The record-union., 1892-03-09
STATE BOARD OF TRADE.
Important Matters Discussed at
the Monthly Meeting.
SHIPMENTS OF FRUIT DURING THE
PAST YEAR.

Resolution Adopted Requesting the
Department of Agriculture at
Washington to Establish Branch
of the Department in san Francisco
to be Presided Over by Commits
sioner Who Shall Inquire Into the
Needs OF Agriculture of Arid Lands.
Special TO the REcoRD-US1oH.
san FRANoIsco, March S.-The annual
meeting Of the State Board of Trade was
held this afternoon III horticultural Hall,
20 Sutter street. There was a large at
tendance OF members.
As Chairman OF q special committee
! General \. Z. Chipman OF Red Bmli filed
a long report on the importance ana needs
( OF the rivers and harbor3 Of California
lie commented at length on the harbors.
and touched on river navigation. The
need ofNigofous work in humboldt Bay
was emphasized. it was urged that the
Sacramento be made navigable 10 Red
Bluff.
Another long report was submitted by
General Chipman, rs Chairman of the
| Committee on Industrial Resources OF the
| state. 1t showed IL detail the shipments
from the state during 1851 o. 1ruit, wine
and brandy.
Total shipments of fruits Of all sorts,
deciduous and citrus, canned and dried,
OF nuts and rslisins, for the year, We're
o52,S00, i25 pounds, or 1853 carloads. of
| these 253, SZ4, 600 pounds, or lZ,G9l cars,
went by Southern Pacific lines; 99, ,O76 425
pounds, or ,953 cars, by the Santa Ee.
! Deciduous fruit shipments were enough
to fiil ,262 cars; citrus fruits, 1865; dried
fruits, 3,4o4; ralSlns, 1850; nuts, 800, and
canned goods. >, l7S.
The wine shipments for 1891 was II IA
| O2J gallons; brandy, 1S9,6l2 gallons. There
is considerable wine and brandy held in
| cellars and warehouses. At Nlna alone
there are SO0,05O gallons Of brandy
During 1850 total fruit shipments were
323 9l5, iS0 pounds, or IL, 1875 cars, $50 less
carloads than in 1881. in 1880 total fruit
! shipments, not counting wine and
brandy, were 5i5 carloads.
OF shipments during 1891, I3S. SIS, ,425
pounds went from south of Tehachipi.
and 229, 533, ,440 from north OF Tehachipi.
About 50 per cent. of the deciduous fruit
went from Northern California, while
practically ali citrus fruits went from the
south
The gain in green fruit shipments (cther
than oranges) for 1851, over 1890, is Il, ia
l9l pounds, or about S5S carloads gain
OF fully % per cent.
In 1890 prune shipments footed up TO-
224, zoe pounds; in 1871 lby Southern Pa
cific alone) %, ,l44, 600, an increase of over
645 carloads and over 100 per cent From
San Jose I7.5S0,000 pounds of prunes
were shipped IN 1871; Sacramento. 4.U76.-
eco pounds, Marysville, 49,, 900 pounds;
San Francisco, 534, 900 pOunds; other parts
of the State, $4,000 pounds. Other dried
fruits show a loss.
Nut shipments for 1891 were 1886, $50
pounds, gain Of 5,Sl2, 800 over the year
preceding.
Raisin shipments for 1891 were AZ, ,734.-
600 pounds, an increase Of 6,6l3,6
pounds, or $50 carloads over 1890. The
southern counties alone show a decrease
in raisin shipments for 1891 OF 3,275,O00
pounds.
Fig shipments, according to Southern
Pacific reports, show gain of only $50
pounds over the year before. Total
shipments were 4Z,9J0 pounds.
Orange shipments from SIX southern
counties during 1891 footed MP over 300
0V0 boxes, or 4,693 carloads, a gain of
,253 cars over 1850, or about 50 per cent.
In the north the increase does not show
by shipments East for the reason that the
home market absorbs so much more than
the output. But the industry is in a
hopeful condition at the points where
paintings have been made in consider
aDle areas. The plantations are yet
young, but are steadily Increasing.
In commenting on figures given, it
was said that marketing the products de-
served more serious consideration The
greatest needs at this moment 10 Derlfa-
nent success are intelligent and adequate
methods to reach consumers. 1t was
said that the transportation conDanies
could be relied on to aid in extending orr
markets if truit-growers viii show clearly
the need Of better rates.
Mr.. McAfee, ot the Committee on Mar
keJ-seeking Fund, reported that the COM
mittee was diligently at work endeayor-
ing to secure a mark ct iii England for
authenticated fruits. From letter re-
ceiyed from wholesale dried-fruit house
in London Mr.. McAfee stated that the
parties were gradually developing an ex-
tensive trade in apricotS, nectarines and
plums and prunes. Strange to say the
letter reported that peaches We're not
salable owing to the peculiar odor aris-
ing rom them which the English people
considered offensive.
A communication was received setting
forth that the Miners Convention, recent
ly held III this city, desired moral support
1or the purpose Of again continuing hy-
draulic mining.
w. II. NILS SAID That the subject in
question was one for deep consideration.
The speaker was in favor of the
resumption of hydraulic mining. but
he was not in favor of its resumption if
the rivers and harbors OF the State would
be injured.
IL was finally decided that the board
would give sHch moral support as was
possible, and the General Manager was
instructed TO send a favorable reply to the
communication.
a long discussion followed on arri-
cultural matters aud w. II. Mills offered
the following resolution, which was
unanimously adopted:
ISe@otred That ia the opinion of the state
Board Of Trade the Department of AericuIttre
at Washington should toe requested to estab-
liSh branch OF the department in this t.itv
and to ne presided over by a Commissioner
who shall inquire into the needs OF aorictIltIire
OF arid lands lying west OF the huudredth
meridian.
The following officers were elected:
Eugene Gregory, Presidents; VIM. ii.
Mills, First ice-President: j. S. Emery.
Second Vice-P President; L. w. Maslin.
Secretary and General Manager; Direct
ors +. j. Gregory, Wm. II. Mills, Tyler
Beach, j. 5. Emery, l.. c. McAfee, Cap
tain Ii. Messenger, f. w. Jones, John p.
Irish, y. Z. Chapman, J. A. Morrissey.
J. b. Caldwell, John Boggs.
G. a. II. VETERANS.
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