The herald., 1893-10-02

the statement OF large visible supp ,
always reduces the price and state
ment OF small supply advances the
price. 1t 10 also generally the caee
where there ore many sellers there are
few buyers; the healthy market is
whore but limited nupply in com.
parison to the demand ie offered at any
one time. The conclusion is that email
individual boldinne OF any product with
but limited oIferings at any one time
are more conducive to firm and
advancing market than large aggrega-
tons.
Generally speaking. the time to sell lie
when some one wants to buy. The mis-
take 10 more often made OF holding a
product beyond tae real selling peyicd,
rather than OF selling too soon. The
producer who alwavs waits for the top
sells oftener at the bottom. As any
iood product increases in volume the
profit 10 the middleman, the Wholesale
Snd Tstail grocer, decreases, or, in other
woria, when any sood product increases
IN volume TO that extent that it's use be-
conIes general, the natural competition
hmoAg Wholesale and retail grocers re-
dnces ths profit to the minimum, for
co: When Yaisins are used for a
desserL fruit, or sold ss CONNECTION out
OF fancy package containing an ex
pensive lithograph, they are classed ae
a luxury and sold at u large margin of
profit by all dealers through whose
hands they pass; but when they are put
into common cotton or jute bags and
sold as an ordinary article of daily food
to working men and women, the margin
OF profit 10 extremely small. This holds
good with any food article under like
conditions"
TO EXTEND THE MARKET.
L. w. Maslin said that at a recens
meeting OF the state board of trade. "
H. Mills suggested that somo of the
common carriers might be induced to
extend the field OF shipment OF fruits.
Mr.. Maslin was hopeful that the fruit.
growers would think this matter OF suf-
ficient Importance to be seriously con-
sidered. The iden OF sending to towns
where smaller quantities than carlords
could be disposed of ought to be kept
prominent.
Richard Gray, traffic manager OF the
Southern Pacific company. eaid: "The
Southern Pacific railroad is deeply in
terested in the welfare and growing
prosperity Of California, and this is in
dissolubly connected with the devel-
opment OF the fruit-erowing industry.
The Southern Pacific has kept it's con-
tracts in regard to making time on frnit
cara, and has impressed on it's connec.
tions the Importance of maintaining the
promised schedule time. am aware
that some OF the roads approaching New
York, Boston and other large cities have
neglected to do 60. This was not our
fault. We delivered the goods on time
to our connections, and used our best
efforts to keep them briskly moving to
their destination"
FREIGHT RATES ON FRUIT.
Mr.. Stabler said that at the beginning
OF the fruit traffic from this state east
ward the railroad had charged $1,000 a
carload TO Chicago. They have made
reductions from time to time until fin
ely they have reached $3.50.
II heard railroad man remark that
he expects to see the time when fruit
will be shipped to Chicago for $50 a
may prove true even before there Ia a
l hope there will be a competitoreone
lions of dollars and then try to run
on huge bonded debt. At any rate | |
hope we may be able to get better figures
than those now ruling.
~
This brought Mr.. Gray to his feet.
''If Mr.. StaDler will sit down with me
for halt an hotir,s he tgidn,, II wilt con-
vince him that She present rates on
fruit are reasonable.DoI will prove to |
him that herailroadn company gets no |
more than half AGENT a mile per- ton,
which l think he will agree ia not ex-
orbitant, -.S..gs a,,c.,a,f gA.st i..ss
'trhe great troubls in the fruit traffic
lies in the refrigerator cara that are |
used. We have to transport an ice.
house on wheels. We have to haul |
42O0 pounds Of dead weight TO get 240O
pounds OF paying freight"
AHEAD OF TIME.
Mr.. Gray observed that Mr.. Mile is
full OF good ideas, but in his plan OF
opening the smaller markets he 10 in
advance oi the times. Before the load |
ing and u,'N'ding OF cars by piecem cal
can be acco-. ,ished something must be |
invented to keep fruit from decaying as
1t does now.
President Lelong eaid this was so i'm
portant a question that he had been re-
quested to have its discussion continued |
at the next nesting, to be held at San |
Jose on the last Friday OF next month. |
II was SO ordered.
Nominations for officers fer the ensu.
Ing year were made as follows. Hon.
orary president, Prot. f. w. Higard,
president, B. M. Lelong, San
vice-prssident, Leonard
Coates, Naps; treasurer, A. 7. Perkins,
a lameda; secretary, T.. j. Wickson,
directors. N. p. Batchelder, J.
l.. Mosher, L. w. Maslin, Howard Over
Rcker, S. j. Stabler, A. Barnard.