The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-11-24
Early Completion of the Mica
ragua Canal Urged.
FREIGHT RATES MUST BE CUT.
San Diego Selected as the Place
for the Convention Next
Year.

session OF the State Frult-gro wers' con-
vention and E. P. Adams read statement
of shipments of dried fruits from Califor-
mia from July to November Is for The
years 1898 and 1894. Raisins 1893. carloads
of twelve tons. 1744; 1894, 1864 car Dads.
Dried fruits, except prunes 1893. 1886 car
loads; 1894. 1929 carloads. Prunes: 1892,
1911 carloads; 1894. 523 carloads.
The committee on resolutions reported
in favor of recommending the adoption Of
a resolution favoring the speedy compile
ton of the Nicaragua canal, resolution
On the mining debris question and reso-
luton asking the Government t" foreclOse
the mortgages held against the Union and
Central Pacific railroads.
The committee reported back, without
recommendation or prejudice, the resolu-
ton referring to the building by the State
of railroad through the San Joaquin and
Sacramento valleys.
Sprague of Fairmount. Los Angeles
County, made a speech on the subject of
the referred resolution. He said if the
State of California should build railroad
through the valleys of California 80 as to
give the producer an outlet great advan-
tage would accrue TO the producers. 1t
has become generally known that more
than forty governments are now owning or
controlling their railroad systems, and they
are doing it successfully. 1t was very
practical thing to do. A road could be built
by the State as easily aud as cheapiy as by
private corporations.
j. A. Wilcox OF Yuba said the Erie
canal had been a source of endless taxa.
ton and political corruption. The farmer
should 60 slow and consider well the con-
sequences of wild schemes.
Hutchings of Yuba spoke of the de-
strucIion OF the navigable rivers of the
State by mining debris. This should be
checked. He was opposed 70 the State
building railroads. We are taxed nearly
to death already.
Motheral denounced the remarks of the
last speaker as selfish. Because he had
the Sacramento River as an outlet to the
northern section Of the State, he did not
want the southern part of the State to be
provided with transportation facilities.
Chairman Buck remarked that it would
be cheaper and better to build road to
connect with competing roads outside the
State. What this State needs is a CON-
peting line to connect with the lines which
required to build 1t than 1t would take to
build road from the northern to the
southern part of California"
d. 7. Fowler of Fresno made speech
in favor of Government ownership of rail-
roads. The resolution was put to vote
and adopted, with few dissenting voices.
Messrs. Fowler, Srrague and Berwick
were appointed a committee to lay the
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next session.
A paper was read by Edwin F. Smith on
experiments made with the carbouic acid
gas process. A history of carload of
mixed fruit that was sent to Chicago was
read. The fruit was eleven days on the
road and arrived in better condition than
that in refrigerator cars All the expert
ments ia this line with all kinds of fruit
have been entirely successful. By means
of this process fruit may be shipped to
England in perfect state of preservation.
paper on "Fruit Marketing" by E.
Plat was read by Secretary Smith, and
Mr.. Plat suggested complete and thor
ough organization of the growers. There
are many important cities in the East
which have never received a pound of
deciduous fruit from California. The
manner in which California fruit is sold
in the East resembles a Sheriff's sale.
The fruit Is exposed on the sidewalk and is
knocked down to some one of dozen who
choose to bid on it. The producers would
have received much more money for this
last seasons shipment If they had allowed
half the fruit to rot on the trees and had
shipped the other half'inteliigently.
H,,lA
by Edward Post OF Texas, was read by the
secre tary.
Berwick moved that the secretary of the
State Horticultural Society be instructed
to mail copy of the Nicaragua resolution
to President Cleveland and every member
of Congress-. Adopted unanimously
Sprague moved that the convention In
struct the California Congressional dele
CATION to use a special effort in Congress
with respect to the early completion of the
Nicaragua canal and the foreclosure of the
Government mortgage on the Pacific rail-
roads. The resolution was adopted.
The fruit-growers' con vention adjourned
this afternoon to meet next year al San
Diego. Santa Rosa got votes. San Jose
ii and San Diego 40.
Tomorrow many OF the delegates will
visit the State prison and water-power at
Folsom. The subject of fruit transporta-
ton to the East was again discussed. It
was voted that expedited trains alone were
not enough and that there should be re-
duced rates. The question as to whether
the use of fruit was preventive of dis
ease. with request that 1t be answered by
w. S. Manning, was answered by that
gentleman in long disquisitlon, in which
he stated that bread was the staff OF death
and that all the Ills of life were attribute.
BILE 10 it.
motion was passed to refer the SUBJ
isct to the State Bard of Health, with a
request that it report on it at the next
convention.
AS Mr.. Perkins, the inventor of the Per-
kius process for preserving fruit In transit,
was sick and had left the city the subject
could not be taken up.
Votes of thanks were rendered the peo
pie and press of the city aud the conven-
ton adjourned with an admonitiou to Los
Angeles to get rid of the Russian thistle,