The record-union., 1894-11-22

either by their hands or those of the ones
: VINO VIII aIterward own them. We had
peItef look the matter squarely in the face
anu feallze that there are too many fruit
trees in the State,
IN regard TO cooperation. he paid
com pilment 10 Mr. Weinstock for his ef-
Iorts IA that direction, and credited him
Win bringing about the auction system.
Much can be accomplished in selling
uIled Irult, because it is not perishable.
me reason the gentleman spoken of by
Colonel Jersey lost 500 was because OF
Tue combination OF fruit-growers. Green
fruits, however, cannot be held, but must
% sod Immediately. In his judgment
niue feIlef can come from ombination
IN their case. In regard to a bureau OF
Information, he could say that last season
there wero many days when no market
paid proht III selling fruit. Where then
could IL De taken? All the Eastern mar
kets are pretty we'll developed now. One
auction house IN city is all right enough,
Dul lie was opposed TO having only one
agent or auctIoneer, because there is no
incentive for him to use his best efforts III
selling.
There can be no relief except through
reduced rates of transportation. He be-
lleVeu That II at the proper time and i'll
The proper manner the committee pre-
SenIs the facts gathered to the railroad
company, showing i'll detail how many
boxes are shipped, and the profit or loss
accrulng on them, instead OF general as
sertions, that they would accomplish
more good than in any other way except
to get out tabulated statement Of facts
and publish it to the world. This, he
thought, would give them some relief.
SHOULD TELL THE TRUTH.
Mr.. MOtheral said that if he did not say
something now he would not feel that he
had done his duty. The only square way
To deal IS 10 tell the truth. We should
not DO ashamed or afraid to let the world
know of our difficulties. The harvest we
are reaplng to-day is from what we sowcd
years ago, when we sent out large stories
OF prosperity TO induce strangers TO come
here and settle. dc did not wish 10 have
tenderfcet come here and buy his land in
oraer To help him out OF his difficulties.
The only way is 10 tell the truth. Let the
railroad company know exactly how you
are clrcumstanced.
TIME THE ESSENTIAL.
Mr.. Block said that the fault the past
season was that OF the shippers them
selves. Alter the strike they hurried
their fruit Last and broke down the
market. They should have studied non
transportation then. Another fault was
IN shipping fruit East that was not tit for
hrst-class Berkshire hog to eat, and as
1t did not fetch anything, it knocked
down the price oil all the other fruit in
the market. Growers should learn TO
mold fruit back when the market East is
already full. it IS better TO correct our own
faults. The charge has been made that
oregon is getting half rates. put he dis
agreed with that proposition. lie wanted
to do Justice to The railroads. Time was
more essential factor than rate OF freight
II this business. He had rather nay pres
ent rates and get his fruit through IN five
h1 n my t--ia 1,
and take double the time. Let All agree
ment be made with the railroad by which
It shall forfeit Il certain sum Tor each
day s delay, and lie thought much could
be done 10 remedy the present trouble.
PLACER a POWER.
Mr.. Parker of Placer said he wanted to
correct the impression that all the grow
ers of his county We're bankrupt or mort
gagged. 1t was not SO; many OF them had
made plenty OF money in the past. Placer
County sends annually 100 carloads Of
green fruit, and thinks she has something
TO say on the question.
The time has gone by when she begged
the company to reduce rates. and now
she demands a reduction. Los Angeles
oranges are shipped from there through
Placer County for $50 less carload than
Placer can ship her peaches for. lie be-
lleNcG that when this convention as Il
unit presents this question TO the railroad
company It Will command its respect and
attention, Il il does not, then there
should DE competing line. There are
enough men III California to do it. Per-
hAps 1t may be good thing that the Gov
eminent should own the lranscontiuental
lines, but he thought it would be alter
his day. However. he said, the remedy
is III our own hands.
IN THEIR OWN HANDS.
IEilaoy a1io,-al I ba ,,yoe
their hands, and they should apply
ii. He said that goods could be sold
cheaper III Oregon than here. and that
was the reason that Leeds and the Traffic
Association We're working as they are
Ten years ago the railroad company
charged $500 per car, and the fruit-growers
were making money; but times have
changed since then, although freights are
lower. The grow ers are mismanaging
their business. Several years ago he
with Mr.. WeinStOck, went to the conf
pany's officials and secured u reduction
lie believed that if committee went to
them now they would secure another re-
duction.
Mr.. Berwick presented a resolution
asking Congress to make the Nicaragua
Canal an urgency question and take action
to open IL as soon rs possible.
MIR. sMURR REPLIES.
c. f. Smurr, General Freight Agent of
the southern Pacific Company. said the
company is as much Interested in carry
ing the products of the fruit-groWerS as
they could be. 1t was as Important a
factor OF transportation to them as the
iron and coal Of Pennsylvania was TO the
roads of That State. 1t had been said here
that the iruit-growers had made money
in the past, but were 10 longer doing so.
That was true OF everything. Not a day
passed in which he was not interviewed
by representatives of different industries,
because all are depressed, who come to
the railroad company for relief.
The railway service OF India had been
spoken of. When The wage-earners of
America got SO they live on twenty cents
a day. and live as laborcrS Go i'll India
The railroads can carry freight as cheaply
as they do i'll India. The potato story
was not true, but the principle is seen in
practice every day. Growers know the
price of fruit at Chicago, the rate OF trans
portation and commission, and ask TOR a
/ reduction. The company considers the
! cost Of service, and ii they can reduce the
rate and make anything more than the
cost will 90 so. Wheat does not cost $40
/ per ton from san Luis Obispo TO san
! Francisco, the rate Is about 50 3d. For
| other statements he would refer his hear
/ ers 10 the report OF the Interstate Com
mission, which shows the average cost to
/ the railroad company tor transporting
/ freight TO be nearly one cent per mile.
! The statement that the Southern Pacific
! Railroad does business for the Santa Fe
/ at Il hali-ceut per mile is not correct, and
never has been.
Refrigeration rates differ from freight
rates and The company is not Interested
1 IN any way with the refrigerator car, ice.
/ or similar companies. W lth regard TO
| the rates in Oregon. he was informed
! that they were the same as here, but there
J siifi in,