The herald., 1893-05-10
ORANGE GROWERS IN COUNCIL,
Remedies Suggested to Relieve
a Dem0ralized Market.
Mr.. Chamblin's Able Handling Of Ex-
listing Evils.
Committees Appointed to Organize AS.
sociations to Pat Packing on
Legitimate Footing rs Com
Germs Commissions.

in the chamber of commerce. Lesl
than 40 members were present when
the meeting was called to order, blu
they kept focking in as the delibera
tions Of the society proceeded until thu
room contained 100.
Mr.. W. A. Spslding was temporary
president and Mr.. w. e. Collins OF On
tario WAS the secretary. The minutes O
the former meeting were dispensed
with.
Secretary Collins gave brief history
of the outline OF the organization. He
said that the plan formulated for this
organization must be one that will stand
the crucial test OF criticism. Ii it did
not it must be 30 amended that it will
hold water.
Mr.. Drier read the plan of orgsniza-
ton, as formulated by the committee
appointed by the meeting held here
April 4th. The organization contem-
plates subdivision OF the association
into eight districts. to wit:
First district--Riverside county. (Six
present.
Second district--That portion OF San
Bernardino county lying east Of Cuca-
monga.
Third district--Part of San Bernardino
county. together with Pomona and San
Dimas.
Fourth district--Los Angeles county,
north Of the Southern Pacific line OF
railway and east OF Los Angeles river.
Fifth district-Los Angeles, west and
south OF Southern Pacific railroad.
Sixth district-The county OF Orange.
Seventh district--The county OF San
Diego.
Eighth district-The counties of VEN
tura and Santa Barbara.
Mr.. Chamblin said the trouble was In
the way that the fruit question had been
handled. They had begun at the top by
trying DO establish amicable relations be-
tween producers and merchants. They
were not only producing the fruit, but
were furnishing all the capital to the
merchants and giving them all the
profits. Now we are to begin at the
oundation--with the growers. The first
thing is to establish local brand, not
the place where packed. There is al
ready the Pechappa brand of oranges
packed in San Bernardino county, TAX
lAk tbh hntbOtiQlh ~ bLuhll UubbO buo
center OF that valley. Scores of men
contribute oranges to this brand, but
thcir names never appear on the boxes,
for the Pechappa brand covers every
thing.
Our scheme sets the orange-grower
up In business for himself. We propose
to give every fruit-grower access to the
books, papers and kilograms of the asso-
citation. The fruit-grower is part and
parcel OF the system, and Is entitled to
the same observance Of these books and
anime his own account books.
Mr.. Chambiin,then went on to delin-
cate plan of picking and packing fruit,
by which each grower in the districts
above named would profit. The process
seemed tosbe very simple one, and he
believed that it would WORK well. The
packers would pack the merchantable
oranges and reject the culls. He would
then give ticket to the grower, chow
ing 30 many pounds of frst-grade fruit
and 60 many pounds of culle; and this
would close the producers account at
once, for alletime.
Question--dow would you get along in
the shipment of smutted oranges from
an orchard that has hitherto produced
good fruit?
Mr.. Chamblin--I have given this
subject good consideration and can say
that the absence of an association to
sort out the good fruit from the bad has
been productive of much. evil. II an as.
socition had been in existence ct the
time of the great windstorm, 1t could
have gotten rid of the deprecated fruit
in such way as to add rs cents per box
to each box of good fruit exported. II
would have been like buying $4,000 in
the ground and picking up $4,000 in
cash for the good fruit that is left.
He commended that skillful manipu
lator in Chicago could go handle croT
of this inferior fruit as to fix the price
of first-class fruit to his own pecuniary
advantage for the entire year. You
good fruit, under it's present system, ha
been compelled to pool with this infer
Tor fruit. The present system contem
plates nothing but the packing anC
shipment for what 10 in the freight anC
packing fees. The grower had bette
bury his fruit at the foot of the tree
where they are grown than to ship
single inferior orange in q box. Th
consumer at the other end of the roa'
is disguised at having to purchase sue
fruit; and the vendor in the easter
market lie disguised at having such frui
sent to him for sale. You let the ship
ments of oranges 20 on for the mex
three years as they have for the pas
five years, and you will see nc
only shrinkage in the price
of citrus fruits but also shrinkage i
values of land and you will see q ger
eral decentralization and bankruptcy this
is without parallel in the history {
Southern California.
Mr.. Abbot Kinney said that the tim
was ripe for definite action. He ha
listened attentively to the statements I
Mr.. Cnamherlin and he moved tn
adoption of the report. The report We
adopted.
DR.. Hyers said that a grower of h
locality had clipped carload to Clev
land, Ohio, and received his return
sales. There were some boxes OF frs
class fruit, some of seconds that wei
almost down to the rank of culls. The
culls sold within % cents per box of I'll
first-class fruit. Now if that rule ia
prevail we shall find it profitable to bu
our good oranges and ship the culls
Ohio.
Mr.. Hall, of Duarte, said that Il
} pooling process under common distri
! brand as the brand of go or hundr
, different growers, would help the grow
, of interior fruit to the detriment
J those producing good and meritorio
fruit. 1t would be better to let su
men drop out OF the business altogeth
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