Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-11-15
LOWER RATES DEMANDED.
California Fruit Growers Combining
Against the Southern Pacific.

! san Francinco. Nov n.-Attention
has been attracted to the following res
olutions adopted by the Placer county
| fruit growers few days ago and
which It Is understood will be dupll-
Gated at meetings in the other
leading fruit-growlng countries OF the
state. The proHt OF last seasons fruit
shipments went almost entirely 10 the
railroads;
Whereas, The frult-growers OF Placer
county ind at the close OF the fruit
shipping season Of lss4 that the gross
gale returns received from the fruit
shipped BY them TO eastern markets
over the Southern Paciiie railroad sys-
TEN and It's connections have not paid
them any earnings on their capital
Invested In lands and trees, and more
even that. have not paid all the charges
incident to the growing and shipping
Of fruit; and
Whereas. Il ls clearly apparent from
the decreasing sale price Of fresh fruit
during the several years Inst past, MS
production hns Increased, that the
growers cannot expect any higher prices
for fruit than obtained this year and
possibly not ug HIGH and therefore can.
not expect profitable fruit Industry
again from high sale prices; and
whereas II IL also clearly evident
that the only chance OF again getting
the fruit-growing Industry OF Placer
county on pront-carnng basis lies IN
reducing the cost OF growing and ship
ping the fruit paid by the grower. and
Whereas, OF the sevcri'l Items which
make up the total Of this cost paid by
the producer there are only two, the
freight aud refrigeration. which are
"A A. u.
relatively. In which sufficient reduc-
ton Is possible 10 again make n mar
GIN OF profit possible to the grower
Now, therefore, be II declared by tho
fruit-EroWcrs OF Placer county. In meet
inB nsaembled, that the cost Of fruit
shipped paid by the grower to nj the
lowest possible figure IN every separate
and several Item OF that cost except the
cost OF freight and refrigeration fixed
and charged by the Southern Pacific
system and It's connections
And II Ia further declared that unless
the rnte OF freight and refrigeration
charged by tho Southern Pacific COM
pnny aud It's connections be largely re-
duced commencing with tho season of
1885, IL win not be profitable to ship
Placer county fresh fruit TO eastern
markets
Now, therefore. be II
Resolved, Tint u Is the purpose Of
the fruitgrowers OF Placer county to
demand OF the Southern Pacific COM
pnuy and It's connections sufficiently
lower freight and Refrigeration charges
TO again make the growing OF fruit
profitable; failiug tho obtaining OF such
freight ana refrlgcratlon charges Il
VIII become necessary 10 cease shipping
fresh fruit to eastern markets on tho
sole and sufficient cause that such
shipments must Inevitably result In
lQea To the grower; and. for the further
purpose OF giving force and effect TO
such proposed demand. II Is
Resolved, That the frult-growers of
Placer county organize by mutual con-
tract, ngroting cach with the other to
ship no more fruit unless such satla-
fnctury rates are made.
Resolved, Further. that this meeting
form committee OF twelve. TO be APP
pointed by the chairman thereof. which
committee shall have all delegated
power TO do any andall things necessary
Ia form such organization. 10 gath n /
statistics necessary 10 demonstrate the I
redsonnblenC8a ana necessity ~ the
demand, to communicate with tho I
trui,-growers OF other localities witch /
have suffered equally and more by rea- /
son Of tho large freight and refrlgera- I
ton charges. and 90 Induce them 10
take similar action In organizing ana In /
Joining IN making the proposed demand (
and 20 do any and all other thlngs ie- /
qulred.