The herald., 1895-08-06
REDLANDS NEWS BUDGET
Report of the Redlands Orange Growers
Association
Acreditable howing for the First Years
Work Of the Organ.
ization

REDLANpS, Aug. 4. 1895.-Manager
A. B. Ruggles has prepared for the press
the following statement OF the work of
the Orange Growers association for the
last harvest season:
Mum her of growers who participated
in the cooperative plan of the associa-
tion, 237.
Total pounds of oranges handled,
2,9l2, SS6 pounds, were navels and /, ,5O3,-
463 pounds were seedlings. The balance
was divided among Mediterranean Sweets,
st. Michaels, Australian navels and
bloods.
Tho shipments for the season in boxes
were as follows: Navels and navel Sec
onds, 40, 239; seedlings, 1S, 446; Meditsrra-
mean sweets, 1854; bloods. 5O4; St. Mich
aels, 1122; Valencias, 1107; Australian
navels, 6S5; total. 70, 757 boxes. or 235 car
loads Of 300 boxes to the car.
"Prices realized by the growers: Nav
els-2.46 cents per pound; regular sizes,
1922 per box, fob. $1.70 per box net;
off sizes, $1.90 per box f. o. b.. $1.4O per
box net; average net price of navels, $1.6S
per box. Navel culls, 1921 cents per
pound or 4S cents per box TOR the entire
amount.
Seedlings-1.177 cents per pound or
s6H cents per box for the entire amount.
met prices of other varieties are as fol-
lows: Mediterranean sweets, 11.1113 cents
per pound; bloods, 1.265; st. Michaels,
1.41; Australian navels los; Valencias,
q 036.
" N ia Af or M 1scus0 TO .
Navels, SO cents per box. including cent
per box for association expense; seed
lings, Az cents per box.
THE net prices of navels exceeded that
OF last year 80 cents per box, or differ
ence in the growers favor. on the guam
tity handled. of nearly SIS, ,000."
AS the Rsdlands association is the first
one to make report on the years work.
there is no data on which to make COM
parisons, but the feeling is very general
that.the association has demonstrated the
wisdom OF the Redlands method of mar
keting fruit. and has achieved success
which will hardly be paralleled in any
other community.
The fact that there was an alliance be-
tween the ASSOCIATION and the Earl and
Lyon companies on the matter of pr ices,
and that the utmost harmony prevailed
among the various shippers is a guar
antee that the prices above quoted are
approximately the average prices real
lied by the growers OF this city. About
the only difference is that under the as
sociation the growers all received the
average prices. the crops being pooled.
ilo dorf eh, ~ 70 bo
individuals received the amount for
which their own fruit sold, barring COM
missions. 1t was plain exhibition of
the individual and socialistio ideas, and
as every grower could have his choice
all seemed satisfied.
The great evil of consignment of fruit
has been practically done away with.
Under no circumstances has the Redlands
fruit been put up at auction to demor-
alize the market and by June 1st the
crop was practically all disposed of, and
no frnit was left to suffer by the demoral-
ization of the market.
There is good indication that the hotel
proposition will bs solved by enlarging
the Hotel Windsor to double its present
ca apacity and equipping it with new fur
niture. 1t is very evident that the tourist
hotel on Prospect hill will not material
ize.
For months the people have been pa
tiently awaiting the outcome of the
troubles of the Bear Valley Irrigation
company, and now tn re seems little
doubt that the holders of the Cleveland
mortgage will take the plant, not because
they are anxious to assume the duties.
but because the foreclosure of the mort
gage seems the only possible solution.
There is no especial novelty in Red
lands being deserted in the heat of the
summer. In fact that is the regular
thing, but never before did the people
60 in such droves. Over eighty went on
tho Santa Barbara excursion last Sat1r-
day. and today ninety.six went on the
excursion to San Diego. Hundreds more
are in the mountains, and the streets are
quiet and deserted.