The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-01-13
CALIFORNIA FRUIT.
4 Scheme TO Push the Dried
Product in England.
Monthly Nesting Of the State Beard Of Trade.
The Hydraulic MiGing Difficulty
RCsurrected.

President Eugene J. Gregory took the
! chair at the monthly meeting Of the State
! Board OF Trade at ! o'clock yesterday, and
! it was nearly 4 when the meeting closed.
! The assembly hall of the State Board of
Agriculture, at 220 Suffer street, was utilized
for the occasion.
The Finance Committees report showed
receipts for December S1SOS a., dsburse-
ments 1925 10, leaving balance of 1913 80.
As the board has a beQueathed indebted
ness of 5000, a subsequent request by Mr..
/ MorIissey for Recommendations" by the
/ Finance Committee caused considerable
merrmcnt.
The subject of exporting California dried
fruits TO England took up considerable time
and attention. i. c. McAfee, a member Of
the board, had written to c. j. Beckett of
the cooperative Society of Darwen, Ian
cashire, England, with reference to the pro-
posed shipment of quantity of Cali ornia
dried fruit. A letter in the same connec-
ton was read from the JohnsOn-L0ck3
Mercantile Company, in which opinion was
expressed that the cOnservatiyeness of the
British middle class, aud even OF the labor
ing class, was likely to operate at first
against attempts to introduce California
dried fruit into England. but that the food
list Of the British laborer is very much re-
stricted, and that If California dried fruits,
especially peaches and apricots, can be
cheaply put on the market a demand for
millions Of the home product can be created.
THE ENGLISH MARKET.
A long discussion ensued, in the course Of
which it was stated by Mr.. McAfee that it
is necessary to deliver the goods in England
at Cd a pound retail. 1t Will cost cents
pound to get the fruit through and deliver
ito to the retail market in England, leaving
10 cents as the amount from which the
producer and middeman are TO get their
profit and commission.
President Gregory expressed the opinion
that offers of common fruit tor a trial ship
ment should not be hastily accepted. lie
thought it improbable that frst-cass fruit
would be contributed without pay.
1t having been stated that the Southern
| Pacific Railroad would forward two and a
! half tons of dried California fruit TO En-
gland without charge, the members present
| agreed that there would be no trouble in
| getting a carload of frst-class fruit If
! necessary. Judge Stabler at once offered
contribution of zoo pounds.
a resolution by McAfee to appoint COM
/ mittee TO visit the fruit centeTs and lay the
matter before the fruit-growers fell through,
! the ground being already covered by a
| Notwithstanding Committee appointed at
! the previous meeting.
WHAT Is REALLY NEEDED.
II. NJ. Van Arnam Of Chicago deprecated
| the notion which appeared 10 have been
entertained by some members AS to the
/ necessity or seeking foreign market for
the products of California. What is really
needed is 20 get people to come into the
/ great valleys and take up land. In recent
years prices have been inflated by the
/ Southern California boom, but there are
| places where fruit land can be bought for
/ $40 an acre All wealth comes from the
/ soil, and when this vast untitled acreage is
| taken up the wealth Will flow into San Fran
! cisco. There is a tendency to urb5nize, but
| if il were carried out the big cities would
/ StaTve. He considered that the destiny of
! California IS 70 supply the world with fruit,
| and there will always be a market in this
! country for the best product He also pro-
nOunced 1t an Absurd plan TO place on eXh!-
| bitiOn a collection OF California products in
! San Francisco, seeing that the local markets
/ conveyed all the information desired from
/ such object lessons. The places for these
! exhibits are IN the great Eastern cities.
! THE OLD HYDRAULIC
Judge Stabier changed the subject and
/ caused a little breeze in the meeting by in
/ Producing tile following resolution:
! WHEREAS. In their normal condition and
/ until about the year 1865, the Sau Joaquin,
! Sacramento and Feather rivers Of this State mad
we'll defined and deep channels and were naVl-
gable for all wafer craft drawing ten feet OF
wafer; aud whereas, whii said rivers were in
such condition, all products raised IN the great
| Sacramento, san Joaquin and adjacent valleys
/ could be ana were cheaply transported TO
Udewtter; aud whereas, said rivers are OF vital
/ imputt lance 10 the people OF this Sfate as
arteries Of commerce and drainage; and
| whereas the naVlgdbllty OF said rivers has been
/ seriously impaired and In some Instances almost
DESTROYED by the hlliug oil their channels, aud the
same agency has caused the settling back
! OF ocean tides from nifty TO seventy five miles;
and whereas, those distinguished Government
| engineeTs-G. II. MendslI, Major A. Mackenzie
ana Captain Dsuel &. kiugman-at the instance
/ Of the California River improvement Convention,
aud under lie express instructions Of General
Thomas l.. Casey Chief OF Engineers, U. ;. A,
md after full and critical examination OF said
rivers and their tributaries see report Of said
engineers OF February 3, 1S9l) have recon-
mended an immediate appropriation by Con-
gtess OF S72OOUO for the Improvement OF the
rivers Of TN, state Now, therefore, by the Call
| fOmIa State Board OF Trade, be II
Resolved. That our Senators aud Representa-.
tiyes IN Congress be. and they are hereby
requested, TO use their utmost endeaYOrs TO pro-
! cure, without dcldy, the IopIlatlOh recon-
mended by said Government engineers and such
other or different appropriation as shall by
| them seem proper and sufficient for the Improve
ment Of the ndylgabllty OF said rivers. BE It
| further
Besolved, That a copy OF the foregoing resoIu-
| tiOn be transmitted to each OF our Senators and
| Representatives.
FINALLY AGREED TO.
In the original terms of the resolution ref
erenCe was made to the sitting up Of the
| rivers as the result Of hydraulic mining and
| this brought Mr.. McAfee to hts feet with
| the remark that he would second the resOlu-
| tion II the hydraulic clause was stricken
! out. A compromise was suggested on the
! word debris" but this was too little for
! MI, Staber aud too much for Mr.. McAfee,
/ who said the board, by this resolution, was
/ asking 10 be protected from their friends.
California is one Of tho largest gold
| producers in the world, and he did not wish
! to take sides in a contest between the miners
| and the farmers.
| Eventually the resolution as above stated,
| indefinitely referring to the filling up of the
! channels, was agreed to-.
! Judge Stabler referred to the coming Of
| the River and HarbOr Convention at Sacra-
| mentO and the necessity of getting this
! question Of the nOn-nayigability Of the
| State rivers thoroughly before the Govern
| ment.
Frank Grygla, an adopted Polish citizen.
! from Minnesota, spoke at the request of the
| Chair as TO the means to be adopted for in
! ducing Polish agriculturists now in Mime
| sofa to iumigrale 10 this State.
Lazarus RadOVitch was heard on a sug-
/ gestl0n as to the prOpTiety Of placing eXhib-
! Its Of the State mineral products in Boston
| and Chicago.
| Mr.. Morris5y invited the members to ex-
] anime the proposed location OF the new
! quarters Of the board in the base ment Of the
| Croker Building.
! Messrs. Flood Of Sacramento County and
| Davis Of Tulare were heard at the request
/ Of the President, and the board adjourned.
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