The morning call., 1894-11-20
WINE MEN MEET.
The New Corporation Is
Booming.
A Few Gallons More and the Neces-
sary 100000 Will Have
Been Secured.

The adjourned meeting of the California
wine-makers' corporation yesterday morn
ing at the Board of Trade was fully at
tended. about seventy-one growers being
present. The subscriptions at the close OF
the day amounted to 100000 gallons.
There was considerable disappointment
caused by he fact that this meeting was
not the final one and that several counties
were not very we'll represented either by
wine-growers or through the committees.
The Livermore Valley was conspicuous by
its absence, although committees had been
appointed to canvass that section. Santa
Clara County was not as well represented
as its large production justifies.
1t seemed that many abstained from
signing the agreement for the want of a
clear understanding of the operations of
the corporation. For instance, Professor
John SWEET raised the question whether in
entering into this agreement he could re-
serve all the wine he needed for his trade
ard be protected in such reserve, as he did
not like the idea of having his wine offered
for sale to other parties when sooner or
later he might need II himself for his own
trade. In this he was assured by Mr..
Rossl that his wines would be placed for
sale by him Oh the reserve column for aging
purposes, and the entire privilege OF
marketing them TO his own customers re-
served to him, and that only the wines
which the members of this corporation
were willing to sell in open market would
be offered for sale and disposed OF at the
first opportunity by the corporation. This
completely satisfied Mr.. SWEET and he
pledged his assistance TO the project.
The following resolution was offered
and unanimously adopted:
Ihat ~ &c rim nFt I,,
that whenever differences shall arise b-tween
any member and the board OF directors they
shall be submitted TO arbitration, one arbitrator
TO be chosen by he member. another by the
DO rd of directors and third by the two arbi-
traitors in case the wo cannot agree, and that
their cision shall be final.
1t was decided that the four counties
raising the largest quantities of wine. viz. ::
Sonoma, Santa Clara, Napa and Alameda.
should each have one repreSen tatiye, and
that the other five Representatives should
be chosen at large, the nine to constitute
the permanent board Of directors, in which
the sweet-wine interests would be largely
represented.
The meeting then adjourned till Wednes-
day, the 29th inst, at 1890 A. NJ, at the
Board of Trade rooms, 202 Market street,
with the distinct understanding that it
would be the final meeting to determine
the success or failure OF this effort, and,
although the agreement mentions 100000
gallons as the minimum TO make it binding,
the promoters and majority OF the signers
are of the opinion that. IL they find that
there is any considerable guam tity of wine
held by persons who refused to join this
corporation the project should be given up
entirely at that meeting and the wine
growers left to their own resources.
Previous to adjournment the chair ap-
pointed all the signers as members of
soliciting committees to secure addition al
names ia their districts.