an Attorney--W. w.
Thompson, j. r. Forester and J. L. Hand.
On motion it was determined that an
assessment of so cents per acre. to be paid
in four installments, be levied on members
of the association to defray the expenses
The election of officers being in order,
Capt. George r. McRae, the former presi-
dent, was unanimously reelected. J. s.
Davis was elected secretary and treasurer
The convention adjourned to meet in
Albany on the fourth Wednesday in April.
There were eight new members then added
to the roll.