The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1895-11-09
FRUIT-GROWERS ADJOURN SINE Die.
Place of Next Meeting Left to the
Board of Horticulture.
They Decide to Perfect System OF
Co-operation-Excur to Fol-
som This Morning.


favor of co-operation. He said the Cali
fornia Fruit Exchange had done noble
work so far in laying the groundwork OF
a system on which the growers hl19i'
build. and it seemed to MN thal 1He
time had now arrived to strike inc
blow that should weld the growers To-
gether in unity and enable them TO ez-
tricate themselves from their present
position.
Mr.. Berwick said he had listened with
pleasure TO the talk on cooperation 1t
was possible however, to have cooper
alton without any formal organization
as. for instance, when number or
growers were in want of shocks they
could combine and send for carload.
Cooperation in this way IS easy ana IN
expensive.
Mr.. Fowler said that the idea that the
growers should attend to their own euS-
mess if they want to succeed Is growing
among the people and VIII ultlna'elS
win 1t will be much easier now 70 FORM
cooperative associations, since th@
Fruit Exchange has been explaining
the matter to the people. The work
must go on. Its promoters must expect
TO meet with suspicion as to their mo-
tiyes, coldness and encouragement,
but they must persevere and Will ultl-
mately be successful
A p Hall was in sympathy with the
resolutions The fruit growers should
manage their own business, ana II was
absurd for them to cultivate, prune,
pick and pack their fruit, and at the
last moment put all control of 1t out OF
their hands Just when it is fit for mar
ket. He advocated sending men Fast
TO open up a market for our fruit It
would not cost one-fOurth OF a cent
box on the fruit crop to do So anu IN
that way California would get RID or
the surplus fruit. He found thousands
at the Chicago Exposition who had
never seen or tasted California fruit.
Mr.. Berwick said the motto OF the
country is, United we stand, divided
we fall He asked them all to carr
out the principle and be Americans. II
they united on sentimental or poIltIcdI
grounds, why should they not unite On
business grounds in furtherance OF their
own interests. If they would DO so
heartily. success could not fail to crown
their efforts.
r. D. Stephens invited Mr.. Adams to
the Chair and said that he understood
the object of the resolution to be in the
line of forming an organization that
should be able to handle the fruit crop
without consignment. He was wholly
in accord with that principle, which
would cause values to appreciate. In
some countries, in times past, crimi-
nails were put in vat and water turned
in, but a rope was put within their
reach by which, if they chose, they
could save themselves from drowning
Certain parties have practically made
laws by which fruitgrOwers are
bound and they are now trying to save
themselves. Many of them are in debt
to the banks and commission men, and
are bound by contract with the latter
to ship their crops through them. he
knew of one instance where grower
owed a commission merchant SS.JOO.
and was bound by such a contract. He
had the money and wished to pay his
debt. but the shipper would not accept
it. and to hold the grower dOubly bO1n1,
having aScertained that he owed SO.DOO
to the bank, went and bought in the
claim. thus making the growers debt to
him $1,000. Growers thus situated
are helpless.
He did not blame the shippers for
taking care of their own interests, but
it is hard on the growers. If the fruit
can be kept from consignment the
prices must appreciate Many of the
growers are bound and are not free
agents and cannot help in this direc
ton at present. What is wanted is
buyers of green fruit, which will not
keep.
People ask, ''Why do you ship if you
are losing?'' They ship because they
have the fruit and they hope to realize
enough to save their property. The
only salvation is in cooperation. Es-
tabliSh your own agents in the East
and make them responsible. You thus
make one middleman and eliminate
half a dozen others. If this plan is
carried out, it will succeed and viii
ultimately force the big shippers who
have made all the money hitherto. to
come here and buy the fruit, as they
used to, and to pay for it. If the grow
ers of any locality will combine and
viii put up a good quality of fruit they
can always find agents, who viii be re-
sponsibIe to them for their actions II
organization can be effected, by means
of the local unions. although some of
the fruit is now under absolute control,
the remainder is enough, if secured by
them, to exercise a wonderful infiu-
ence in prices.
The resolutions offered Thursday
afternoon by Mr. Sprague We're then
unanimously adopted.
a. r. Sprague, r. d. Stephens. 3. F.
Walton, c. J. Berry and T. NJ. RICHTER
We're appointed as the committee
The recommendation of the Presi-
dent in his annual address for the APP
pointment of a committee of nine on
nine to form an incorporation for dis
tributing the fruit products was tabled.
The recommendations for an en-
deaVor to secure an appropriation for
the State Horticultural Society and for
the importation of predaceous insects.
were adopted, and that relating TO the
appropriation for a Bureau of Stats
tics was tabled
The Committee on Legislation pre-
scented its report, which was adopted.
It says that the law regarding the
State Board of Horticulture and the
Quarantine officer need no amend
ments 1t recommends to the Califor-
MIA Congressional delegation the ini-
tiatiOn Of q measure to secure an eff
cient and economical administration
OF the Government mountain and for
est lands of California. The present
forest reservations. it says, are in the
right line to protect from fire and I'M
due denudation our mountain water
sheds This will diminish floods in the
valley lands and better maintain irri-
cation supplies This policy requires
no more in this State than in France. a
prevention of the utilization of the
mineral forest or other resources of our
mountain lands. In France and Ger
many the Government forest lands
pay large return above their cost into
the public treasury. There is no reason
MAI w Shouiu not gradually establish
Il similar system. Fire waste and de-
suuctlon in our forests are senseless
and do permanent injury to our water
sheds. The present forest reservations
make mineral and other development
IN our mountains difficult. without any
proper protection against fire and in
jury except about the Yosemite. This
eA oPure a