The record-union., 1895-01-18

lhe "Trip 10 oregon had been deemed too
eeApenslve Tor the majority OF the mem
pers. ana the committee thought it unad-
VlsaoIe TO accept the kindly tended iuvi-
tation.
IN Inc other hand, the trip to Los An
seles was recommended, as it was di-
rectly on their route home. They also
agreed to visit Santa Rosa and San Diego.
Inc chairman Of the Committee on the
1fesIoents Address reported as follows:
THE COMMITTEES REPORT.
Members Of tie PomologicaJ Society:
Aour committee appointed to consider
ana report upon the able address of our
| honored President, desires to express it's
| appreciation of its broad, liberal and
sclentIhc spirit SO harmonious and so
| essentially representative of modern cos
mopolltan horticulture.
carrying out the spirit of this admira-
Dle ADDRESS. we desire to emphasize in
strong terms the need pointed out by the
PRESIDENT OF wisely directed State aid 10
horticulture. This aid should always be
kept Tree from politics, because wherever
! horticulture is subordinated to politics its
value and influence are destroyed. In
our judgment such State aid should only
be extended to agricultural colleges and
To universities which have agricultural
colleges, or TO State horticultural socie-
ties whose governing bodies are not po-
lltlcally controlled.
10 further emphasize this we quote
the following remarks from our Presi-
dents address at the twenty-third ses-
sion: In reviewing the history of your
society there have appeared instances
| Whefe us influence was sought for the
accomplishment of certain measures
totally foreign to its ethics and pertaining
| to the domain of statecrait. A wise APP
| preclatlon OF It's legitimate field of work
mas always declined to entertain the con-
Slderatlon OF any topics where Individual
| interests were alone to be benefited. AS
you value the life and dignity of your
grand society, let me plead that the course
lnaugurated and followed by the illustri-
Gus Master, whose memory we revere,
| be always our guide. Let questions of
local or State politics be considered and
settled by State or national legislation:
| they are theirs by right and not ourS.'
Those are wise and eloquent words,
and, IN the opinion of your committee,
should always be borne in mind by this
society.
Lastly, we particularly indorse and
commend the sentiments expressed in
reference to the State Experiment Sta
tons supported by Federal appropria-
lions. These, when free from political
influences and intelligently ofticered and
managed on scientific principles, may be
| productive OF immense good to hOrti-
! culture, whereas they have, unfortunately
! too often been rendered impotent by the
| absorption OF the funds tor purely college
! or university purposes, or by political
purposes affecting the personnel of such
stations. Respectfully submitted.
| OUR COMMITTEE"
The report was accepted and ordered
made part OF the official proceedings, and
| the committee discharged
President Berck mans expressed his cor
| dial thanks for the kindness with which
the convention received the report Of the
committee, and spoke of his atliliation
with the society from its early history.
HE DIFFERED WITH MANNING.
Professor Charles ]. Allen delivered an
address on California Fruits as Food"
1t was a rather severe hit at Professor
Manning's theory in favor of an exclu-
sively fruit regimen.
The speaker acknowledged, that with
out doubt, the human system could be
| sustained in manner by fruit alone, but
1t was absolutely necessary that lime
should be absorbed, and meat Juices were
necessary Tor the strengthening of the
| muscular tissues.
| He stated that the old theory that if Uas
nnhealthful to drink milk and then eat
acid foods had been exploded On the
other hand, ii one really wanted to eniOy
milk diet something sour was neces-
| sary. MIX Is an aIkali, and needed an
! ACID TO neutralIZe its effect on the system
| Professor Allen further claimed that
! dry fruit was very digestible, and was far
! more economical than many would sup
| pose. 1t was also to be recon- mended for
keeping the system in perfect order He
| concluded as follows: "Eat it a.! eat it here,
and at your homes! A hundred pounds
of dried fruit i'll variety for a years. use
will save many times its cost in pains and
| DOCTORS bills. Finally, my friends, if
you would retain the bloom of health
upon your cheek, the elasticity of youth
III your step, the Vlgor of manhood in
your brain and Drawn, eat fruit
"Eed by the best milk drawn from the
breast Of old mother earth, fostered by
the pure rains OF heaven, ripened by the
! glorious, life-givIng sunshine, it is not a
Gym bal or type, but the very embodi-
ment Of the most nearly perfect food for
! the human race"
! FRUITS IN DIFFERENT LOCALITIES.
q. B. Bracket of Iowa read a paper
| showing the remarkable alteration pro-
duced IN fruits by change in locality
aud soil, and quoted as an example the
well-known russell apple of New Eng
land, claiming that it lost all it's charac-
| teristlcS when transplanted into a warm
| climate.
The paper recommended the propaga-
ton of new varieties by this system, and
! pointed to the success already attained by
! Mr.. Burbank.
In reply to a question as to Mr.. Bur-
! banks system, MIR. Bracket stated that
Burbank had paper that would be read.
which would be full explanation.
CLASSIFICATION OF PoMoLoGY.
w. II. Ragan of Indiana presented a.
paper entitled place of Pomology in
horticultural Classification" which was
| read by Mir. johnson.
The author claimed that pomologv
| should have headed the list of classified
! ton at the Columbian Exposition, and
that viniculture, represented only by
! wines, should not have occupied so
! prominent a place. Winemakers were
not producers-they simply handled the
! production OF others, consequently their
| products should have not have headed the
| list.
| The paper contained a severe criticism
of the action of the " orld's Fair Com
| mission, and claimed it was simply an
outrage.
In conclusion the author said that time
was too limited to enter into any extended
argument OF this question, but he believed
ne would take it for granted that this
body OF in tellIgent, practical men would
readily coincide with his view of the
question.
COMMISSIONER M'DONALD REPLIES.
Mark l.. Mcdonald, one Of the Worlds
Fair Commissioners, who was present,
entered a protest against the severity of
the criticism, and gave it as his opinion
! that the article should be modified before
! given into the hands of the printer. 1t
was certainly an IN justice to the members
/ Of the commission, many OF whom were
/ rs widely Conversant with the subject of
! pomology, viniculture, ETC., as anyone,
and had made the ubject life study.
! The President stated that the authors
alone were responsible for all articles
presented, and that the society disclaimed