Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1895-05-15
OUTLOOK FOR FRUIT.
Prospects of Sales for the Coming
Season.
THE SINGLE ROOM AUCTION SCHEME.
How Fruit Growers May obtain Profit
able Price for their Products
Cheaper Freight Service.

In discussing the market prospects
for this seasons fruit crop at the State
Horticultural Scoiety's meeting, the
principal remarks were made by II.
Weinstock of Sacramento. Mr.. Vein
stock was of the opinion that the pros
poets for the season of 1895 were favor
able and gave his reason for this belief.
1.-THE disastrous season of 1894" he
said, twas caused by, first, hard times
among fruit.eaters; second, the railway
strike: third. unsatisfactory railway
service; fourth, excessive refrigerator
and local railway charges; fifth, the
Cutting of markets.
"Were these conditions to be re-
peated in 1895 the results for the COM
ing season would be no better than
were the results for 1894. But. fortu-
nately, we have every reason to believe
that the conditions in all directions are
much improved. There is every reason
to believe that the present peaceful sit
uation in railway circles will continue
indefinitely. We are also assured that
the Southern Pacific Company are
using their best endeavors to arrange
with their connections for five-day
ventilated car service from Sacramento
to Chicago with every hope OF bringing
the matter to a successful issue. In
addition to this an order has been
placed for 700 additional fruit cars,
which will be put into service the COM
ing season.
1.-THE announcement has already
been made that refrigerator charges
have been reduced from $35 to $50 a
car, according to destination, which is
material gain to the grower. In
addition to which the Southern Pacific
Company has promised to review the
local rates on fresh fruits with view
of seeing if they can be modified IN
favor of the shipper, and favorable
report is now looked for almost daily.
"As far as the Cutting of markets is
concerned, it is a source of gratifica-
ton to be able to state that never before
in the history of the California fruit
business has it been nearer possible
than now to regulate the distribution
of our fresh fruits with view of pre-
venting gluts. The recent formation
of the California Fruit Growers and
Shippers Association makes it possible
to direct Eastern fruit shipments with
that degree of intelligence necessary
to success, hitherto impossible.
'The establishment of Bureau OF
Information, which is one of the pur-
poses of the new association, will daily
place before the members bulletin CIV
ing complete statement of the situa-
ton, thus enabling the shippers to
direct their fruit in such manner as
to avoid both famines and gluts.
Members of the association have
already taken steps to bring afout the
consolidation of the several auction
houses in each of the large Eastern
cities under one roof, so that all bid
ders will be brought together at the
same place and at the same hour thus
largely preventing the fruit from be-
ing forced into competition with itself
while yet the property of the California
owner. A further result of the new
association will be the abolition Of the
rule established. in several Eastern auc-
ton rooms of selling only to members
of certain associations, thus barring out
numerous small but important bid
ders.
Professor B. f. Allen did not agree
with MI. Weinstock' remarks, but
was of the opinion that the remedy for
last years failure lay in plan by
which all shippers should unite, set
their own prices and ship no fruit East
that had not been ordered beforehand.
81 had rather my fruit should rot on
my trees in my orchards than have it
go to waste in Chicago after I have
paid freight on it" he said. 81 know
ON good authority that rs per cent. of
the fruit sold at public auction in Chi
cago is bought up by no more than six
men, who agree beforehand not to bid
against one another. In that manner
they buy the fruit at their own prices,
and sub-sell at whatever raise they
please. do not believe the plan of a
single central auction-room is the solu-
tion of the problem. 1t does not have
the effect of increasing the number Of
bidders"
Mr.. Weinstock replied that the only
plan of disposing of California fruit in
the East that had ever proven success
was the single auction room system.
That the reason it had proved failure
these last few years was that certain
evils had cropped up. Jealousy had
established rival auction rooms, forcing
the fruit into competition with itself,
and the large wholesale dealers had
crowded out the small buyers. These
evils would be eliminated by the plan
outlined in his paper, which had been
adopted by the Fruit Growers Conven-
ton last year and was to be tested this
season.
Reports from the representatives of
the different counties ON this seasons