The herald., 1894-11-21

delegates were In attendance. Mayor
Steinman and L. w. Buck presided.
r. D. Stsphens and B. j. Shields were
chosen vice-presidents and Edward f.
Smith secretary. Chairman Buck in
troduced Governor Markham, who de-
livered an address of welcome.
Governor Markham predicted brigh
horticultural future for California. He
said the soil could not be prevented
from producing the best fruit on the
face of the globe. People might come
to the state from the east, expecting
to get rich in raising fruit while they
sit in their parlors all day and smok Q
10cent cigars and meet with disap.
pointment. On the other hand the man
who gives industrious attention to his
crops ia sure to be eventually successful.
Governor Markham said California
growers had learned one lesson, and
that they were no longer shipping un.
ripe and uneatable oranges to the east
ern market.
III. w. Elnstock, who welcomed the
delegates on behalf OF the people Of
Sacramento. referred to the fact that
when the convention last met here in
1886 California was then shipping away
bnt 1000 carloads annually of green,
is 20. 1000 carloads annually. He pre-.
dicted that he would see the year when
$4,000 carloads would be shipped.
Chairman Buck, in an address read
from manuscript, quoted statistics show
ing the wonderful increase OF the horti.
cultural industry since 1871. when the
fruit growing industry began to be of
importance. He quoted prediction
made by G. W. Reed of Sacramento in
that year. Mr.. Reed had prophesied
that he would live to see annual ship
menss of 1000 carloads OF fruit from Cal
ifornia. The speaker referred to the Cos
operation of fruit growers. He said it
had already been tried with good results,
and be believed that a syndicate repre-
senting the whole OF the fruit crop would
be able to get better terms and better
treatment from the transportation COM
panies than individual growero. Mr..
Buck closed with a kindly reference to
the state board OF horticulture, referring
particularly to its work in STAN ping out
the black scale and other fruit pests.
This afternoons attendance at the
convention was augmented considerably
by late arrivals, and there were in the
ghborhood OF 800 persons present.
The chair announced the frat business
in order to be discussion on Transpor-
tstlon and Freight Rates on Green and
Dried Fruit.
Jester OF Placer was the first speaker.
He read eeries Of resolutions adopted
by tho growers Of Placer county, to the
effect that the era of high prices has
gone by. and that the only thing left to
render fruit growing profitable was tn
cheaper the cost of growing, shipping and
transportation of FRESH fruit. The rsso-
lutions went on to ssy that it is the pur.
pose OF the huit growers of Placer
county to ask the Southern Pacific COM
pany and it's connections to lower it's
freight aud transportation rate and re-
frigerator charges on fresh fruit, 30 as to
offset the reduction of the price OF fruit
that has taken place during the past few
years. If these rates are not lowered,
the growers will cease shipping fresh
fruit, otherwise the fruit will be shipped
at loss. Rather than do that they
would dry their fruit.
E. Berwick started in to read paper
on the naturalization of railroads. He
proceeded to. say that the money for
which fruit had bsen sold had been abs
sorbed by ''the octopus" when Chair
man Buck called his attention to the
fact that the subject of the nationaliza-
ton of railroads had been set for another
day. Mr.. Berwick accordingly resumed
his seat.
II. Weinstock read a paper on the dis.
tribution of fruit. The speaker eulo.
gized the public auction system that
now prevails in the east. There should
be organized bureau OF information to
aid in regulating distribution, and the
auctions should be open and tree for all.
Some regulation should be made where
by too many carloads of fseah iruit
should not be shipped to the same point
on the same day.
Colonel H0rsey OF Santa Clara ad-
dressed the convention on cooperation
q nd gave an account OF the workings of
the state fruit exchange.
B. F. Walton of Yuba county, and Ed.
win F. Adams, the manager of the fruit
exchange, followed on the same subject.
H. Weinstock introduced resolutions
looking to an association of growers and
ehippers OF all classes, which were re-
ferred to a committee.
At the evening session the committee
reported. recommending the formation
of such an association, to be called the
Growers and Shippers association of
california. and the report was adopted.
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