The morning call., 1891-11-02
MONDAY
WHERE THE PROFITS go.

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:, A correspondent. Of an Oakland. paper,
writiugfFom Niles, A ameda County, on the
recent fruit harvest, complains sadly that
tie larger fraetfonrof the profits therefrom
went 10 the railroad company, still another
g6odiy share. to commission men, while
the farmers, for their laboFs, received but a
very NAH. fraction OF the amount that
should lave been.tafirs. H..
: Tie. .c4rrespQp Tent is doubtless. correct.
THE. California 1ruit-srower,. as he usually
works To-day. is virtually at tile mercy of
the: tIaRsportatien and ether companies,
p Putting his fTuit.on the maTke. green, lie is
: forced: WITH his crop riPeninS faster than
lie can have it picked and. packed, to &C.
cept the best tefms he can make from those
!. upon " hQRl. lie depends for his market and
WHOSE business it is TO make profit from
Ibis lab0rs. -
.:~Is.there no remedy for this state Of .af-
fairs9: AT the present writing we have
before US certain figures of The seasons
work Just completed of the Fresno Canning
Company q coGcern in that county that
= owes ftSsorigih to the necessity arising from
Just the: cond ti6ns' indicated by the Niles
writer. The total. pack OF the.cannery for
this year amounts. to J2,069 cases, each case
Holding "a cans. Tie fruit consists of
:apric6tS, pears, peaches, Dlums and grapes.
=: In alt the concern handled this season
4;2s0lc0, pounds Of fruit 1t has so far
Shipped out 173 cars Of the canned goods.
which Lave teen sold throughout the East
by, its San Francisco agents, who are large
: stock elders ID the company. -.
- During the busy season the eannery has
given employment 10 some COO women and
. children, who, il Is claimed, have earned an
average OF about 81 per week, besides
whom the works have employed a fierce of
about 80 men,: The report: states that the
.oytlQok fornex seasons pack is also very
good. as the city agents have already re-
.ceiyed orders for these goods from, SOME of
, the,Iargest jobbers in: the East.
:. The company has paid cut for fruit alone
Till? Jason the SUM of S53,61 o.
Ecrlaborf in preDariHg1he rruis. etc.. Sill O34 10
For sugar used in the ftult 1850. 179is 10
81 coal solder 6ss 1883 S9e 81 90
04akins "a q nj tota.of -sI7I472 80
: BESIDES handling this immense amount of
fruit the eanneLy company has shipped
about forty cars Of peaches to San Fran
cisco. -
: The advantage: to. be gained by putting
fruit in shHps that admits of its being held
has for the past year or two been fully
: Recognized by growers, and large number
have dried their primes. apricots. peaches
and pears and held them for a better mar
ket,: But this system is not without it's dis
advantages Thefruit has been IF VARYING
quality, much of; it the inferior product Of
inexperienced work, and the isolated grove err
has been almost as much the victim of the
transportation Companies as he had been
with
, condition OF things calling for that CO.
operative. action which alone is to be the
salvation of our California farmers. All
can do together what no few Of them are
: prepared to,9undertake. The cest.of operat-
Ing a ruitcanpery is great, and the history
OF THE Industry in this State has shown that
lhe business can only be successfully op-
:. eI &ted ON large. Scale. Niles, the town
!: from. which the CORRESPONDENT referred to
:. writes, is. IN the. cpnteE of a pioneer fruit
district. Orchards were under cultivation
in portions Of that valley when the gold
; fever first broke out In. California, and when
nearly everywhere else the country was but
:One wide expanse of grazing land, with here
and there. vast grain: tracts covered with
!: the: only; crop SUPPOSED to be of any value
: In the State. - - -''.. =:
= Tile region for miles is divided into small
:.heluin ss-OrchaIfis. of from twenty to forty
: acres. all in q high state Of cuItyation. 1t
is. ono of the wealfhiest sections ii, the
: State, and its wealth has, for the most part.
; been picked FROM the trees every where to
:. be:seen: Yet To-day, as in years gone by.
the orchardists await the bids of caufier,
). bad DRYERS, from a distance. or ship to the
city, or labGfieusly dry as much of their
.creps as they can and market it disad-
vantageously in that form,
If tie growers; Instead of following these
. methods, would; unite, form a company and
!, put up a: large cannery or dryer. or both.
the enterprise would work a revelation
Throughout the. section. There. rs high
grade. fruit enough grown In the immediate
vicinity to: keep a large establishment busy
Z. throughout the. season. The sugar neces-
-:sary to preserve the fruit IS, manufactured
within FIVE miles of: Niles; There is not: a
town in tile State that has better shipping
!: facilities. The entire product could. be
): sent East direct from there. if that were de-
sired :Atthe Fresno cannery: no goods: are
: sent out ON consignment, but are sold direct
from there Oh an TO: b. basis. Tie section is
: within easy reach ii;of three. good sized
cities, San Francisco, Oakland @and San
. Jose. from which places a more titan suffi-
!: cient supply Of labor could be drawn, and
there ought to be enough shrewd executive
talent in the community to conduct the.
a fairs of the c0uceru succas5ftilly. .,