The herald., 1893-07-31

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Commissioner Buek-Mr. Kimbali
does your commissioner come In thii
list?
Mr.. Kimball-He was In convention
at Orange when one of these resolutions
was started. He is in favor OF the board
when he is here, and when he is away
he is with Heintz.
Commissioner Buck-I am in favor Of
revoking the commissions Of all those
who signed that petition.
President Cooper-The paper says
they did sign it and they prove 1t by re-
naming silent; for If they had not they
would correct it. You will understand
we are still looking for the petition. |
have a gentleman friend in Los Angeles
who has been working on the same for
two or three weeks. MI. Talbot 10 still
making an sndeavor to get hold OF 1t.
This is the evidence we want. Ii we get
the petition, we have nothing to do in
the matter, and have only to withdraw
the commissions of those who did sign
it: but if they are determined to keep
it a secret, what will be the next point?
II we could get information OF persons
who did sign it, they could give the
names of others on it. l think there
will be enough. / am willing to go to
Los Angeles, and believe there can be
enough men found who will remember
what they saw and signed, and be will
| ing to substantiate what they say; and
| when we can get that information, we
have sufficient ground to work on and
when this is done think it would be
wise to issue circular.
You understand that these
county commissioners are officers. They
hold power through the appointment OF
the board OF supervisors OF the county,
and through q commission granted to
them BY the state board of horticulture.
They are officers of this board. Any
officer of this board who desires to de-
nounce the board as that petition does
that they are incompetent. that they do
not know anything about the duties
which they are attempting to perform,
and that the state can no longer trust
them with money. and all the rest-lt
looks to me as if they had not any right
to sign petition of thst sort.
Commissioners Block do not think
we will be able to settle this matter
within a short time; l therefore offer
the following resolution:
Resolved, That the entire matter be
referred to the executive COMMITTEES,
with full power To act, and that they do
revoke at their discretion the commits
eions of all those who signed such pc
tition presented to the legislature as
that published in the various papers,
protesting against the appropriation to
search for parasitic insects, which petit
tion was condemnatory OF the state
board Of horticulture, and reflected upon
the competency and integrity OF the
board"
The sense of the San Jose convention
was in favor of holding the next con-
vention in Los Angeles.
Now, do we want to hold q convention
in Los Angeles with all the horticultural
commissioners, all the county boards OF
horticultural commissioners and the
boarns of supervisors believing that we
are incompetent, and that we cannot be
trusted with money! I should think
not. Then, if there is no action taken
on the part of the fruit growers OF Los
Angeles county to deny the spirit en-
bodied in that petition, then we had
better stay away from there. So that
in my remarks I asked you to decide
that question. Of course, we must first
know the sentiments of the great body
of fruit growers in Los Angeles county.
There are enough intelligent and hon
orable gentlemen everywhere in the
state, and they are numerous in the San
Gabriel valley; but it becomes their
duty, since this thing has taken place in
their district, and supposed to have
come from 700 of the rank and Tile OF
the fruit growers, to deny In total the
whole thing, and to manifest different
spirit. 40 that we can feel when we go
there that we are acceptable and our
work is in accord with their views, be-
fore we decide to hold convention
there; therefore, have asked you to
leave that matter in the hands OF the
executive committee that will meet in
July. In this interval there will be time
to learn the feeling of these people.
The above extracts show the origin
and animus of the petitions, and there
never has been word of denial so far
as heard from.
The most costly and convincing fact
that orange growers have been com.
pelled to face is the following, as re.
ported to the United States department
of agriculture by Professor Koebele, on
his return from Australia in 1892:
Under the existing condition in Cali
fornia frait trees have to be sprayed or
fumigated annually. at cost, as have
been informed from various sources, of
from 30 cents to 81 for each tree. Nat
urally this is continuous loss to the
owner as the operation has to be repeated
every year and without any hope of
securing permanent immunity. One
prominent gentleman in Los Angeles
recently informed me that "his orange
crop amounts to $4,000, and the fumiga-
ton of the trees to $3000."
On the other hand, we all know what
good our beneficial coccinnellids, CHLOE
orus bivulnerus MulH. and scymnus
marginicollis Mann, are able to accom-
plieh il undisturbed, i. g., not destroyed
by chemical applications; and it must
seem plain to every thinking individual
that few doezen of such species-and
the world possesses hundreds of them
naturally must in time keep in check
the scales destructive to fruit and other
trees, 30 az to effectually prevent injury.
We can solve this simple matter by
introducing all insects preying upon
coccids as we'll as upon other injurious
insects, and protecting the came by dis
continuing the process of spraying and
fumigating, which, if continued as at
present, will have to be done until eter-
nifty.
The orchardists, as taxpayers, and all
other Taxpayers, have for come time
had another expensive fact placed before
them 70 the way of costly things, and
they are beginning to think about them