The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1891-08-05
A GLUT OF WATERMELONs.
THE MARKET FLOODED WITH BAD FRUIT
AND THE LOSSES HEAVY.

THE MARKET FLOODED WITH BAD FRUIT
AND THE LOSSES HEAVY.
There is glut in the melon markets.
says the Savannah Morning News, caus-
ed principally by the shipment of inferi-
or fruit and its unequal distribution.
The chief trouble is with the Western
markets. The Central railroad has no.
Titled its agents to refuse shipments to
overstocked points unless the freight is
prepaid to the destination. These
markets are principally in Ohio and wes-
tern Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania
railroad in all cases requires the paw
ment OF freight on melons carried over
its lines, and in consequence payment Is
required by its connections.
The Savannah, Florida and Western
railroad is shipping very heavily. prinei-
pa ly to the North and East. It has
moved so far this year 4. 1874 car loads
against 1883 car loads last year. The
CentraFs shipments are heavy, and they
are being handled as rapidly as possible.
The Ocean Steamship line is unable to
handle all the fruit delivered to it. The
City OF Birmingham carried 81 600 dav
before yesterday, and the City Of Macon
Tor Boston, yesterday had A 900 melons
Inc company has dumped a good deal Of
iruit in New York already, owing to it's
oVer-rlpe condition and failure To gat
ON the market in time. A good deal re-
mains on the docks here on account IF
the steamships being unable to carry II
me Savannah, Florida and Western in
its greatest season has never before
handled over 5000 car loads.
Tie situation in the fields shows the
trouble TO be overproduction and poor
irult. The Americas Times saws there ia
no organized effort to properly distrib-
ute the crop by selecting such markets.
az are likely to be the best paving. The
present seasons crop has not brought nv
any means satisfactory returns. Last
year the Georgia and Carolina exchange
was organized. 1t made contract dec,d-
edly for the bulk of the crops of Geor-
gla, florida and South Carolina. The
Piah twas to pay the growers SIS. SEQ
ana @oO per car for melons on the track
"heh loaded. Nothing under fifteen
pound melon was to be put in a car and
no car was to have less than 900 mel
ons. Those who We're interested in the
exchange were few prominent growers
ana commission merchants, To mako
sure OF Its money the exchange made
contracts with one commission house AZ
sach shipping point to handle all melons.
me exchange to draw upon shipment of
Ear for SIS, $50, or $50, as NAV have
'een paid for it. The idea was to prop
y distribute the crop and hold up prices
hat would pay.
Inc growers had good thing. Those
VINO sold to the exchange made more
money than they ever made before. But
1t looked like a plan for all
Who had contracts to see how much they
'ould make out of the exchange The
ult was that the commission men saw
hat they were constantly getting in the
cup by advancing more per car than
hey could possibly realize. One fine
morning the exchange went to the wall,
having suffered an actual loss of S35, 900,
while the aggregate loss of the exchange
md cooperating commission men footed
up much larger sum. The growers
lad hurried off green melons, melons
that had just dropped the bloom,
melous and all other sorts of
melons, to get advantage of the SIS
price. The vines were bare and the
growers had made big money. OF course
the loss fell on the commission men.
The idea, therefore, suggests itself that
the commission men are having their in
ming this year.