The record-union., 1894-04-25
THE FRUIT GROWERS CONVENTION.
Call for the Mass Meeting to be Held
on Friday
ALI Fruit-Growers In the County
Asked to Attend-Prominent
Speakers to be There.

The following address has been issued
by the Executive Committee of the re.
cent Fruit Growers Convention IN this
city, relating to the proposed mass meet
Ing to be held here next Friday. and ex-
planatory of its purposes:
At the meeting of fruit-growers, held
ut Grangers' Hall, Sacramento, on Tues
day, April IL, 1894, it was determined to
of Sacramento County and vicinity, on
Friday, April 9th, at Changers Hall,
Sacramento, to decide upon the question
of forming one or more local unions for
the purpose of marketing our fresh and
dried fruits under the leadership of the
California Fruit Exchange.
The following gentlemen were invited
20 be present and address the meeting:
B. f. Walton of Yuba City, President
California Fruit Exchange; Colonel Philo
Hersey of San Jose, President Santa
Clara County Fruit Exchange; Edward
F. Adams of Wrights, Manager Callfor-
mia Fruit Exchange. All of these gen.
tlemen are experienced fruit growers and
are identified with successful money
making cooperative societies. They Will
tell us how they make money by CO.
operation, and explain the aims and
methods of the great cooperative move
ment now going on in this State under
the leadership of the State Exchange.
1t is proposed to make this an all-day
meeting, which shall result in perma-
nent organization of all fruit-growers OF
this vicinity to work in connection with
the State Fruit Exchange, which repre-
sents and is supported by the entire fruit
industry of the State. The State Ex-
change deals with both fresh and dried
fruits, and proposes to influence the sale
not only of the fruit sold by cooperative
societies, but also that sold through COM
mission houses, to the end that order
and system shall control our business
methods, and the blind and ruinous
dumping of fruit into overstocked mar
kets shall cease.
The necessity of leadership in this
movement is evident and acknowledged.
1t is comparatively useless for one neigh
borhood to organize with the rest OF the
State unorganized. The State Exchange
is the regularly constituted organ OF the
entire fruit industry. Under its leader
ship other parts of the State are falling
into line. Its methods are simple, mex
pensive and business-like. Its manage
ment is wholly in the hands OF the grow
ers. When the rest of the State holds out
its hands to US let not Sacramento County
hesitate to join in common effort for the
common good.
In this movement the largest and the
SMALLEST growers are allk9 luboI6SL0us
Let US drop work on our farms for one
day and devote so much time to the study
and discussion of the conservative plans
which have received the approval of two
State conventions, and which provoke no
hostile criticism from any grower, and
come prepared 10 take such action there
on as may at the time seem wise.
It is important Ithat every fruit-grower
within reach of Sacramento shall be pres
ent at this meeting, and those who receive
this are earnestly requested not only to
be present but to see to it that their neigh
bors come also.
The following gentlemen have been ap-
pointed a committee to agitate the SUBJ
ject in their respective neighborhoods,
and secure the attendance of every grower
if possible. We look for and expect a
large and enthusiastic meeting, which
shall not only talk but act.
COMMITTEES.
Florin-George T. Rich, D. Reese, G. F.
johnson, G. ]. Hopkins, Thomas Taylor.
Routiers-J. Routier, E. Manlove.
Elk Grove-Fred Gage, T. III. Kerr.
Courtland-William Johnston, Sol
Runyon.
Cosumnes-E. Booth.
Freeport-Mrs. S. E. Moore.
Washington-Charles Reed.
Sacramento-Robert Williamson.