The herald., 1893-08-16

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Chairman Chamblin as the head of
the committee the convention took an
adjournment until 80 .. m.
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Afternoon Session.
The afternoon session opened at 2
O'Clock. The convention agreed that
the committee appointed to devise a
general plan OF organization for the as
socistion should report at the chamber
Of commerce room at 10 80 the morning
of August 22d, and that the meeting of
delegates to consider this plan of organ
ization should meet at the same place
and at the same hour on August Goth.
The representation for the meeting Of
the 10Th was fixed at one delegate for
each local organization. An effort was
made to apportion delegates by adopting
the plan for a delegate to every 200 car
loads, but objection was made to this
system by some of the representatives
of the smaller associations, who con.
tended that every community that had
the push and confidence to organize an
association, no matter how few carloads
they should send out, should be allowed
representation in the Southern Califor-
MIA association. This seemed to be the
sense of the meeting and this manner of
selecting delegates was approved. Since
the interest of both the small and large
growers were identical, it was but right
that the strong should help the weak.
FoRENINsr THE RAILROADS.
At this juncture the chairmen Of the
two committees who had been appointed
during the morning session to confer
with the Santa Fe and Southern Pacific
companies, to secure reduction in rail-
road fares for an outing for the members
of the Southern California association
and their families, reported that they
could get no definite answer to their re-
quest for reduction. The Santa Fs
was willing to make such rate as the
Southern Pacific would, and the South
ern Pacific was willing to meet any rate
that was made by the Santa Fe, and as
it did hot know what the Santa Fe
would do in the matter it was not ready
to give decisive ansyet.. This rather
uncertain state Of sffairss had the efact
to stif up some OF the delegates who
were disposed to pouf, some lively bot
shot into the railroad, ,cempanies., as,,
Secretary Collins here, Ter a few min
utes, forgot all about the excursion, and
stated that perhaps it would be a good
idea for the growers of the association to
contribute 800 carload toward the
competing railroad that he understood
was coming in here. AS the crop this
year had been about 5000 carloads,
5000, 900 contributed would be great
help to the new road and would surely
be means Of securing greater consider
alton and larger reductions from the
railroads than the fruit growers of
Southern California had been in the
habit of receiving. 1t WAS vigorous
plea for the new line, and after few
others stated their approval of some
thing that way, other delegates who
evidently did not desire to see any an
tagonism arise, as they considered that
the railroads had the advantage, sue.
ceeded in turning the discussion into its
former channel.
A PICNIC RATE.
At 2:3o Ticket Agent White notified
the convention, through Abbot Kinney,
that the Southern Pacific company would
make an excursion rate of ~ fare if
the Santa Fe would do likewise. As the
two companies had an agreement to act
together in the matter, it WAS surmised
that the Santa Fe people would give the
came rate. After the convention had
adjourned their answer was received,
agreeing to the rate.
The discussion resulted in the subject
being referred to the meeting of dele
6 ates, August 29th.
CONTINUING TALK.
Before adjournment the subject of
uniformity in the articles of incorpora-
tion for the different local associations
was brought up. and while, as Mr.. Nc
Fadden of Santa Ana thought, it would
be wise thing to have ell conform az
much as possible, go as to avoid needless
expense and worry, it was generally
considered that the conditions existing
in different localities made it necessary
that the forms OF incorporation should
vary slightly from each other.
Chairman Chamblin explained the
OF forming the Riverside organ
izationa in detail and the methods they
had pursued up to the present time,
Mr.. Baldridge OF Covina cautioned the
delegates present to be careful as they
went ahead to avoid going into needless
and unimportant details until a sound
general plan should be adopted. He
explained at some length the progress
made by the organization.
SIZES OF ORANGES.
Mr.. Bakewell OF Riverside called the
attention of the convention to the habit
Of growers in sending out mixed sizes OF
oranges in response TO orders. He
thought that outside OF standard sizs
to be hereafter adopted, orders for
mixed sizes should be discouraged by
the association. He thought that the
Florida exchange would gladly adopt q
standard size with California.
Mr.. Bakewell also advanced the idea
that it would be we'll for California to
adopt-the size of box used in Florida.
This box is two cubic feet, inside meas
urement, while the box in use here was
somewhat smaller.
RESOLUTIONS SUBMITTED.
He submitted the following rssolu.