The record-union., 1894-04-09
THE FRUIT-GROWERO IN SESSION.
They Adopt a Plan for County As
sociation.
And VIII Meet In This City April 18th
to Formulate Plan for
State Organization.

The adjourned meeting,of the County
Fruit-Growers was called to order on
Saturday afternoon by Thomas Taylor,
In the new hall at Florin, c. j. Hopkins
acting as Secretary.
The committee appointed at the pre-
liminary meeting, to formulate plan for
a county organization, reported as fol
lows:
First-That this company be corpora
ton.
Second-That each member have one
vote.
Third-The profits to be divided in pro-
portion to the amount of fruit shipped by
each.
Fourth-It shall consist of members
who must be actual fruit-growers.
Fifth-The admission fee to be $5.
directors.
Letters from II. Weinstock and L. M.
Landsborough. as published in the RE-
CORD UNION, were read.
d. Reese, being called on, stated that
he would rather listen, as he had not at
tended the previous meeting and could
not quite understand the plan.
James Rutter said the plan was OBJ
vious. 1t is TO cooperate TO the general
advantage OF the fruit growers OF Sacra-
mento County.
d. Reese had heard no suggestions yet
in favor OF county organization, but all
seemed to lead to a State organization.
That is what is needed, and these meet
ings had better plan TO form one. he
did not think 1t best to wait for the
a =,
ton by which their fruit can be dis
tributed under one head. The California
Fruit Union had done a great deal of
good, and he did not believe it had out
lived its usefulness. 1t might be possible
to call another association TO be better
than the California Fruit Union, but it
had done almost everything that could be
done. The truit-growers did not give
the union their support. The injury to
the California Fruit Union will not affect
the large grower as much as the small
one.
L. Booth said the meeting was called to
see ii something could not be done. 1t
was always his wish TO have State Or
ganiZation, but nobody seemed willing to
lay hold of it. Ii Sacramento County
could be organized, and circulars sent
out for State organization, something
might be done in the way of bringing q
State organization to head.
A. ID. Murphy said this meeting was
not against the California Fruit Union,
nor Porter Bros, but to form county
organization. The more fruit an agent
has to handle the better; one could do the
business of the whole county; and the
more growers that combine, the less pro-
portion of expense will be necessary to
be paid by each to send an agent East.
He thought the stock should be nom
transferable.
Mr.. Booth moved that the report of the
committee be adopted, and it was carried.
Messrs. Cronemiller and Barnes OF
Sacramento both spoke in favor of thor
ough organization.
Mr.. Booth moved that the meeting ed
journ to meet in Grangers' Hall, in Sac
ramento, on Tuesday, the 18th, at 1850
P. NJ, and that it be advertised. The OBJ
ject of the meeting to be to take into con-
sideration the formation OF County Fruit
Exchange on the plan just adopted, with
the further view OF forming State or
ganization and State Bureau of Informa-
ton. Carried.
Mr.. Boalt here explained that this
movement was entirely distinct from
either of the organizations in Florin, but
that the assistance of both was needed to
make it a success.