Los Angeles herald., 1893-01-13
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Orange Growers Agitated Over the Buy |
ers' Combinations.

Orange Growers Agftated Over the Buy.
ers' Combinations.
ANAHEIM, Jan. 12.-Agents OF the Ear
Fruit company and Thacker Bros. have
been in this section for some days try
ing to make orange growers sign con.
tracts for the handling of their crops on
commission. The plan is for the com
panies to pick, pack and haul the fruit
to the depots, and as coon as a buyer
can be found the fruit will be soldf (. O. b.
cars and the grower will receive his
money. Ten per cent will be charged az
commission and so cents per box fo1
picking, packing and handling, which
will be deducted from the gross receipts
and the owner will get what is left. The
agents claim that all the orange buyers
OF former years have joined the com
bine" and agreed to buy oranges this
season only on commission as above.
The grower must sign one of the COM
panies' iron-clad contracts and must
pledge bis entire crop and is guaranteed
not even minimum price, but must
take all the risks of the market. Under
this plan the orchardist cannot be GER
tain that his crop will pay anything
over expenses, while all the commission
men risk is the 30 cents or less per box
that the handling will cost. 1t is an
nounced that the Tustin orange growers
have combined and refused to sign these
contracts and will pack and market
their fruit themselve. Cannot
Anaheim growers do the same ?
In fact, cannot each section of
the county combine as we'll as the COM
panies and handle their own fruit? A
farmers union has been formed at Pla-
centia to market farm produce and it
bas proved very successful and benefi-
cial so far. Why could not an orange
growers union prove equally successful ?
This is not only question of dollars
and cents with our people, but it is q
question of whether they shall submit
to the whims and caprices of the
wealthy buyers or depend more largely
on themselves; of whether they will
continue to labor for the benefit of
others or whether they will insist on en-
joying the full fruits of their labors.
With the large prices paid for oranges
the past few seasons and the large ex-
pcnse of fumigating, fertilizing and cul-
tivating the orchards, it is a question
whether many of the smaller growers
have not actually been raising their
fruit at loss lately, and unless matters
soon take turn for the better we may
once more see many of our beautiful
orange groves dug up to make room for
more promising crops. But the tree
hourishes here and bears fruit that will
compare favorably with that of any
other locality in the state. All that we
need is to secure such prices as are de-
manded by growers in better advertised
localities.
Mr.. F. j. Captain of Los Angeles ia
here daily now, stirring up matters ia
the sugar factory enterprise. The busi-
mess of the company will not languish
for want of attention from him, surely.
Z The city fire bell is being removed
from the old tower on Hermine street
to the new city hall tower. The bell
weighs about $50 pounds, and was cast
in San Francisco in 1870.
The grading OF the south end of West
street and the north end Of East street
has been completed, much to the i'm.
provement of those thoroughfares.